1952 College Football All-America Team

For the year 1952, the NCAA recognizes eight published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.

• Frank McPhee, Princeton (AAB, INS, NEA, SN, UP, WC, CP-1)
• Bernie Flowers, Purdue (AAB, FWAA, NEA, SN, UP, WC, CP-1)
• Eddie Bell, Pennsylvania (AFCA, INS, AP-2, CP-3)
• Tom Stolhandske, Texas (AP-1, FWAA, INS)
• Tom Scott, Virginia (AP-1; NEA)
• Joe Collier, Northwestern (INS)
• Don Branby, Colorado (AP-1)
• Buck Martin, Georgia Tech (AFCA)
• Steve Meilinger, Kentucky (NEA)
• Ed Luke, Michigan State (AP-2)
• Harry Babcock, Georgia (AP-2, CP-2)
• Ed Woodsum, Yale (CP-2)
• Lowell Perry, Michigan (CP-3)

• Dick Modzelewski, Maryland (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA, AAB, NEA, SN, UP, WC, CP-1)
• Hal Miller, Georgia Tech (AP-3, FWAA, NEA, SN, UP, WC, CP-1)
• Doug Atkins, Tennessee (AAB; INS)
• Ed Meadows, Duke (AFCA; AP-2; CP-2)
• Kline Gilbert, Mississippi (AP-1, FWAA)
• Dave Suminski, Wisconsin (AP-1)
• Harvey Achziger, Colorado A&M (INS)
• Bob Fleck, Syracuse (INS)
• J.D. Kimmel, Houston (AP-1)
• Charlie LaPradd, Florida (AP-1)
• Jerry Minnick, Nebraska (INS)
• Ollie Spencer, Kansas (NEA)
• Ben Dunkerley, West Virginia (AP-2)
• Eldred Kraemer, Pittsburgh (AP-2)
• William "Bill" Skyinskus, Syracuse (AP-2)
• Bob Van Doren, USC (CP-2)
• Sam Palumbo, Notre Dame (CP-3)
• Vic Rimkus, Holy Cross (CP-3)

• John Michels, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB, AP-1, FWAA, NEA, SN, UP, WC)
• Elmer Willhoite, Southern California (AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, INS, NEA, UP, WC, CP-1)
• Steve Eisenhauer, Navy (AP-1, INS, NEA, SN, CP-2)
• Harley Sewell, Texas (AFCA, AAB, AP-2, NEA, CP-1)
• Marv Matuszak, Tulsa (AP-1)
• Frank Kush, Michigan State (AP-1, CP-3)
• Michael "Mike" Takacs, Ohio State (INS)
• James "Jim" Reichenbach, Ohio State (AP-2)
• Chester Millett, Holy Cross (AP-2)
• Bill Athey, Baylor (CP-2)
• Crawford Mims, Mississippi (CP-3)

• Donn Moomaw, UCLA (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA, AP-1, NEA, SN, UP, WC, CP-2)
• Tom Catlin, Oklahoma (AAB, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, CP-3)
• Dick Tamburo, Michigan State (AP-1, CP-1, INS)
• Pete Brown, Georgia Tech (AP-1)
• Joe Schmidt, Pittsburgh (INS)
• James Dooley, Penn State (AP-2)
• Tom Catlin, Oklahoma (AP-2)
• George Morris, Georgia Tech (AP-2)

• Jack Scarbath, Maryland (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, COL-1, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP, Look-1, CP-2)
• Johnny Lattner, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AFCA; AP-1, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP, WC, CP-1)
• Billy Vessels, Oklahoma (Heisman Trophy winner and College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP, WC, CP-1)
• Jim Sears, Southern California (AP-1, INS, NEA; WC)
• Don McAuliffe, Michigan State (AAB; COL-1, UP, CP-3)
• Leon Hardeman, Georgia Tech (AAB, INS, SN, CP-3)
• Johnny Olszewski, California (INS, NEA, AP-2, CP-2)
• Bobby Morehead, Georgia Tech (AP-1, INS)
• Paul Giel, Minnesota (AP-1, FWAA, CP-2)
• Buck McPhail, Oklahoma (AFCA)
• Lowell Perry, Michigan (NEA)
• Paul Cameron, UCLA (NEA)
• Don Heinrich, Washington (AP-1, CP-3)
• Gene Filipski, Villanova (FWAA)
• Andy Kozar, Tennessee (AP-2, CP-3)
• Bobby Marlow, Alabama (AP-2, CP-2)
• Ed Mioduszewski, William & Mary (AP-2)
• Val Joe Walker, Southern Methodist (AP-2)
• Norris Mullis, South Carolina (AP-2)
• Gilbert "Gil" Reich, Kansas (AP-2)
• Eddie Crowder, Oklahoma (CP-1)
• Alan Ameche, Wisconsin (CP-1)

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• -1 – First-team selection
• -2 – Second-team selection
• -3 – Third-team selection

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• AAB = All-America Board{{cite book|title=ESPN College Football Encyclopedia|page=1228|publisher=ESPN Books|year=2005|isbn=1401337031}}
• AFCA = American Football Coaches Association
• AP = Associated PressTed Smits, "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qygsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Up8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1353,5942463&dq=associated+press+all-american+1952&hl=en Michigan State and Tech Pace All=American]," Florence Times-Daily, p. 8 (December 5, 1952). Retrieved March 21, 2010.
• FWAA = Football Writers Association of America
• INS = International News ServiceInternational News Service, "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rqcJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IzEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6761,5080318&dq=ins+all-american&hl=en Hardeman, Morehead on INS All-American team]{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}," Rome News-Tribune, p. 15 (November 30, 1952). Retrieved March 21, 2010.
• NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association
• SN = Sporting News
• UP = United Press

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• CP = Central Press Association{{cite news|title=All Sections of US Represented on C-P All-American|author=Walter L. Johns|newspaper=Herald-Journal|date=December 2, 1952|page=11|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5mUsAAAAIBAJ&dq=All-Southwest+football+team&pg=PA6&article_id=7192,3773125}}
• WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation{{cite web|title=Walter Camp Football Foundation |url=http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards// |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330065940/http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards |archive-date=2009-03-30 }}

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• 1952 All-Big Seven Conference football team
• 1952 All-Big Ten Conference football team
• 1952 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team
• 1952 All-SEC football team
• 1952 All-Southwest Conference football team

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