The 1952 All-SEC football team consists of
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
players selected to the All-
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central and Southeastern United States. Its fourteen members include the flagship public universities of ...
(SEC) chosen by various selectors for the
1952 college football season
The 1952 college football season ended with the unbeaten Michigan State Spartans (9–0) and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (12–0) each claiming a national championship from different polls. Michigan State finished first according to two of the "w ...
.
Georgia Tech
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won the conference.
Offensive selections
Ends
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Steve Meilinger
Stephen Frank Meilinger (December 12, 1930 – September 14, 2015) was an American football end who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins, the Green Bay Packers, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. He pl ...
, Kentucky (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP, UP-1)
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Harry Babcock, Georgia (AP, UP-2)
*Buck Martin, Georgia Tech (UP-1)
*Ben Roderick, Vanderbilt (UP-2)
*James Mack, Ole Miss (UP-3)
*Roger Rotroff, Tennessee (UP-3)
Tackles
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Hal Miller
Sir Hilary Duppa Miller (6 March 1929 – 21 March 2015) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Early life
He was the son of Lieutenant-Commander Jack Duppa-Miller, GC, and Barbara Miller (née Barbara Buckmaster, daughter of the firs ...
, Georgia Tech (AP, UP-2)
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Kline Gilbert
Kline Gilbert (November 22, 1930June 14, 1987) was a professional American football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played five seasons for the Chicago Bears from 1953 to 1957.
References
1930 births
1987 dea ...
, Ole Miss (AP, UP-2)
*Bill Turnbeaugh, Auburn (UP-3)
*Paul Miller, LSU (UP-3)
Guards
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John Michels
John Spiegel Michels (born March 19, 1973 in La Jolla, California) is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League.
High school career
Michels attended La Jolla High School, where he was a three time letterman in ...
, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP, UP-1)
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Crawford Mims
Crawford Mims (March 21, 1933 – April 21, 2001) was an American former college football player who was an All-American guard for the Ole Miss Rebels football team of the University of Mississippi.
Mims attended the University of Mississippi ...
, Ole Miss (UP-2)
*Orville Vernon, Georgia Tech (UP-2)
*Jerry Watford, Alabama (AP, UP-3)
*Ed Gessage, Georgia Tech (UP-3)
Centers
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Pete Brown
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, Georgia Tech (AP, UP-2)
Quarterbacks
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Jackie Parker
John Dickerson "Jackie" Parker (January 1, 1932 – November 7, 2006) was an American gridiron football player and coach. He was an All-American in college football and an outstanding professional football player in the Canadian Football League ...
, Miss. St. (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP, UP-1)
*Jimmy Lear, Ole Miss (UP-2)
*Bill Krietemeyer, Vanderbilt (UP-3)
Halfbacks
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Leon Hardeman
Leon Hardeman (June 6, 1932 – December 9, 2019) was an American football player. Hardeman played college football at the halfback position for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team from 1951 to 1953. At five feet, six inches and 175 po ...
, Georgia Tech (AP, UP-1)
*Bobby Marlow, Alabama (AP, UP-1)
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Zeke Bratkowski
Edmund Raymond "Zeke" Bratkowski (October 20, 1931 − November 11, 2019) was an American football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Chicago Bears, Los Angeles Rams, and Green Bay Packer ...
, Georgia (UP-2)
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Joe Fortunato, Miss. St. (UP-2)
*Corky Tharp, Alabama (UP-3)
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Buford Long
Buford Eugene Long (December 14, 1931 – September 1, 2006) was an American college and professional football player who was a defensive back, halfback and end in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons during the 1950s. Long pla ...
, Florida (UP-3)
Fullbacks
*Andy Kozar, Tennessee (AP, UP-1)
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Rick Casares
Richard Jose Casares (July 4, 1931 – September 13, 2013) was an American professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) for twelve seasons during the 1950s and 1960s. ...
, Florida (UP-2)
*Max McGee, Tulane (UP-3)
Defensive selections
Ends
*Sam Hensley, Georgia Tech (AP)
*Mack Franklin, Tennessee (AP)
Tackles
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Charlie LaPradd
Charles W. LaPradd (August 24, 1927 – February 1, 2006) was an American football player during the early 1950s. He played college football for the University of Florida and was recognized as an All-American as a defensive lineman. He late ...
, Florida (AP, UP-1
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Doug Atkins
Douglas Leon Atkins (May 8, 1930 – December 30, 2015) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end for the Cleveland Browns, Chicago Bears, and New Orleans Saints in the National Football League (NFL). He played colleg ...
, Tennessee (AP, UP-1
s T
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Guards
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Joe D'Agostino
Joseph F. "Joe-joe" D'Agostino, Jr. was a college football player. A two-way offensive and defensive guard for the Florida Gators, D'Agostino was an honorable mention All-American and twice received first-team All-SEC honors. He was a key memb ...
, Florida (AP, UP-1
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*Francis Holohan, Tennessee (AP)
Linebackers
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George Morris, Georgia Tech (AP, UP-1
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Larry Morris
Larry Cleo Morris (December 10, 1933 – December 19, 2012) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Chicago Bears. The 1950 graduate of Decatur High School ...
, Georgia Tech (UP-3)
Backs
*Cecil Ingram, Alabama (AP)
*Bobby Moorhead, Georgia Tech (AP)
*Art Decarlo, Georgia (AP)
Key
AP =
Associated Press
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The AP selection had two platoons, but not UP's.
UP =
United Press
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.
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Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UP
See also
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1952 College Football All-America Team
The 1952 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1952. The eight selectors recognized by the ...
References
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