The Hall of Fame class of 1954

40 players and 12 coaches inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. Every class

Players

Doc AlexanderGuard · Syracuse
Stan BarnesCenter · California
Bert BastonEnd · Minnesota
Jim BauschRunning back · Wichita State, Kansas
Jay BerwangerRunning back · Chicago
Gordon BrownGuard · Yale
Chris CagleRunning back · Louisiana, Army
Frank CarideoQuarterback · Notre Dame
Jerry DalrympleEnd · Tulane
John DeWittGuard · Princeton
Morley DruryQuarterback · USC
Wes FeslerEnd · Ohio State
Hamilton FishOffensive tackle · Harvard
Edgar GarbischCenter · Washington & Jefferson, Army
Huntington “Tack” HardwickRunning back · Harvard
Tom HarmonRunning back · Michigan
Ed HartOffensive tackle · Princeton
Mel HeinCenter · Washington State
Willie HestonRunning back · San José State, Michigan
Jimmy HitchcockRunning back · Auburn
James HoganOffensive tackle · Yale
Herb JoestingFullback · Minnesota
Eddie KawRunning back · Cornell
John KimbroughFullback · Texas A&M
James B. McCormickFullback · Princeton
Gene McEverRunning back · Tennessee
Bob McWhorterRunning back · Georgia
Andy OberlanderRunning back · Dartmouth
Bennie OosterbaanEnd · Michigan
Bob PeckCenter · Pittsburgh
Stan PennockGuard · Harvard
Fritz PollardRunning back · Brown
George SauerFullback · Nebraska
Thomas ShevlinEnd · Yale
Frank SinkwichRunning back · Georgia
Ben TicknorCenter · Harvard
Harold WeekesRunning back · Columbia
Belford WestOffensive tackle · Colgate
Byron WhiteRunning back · Colorado
Ed WidsethOffensive tackle · Minnesota

Coaches

Hugo BezdekCoach, 1906–⁠1949, 127–⁠58–⁠16 · Oregon, Arkansas, Penn State, Delaware Valley
Frank CavanaughCoach, 1898–⁠1932, 146–⁠47–⁠17 · Cincinnati, Holy Cross, Dartmouth, Boston College, Fordham
Fritz CrislerCoach, 1930–⁠1947, 116–⁠32–⁠9 · Minnesota, Princeton, Michigan
Gus DoraisCoach, 1914–⁠1942, 151–⁠70–⁠12 · Loras, Gonzaga, Detroit Mercy
Dick HarlowCoach, 1915–⁠1947, 149–⁠69–⁠17 · Penn State, Colgate, McDaniel, Harvard
John HeismanCoach, 1892–⁠1927, 186–⁠70–⁠18 · Oberlin, Akron, Auburn, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Pennsylvania, Washington & Jefferson, Rice
Bob HigginsCoach, 1920–⁠1948, 123–⁠86–⁠16 · West Virginia Wesleyan, Washington St. Louis, Penn State
Biff JonesCoach, 1926–⁠1941, 87–⁠33–⁠15 · Army, LSU, Oklahoma, Nebraska
Bernie MooreCoach, 1926–⁠1947, 95–⁠51–⁠9 · Mercer, LSU
Ray MorrisonCoach, 1915–⁠1952, 155–⁠130–⁠34 · SMU, Vanderbilt, Temple, Austin
William RoperCoach, 1903–⁠1930, 112–⁠38–⁠18 · VMI, Princeton, Missouri, Swarthmore
John WilceCoach, 1913–⁠1928, 78–⁠33–⁠9 · Ohio State

From Wikipedia’s lists of College Football Hall of Fame inductees, which link each one to the Hall’s own biography. Coaching records are as the Hall lists them and can differ from our game-by-game records. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s and coach’s page.