The 1954 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 1954, the AP selected three teams of 11 players each, with no separate defensive platoons.[1]
Running back Leo Lewis of Lincoln University (Missouri) was selected on the first team for the second consecutive year. He later played 12 years for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and was inducted into both the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame.
End R. C. Owens of the College of Idaho played eight seasons in the NFL and was inducted into the San Francisco 49ers Hall of Fame.
Center Stokeley Fulton of Hampden–Sydney College later served as head coach at his alma mater from 1960 to 1984, winning 10 conference championships.
| Position | Player | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | Alvin Beal | Style = | Trinity (TX) | |
| Richard Young | Style = | Chattanooga | ||
| Leo Lewis | Style = | Lincoln (MO) | ||
| Don Miller | Style = | Delaware | ||
| E | William McKenna | Style = | Brandeis | |
| R. C. Owens | Style = | College of Idaho | ||
| T | Joe Veto | Style = | Juniata | |
| Larry Paradis | Style = | Whitworth | ||
| G | Robert Patterson | Style = | Memphis State | |
| Gene Nei | Style = | Gustavus Adolphus | ||
| C | Stokeley Fulton | Style = | Hampden–Sydney |
| Position | Player | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | Charles Sticka | Style = | Trinity (CT) | |
| Ray Porta | Style = | Southeastern Louisiana | ||
| Charles Podoley | Style = | Central Michigan | ||
| William Morton | Style = | Hobart | ||
| E | Charles Cianciola | Style = | Lawrence | |
| Gerry Raasch | Style = | Valparaiso | ||
| T | Al Makowiecki | Style = | Florida State | |
| Joe James | Style = | Howard Payne | ||
| G | Luther Shealey | Style = | Presbyterian | |
| Victor Buccola | Style = | Cal Poly | ||
| C | Howard Backland | Style = | San Diego State |
| Position | Player | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | Elroy Payne | Style = | McMurry | |
| Lem Harpey | Style = | College of Emporia | ||
| Dwaine Miller | Style = | Morningside | ||
| William Pappas | Style = | New Hampshire | ||
| E | Richard Paciaroni | Style = | West Chester | |
| Von Morgan | Style = | Abilene Christian | ||
| T | Kenneth Dement | Style = | Southeast Missouri State | |
| Robert Higgins | Style = | Wayne Teachers | ||
| G | Andrew George | Style = | Willamette | |
| Hampton Cook | Style = | Mississippi Southern | ||
| C | Bill Vanderstoep | Style = | Whitworth |