1959 All-Big Eight Conference football team

The 1959 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1959 college 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

Backs

Ends
  • John Peppercorn, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Russell Sloan, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)

Tackles
  • Mike Magac, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • John Stolte, Kansas State (UPI-1)

Guards
  • 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

Key

AP = Associated Press[1]

UPI = United Press International[2]

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See also

References
  1. "OU Puts 3 On All-Big Eight". The Abilene Reporter-News. November 24, 1959. p. 11A.
  2. "Three repeaters on UPI all-Big Eight grid club". Globe-Gazette, Mason City, Iowa. November 30, 1959. p. 12.
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