1953 Little All-America college football team

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The 1953 Little All-America college football team is composed of college football players from small colleges and universities who were selected by the Associated Press (AP) as the best players at each position. For 1953, the AP abandoned the precedent set in 1951 and 1952 of selecting separate offensive and defensive platoons. Instead, the AP returned to the older tradition of selecting 11 players each on first, second, and third teams. [1]

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First team

PositionPlayerTeam
B Pence Dacus Southwest Texas State
Hugh PepperMississippi Southern
Leo Lewis Lincoln (MO)
Richard WaitArkansas State
E John GustafsonSt. Olaf
Hall MorrisonEast Tennessee State
T Robert LadePeru State
Norman HayesCollege of Idaho
G Bruno AshleyEast Texas State
Robert AdamsShippensburg
C Stan Sheriff Cal Poly

Second team

PositionPlayerTeam
B Jim GrayEast Texas State
Ron BillingsPacific Lutheran
Les Goble Alfred
Roger CarlsonGustavus Adolphus
E Jim Lee TaylorFlorida State
Sal CianciolaLawrence
T Glenn WildtLa Crosse State
Sam MarshallFlorida A&M
G Nick WaytovichTampa
Ronnie FrankGrinnell
C Albie CarterIndiana Central

Third team

PositionPlayerTeam
B Sid WatsonNortheastern
Joe HazieWofford
Kent FinangerIowa Lutheran
E Richard BeetschIowa State Teachers
Von MorganAbilene Christian
T Larry ParadisWhitworth
Al LahoodHofstra
G Tom DrakeChattanooga
Ron HoffmanSt. Lawrence
C Bruce McPhersonRochester

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References

  1. "Don Miller on Third Little All-America". The News Journal. December 2, 1953. p. 39 via Newspapers.com.