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 George Welsh, Navy (UP-1, INS-2) Pete Vann, Army (AP-1 [b], UP-2, INS-1) Cornelius Salvaterra, Pitt (AP-2)
Halfbacks 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 Sam Pino, Boston University (AP-1 [b], UP-1, INS-2) Pat Uebel, Army (UP-2, INS-1) Charles Sticka, Trinity (AP-2)
Ends 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 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 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 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 AP = Associated Press UP = United Press INS = International News Service
See also 1954 College Football All-America Team
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