1954 College Football All-America Team


The 1954 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 in 1954. The eight selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1954 season are the All-America Board, the American Football Coaches Association, the Associated Press, the Football Writers Association of America, the International News Service, the Newspaper Enterprise Association, the Sporting News, and the United Press.
Wisconsin's fullback Alan Ameche won the Heisman Trophy in 1954 as the best player in college football and was a unanimous first-team selection by all eight official selectors. Three other players were unanimous choices among the official selectors: Notre Dame's quarterback Ralph Guglielmi; Ohio State's halfback Howard "Hopalong" Cassady; and Arkansas' guard Bud Brooks.

Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1954, the NCAA recognizes eight published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.
NamePositionSchoolNumberOfficialOther
Ralph GuglielmiQuarterbackNotre Dame8/8AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WC
Howard CassadyHalfbackOhio State8/8AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WC
Alan AmecheFullbackWisconsin8/8AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WC
Bud BrooksGuardArkansas8/8AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPWC
Jack EllenaTackleUCLA7/8AAB, AFCA, AP, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WC
Dicky MoegleHalfbackRice7/8AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPWC
Kurt BurrisCenterOklahoma6/8AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPCP, WC
Max BoydstonEndOklahoma6/8AAB, AFCA, FWAA, INS, SN, UPWC
Ron BeagleEndNavy6/8AAB, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SNWC
Cal JonesGuardIowa5/8AAB, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPCP, WC
Sid FournetTackleLSU5/8AFCA, FWAA, INS, NEA, UPWC

All-American selections for 1954

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