| 1954 All-Big Ten team |
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| 1954 Big Ten Conference football season |
| Selectors |
| Associated Press Sports editors |
| 19521953 ← →19551956 |
The1954 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists ofAmerican football players chosen by theAssociated Press (AP), theUnited Press (UP), and newspaper sports editors (Ed) as the best players at their positions during the1954 Big Ten Conference football season. The UP team was selected by the Big Ten head coaches.
The1954 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, under head coachWoody Hayes, won the national championship and placed five players on at least one of the first teams: halfbackHoward Cassady (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1, Ed-1); endDean Dugger (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1, Ed-1); halfbackBobby Watkins (AP-2, UP-2, INS-2, Ed-1); tackle Francis Machinsky (AP-2, UP-1, Ed-2); and tackle Dick Hilinski (AP-1, UP-2). Cassady was also a consensus All-American.[1]
The1954 Wisconsin Badgers football team, under head coach Ivy Williamson, tied for second place, and placed two players on the first team: fullbackDon Ameche (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1, Ed-1) and center Gary Messner (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1, Ed-1). Ameche also won the 1954Heisman Trophy.
Purdue quarterback Len Dawson led the conference with 1,464 passing yards and was the consensus pick at quarterback.
UP =United Press, selected by conference coaches for the United Press[3]
INS =International News Service[4]
Ed = Sports editors 1954 all-conference team[5]
Bold - named to the first team by at least three of the four selectors