1953 College Football All-America Team

The 1953 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams for the 1953 college football season. The organizations choosing the teams included the United Press, Associated Press, Time, and the Newspaper Editors Association.

Key

 * Bold = Consensus All-American
 * AP = Associated Press
 * UP = United Press: "selected by 265 sports writers and broadcasters in a nationwide ballot"
 * FWAA = Football Writers Association of America
 * AFCA = American Football Coaches Association, for Collier's Magazine
 * TSN = The Sporting News: selected "by 150 sportswriters and broadcasters"
 * NEA = Newspaper Editors Association
 * WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation

Ends

 * Don Dohoney, Michigan State (AP-1; UP-1; FWAA; AFCA; TSN; NEA-1; WC)
 * Carlton Massey, Texas (AP-2; UP-1; FWAA; TSN; NEA-3; WC)
 * Sam Morley, Stanford (AP-1; UP-2; NEA-2)
 * Don Penza, Notre Dame (UP-2)
 * Steve Meilinger, Kentucky (AP-2; UP-3; AFCA; NEA-1)
 * John Carson, Georgia (UP-3; FWAA; NEA-3)
 * Clyde Bennett, South Carolina (AP-3)
 * Gary Knafele, Colorado (AP-3)
 * Ken Buck, Pacific (FWAA)
 * Dick Dietrich, Pittsburgh (NEA-2)

Tackles

 * Stan Jones, Maryland (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; FWAA; AFCA; TSN; NEA-1; WC)
 * Art Hunter, Notre Dame (AP-2; UP-1; FWAA; TSN; NEA-2; WC)
 * Jack Shanafelt, Pennsylvania (AP-1; FWAA; NEA-3)
 * John Hudson, Rice (NEA-1)
 * Sid Fournet, LSU (AP-2)
 * Ed Meadows, Duke (UP-2; FWAA; NEA-3)
 * Jim Ray Smith, Baylor (AP-3; UP-2; AFCA)
 * George Jacoby, Ohio State (AP-3; UP-3)
 * Eldred Kraemer, Pittsburgh (UP-3)
 * Bob Farris, Army (NEA-2)

Guards

 * J.D. Roberts, Oklahoma (Outland Trophy and College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; FWAA; TSN; NEA-1; WC)
 * Crawford Mims, Mississippi (AP-1; UP-1; FWAA; AFCA; TSN; NEA-1; WC)
 * Ray Correll, Kentucky (FWAA; NEA-2)
 * Bob Fleck, Syracuse (AFCA)
 * Gene Lamone, West Virginia (AP-2)
 * Bob Eisenhauer, Navy (UP-2)
 * Milt Bohart, Washington (AP-2; UP-2; FWAA; NEA-2)
 * Norm Manoogian, Stanford (UP-3)
 * Joe D'Agostino, Florida (UP-3)
 * Morgan Williams, Texas Christian (AP-3)
 * Bob Burrows, Duke (AP-3)
 * John Bauer, Illinois (NEA-3)
 * George Timberlake, Southern California (NEA-3)

Centers

 * Larry Morris, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; AFCA; TSN; NEA-2; WC)
 * Jerry Hilgenberg, Iowa (AP-2; FWAA; NEA-3)
 * Matt Hazeltine, California (UP-2; FWAA)
 * Bob Orders, West Virginia (UP-3; NEA-1)
 * Steve Korchek, George Washington (AP-3)

Quarterbacks

 * Paul Giel, Minnesota (AP-1; UP-1; FWAA; AFCA; TSN; WC)
 * Bobby Garrett, Stanford (AP-2; UP-2; FWAA)
 * Zeke Bratkowski, Georgia (UP-3)
 * George Shaw, Oregon (AP-3)
 * Bernie Faloney, Maryland (AP-2; UP-2; NEA-2)
 * Jackie Parker, Mississippi State (AP-3; UP-3; FWAA; NEA-3)

Halfbacks

 * Johnny Lattner, Notre Dame (Heisman Trophy winner and College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; FWAA; AFCA; TSN; WC)
 * Paul Cameron, UCLA (AP-1; UP-1; FWAA; AFCA; TSN; NEA-2; WC)
 * J.C. Caroline, Illinois (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-1; FWAA; AFCA; TSN; NEA-2; WC)
 * Bobby Cavazos, Texas Tech (AP-2)
 * Leroy Bolden, Michigan State (UP-2; NEA-3)
 * Neil Worden, Notre Dame (UP-3)
 * Leon Hardeman, Georgia Tech (UP-3)
 * Dick Clasby, Harvard (AP-3)
 * Larry Grigg, Oklahoma (NEA-3)

Fullbacks

 * Alan Ameche, Wisconsin (AP-3; UP-2; FWAA)
 * David "Kosse" Johnson, Rice (AP-1; FWAA; NEA-2)
 * Tommy Allman, West Virginia (NEA-3)

Heisman Trophy voting
The chart below reflects the point total in the 1953 Heisman Trophy voting.

Other individual awards

 * Maxwell Award: Johnny Lattner, end, Notre Dame
 * Walter Camp Award (Back): Alan Ameche, Wisconsin; Bernie Faloney, Maryland; Paul Giel, Minnesota; Johnny Lattner, N. Dame
 * Knute Rockne Award (Lineman): Stan Jones, tackle, Maryland
 * Outland Trophy: J.D. Roberts, guard, Oklahoma
 * AFCA Coach of the Year: Jim Tatum, Maryland