1940 All-Big Six Conference football team

The 1940 All-Big Six Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Six Conference teams for the 1940 college football season. The selectors for the 1940 season included the United Press (UP).

All-Big Six selections edit

Backs edit

  • Paul Christman, Missouri (UP-1 [QB]) (College Football Hall of Fame)
  • Harry Hopp, Nebraska (UP-1 [HB])
  • Walter Luther, Nebraska (UP-1 [HB])
  • John Martin, Oklahoma (UP-1 [FB])
  • Roy Petsch, Nebraska (UP-2 [QB])
  • Herm Rohrig, Nebraska (UP-2 [HB])
  • Jack Jacobs, Oklahoma (UP-2 [HB])
  • Henry Wilder, Iowa State (UP-2 [FB])

Ends edit

Tackles edit

Guards edit

  • Warren Alfson, Nebraska (UP-1)
  • Hal Lahar, Oklahoma (UP-1)
  • Tom Smith, Iowa State (UP-2)
  • Ed Schwartzkopf, Nebraska (UP-2)

Centers edit

  • Don Pierce, Kansas (UP-1)
  • Ken Hamkil, Kansas State (UP-2)

Key edit

UP = United Press[1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "UP All Big Six". Ames Daily Tribune. November 27, 1940. p. 3.