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
editReferences
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.