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.
All-American selections for 1953[]
Key[]
- Bold = Consensus All-American[1]
- AP = Associated Press[2]
- UP = United Press: "selected by 265 sports writers and broadcasters in a nationwide ballot"[3]
- FWAA = Football Writers Association of America[4]
- AFCA = American Football Coaches Association, for Collier's Magazine
- TSN = The Sporting News: selected "by 150 sportswriters and broadcasters"[5]
- NEA = Newspaper Editors Association[6]
- WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation[7]
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[disambiguation needed], 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[]
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
Notes[]
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