The 1954 All-SEC football team consists of

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players selected to the All-

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(SEC) chosen by various selectors for the

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 o ...

. Ole Miss won the conference.

All-SEC selections

Ends

* Jim Pyburn, Auburn (AP-1, UP) *Henry Hair, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UP) *Joe O'Malley, Georgia (AP-2) *Joe Tuminello, LSU (AP-2) *

Howard Schnellenberger Howard Leslie Schnellenberger (March 16, 1934 – March 27, 2021) was an American football coach with long service at both the professional and college levels. He held head coaching positions with the National Football League's Baltimore Colts a ...

, Kentucky (AP-3) *Ray Brown, Florida (AP-3)

Tackles

Sid Fournet Sidney Fredrick Fournet (August 27, 1932 – April 23, 2011) was an American collegiate and professional American football player who played defensive lineman for three seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, and Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Fo ...

, LSU (AP-1, UP) *

Darris McCord Darris Paul McCord (January 4, 1933 – October 9, 2013) was an American football player. He played college football for the University of Tennessee where he was selected by the Football Writers Association of America as a first-team All-America ...

, Tennessee (AP-2, UP) *

Rex Boggan Rex Reed Boggan (March 27, 1930 – December 8, 1985) was an American football player. Boggan was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, in 1930. He attended Memphis Technical High School in Memphis, Tennessee. He attended the University of Mississippi ...

, Ole Miss (AP-1) * Frank D'Agostino, Auburn (AP-2) *George Mason, Alabama (AP-3) *Pud Mosteller, Georgia (AP-3)

Guards

*Franklin Brooks, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UP) *Bobby Goodall, Vanderbilt (AP-1, UP) *Don Shea, Georgia (AP-2) *Bryan Borathorne, Tulane (AP-2) *George Atkins, Auburn (AP-3) *Bill Dooley, Miss. St. (AP-3)

Centers

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 (AP-2, UP) *

Hal Easterwood Harold Boyd "Hal" Easterwood (October 14, 1932 - August 13, 2005) was an American football player. Easterwood played college football at the center position for the Mississippi State Bulldogs football The Mississippi State Bulldogs football ...

, Miss. St. (AP-1) *Steve DeLaTore, Florida (AP-3)

Quarterbacks

Eagle Day Herman Sidney "Eagle" Day (October 2, 1932 – February 22, 2008) was an American punter in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and quarterback in the Canadian Football League with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Calgary Stampede ...

, Ole Miss (AP-2, UP) *Bob Hardy, Kentucky (AP-1) *Bobby Freeman, Auburn (AP-3)

Halfbacks

Art Davis Arthur David Davis (December 6, 1934 – July 29, 2007) was a double-bassist, known for his work with Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner and Max Roach. Biography Davis was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United State ...

, Miss. St. (AP-1, UP) *

Tom Tracy John Thomas "The Bomb" Tracy (September 7, 1934 – January 24, 1996) was an American football running back in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions, Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Washington Redskins and in the Canadian Football Leag ...

, Tennessee (AP-1, UP

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* Corky Tharp, Alabama (AP-2, UP) * Allen Muirhead, Ole Miss (AP-2) * Charley Horton, Vanderbilt (AP-3) * Jimmy Thompson, Georgia Tech (AP-3)

Fullbacks

Joe Childress Joe Childress (October 26, 1933 – May 5, 1986) was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Auburn Tigers. College years Childress was a two-time All-American at Auburn and was considered the fi ...

, Auburn (AP-1) *

Mal Hammack Malcolm Eugene Hammack (June 19, 1933 – July 19, 2004) was an American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for twelve years during the 1950s and 1960s. Hammack played college f ...

, Florida (AP-2) * Bobby Garrad, Georgia (AP-3)

Key

AP =

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. UP =

United Press United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th c ...

. Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UP

References

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