1940 All-Big Six Conference football team
1940 All-Big Six Conference football team |
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1940 college football season |
1938 1939 ← → 1941 1942 |
The 1940 All-Big Six Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Six Conference teams for the 1940 college football season. The selectors for the 1940 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP).
All-Big Six selections
[edit]Backs
[edit]- Paul Christman, Missouri (AP-1; UP-1 [QB]) (College Football Hall of Fame)
- Harry Hopp, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-1 [HB])
- Walter Luther, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-1 [HB])
- John Martin, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1 [FB])
- Roy Petsch, Nebraska (AP-2; UP-2 [QB])
- Herm Rohrig, Nebraska (AP-2; UP-2 [HB])
- Henry Wilder, Iowa State (AP-2; UP-2 [FB])
- Vike Francis, Nebraska (AP-2)
- Jack Jacobs, Oklahoma (UP-2 [HB])
Ends
[edit]- Ray Prochaska, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-1)
- Bill Jennings, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
- Fred Preston, Nebraska (AP-2; UP-2)
- Bob Steuber, Missouri (AP-2)
- Bob Crocker, Missouri (UP-2)
Tackles
[edit]- Forrest Behm, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
- Roger Eason, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-2)
- Bernie Weiner, Kansas State (AP-2; UP-1)
- Royal Kahler, Nebraska (AP-2)
- Bob Wakeman, Missouri (UP-2)
Guards
[edit]- Warren Alfson, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-1)
- Ed Schwartzkopf, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-2)
- Hal Lahar, Oklahoma (AP-2; UP-1)
- Tom Smith, Iowa State (AP-2; UP-2)
Centers
[edit]- Don Pierce, Kansas (AP-1; UP-1)
- Darold Jenkins, Missouri (AP-2)
- Ken Hamkil, Kansas State (UP-2)
Key
[edit]- AP = Associated Press[1]
- UP = United Press[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1940 A.P. All-Big Six". St. Joseph News-Press. December 4, 1940. p. 3.
- ^ "UP All Big Six". Ames Daily Tribune. November 27, 1940. p. 15.
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