The 1953 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1953 college football season. The selectors for the 1953 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP). Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UP are designated in bold.
All Southwest selections
Backs Don Ellis, Texas A&M (AP-1 [QB]; UP-1) Lamar McHan, Arkansas (AP-1 [HB]; UP-1) Jerry Coody, Baylor (AP-1 [HB]; UP-1) Kosse Johnson, Rice (AP-1; UP-1) Cotton Davidson, Baylor (UP-2 [QB]) L.G. Dupre, Baylor (AP-2, UP-2) Dicky Moegle, Rice (AP-2, UP-2) Frank Eidom, Southern Methodist (UP-2)
Ends Carlton Massey, Texas (AP-1; UP-1) Floyd Sagely, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-1) Gilmer Spring, Texas (AP-2; UP-2) Ed Bernet, Southern Methodist (AP-2; UP-2)
Tackles Dick Chapman, Rice (AP-1; UP-1) Jim Ray Smith, Baylor (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame) Don Gross, Southern Methodist (AP-2) Dougal Cameron, Texas (AP-2) Herb Gray, Texas (UP-2) Jack Gunlock, Southern Methodist (UP-2)
Guards Morgan Williams, TCU (AP-1; UP-1) Phil Branch, Texas (AP-1; UP-1) Kenneth Paul, Rice (UP-2) Clarence Dierking, Baylor (UP-2)
Centers Leo Rucka, Rice (AP-1; UP-1) John Tatum, Texas (UP-2)
Key AP = Associated Press
UP = United Press
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP
See also 1953 College Football All-America Team
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