1954 All-Southwest Conference football team
Appearance
The 1954 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1954 college football season. The selectors for the 1954 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP). Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UP are designated in bold.
All Southwest selections
[edit]Backs
[edit]- Frank Eidom, SMU (AP-1 [HB]; UP-1)
- Dicky Moegle, Rice (AP-1 [HB]; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
- Henry Moore, Arkansas (AP-1 [FB]; UP-1)
- Billy Hooper, Baylor (AP-1 [QB]; UP-2)
- Elwood Kettler, Texas A&M (UP-1)
- Jim Swink, TCU (UP-2)
- Del Shofner, Baylor (UP-2)
- George Walker, Arkansas (UP-2)
- Don Kachtik, Texas A&M (UP-2)
Ends
[edit]- Hank Gremminger, Baylor (AP-1; UP-1)
- Bennie Sinclair, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1)
- Raymond Berry, SMU (UP-2)
- Lamoine Holland, Rice (UP-2)
Tackles
[edit]- Jim Ray Smith, Baylor (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
- Buck Lansford, Texas (AP-1; UP-2)
- Eddie Rayburn, Rice (UP-1)
- Forrest Gregg, SMU (UP-2)
Guards
[edit]- Bud Brooks, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-1)
- Kenny Paul, Rice (AP-1; UP-1)
- Eddie Bradford, Arkansas (UP-2)
- Clarence Dierking, Baylor (UP-2)
Centers
[edit]- Hugh Pitts, TCU (AP-1; UP-1)
- John Tatum, Texas (UP-2)
Key
[edit]AP = Associated Press[1]
UP = United Press[2]
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "All Southwest 1954". The Paris (TX) News. November 29, 1954. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rice Places Three on All-Southwest Conference Team; Texas Is Blanked". The Brownsville Herald. December 2, 1954. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.