1953 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team

The 1953 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP) as the best players at each position from the players on teams participating in the Atlantic Coast Conference ("ACC") during the 1953 college football season.

The following three teams dominated the All-ACC selections:

All-Atlantic Coast selections

Ends

  • Clyde Bennett, South Carolina (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Howard Pitt, Duke (AP-1, UP-1)

Tackles

Guards

  • Bobby Burrows, Duke (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Frank Mincevich, South Carolina (AP-1, UP-1)

Centers

  • Leon Cunningham, South Carolina (AP-1, UP-1)

Backs

  • Bernie Faloney, Maryland (AP-1, UP-1) (Canadian Football Hall of Fame)
  • Chet Hanulak, Maryland (AP-1, UP-1)
  • James "Red" Smith, Duke (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Ralph Felton, Maryland (AP-1)
  • John Gramling, South Carolina (UP-1)

Key

See also

References

  1. "All-ACC Eleven Is Dominated by Terps, Duke, SC". Beckley (WV) Post-Herald. November 26, 1953. p. 8.
  2. "Gramling, Bennett, Cunningham, Mincevich on UP All-Conference". The Columbia Record. November 28, 1953. p. 6 via Newspapers.com.
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