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1939 All Big Ten Conference football team

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The 1939 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Big Ten Conference teams selected by the Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP) for the 1939 Big Ten Conference football season.

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Ends

  • Esco Sarkkinen, Ohio State (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Dave Rankin, Purdue (AP-2; UP-1)
  • Erwin Prasse, Iowa (AP-1)
  • John Mariucci, Minnesota (AP-2)

    • Tackles

  • Jim Reeder, Illinois (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Mike Enich, Iowa (AP-2; UP-1)
  • Win Pedersen, Minnesota (AP-1)
  • Nick Cutlich, Northwestern (AP-2)

    • Guards

  • Hal Method, Northwestern (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Frank Bykowski, Purdue (UP-1)
  • Vic Marino, Ohio State (AP-1)
  • Mel Brewer, Illinois (AP-2)
  • James Logan, Indiana (AP-2)

    • Centers

  • John Haman, Northwestern (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Steve Andrako, Ohio State (AP-2)

    • Quarterbacks

  • Don Scott, Ohio State (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Forest Evashevski, Michigan (AP-2)

    • Halfbacks

  • Tom Harmon, Michigan (AP-1; UP-1) (1940 Heisman Trophy winner)
  • Nile Kinnick, Iowa (AP-1; UP-1) (1939 Heisman Trophy winner)
  • Hal Van Every, Minnesota (AP-2)
  • George Franck, Minnesota (AP-2)
  • Jim Strausbaugh, Ohio State (AP-2)

    • Fullbacks

  • George Paskvan, Wisconsin (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Jim Langhurst, Ohio State (AP-2)

    • Key

    AP = Associated Press, chosen by conference coaches

    UP = United Press: "Coaches, scouts, players, campus correspondents and sports editors in every Big Ten center, participating in one of the most thorough investigations of football talent ever attempted in the midwest"

    Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP

    References

    1939 All-Big Ten Conference football team Wikipedia
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