The 1953 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 1953 college football season.
Quarterbacks
editHalfbacks
edit- Dick Clasby, Harvard (AP-1 [b], UP-1, INS-1)
- Gene Filipski, Villanova (AP-2, UP-1)
- Pat Uebel, Army (UP-1)
- Lenny Moore, Penn State (INS-1)
- Richard Lalla, Colgate (AP-1 [b])
- Homer Smith, Princeton (AP-1 [b])
- Bobby Epps, Pittsburgh (AP-1 [b], INS-2)
- Richard Zotti, Boston College (AP-2)
- Royce Flippin, Princeton (INS-2)
- Lou Turner, Dartmouth (INS-2)
Fullbacks
edit- Joe Varaitis, Penn (AP-2, INS-1)
Ends
edit- Bob Mischak, Army (UP-1, INS-1)
- Dick Deitrick, Pitt (UP-1, INS-1)
- Henry C. Lemire, Holy Cross (AP-1)
- James Garrity, Penn State (AP-1, UP-2, INS-2)
- Richard Deitrick, Pitt (AP-2)
- David McLaughlin, Dartmouth (AP-2)
- Andy Nacrelli, Fordham (UP-2)
- Pete Popovich, Colgate (INS-2)
Tackles
edit- Jack Shanafelt, Penn (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1)
- Jack C. Perkins, Navy (AP-1, INS-2)
- Bob Farris, Army (AP-2, UP-1)
- Eldred Kraemer, Pitt (UP-2, INS-1)
- Michael Cooney, Holy Cross (AP-2)
- John Casella, Columbia (INS-2)
Guards
edit- Dick Polich, Yale (AP-1, UP-1)
- Stanley Tsapis, Cornell (AP-1, UP-2)
- Steve Eisenhauer, Navy (AP-2, UP-1, INS-2)
- John Cannon, Penn (UP-2, INS-1)
- Bob Fleck, Syracuse (AP-2, UP-2, INS-1)
- Ralph Chesnauskas, Army (INS-2)
Center
edit- Ted Kukowski, Syracuse (AP-1, UP-1, INS-1)
- Thomas Coolidge, Harvard (AP-2)
- Frank Morze, Boston College (UP-2)
- George Trautman, Penn (INS-2)
Key
edit- AP = Associated Press[1][2]
- UP = United Press[3]
- INS = International News Service[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "All-Eastern Grid Eleven Is Selected". The Bristol Herald Courier. November 30, 1953. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dick Lalla Heads Backfield On AP All-East Grid Team". Reading Eagle. November 29, 1953. p. 35.
- ^ Norman Miller (December 2, 1953). "Army Wins 3 Places On All-Eastern Team". The Anniston Star. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "3 Penn Stars on INS All-East Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 24, 1953. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.