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 edit
- George Welsh, Navy (UP-1, INS-2)
- Pete Vann, Army (AP-1 [b], UP-2, INS-1)
- Cornelius Salvaterra, Pitt (AP-2)
Halfbacks edit
- Lenny Moore, Penn State (AP-1 [b], UP-1, INS-1)
- Tommy Bell, Army (AP-2, UP-1, INS-1)
- Royce Flippin, Princeton (AP-1 [b], UP-2, INS-2)
- Henry Ford, Pitt (UP-2, INS-2)
- Raymond Perkins, Syracuse (AP-2)
Fullbacks edit
- Sam Pino, Boston University (AP-1 [b], UP-1, INS-2)
- Pat Uebel, Army (UP-2, INS-1)
- Charles Sticka, Trinity (AP-2)
Ends edit
- 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 edit
- Frank Morze, Boston College (AP-1, UP-1, INS-2)
- Eldred Kraemer, Pitt (UP-2, INS-1)
- Otto Kneidinger, Penn State (AP-1)
- Rosey Grier, Penn State (UP-1)
- Phil Tarasovic, Yale (INS-1)
- Leonard Oniskey, Cornell (AP-2)
- Lou Palatella, Pitt (AP-2)
- Hugh Webster, Navy (UP-2)
- Paul Kernaklian, Syracuse (INS-2)
Guards edit
- Bill Meigs, Harvard (AP-1, UP-1, INS-2)
- Ralph Chesnauskas, Army (AP-1, UP-1)
- Leonard Benzi, Navy (AP-2, INS-1)
- John Henn, Princeton (INS-1)
- Jim Van Buren, Cornell (UP-2, INS-2)
- Louis Lovely, Boston University (AP-2)
- Thorne Shugart, Yale (UP-2)
Center edit
- Bill Chance, Army (UP-1, INS-2)
- Charles Beemus, Colgate (AP-1)
- Frank Reich, Penn State (INS-1)
- James Doughan, Yale (AP-2)
- Ed Bose, Pitt (UP-2)
Key edit
- AP = Associated Press[1]
- UP = United Press[2]
- INS = International News Service[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Army Places Three Men, Navy One on All-Eastern". Times Journal. Vineland, NJ. November 30, 1954. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Army Gets Four Places on the United Press All-Eastern Football Team". The Berkshire Evening Eagle. November 30, 1954. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "4 Army Players On INS East Team". Courier-Post. November 22, 1954. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.