1953 Little All-America college football team

The 1953 Little All-America college football team is composed of college football players from small colleges and universities who were selected by the Associated Press (AP) as the best players at each position. For 1953, the AP abandoned the precedent set in 1951 and 1952 of selecting separate offensive and defensive platoons. Instead, the AP returned to the older tradition of selecting 11 players each on first, second, and third teams.

First team

Position	Player	Team
B	Pence Dacus	Southwest Texas State
	Hugh Pepper	Mississippi Southern
	Leo Lewis	Lincoln (MO)
	Richard Wait	Arkansas State
E	John Gustafson	St. Olaf
	Hall Morrison	East Tennessee State
T	Robert Lade	Peru State
	Norman Hayes	College of Idaho
G	Bruno Ashley	East Texas State
	Robert Adams	Shippensburg
C	Stan Sheriff	Cal Poly

Second team

Position	Player	Team
B	Jim Gray	East Texas State
	Ron Billings	Pacific Lutheran
	Les Goble	Alfred
	Roger Carlson	Gustavus Adolphus
E	Jim Lee Taylor	Florida State
	Sal Cianciola	Lawrence
T	Glenn Wildt	La Crosse State
	Sam Marshall	Florida A&M
G	Nick Waytovich	Tampa
	Ronnie Frank	Grinnell
C	Albie Carter	Indiana Central

Third team

Position	Player	Team
B	Sid Watson	Northeastern
	Joe Hazie	Wofford
	Kent Finanger	Iowa Lutheran
E	Richard Beetsch	Iowa State Teachers
	Von Morgan	Abilene Christian
T	Larry Paradis	Whitworth
	Al Lahood	Hofstra
G	Tom Drake	Chattanooga
	Ron Hoffman	St. Lawrence
C	Bruce McPherson	Rochester

See also

• 1953 College Football All-America Team