| 1952 College Football All-America Team |
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| College Football All-America Team |
| 1952 college football season |
| 1950 1951 ← → 1953 1954 |
The 1952 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1952. The eight selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1952 season are (1) the Associated Press, (2) the United Press, (3) the All-America Board, (4) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (5) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (6) the International News Service (INS), (7) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and (8) the Sporting News.
Maryland quarterback Jack Scarbath and Notre Dame halfback Johnny Lattner were the only two players to be unanimously named first-team All-Americans by all eight official selectors. Lattner was awarded the 1953 Heisman Trophy.
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.
| Name | Position | School | Number | Official | Other |
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| Jack Scarbath | Quarterback | Maryland | 8/8 | AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | Look |
| Johnny Lattner | Halfback | Notre Dame | 8/8 | AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | WC |
| Billy Vessels | Halfback | Oklahoma | 7/8 | AAB, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | WC |
| John Michels | Guard | Tennessee | 6/8 | AAB, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UP | WC |
| Frank McPhee | End | Princeton | 5/8 | AAB, INS, NEA, SN, UP | WC |
| Dick Modzelewski | Tackle | Maryland | 5/8 | AFCA, AAB, NEA, SN, UP | WC |
| Donn Moomaw | Center | UCLA | 5/8 | AFCA, AP, NEA, SN, UP | WC |
| Bernie Flowers | End | Purdue | 5/8 | AAB, FWAA, NEA, SN, UP | WC |
| Elmer Willhoite | Guard | USC | 5/8 | AFCA, FWAA INS, NEA, UP | WC |
| Tom Catlin[1] | Center | Oklahoma | 5/8 | AAB, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN | -- |
| Hal Miller | Tackle | Georgia Tech | 4/8 | FWAA, NEA, SN, UP | WC |
| Jim Sears | Halfback | USC | 3/8 | AP, INS, NEA | WC |
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1952 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
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