The 1953 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 1953. The eight selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1953 season are (1) the Associated Press, (2) the United Press, (3) the All-America Board, (4) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (5) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (6) the International News Service (INS), (7) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and (8) the Sporting News.
For the year 1953, the NCAA recognizes eight published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.
Don Dohoney, Michigan State (AFCA; AP-1; FWAA; NEA-1; SN; UP-1; WC)
Carlton Massey, Texas (AAB; AP-2; FWAA; INS; NEA-3; SN; UP-1; WC)
Steve Meilinger, Kentucky (AAB; AFCA; AP-2; NEA-1; UP-3)
Sam Morley, Stanford (AP-1; NEA-2; UP-2)
John Carson, Georgia (UP-3; FWAA; NEA-3)
Ken Buck, Pacific (FWAA)
Joe Collier, Northwestern (INS)
Don Penza, Notre Dame (UP-2)
Dick Dietrich, Pittsburgh (NEA-2)
Clyde Bennett, South Carolina (AP-3)
Gary Knafele, Colorado (AP-3)
Stan Jones, Maryland (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AFCA; AP-1; FWAA; INS; NEA-1; SN; UP-1; WC)
Art Hunter, Notre Dame (AAB; AP-2; FWAA; INS; NEA-2; SN; UP-1; WC)
Jack Shanafelt, Pennsylvania (AP-1; FWAA; NEA-3)
Ed Meadows, Duke (FWAA; NEA-3; UP-2)
Jim Ray Smith, Baylor (AFCA; AP-3; UP-2)
John Hudson, Rice (NEA-1)
Sid Fournet, LSU (AP-2)
Bob Farris, Army (NEA-2)
George Jacoby, Ohio State (AP-3; UP-3)
Eldred Kraemer, Pittsburgh (UP-3)
J. D. Roberts, Oklahoma (Outland Trophy and College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; FWAA; INS; NEA-1; SN; UP-1; WC)
Crawford Mims, Mississippi (AFCA; AP-1; FWAA; NEA-1; SN; UP-1; WC)
Bob Fleck, Syracuse (AFCA; INS)
Milt Bohart, Washington (AP-2; FWAA; NEA-2; UP-2)
Ray Correll, Kentucky (FWAA; NEA-2)
Steve Eisenhauer, Navy (AAB; UP-2)
Gene Lamone, West Virginia (AP-2)
Morgan Williams, Texas Christian (AP-3)
Bob Burrows, Duke (AP-3)
John Bauer, Illinois (NEA-3)
George Timberlake, Southern California (NEA-3)
Norm Manoogian, Stanford (UP-3)
Joe D'Agostino, Florida (UP-3)
Larry Morris, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AFCA; AP-1; NEA-2; SN; UP-1; WC)
Matt Hazeltine, California (FWAA; INS; UP-2)
Jerry Hilgenberg, Iowa (AP-2; FWAA; NEA-3)
Bob Orders, West Virginia (NEA-1; UP-3)
Steve Korchek, George Washington (AP-3)
Paul Giel, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AFCA; AP-1; FWAA; INS; SN; UP-1; WC)
Bernie Faloney, Maryland (AAB; AP-2; INS; NEA-2; UP-2)
Jackie Parker, Mississippi State (AP-3; FWAA; NEA-3; UP-3)
Bobby Garrett, Stanford (AP-2; FWAA; UP-2)
Zeke Bratkowski, Georgia (UP-3)
George Shaw, Oregon (AP-3)
Johnny Lattner, Notre Dame (Heisman Trophy winner and College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AFCA; AP-1; FWAA; INS; SN; UP-1; WC)
Paul Cameron, UCLA (AAB; AFCA; AP-1; FWAA; INS; NEA-2; SN; UP-1; WC)
J. C. Caroline, Illinois (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA; AP-2; FWAA; NEA-2; UP-1; WC)
Leroy Bolden, Michigan State (NEA-3; UP-2)
Bobby Cavazos, Texas Tech (AP-2)
Dick Clasby, Harvard (AP-3)
Larry Grigg, Oklahoma (NEA-3)
Neil Worden, Notre Dame (UP-3)
Leon Hardeman, Georgia Tech (UP-3)
Kosse Johnson, Rice (AP-1; FWAA; NEA-2)
Alan Ameche, Wisconsin (AP-3; FWAA; UP-2)
Tommy Allman, West Virginia (NEA-3)
Bold – Consensus All-American
-1 – First-team selection
-2 – Second-team selection
-3 – Third-team selection
AAB = All-America Board
AFCA = American Football Coaches Association, for Collier's Weekly magazine
AP = Associated Press
FWAA = Football Writers Association of America
INS = International News Service
NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association
SN = The Sporting News: selected "by 150 sportswriters and broadcasters"
UP = United Press: "selected by 265 sports writers and broadcasters in a nationwide ballot"
WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation
