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1954 All-Eastern Football Team
The 1954 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 1954 college football season. Quarterbacks * George Welsh, Navy (UP-1, INS-2) * Pete Vann, Army (AP-1 UP-2, INS-1) * Cornelius Salvaterra, Pitt (AP-2) Halfbacks * Lenny Moore, Penn State (AP-1 UP-1, INS-1) * Tommy Bell, Army (AP-2, UP-1, INS-1) * Royce Flippin, Princeton (AP-1 UP-2, INS-2) * Henry Ford, Pitt (UP-2, INS-2) * Raymond Perkins, Syracuse (AP-2) Fullbacks * Sam Pino, Boston University (AP-1 UP-1, INS-2) * Pat Uebel, Army (UP-2, INS-1) * Charles Sticka, Trinity (AP-2) Ends * Ron Beagle, Navy (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1) * Don Holleder, Army (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1) * James Garrity, Penn State (AP-2, UP-2) * Andy Nacrelli, Fordham (AP-2, INS-2) * Jim Castle, Penn (UP-2) * Jesse Arnelle, Penn State (INS-2) Tackles * Frank Morze, Boston College (AP-1, UP-1, INS-2) * Eldred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 College Football Season
The 1954 college football season saw three teams finish unbeaten and untied, with Ohio State Buckeyes and the UCLA Bruins sharing the national championship as the No. 1 picks of the AP Poll and the UPI Poll, respectively. Although the winners of the Big Ten and the Pacific conferences normally met in the Rose Bowl, a "no repeat" prevented the two champions from meeting. UCLA, which had been in the Rose Bowl earlier in the year, was replaced by conference runner-up USC. During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for the college football teams that would later be described as "Division I-A". The NCAA did recognize a national champion based upon the final results of "wire service" (AP and UPI) polls. The extent of that recognition came in the form of acknowledgment in the annual ''NCAA Football Guide'' of the "unofficial" national champions. The AP poll in 1954 consisted of the votes of as many as 419 sportswriters. Though not all writers voted in every poll, each would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |