1953 All-Southwest Conference football team

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

Don Ellis, Texas A&M (AP-1 [QB]; UP-1)
Lamar McHan, Arkansas (AP-1 [HB]; UP-1)
Jerry Coody, Baylor (AP-1 [HB]; UP-1)
Kosse Johnson, Rice (AP-1; UP-1)
Cotton Davidson, Baylor (UP-2 [QB])
L.G. Dupre, Baylor (AP-2, UP-2)
Dicky Moegle, Rice (AP-2, UP-2)
Frank Eidom, Southern Methodist (UP-2)

Ends

Carlton Massey, Texas (AP-1; UP-1)
Floyd Sagely, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-1)
Gilmer Spring, Texas (AP-2; UP-2)
Ed Bernet, Southern Methodist (AP-2; UP-2)

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

References

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

[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.

[2] "McHan, Johnson Unanimously Named To UP's All-SWC Team". Brownwood Bulletin. December 2, 1953. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.

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