1953 College Baseball All-America Team

An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.^[1]

From 1947 to 1980, the American Baseball Coaches Association was the only All-American selector recognized by the NCAA.^[2]

Key

Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player had been named an All-American at that point
♦	Inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame

All-Americans

Position	Name	School	Notes
Pitcher	Paul Giel	Minnesota	College Football Hall of Fame Inductee[3]
Pitcher	Warren Neuberger	CCNY
Catcher	John Shepard	Stanford
First baseman	Ed Simpson	USC
Second baseman	Gene Sheets	Oklahoma
Third baseman	B.B. Hopkins	Tennessee
Shortstop	Bruce Haynam	Michigan
Outfielder	Fred Fleming	Bowdoin
Outfielder	Richard Murphy	Ohio
Outfielder	Mickey Sullivan	Baylor

See also

• Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball

References

1. The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
2. "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
3. "Paul Giel". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved April 13, 2012.