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1952 All Big Seven Conference football team

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The 1952 All-Big Seven Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Seven Conference teams for the 1952 college football season. The selectors for the 1952 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP). The AP selected separate offensive and defensive teams in 1952; the UP selected a single 11-man team. Players selected as first-team honorees by both the AP and UP are displayed in bold.

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Ends

  • Max Boydston, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Paul Leoni, Kansas (AP-1; UP-1)

    • Tackles

  • Oliver Spencer, Kansas (AP-1)
  • Jim Davis, Oklahoma (AP-1)

    • Guards

  • Jack Lordo, Missouri (AP-1)
  • Clayton Curtis, Nebraska (AP-1)

    • Centers

  • Tom Catlin, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)

    • Backs

  • Eddie Crowder, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Billy Vessels, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1) (1952 Heisman Trophy, College Football Hall of Fame)
  • Charlie Hoag, Kansas (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Buck McPhail, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)

    • Ends

  • Don Branby, Colorado (AP-1)
  • Dennis Emanuel, Nebraska (AP-1)

    • Tackles

  • Jerry Minnick, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Ed Rowland, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)

    • Guards

  • Bob Hantla, Kansas (AP-1; UP-1)
  • J. D. Roberts, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)

    • Linebackers

  • Tom Catlin, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1 [center])
  • Galen Fiss, Kansas (AP-1)

    • Backs

  • Gil Reich, Kansas (AP-1)
  • Ed Merrifield, Missouri (AP-1)
  • Veryl Switzer, Kansas State (AP-1 [S])

    • Key

    AP = Associated Press

    UP = United Press

    References

    1952 All-Big Seven Conference football team Wikipedia
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