1954 College Baseball All-America Team
All-Americans
Table:
Position

Name

School

Notes

Pitcher
Paul Ebert
Ohio State
Theodore Roosevelt Award[3]

Pitcher
Charles Heerlein
St. John's

Catcher
Tom Yewcic
Michigan State
College World Series Most Outstanding Player[4]

First baseman
Jay Dean
Oregon State

Second baseman
William Nolan
Seton Hall

Third baseman
John Yvars
North Carolina State

Shortstop
Warren Goodrich
Stanford

Outfielder
Richard Murphy (2)
Ohio

Outfielder
Jerry Schoonmaker
Missouri

Outfielder
Mickey Sullivan (2)
Baylor

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Paul Allen Ebert ( August 11 , 1932 - April 21 , 2009 ) was a director of the American College of Surgeons and athlete . He had been Chairman of the Departments of Surgery at both Cornell University Medical College and the University of California San Francisco Medical Center , as well as the President of the American College of Cardiology , the American Association for Thoracic Surgery , the Society of University Surgeons , and the Western Thoracic Surgical Association . Before earning his medical degree , he was an All-American in both baseball and basketball at the Ohio State University . He was born in Columbus , Ohio .
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