1954 Little All-America college football team

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The 1954 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 1954, the AP selected three teams of 11 players each, with no separate defensive platoons. [1]

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Running back Leo Lewis of Lincoln University (Missouri) was selected on the first team for the second consecutive year. He later played 12 years for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and was inducted into both the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame.

End R. C. Owens of the College of Idaho played eight seasons in the NFL and was inducted into the San Francisco 49ers Hall of Fame.

Center Stokeley Fulton of Hampden–Sydney College later served as head coach at his alma mater from 1960 to 1984, winning 10 conference championships.

First team

PositionPlayerTeam
B Alvin BealTrinity (TX)
Richard YoungChattanooga
Leo Lewis Lincoln (MO)
Don MillerDelaware
E William McKennaBrandeis
R. C. Owens College of Idaho
T Joe VetoJuniata
Larry ParadisWhitworth
G Robert PattersonMemphis State
Gene NeiGustavus Adolphus
C Stokeley Fulton Hampden–Sydney

Second team

PositionPlayerTeam
B Charles StickaTrinity (CT)
Ray PortaSoutheastern Louisiana
Charles PodoleyCentral Michigan
William MortonHobart
E Charles CianciolaLawrence
Gerry RaaschValparaiso
T Al MakowieckiFlorida State
Joe JamesHoward Payne
G Luther ShealeyPresbyterian
Victor BuccolaCal Poly
C Howard BacklandSan Diego State

Third team

PositionPlayerTeam
B Elroy PayneMcMurry
Lem HarpeyCollege of Emporia
Dwaine MillerMorningside
William PappasNew Hampshire
E Richard PaciaroniWest Chester
Von MorganAbilene Christian
T Kenneth DementSoutheast Missouri State
Robert HigginsWayne Teachers
G Andrew GeorgeWillamette
Hampton CookMississippi Southern
C Bill VanderstoepWhitworth

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References

  1. "Don Miller Named to Little All-America Team". Wilmington Morning News. December 3, 1954. p. 62 via Newspapers.com.