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1957 All Southwest Conference football team

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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.

Contents

Backs

  • 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])

    • Ends

  • Buddy Dial, Rice (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
  • Bobby Marks, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1)

    • Tackles

  • Charles Krueger, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Larry Whitmire, Rice (AP-1; UP-1)

    • Guards

  • Matt Gorges, Rice (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Tom Koenig, SMU (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Clyde Letbetter, Baylor (AP-1)

    • Centers

  • Jay Donathan, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-1)

    • Key

    AP = Associated Press

    UP = United Press

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

    References

    1957 All-Southwest Conference football team Wikipedia
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