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.[1]
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
