Official list of the best college football players of 1962
The1962 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 1962. The six selectors recognized by theNCAA as "official" for the 1962 season are (1) theAmerican Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (2) theAssociated Press (AP), (3) theFootball Writers Association of America (FWAA), (4) theNewspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (5) theSporting News United Press International (UPI).
Consensus All-Americans [ edit ] For the year 1962, the NCAA recognizes six 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 Bobby Bell Tackle Minnesota 6/6 AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI Time, WC Lee Roy Jordan Center Alabama 6/6 AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI Time, WC Terry Baker Quarterback Oregon State 6/6 AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI Time, WC Jerry Stovall Halfback LSU 6/6 AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI Time, WC Johnny Treadwell Guard Texas 6/6 AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI WC Pat Richter End Wisconsin 5/6 AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, UPI Time, WC Hal Bedsole End USC 5/6 AFCA, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI WC George Saimes Fullback Michigan State 5/6 AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, UPI WC Jim Dunaway Tackle Ole Miss 3/6 NEA, SN, UPI Time, WC Jack Cvercko Guard Northwestern 2/6 SN, UPI Time, WC Mel Renfro Halfback Oregon 2/6 SN, UPI Time, WC
All-American selections for 1962 [ edit ] Pat Richter (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-3, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC) Hal Bedsole (AFCA-1, AP-3, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI, WC) Dave Robinson , Penn State(AFCA-2, AP-1, NEA-1, FWAA, SN-2, Time) Conrad Hitchler , Missouri(AP-3, FWAA, NEA-2) Hugh Campbell , Washington State(AFCA-2, AP-2, NEA-3, SN-2) Tom Hutchinson , Kentucky(AFCA-3, AP-2, SN-3) Vern Burke , Oregon State(AFCA-3, NEA-2) Woody Dabbs, Ole Miss(SN-3) Bobby Bell (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC) Jim Dunaway (AFCA-2, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC) Don Brumm , Purdue(AFCA-3 [guard], AP-1, FWAA, NEA-2) Steve Barnett , Oregon(AFCA-1, FWAA, NEA-3, SN-3) Fred Miller , LSU(AFCA-3, AP-3, FWAA, NEA-2, SN-2) Art Gregory, Duke(AP-2) Ray Schoenke , SMU(AP-2) Bob Vogel , Ohio State(AFCA-2, SN-2) Scott Appleton , Texas(AFCA-3) Tom Nomina , Miami (Ohio)(AP-3) Chuck Sieminski , Penn State(NEA-3, SN-3) Johnny Treadwell (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI, WC) Jack Cvercko (AFCA-2, AP-3, NEA-2, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC) Rufus Guthrie , Georgia Tech(AFCA-1, AP-2, FWAA, NEA-2) Jean Berry , Duke(FWAA) Leon Cross , Oklahoma(AP-2, FWAA, NEA-3, SN-3) Damon Bame , USC(AP-1) Ed Budde , Michigan State(Time) Tom Hertz, Missouri(AFCA-3, NEA-3, SN-2) Dave Watson , Georgia Tech(SN-2) Gene McDowell , Florida State(AP-3) Steve Underwood, Wisconsin(SN-3) Lee Roy Jordan (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC) Donald McKinnon , Dartmouth(AFCA-3, AP-2, NEA-1 [guard], FWAA, SN-3) Dave Behrman , Michigan State(AFCA-2, SN-2) Ray Mansfield , Washington(AFCA-2 [guard], AP-3) Wayne Lee, Oklahoma(NEA-2) Billie Joe Armstrong, Ohio State(NEA-3) Terry Baker (AP-1, NEA-1, UPI, WC, AFCA-1, FWAA, SN-1, Time) George Mira , Miami (Fla)(AFCA-2, AP-1, FWAA, SN-2) Glynn Griffing , Mississippi(AP-2, FWAA, NEA-2, SN-3) Tom Myers , Northwestern(AFCA-3) Daryle Lamonica , Notre Dame(AP-3) Bill King, Dartmouth(NEA-3) Jerry Stovall (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC) Mel Renfro (AFCA-2, AP-2, NEA-2, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC) Billy Moore, Arkansas(AP-2, NEA-1, FWAA) Dave Hoppman , Iowa State(AP-3, FWAA) Roger Kochman , Penn State(AFCA-1, SN-2) Joe Don Looney , Oklahoma(SN-2) Kermit Alexander , UCLA(AFCA-2) Preacher Pilot , New Mexico State(NEA-2) Billy Gambrell , South Carolina(AFCA-3) Jerry Yost, West Virginia(AP-3) Bobby Santiago, New Mexico(AP-3) Paul Flatley , Northwestern(SN-3) Johnny Roland , Missouri(SN-3) Pete Pedro, West Texas State(NEA-3) Gary Wood , Cornell(NEA-3) Mike McNames, Georgia Tech(NEA-3) George Saimes (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-2, SN-1, UPI, WC) Eldon Fortie , BYU(AFCA-3 [halfback], AP-2 [quarterback], NEA-1) Tom Myers, Syracuse(FWAA) Ray Poage , Texas(SN-2, Time) Bill Thornton , Nebraska(AFCA-2, SN-3) Ed Cummings , Stanford(AFCA-3) Bold – Consensus All-American[ 1] -1 – First-team selection -2 – Second-team selection -3 – Third-team selection ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF) . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 9. RetrievedOctober 21, 2017 .^ "Baker Tops Coaches' All-America" .Lodi News-Sentinel . November 28, 1962. p. 10.^ "AP's 1962 All-America Team" .The Miami News . December 6, 1962. p. 19C.^ Ted Gangi (ed.)."FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team" (PDF) . Archived fromthe original (PDF) on June 12, 2015. RetrievedFebruary 8, 2015 . ^ Harry Grayson (November 23, 1962)."Jordan Named NEA All-America" .The Tuscaloosa News . p. 8. ^ "Baker Summits SN All-American" .Daytona Beach Sunday News-Journal . November 25, 1962. p. 3B.^ "4-deep UPI All-America".Daily Leader-Times . Kittanning, Pennsylvania. ^ "Central Press Captains' All-America".Morning Herald . Hagastown, Maryland. ^ "Time All-America Teams: Picked by the Pros".Time . ^ "All-America Teams" . Walter Camp Football Foundation. Archived fromthe original on December 18, 2007. RetrievedApril 19, 2009 .
