The 1953 All-Big Seven Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Seven Conference teams for the 1953 college football season. The selectors for the 1953 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP). Players selected as first-team honorees by both the AP and UP are displayed in bold.
All-Big Seven selections edit
Backs edit
- John Bordogna, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-1)
- Veryl Switzer, Kansas State (AP-1; UP-1)
- Larry Grigg, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
- Bob Bauman, Missouri (AP-1)
- Max Burkett, Iowa State (AP-2; UP-1 [FB])
- Gene Calame, Oklahoma (AP-2)
- Frank Bernardi, Colorado (AP-2)
- Ed Merrifield, Missouri (AP-2)
- Bob Dahnke, Kansas State (AP-3)
- Bob Schoonmaker, Missouri (AP-3)
- Carroll Hardy, Colorado (AP-3)
- Robert Burris, Oklahoma (AP-3)
Ends edit
- Gary Knafelc, Colorado (AP-1; UP-1)
- Ed Pence, Kansas State (AP-1)
- Max Boydston, Oklahoma (AP-2; UP-1)
- Carl Allison, Oklahoma (AP-2)
- Morris Kay, Kansas (AP-3)
- John Wilson, Missouri (AP-3)
Tackles edit
- Roger Nelson, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
- Ted Connor, Nebraska (AP-1)
- Jerry Minnick, Nebraska (UP-1)
- Joe Lundy, Kansas (AP-2)
- Jack Lessin, Iowa State (AP-2)
- Ron Marciniak, Kansas State (AP-3)
- Don Brown, Oklahoma (AP-3)
Guards edit
- J. D. Roberts, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
- Terry Roberts, Missouri (AP-1)
- Tommy O'Boyle, Kansas State (AP-2; UP-1)
- Dick Knowlton, Colorado (AP-2)
- Bo Bolinger, Oklahoma (AP-3)
- Bob Hantla, Kansas (AP-3)
Centers edit
- Kurt Burris, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
- Ken Gowdy, Kansas State (AP-2)
- Bob Oberlin, Nebraska (AP-3)
Key edit
AP = Associated Press[1] [2]
UP = United Press[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Two Cyclones on Second Team for All-Big Seven". Mason City Globe-Gazette. November 25, 1953. p. 9.
- ^ "Sooners Dominate AP All-Big Seven; Roberts, Bauman Missouri Picks". St. Joseph Gazette. November 25, 1953. p. 9.
- ^ "Burkett of ISC on '53 All-Big 7". Ames Daily Tribune. December 1, 1953. p. 10.