The 1959 All-Big Seven Conference football team consisted of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Seven Conference teams for the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. The selectors for the 1959 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UPI are designated in bold.
All-Big Eight selections edit
Backs edit
- Gale Weidner, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1 [quarterback])
- Dwight Nichols, Iowa State (AP-1; UPI-1 [tailback])
- Prentice Gautt, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1 [fullback])
- Bobby Boyd, Oklahoma (AP-1)
- Curtis McClinton, Kansas (UPI-1 [halfback])
Ends edit
- John Peppercorn, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Russell Sloan, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
Tackles edit
- Mike Magac, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
- John Stolte, Kansas State (UPI-1)
Guards edit
- Jerry Thompson, Oklahoma (AP-1 [tackle]; UPI-1)
- Don Olson, Nebraska (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Joe Romig, Colorado (AP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
Centers edit
- Fred Hageman, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
Key edit
AP = Associated Press[1]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "OU Puts 3 On All-Big Eight". The Abilene Reporter-News. November 24, 1959. p. 11A.
- ^ "Three repeaters on UPI all-Big Eight grid club". Globe-Gazette, Mason City, Iowa. November 30, 1959. p. 12.