The 1962 College Football All-America team is composed of
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players who were selected as
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ns by various organizations and writers that chose
College Football All-America Team
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s in 1962. The six selectors recognized by the
NCAA
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as "official" for the 1962 season are (1) the
American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (2) the
Associated Press
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(AP), (3) the
Football Writers Association of America
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(FWAA), (4) the
Newspaper Enterprise Association
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(NEA), (5) the ''
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'', and (6) the
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(UPI).
Consensus All-Americans
For the year 1962, the NCAA recognizes six 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.
All-American selections for 1962
Ends
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Pat Richter, Wisconsin
(AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-3, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC)
*
Hal Bedsole, Southern California
(AFCA-1, AP-3, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI, WC)
*
Dave Robinson, Penn State
(AFCA-2, AP-1, NEA-1, FWAA, SN-2, Time)
*
Conrad Hitchler, Missouri
(AP-3, FWAA, NEA-2)
*
Hugh Campbell, Washington State
(AFCA-2, AP-2, NEA-3, SN-2)
*
Tom Hutchinson, Kentucky
(AFCA-3, AP-2, SN-3)
*
Vern Burke, Oregon State
(AFCA-3, NEA-2)
*Woody Dabbs, Ole Miss
(SN-3)
Tackles
*
Bobby Bell, Minnesota
(AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC)
*
Jim Dunaway, Mississippi
(AFCA-2, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC)
*
Don Brumm, Purdue
(AFCA-3 uard AP-1, FWAA, NEA-2)
*
Steve Barnett, Oregon
(AFCA-1, FWAA, NEA-3, SN-3)
*
Fred Miller, LSU
(AFCA-3, AP-3, FWAA, NEA-2, SN-2)
*Art Gregory, Duke
(AP-2)
*
Ray Schoenke, SMU
(AP-2)
*
Bob Vogel, Ohio State
(AFCA-2, SN-2)
*
Scott Appleton, Texas
(AFCA-3)
*
Tom Nomina, Miami (Ohio)
(AP-3)
*
Chuck Sieminski, Penn State
(NEA-3, SN-3)
Guards
*
Johnny Treadwell, Texas
(AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI, WC)
*
Jack Cvercko, Northwestern
(AFCA-2, AP-3, NEA-2, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC)
*
Rufus Guthrie, Georgia Tech
(AFCA-1, AP-2, FWAA, NEA-2)
*
Jean Berry, Duke
(FWAA)
*
Leon Cross, Oklahoma
(AP-2, FWAA, NEA-3, SN-3)
*
Damon Bame, USC
(AP-1)
*
Ed Budde, Michigan State
(Time)
*Tom Hertz, Missouri
(AFCA-3, NEA-3, SN-2)
*
Dave Watson, Georgia Tech
(SN-2)
*
Gene McDowell, Florida State
(AP-3)
*Steve Underwood, Wisconsin
(SN-3)
Centers
*
Lee Roy Jordan
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, Alabama
(AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC)
*
Donald McKinnon, Dartmouth
(AFCA-3, AP-2, NEA-1 uard FWAA, SN-3)
*
Dave Behrman, Michigan State
(AFCA-2, SN-2)
*
Ray Mansfield, Washington
(AFCA-2 uard AP-3)
*Wayne Lee, Oklahoma
(NEA-2)
*Billie Joe Armstrong, Ohio State
(NEA-3)
Quarterbacks
*
Terry Baker
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, Oregon State
(AP-1, NEA-1, UPI, WC, AFCA-1, FWAA, SN-1, Time)
*
George Mira, Miami (Fla)
(AFCA-2, AP-1, FWAA, SN-2)
*
Glynn Griffing, Mississippi
(AP-2, FWAA, NEA-2, SN-3)
*
Tom Myers, Northwestern
(AFCA-3)
*
Daryle Lamonica
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, Notre Dame
(AP-3)
*Bill King, Dartmouth
(NEA-3)
Halfbacks
*
Jerry Stovall, LSU
(AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC)
*
Mel Renfro, Oregon
(AFCA-2, AP-2, NEA-2, SN-1, UPI, Time, WC)
*Billy Moore, Arkansas
(AP-2, NEA-1, FWAA)
*
Dave Hoppman, Iowa State
(AP-3, FWAA)
*
Roger Kochman, Penn State
(AFCA-1, SN-2)
*
Joe Don Looney, Oklahoma
(SN-2)
*
Kermit Alexander, UCLA
(AFCA-2)
*
Preacher Pilot, New Mexico State
(NEA-2)
*
Billy Gambrell, South Carolina
(AFCA-3)
*Jerry Yost, West Virginia
(AP-3)
*Bobby Santiago, New Mexico
(AP-3)
*
Paul Flatley, Northwestern
(SN-3)
*
Johnny Roland, Missouri
(SN-3)
*Pete Pedro, West Texas State
(NEA-3)
*
Gary Wood, Cornell
(NEA-3)
*Mike McNames, Georgia Tech
(NEA-3)
Fullbacks
*
George Saimes, Michigan State
(AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-2, SN-1, UPI, WC)
*
Eldon Fortie, BYU
(AFCA-3 alfback AP-2 uarterback NEA-1)
*Tom Myers, Syracuse
(FWAA)
*
Ray Poage, Texas
(SN-2, Time)
*
Bill Thornton, Nebraska
(AFCA-2, SN-3)
*
Ed Cummings, Stanford
(AFCA-3)
Key
Official selectors
Other selectors
See also
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1962 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team
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1962 All-Big Eight Conference football team
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1962 All-Big Ten Conference football team
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1962 All-Pacific Coast football team
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1962 All-SEC football team
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1962 All-Southwest Conference football team
References
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