Jump to content

1954 All-Pro Team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1954 All-Pro Team consisted of the best players at each position among players in the National Football League as chosen by various selectors.

The 1954 Cleveland Browns won the NFL championship. Five Cleveland players received first-team honors from at least one selector. Cleveland's honorees were: tackle Lou Groza, guard Abe Gibron; quarterback Otto Graham; defensive end Len Ford; and defensive tackle John Kissell.

Eight members of the Detroit Lions received first-team honors.

The All-Pro selectors included:

Players receiving first-team honors from three of the five selectors are shown in bold.

Offense

[edit]

Ends

[edit]

Tackles

[edit]
  • Lou Creekmur, Detroit Lions (AP, NEA-2, UP-1, TSN, NYDN-1)
  • Lou Groza, Cleveland Browns (AP, NEA-1, UP-1, TSN, NYDN-1)
  • Bob St. Clair, San Francisco 49ers (NEA-1, UP-2)
  • Ken Snyder, Philadelphia Eagles (NEA-2, UP-2, NYDN-2)

Guards

[edit]

Centers

[edit]

Quarterbacks

[edit]

Halfbacks

[edit]

Fullbacks

[edit]

Defense

[edit]

Defensive ends

[edit]

Defensive tackles

[edit]

Middle guards

[edit]

Linebackers

[edit]

Defensive halfbacks

[edit]

Safeties

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Lions Place Six: Associated Press All-Pro Grid Team Dominated by Detroit Players". Kansas City Times. December 30, 1954. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Football's Best Selected On 1954 NEA All Pro Team". Santa Cruz Sentinel-News. December 12, 1954. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Earl Wright. "All-Pro Football Team of United Press Is Released: Lions, Browns Win Top Number Of Players On Select Team For 1954". The Clarion-Ledger. pp. 2–12.
  4. ^ "Groza Elected NFL's Top Man by Sporting News". Nevada State Journal. December 23, 1954. p. 8.
  5. ^ Hy Turkin (December 19, 1954). "6 Lions Roar Onto News All-Pro Team". New York Daily News. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
[edit]