1940 All-Big Six Conference football team

none August 2023 25em 1940 All-Big Six Conference football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid 1940 college football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 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 Backs 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 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 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 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 Don Pierce, Kansas (AP-1; UP-1) Darold Jenkins, Missouri (AP-2) Ken Hamkil, Kansas State (UP-2) Key AP = Associated Press1940 A.P. All-Big Six St. Joseph News-Press December 4, 1940 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3084534/1940_up_all_big_six/ UP = United PressUP All Big Six Ames Daily Tribune November 27, 1940 15 https://books.google.com/books?id=s0xkAAAAIBAJ&dq=All-Big+Six+Conference+football+team&pg=PA15&article_id=1594,3336731 See also 1940 College Football All-America Team References All-Big Six Conference football team Category:All-Big Eight Conference football teams