1953 All-Big Ten Conference football team

The 1953 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by the Associated Press and the United Press as the best players at their positions during the 1953 Big Ten Conference football season. The UP team was selected by the Big Ten head coaches.
The 1953 Michigan State Spartans football team, under head coach Clarence Munn, tied for the Big Ten championship and placed two on the first team: end Don Dohoney and back Leroy Bolden.
The 1953 Illinois Fighting Illini football team tied for the conference championship and also placed two on the first team: back J. C. Caroline and guard Jan Smid.
Minnesota quarterback Paul Giel was a consensus first-team All-American and received the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Big Ten's most valuable player for the second consecutive year.

All-Big Ten selections

Ends

Don Dohoney, Michigan State
Bob Topp, Michigan
Rocky Ryan, Illinois
William Fenton, Iowa
Ron Locklin, Wisconsin
Tom Hague, Ohio State
Joe Collier, Northwestern
Norb Esser, Wisconsin

Tackles

George Jacoby, Ohio State
Cal Jones, Iowa
Stavros Canakes, Minnesota
Harry Jagielski, Indiana
Bob Lenzini, Illinois
Randy Schrecengost, Michigan State
Don Chelf, Iowa

Guards

Jan Smid, Illinois
Tom Bettis, Purdue
Ferris Hallmark, Michigan State
Michael Takacs, Ohio State
John Bauer, Illinois
John Dixon, Wisconsin

Centers

Jerry Hilgenberg, Iowa
Jerry Helgeson, Minnesota
Gary Messner, Wisconsin

Backs

Paul Giel, Minnesota J. C. Caroline, Illinois Leroy Bolden, Michigan State Alan Ameche, Wisconsin

Tom Yewcic, Michigan State
Howard Cassady, Ohio State
Mickey Bates, Illinois
Bobby Watkins, Ohio State
John Borton, Ohio State
Florian Helinski, Indiana
Billy Wells, Michigan State
Evan Slonac, Michigan State
Dusty Rice, Iowa

Key

AP = Associated Press, chosen by conference coaches
UP = United Press = United Press selected by the conference's head coaches
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of the AP and UP