The 1957 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1957 NCAA University Division football season. The selectors for the 1957 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP). Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UP are designated in bold.
All Southwest selections edit
Backs edit
- King Hill, Rice (AP-1; UP-1 [QB])
- John David Crow, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1 [HB]) (1957 Heisman Trophy winner; College Football Hall of Fame)
- Jim Shofner, TCU (AP-1; UP-1 [HB])
- Gerald Nesbitt, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-1 [FB])
- Don Meredith, SMU (AP-2 [QB])
- Roddy Osborne, Texas A&M (AP-2; UPI-2 [QB])
- Buddy Dike, TCU (AP-2 [FB])
- Donnie Stone, Arkansas (AP-2 [HB])
Ends edit
- Buddy Dial, Rice (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
- Bobby Marks, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1)
- Willard Dewveall, SMU (AP-2; UPI-2)
- Maurice Doke, Texas (AP-2)
- John Tracey, Texas A&M (UPI-2)
Tackles edit
- Charles Krueger, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1)
- Larry Whitmire, Rice (AP-1; UP-1)
- Bobby Jack Oliver, Baylor (AP-2; UPI-2)
- Garland Kennon, Texas (AP-2; UPI-2)
Guards edit
- Matt Gorges, Rice (AP-1; UP-1)
- Tom Koenig, SMU (AP-1; UP-1)
- Clyde Letbetter, Baylor (AP-1; UPI-2)
- Don Wilson, Texas (AP-2; UPI-2)
- Jerry Ford, Arkansas (AP-2)
Centers edit
- Jay Donathan, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-1)
- Louis Del Homme, Texas (AP-2; UPI-2)
Key edit
AP = Associated Press[1]
UP = United Press[2]
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Rice Player Lead All SWC Team Choices". The Amarillo Globe-Times. December 3, 1957. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Four Rice Owls Named to UP All-Conference". The Mexia Daily News. November 29, 1957. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
