1957 All-Southwest Conference football team
Appearance
The 1957 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1957 college 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]- Charlie 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.