| 1954 All-America college football team |
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| All-America college football team |
| 1954 college football season |
| 19521953 ← →19551956 |
The1954 All-America college football team is composed ofcollege football players who were selected asAll-Americans by various organizations and writers that choseAll-America college football teams in 1954. The eight selectors recognized by theNCAA as "official" for the 1954 season are (1) the All-America Board (AAB), (2) theAmerican Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (3) theAssociated Press (AP), (4) theFootball Writers Association of America (FWAA), (5) theInternational News Service (INS), (6) theNewspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (7) theSporting News (SN), and (8) theUnited Press (UP).
Wisconsin'sfullbackAlan Ameche won theHeisman 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'squarterbackRalph Guglielmi;Ohio State'shalfbackHoward "Hopalong" Cassady; andArkansas'guardBud Brooks.
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.
| Name | Position | School | Number | Official | Other |
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| Ralph Guglielmi | Quarterback | Notre Dame | 8/8 | AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| Howard Cassady | Halfback | Ohio State | 8/8 | AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| Alan Ameche | Fullback | Wisconsin | 8/8 | AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| Bud Brooks | Guard | Arkansas | 8/8 | AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | WC |
| Jack Ellena | Tackle | UCLA | 7/8 | AAB, AFCA, AP, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| Dicky Moegle | Halfback | Rice | 7/8 | AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UP | WC |
| Kurt Burris | Center | Oklahoma | 6/8 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| Max Boydston | End | Oklahoma | 6/8 | AAB, AFCA, FWAA, INS, SN, UP | WC |
| Ron Beagle | End | Navy | 6/8 | AAB, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN | WC |
| Cal Jones | Guard | Iowa | 5/8 | AAB, FWAA, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| Sid Fournet | Tackle | LSU | 5/8 | AFCA, FWAA, INS, NEA, UP | WC |