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1963 All Big Ten Conference football team

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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 college football season. The selectors for the 1963 season were the Associated Press (AP), based on a vote by media members, and the United Press International (UPI), based on a vote of the conference coaches. Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UPI are designated in bold.

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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.

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

    UPI = United Press International, selected by the conference coaches

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

    References

    1963 All-Big Ten Conference football team Wikipedia
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