Official list of the best college football players of 1952
The1952 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 1952. The eight selectors recognized by theNCAA as "official" for the 1952 season are (1) theAssociated Press , (2) theUnited Press , (3) the All-America Board, (4) theAmerican Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (5) theFootball Writers Association of America (FWAA), (6) theInternational News Service (INS), (7) theNewspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and (8) theSporting News
Maryland quarterback Jack Scarbath andNotre Dame halfback Johnny Lattner were the only two players to be unanimously named first-team All-Americans by all eight official selectors. Lattner was awarded the 1953Heisman Trophy .
Consensus All-Americans [ edit ] For the year 1952, 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 Jack Scarbath Quarterback Maryland 8/8 AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP Look Johnny Lattner Halfback Notre Dame 8/8 AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP WC Billy Vessels Halfback Oklahoma 7/8 AAB, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP WC John Michels Guard Tennessee 6/8 AAB, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UP WC Frank McPhee End Princeton 5/8 AAB, INS, NEA, SN, UP WC Dick Modzelewski Tackle Maryland 5/8 AFCA, AAB, NEA, SN, UP WC Donn Moomaw Center UCLA 5/8 AFCA, AP, NEA, SN, UP WC Bernie Flowers End Purdue 5/8 AAB, FWAA, NEA, SN, UP WC Elmer Willhoite Guard USC 5/8 AFCA, FWAA INS, NEA, UP WC Tom Catlin [ 1] Center Oklahoma 5/8 AAB, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN -- Hal Miller Tackle Georgia Tech 4/8 FWAA, NEA, SN, UP WC Jim Sears Halfback USC 3/8 AP, INS, NEA WC
All-American selections for 1952 [ edit ] Frank McPhee (AAB, INS, NEA, SN, UP, WC, CP-1) Bernie Flowers (AAB, FWAA, NEA, SN, UP, WC, CP-1) Eddie Bell , Pennsylvania(AFCA, INS, AP-2, CP-3) Tom Stolhandske , Texas(AP-1, FWAA, INS) Tom Scott , Virginia(AP-1; NEA) Joe Collier , Northwestern(INS) Don Branby , Colorado(AP-1) Buck Martin, Georgia Tech(AFCA) Steve Meilinger , Kentucky(NEA) Ed Luke, Michigan State(AP-2) Harry Babcock , Georgia(AP-2, CP-2) Ed Woodsum, Yale(CP-2) Lowell Perry , Michigan(CP-3) Dick Modzelewski (AFCA, AAB, NEA, SN, UP, WC, CP-1) Hal Miller (AP-3, FWAA, NEA, SN, UP, WC, CP-1) Doug Atkins , Tennessee(AAB; INS) Ed Meadows , Duke(AFCA; AP-2; CP-2) Kline Gilbert , Mississippi(AP-1, FWAA) Dave Suminski , Wisconsin(AP-1) Harvey Achziger , Colorado A&M(INS) Bob Fleck, Syracuse(INS) J.D. Kimmel , Houston(AP-1) Charlie LaPradd , Florida(AP-1) Jerry Minnick, Nebraska(INS) Ollie Spencer , Kansas(NEA) Ben Dunkerley, West Virginia(AP-2) Eldred Kraemer , Pittsburgh(AP-2) William "Bill" Skyinskus, Syracuse(AP-2) Bob Van Doren , USC(CP-2) Sam Palumbo , Notre Dame(CP-3) Vic Rimkus, Holy Cross(CP-3) John Michels (AAB, AP-1, FWAA, NEA, SN, UP, WC) Elmer Willhoite (AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, INS, NEA, UP, WC, CP-1) Steve Eisenhauer , Navy(AP-1, INS, NEA, SN, CP-2) Harley Sewell , Texas(AFCA, AAB, AP-2, NEA, CP-1) Marv Matuszak , Tulsa(AP-1) Frank Kush , Michigan State(AP-1, CP-3) Michael "Mike" Takacs, Ohio State(INS) James "Jim" Reichenbach, Ohio State(AP-2) Chester Millett, Holy Cross(AP-2) Bill Athey, Baylor(CP-2) Crawford Mims , Mississippi(CP-3) Donn Moomaw (AFCA, AP-1, NEA, SN, UP, WC, CP-2) Tom Catlin , Oklahoma(AAB, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, CP-3) Dick Tamburo , Michigan State(AP-1, CP-1, INS) Pete Brown , Georgia Tech(AP-1) Joe Schmidt , Pittsburgh(INS) James Dooley, Penn State(AP-2) Tom Catlin , Oklahoma(AP-2) George Morris , Georgia Tech(AP-2) Jack Scarbath (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, COL-1, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP,Look -1, CP-2) Johnny Lattner (AAB; AFCA; AP-1, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP, WC, CP-1) Billy Vessels (AAB; AP-1, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP, WC, CP-1) Jim Sears (AP-1, INS, NEA; WC) Don McAuliffe, Michigan State(AAB; COL-1, UP, CP-3) Leon Hardeman , Georgia Tech(AAB, INS, SN, CP-3) Johnny Olszewski , California(INS, NEA, AP-2, CP-2) Bobby Morehead, Georgia Tech(AP-1, INS) Paul Giel , Minnesota(AP-1, FWAA, CP-2) Buck McPhail , Oklahoma(AFCA) Lowell Perry , Michigan(NEA) Paul Cameron , UCLA(NEA) Don Heinrich , Washington(AP-1, CP-3) Gene Filipski , Villanova(FWAA) Andy Kozar, Tennessee(AP-2, CP-3) Bobby Marlow , Alabama(AP-2, CP-2) Ed Mioduszewski , William & Mary(AP-2) Val Joe Walker , Southern Methodist(AP-2) Norris Mullis, South Carolina(AP-2) Gilbert "Gil" Reich, Kansas(AP-2) Eddie Crowder , Oklahoma(CP-1) Alan Ameche , Wisconsin(CP-1) Bold – Consensus All-American[ 2] -1 – First-team selection -2 – Second-team selection -3 – Third-team selection ^ Despite being a first-team pick of five of the eight official selectors, Tom Catlin is not recognized by the NCAA as a consensus All-American. ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF) . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 8. RetrievedOctober 21, 2017 .^a b c d e ESPN College Football Encyclopedia . ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1228.ISBN 1401337031 ^ Ted Smits, "Michigan State and Tech Pace All=American ,"Florence Times-Daily , p. 8 (December 5, 1952). Retrieved March 21, 2010. ^ International News Service, "Hardeman, Morehead on INS All-American team [permanent dead link Rome News-Tribune , p. 15 (November 30, 1952). Retrieved March 21, 2010. ^ Walter L. Johns (December 2, 1952)."All Sections of US Represented on C-P All-American" .Herald-Journal . p. 11. ^ "Walter Camp Football Foundation" . Archived fromthe original on March 30, 2009.
