1963 All-Big Ten Conference football team
The 1963 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Ten Conference teams for the 1963 Big Ten Conference football season. The selectors for the 1963 season were the Associated Press (AP), based on a vote by media members,[1] and the United Press International (UPI), based on a vote of the conference coaches.[2] Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UPI are designated in bold.
1963 All-Big Ten team |
---|
1963 Big Ten Conference football season |
Selectors |
Associated Press United Press International (coaches) |
1961 1962 ← → 1964 1965 |
Michigan State halfback Sherman Lewis was the only player to be unanimously selected by all ten of the conference coaches as a first-team honoree. Minnesota tackle Carl Eller and Illinois center Dick Butkus were selected as first-team players by nine of the ten conference coaches.[2]
Quarterbacks
- Ron DiGravio, Purdue (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Tom Myers, Northwestern (AP-2; UPI-2)
- Mike Taliaferro, Illinois (UPI-3)
Halfbacks
- Sherman Lewis, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Lou Holland, Wisconsin (AP-1; UPI-2)
- Paul Krause, Iowa (AP-2; UPI-2)
- Paul Warfield, Ohio State (AP-2; UPI-1)
- Sam Price, Illinois (UPI-3)
- Fred Reichardt, Wisconsin (UPI-3)
Fullbacks
- Tom Nowatzke, Indiana (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Jim Grabowski, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-3)
- Roger Lopes, Michigan State (UPI-2)
Ends
- Chuck Logan, Northwestern (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Dan Underwood, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-2)
- Bob Hadrick, Purdue (AP-2; UPI-1)
- Cloyd Webb, Iowa (AP-2; UPI-3)
- James Jones, Wisconsin (UPI-2)
- Bill Pasko, Illinois (UPI-3)
Tackles
- Carl Eller, Minnesota (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Tom Keating, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-1)
- Roger Pillath, Wisconsin (AP-2; UPI-2)
- Archie Sutton, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-2)
- Dave Herman, Michigan State (UPI-3)
- Milt Sunde, Minnesota (UPI-3)
Guards
- Mike Reilly, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Joe O'Donnell, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-2)
- Wally Hilgenberg, Iowa (AP-3; UPI-1)
- Earl Latimer, Michigan State (AP-2; UPI-2)
- Tom Jenkins, Ohio State (AP-2; UPI-3)
- Don Croftcheck, Indiana (UPI-3)
Centers
- Dick Butkus, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Frank Marchlewski, Minnesota (AP-2; UPI-3)
- Ken Bowman, Wisconsin (UPI-2)
Key
AP = Associated Press[1]
UPI = United Press International, selected by the conference coaches[2]
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UPI
References
- "Reilly Selected for Big Ten First Team" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 30, 1983. p. 4.
- Ed Sainsbury (November 29, 1963). "Butkus, Eller Near Unanimous Choices for Big Ten All Stars". The Daily Register (Harrisburg, Illinois). p. 9.