1953 All-Southwest Conference football team

American college football all-star 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

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### Backs

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* Leo Rucka, Rice (AP-1; UP-1)
* John Tatum, Texas (UP-2)

## Key

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AP = Associated Press[1]

UP = United Press[2]

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

## See also

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* 1953 College Football All-America Team

## References

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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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