Quarterback •
Grenny Lansdell, USC (AP-1; INS-1; UP-1 [back]; NEA-1) • Ted Gebhardt, Oregon (NEA-2) • William Paulman, Stanford (NEA-3)
Halfbacks •
Vic Bottari, California (AP-1; INS-1; UP-1 [back]; NEA-1) (College Football hall of Fame) •
Kenny Washington, UCLA (AP-1; INS-1; NEA-2) •
Bob Hoffman, USC (AP-2; UP-1 [back]; NEA-1) •
Jimmy Johnston, Washington (AP-2; NEA-2) •
Jim Kisselburgh, Oregon State (AP-2; NEA-2) • Al Braga, San Francisco (AP-2; NEA-3) • Bill Overlin, UCLA (NEA-3)
Fullback •
Dave Anderson, California (AP-1; INS-1; UP-1 [back]; NEA-1) • Merritt, Pomona (NEA-3)
Ends •
Joe Wendlick, Oregon State (AP-1; INS-1; UP-1; NEA-2) •
Jay MacDowell, Washington (AP-1; UP-1) • Willard "Will" Dolman, California (AP-2; INS-1; NEA-3) •
Tony Knap, Idaho (AP-2; NEA-1) • Bill Telesmanic, San Francisco (NEA-1) • William Anahu, Santa Clara (NEA-2) •
Woody Strode, UCLA (NEA-3)
Tackles •
Dave De Varona, California (AP-1; INS-1; UP-1; NEA-2) •
Alvord Wolff, Santa Clara (AP-1; INS-1; UP-1; NEA-1) • Pete Zagar, Stanford (AP-2; NEA-1) • Mladen Zarubica, UCLA (AP-2; NEA-3) •
Dick Farman, Washington St. (NEA-2) • George Cantwell, Saint Mary's (NEA-3)
Guards •
Harry Smith, USC (AP-1; INS-1; UP-1; NEA-1) (College Football Hall of Fame) • Art Means, Washington (AP-1) •
Steve Slivinski, Washington (AP-2; INS-1; NEA-3) • Prescott Hutchins, Oregon State (AP-2; UP-1; NEA-1) • Russ Clarke, Santa Clara (NEA-2) • Jerry Ginney, Santa Clara (NEA-2) •
Jack Sommers, UCLA (NEA-3)
Centers •
John Ryland, UCLA (AP-1; INS-1; UP-1; NEA-3) •
John Schiechl, Santa Clara (NEA-1) •
Tony Calvelli, Stanford (AP-2) • Jerry Dowd, Saint Mary's (NEA-2) : ==Key==