1953–54 Volume 78 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

LEFT TO RIGHT: BOB DAVENPORT, back, U,C,L,A.; DICK NOLAN, back, Maryland; JOHNNY PALMER, center.
Duke; GEORGE (Dusty) RICE, back, Iowa, and DICK GOIST, back, Cincinnati.
find—DICK DIETRICK
of Pittsburgh
Tackle—DEAN CHAMBERS
of Washington
Guard—KEITH HORN of
Penn State
pass interception won the Kansas game. He
also recovered several fumbles in important
contests.
Every member of the AU-Phi Board voted
for Earl Meyer of Kansas State at a tackle
berth. Meyer was spectacular in his line
play on the best Aggie team in two decades.
He was particularly brilliant in the 27-0
triumph over Nebraska and the 28-14 victory
over Colorado. He achieved this honor
despite injuries which kept him out of the
Kansas and Missouri games. Meyer was
chosen to play in the Shrine North-South
game at Miami. Dean Chambers, Washington
University tackle, was selected on the
A.P. and U.P. All-Coast second team. The
Huskies had an up and down season, but
Chambers, an AU-Phi choice last year, was
up for every contest, particularly the U.S.C.
tie. Dean is our only representative in the
East-West classic at San Francisco.
There was a scarcity of Phi guards with
sectional and national recognition, but a
pair of Junior regulars—Keith Horn, Pennsylvania
State, and Tom Miller, Colgate,
were practically the unanimous choices on
all ballots. Horn received a mild concussion
in the Pennsylvania game but was in the
starting lineup the next week. Miller missed
the Yale game with a knee injury but went
almost sixty minutes in the other games,
starring against Harvard and Dartmouth.
John Palmer, Duke, was the top choice
at center on 6 out of 7 ballots. He was
named on the U.P. Atlantic Conference
third team.
The Second Team
The second team ends, who were barely
edged out for top honors, are Dave Davis
£nd—ED BERNET
of S.M.U.
Tackle—EARI. MEYER
of Kansas State
Guard—TOM MILLER
of Colgate