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1953 All-Southwest Conference football team

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The 1953 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1953 college football season. The selectors for the 1953 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

Ends

Tackles

  • Dick Chapman, Rice (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Jim Ray Smith, Baylor (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
  • Don Gross, Southern Methodist (AP-2)
  • Dougal Cameron, Texas (AP-2)
  • Herb Gray, Texas (UP-2)
  • Jack Gunlock, Southern Methodist (UP-2)

Guards

  • Morgan Williams, TCU (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Phil Branch, Texas (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Kenneth Paul, Rice (UP-2)
  • Clarence Dierking, Baylor (UP-2)

Centers

  • Leo Rucka, Rice (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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Owls Dominate All SWC Team Selected by Coaches of Circuit". The Corsicana, Texas, Semi-Weekly Light. December 1, 1953. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "McHan, Johnson Unanimously Named To UP's All-SWC Team". Brownwood Bulletin. December 2, 1953. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon