1953 All-Eastern football team

The 1953 All-Eastern football team consists of American football players chosen by various selectors as the best players at each position among the Eastern colleges and universities during the 1953 college football season.

Quarterbacks

Pat Stark, Syracuse (UP-1)
Roger Franz, Fordham (INS-1)
Pete Vann, Army (AP-2, INS-2)

Halfbacks

Dick Clasby, Harvard (AP-1 [b], UP-1, INS-1)
Gene Filipski, Villanova (AP-2, UP-1)
Pat Uebel, Army (UP-1)
Lenny Moore, Penn State (INS-1)
Richard Lalla, Colgate (AP-1 [b])
Homer Smith, Princeton (AP-1 [b])
Bobby Epps, Pittsburgh (AP-1 [b], INS-2)
Richard Zotti, Boston College (AP-2)
Royce Flippin, Princeton (INS-2)
Lou Turner, Dartmouth (INS-2)

Fullbacks

Joe Varaitis, Penn (AP-2, INS-1)

Ends

Bob Mischak, Army (UP-1, INS-1)
Dick Deitrick, Pitt (UP-1, INS-1)
Henry C. Lemire, Holy Cross (AP-1)
James Garrity, Penn State (AP-1, UP-2, INS-2)
Richard Deitrick, Pitt (AP-2)
David McLaughlin, Dartmouth (AP-2)
Andy Nacrelli, Fordham (UP-2)
Pete Popovich, Colgate (INS-2)

Tackles

Jack Shanafelt, Penn (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1)
Jack C. Perkins, Navy (AP-1, INS-2)
Bob Farris, Army (AP-2, UP-1)
Eldred Kraemer, Pitt (UP-2, INS-1)
Michael Cooney, Holy Cross (AP-2)
John Casella, Columbia (INS-2)

Guards

Dick Polich, Yale (AP-1, UP-1)
Stanley Tsapis, Cornell (AP-1, UP-2)
Steve Eisenhauer, Navy (AP-2, UP-1, INS-2)
John Cannon, Penn (UP-2, INS-1)
Bob Fleck, Syracuse (AP-2, UP-2, INS-1)
Ralph Chesnauskas, Army (INS-2)

Center

Ted Kukowski, Syracuse (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1)
Thomas Coolidge, Harvard (AP-2)
Frank Morze, Boston College (UP-2)
George Trautman, Penn (INS-2)

Key

References

^ "All-Eastern Grid Eleven Is Selected". The Bristol Herald Courier. November 30, 1953. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Dick Lalla Heads Backfield On AP All-East Grid Team". Reading Eagle. November 29, 1953. p. 35.
^ Norman Miller (December 2, 1953). "Army Wins 3 Places On All-Eastern Team". The Anniston Star. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "3 Penn Stars on INS All-East Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 24, 1953. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.

[1] "All-Eastern Grid Eleven Is Selected". The Bristol Herald Courier. November 30, 1953. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "Dick Lalla Heads Backfield On AP All-East Grid Team". Reading Eagle. November 29, 1953. p. 35.

[3] Norman Miller (December 2, 1953). "Army Wins 3 Places On All-Eastern Team". The Anniston Star. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] "3 Penn Stars on INS All-East Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 24, 1953. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.

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