1954 All-Southwest Conference football team

The 1954 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1954 college football season. The selectors for the 1954 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP). Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UP are designated in bold.

All Southwest selections

Backs

Frank Eidom, SMU (AP-1 [HB]; UP-1)
Dicky Moegle, Rice (AP-1 [HB]; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
Henry Moore, Arkansas (AP-1 [FB]; UP-1)
Billy Hooper, Baylor (AP-1 [QB]; UP-2)
Elwood Kettler, Texas A&M (UP-1)
Jim Swink, TCU (UP-2)
Del Shofner, Baylor (UP-2)
George Walker, Arkansas (UP-2)
Don Kachtik, Texas A&M (UP-2)

Ends

Hank Gremminger, Baylor (AP-1; UP-1)
Bennie Sinclair, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1)
Raymond Berry, SMU (UP-2)
Lamoine Holland, Rice (UP-2)

Tackles

Jim Ray Smith, Baylor (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
Buck Lansford, Texas (AP-1; UP-2)
Eddie Rayburn, Rice (UP-1)
Forrest Gregg, SMU (UP-2)

Guards

Bud Brooks, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-1)
Kenny Paul, Rice (AP-1; UP-1)
Eddie Bradford, Arkansas (UP-2)
Clarence Dierking, Baylor (UP-2)

Centers

Hugh Pitts, TCU (AP-1; UP-1)
John Tatum, Texas (UP-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1]

UP = United Press^[2]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP

References

^ "All Southwest 1954". The Paris (TX) News. November 29, 1954. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Rice Places Three on All-Southwest Conference Team; Texas Is Blanked". The Brownsville Herald. December 2, 1954. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.

[1] "All Southwest 1954". The Paris (TX) News. November 29, 1954. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "Rice Places Three on All-Southwest Conference Team; Texas Is Blanked". The Brownsville Herald. December 2, 1954. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.

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