1979 All-East football team

American college football all-star team August 2023 25em 1979 All-East football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid All-East football team 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 1977 1978 ← → 1980 The 1979 All-East football team consists of American football players chosen by the Associated Press as the best players at each position among the Eastern colleges and universities during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The 1979 Pittsburgh Panthers football team was the only Eastern team to finish in the top ten, ranking No. 6 in the final UPI poll and No. 7 in the final AP poll. Pitt placed five players on the All-Eastern first team: defensive end Hugh Green, offensive tackle Mark May, tight end Benjie Pryor, and defensive backs JoJo Heath and Terry White. Three of the players who won first-team honors on the All-East team also received first-team honors on the 1979 All-America college football team: wide receiver Art Monk of Syracuse; defensive end Hugh Green of Pitt; and defensive tackle Bruce Clark of Penn State. Offense Quarterback Bill Hurley, Syracuse (AP-1) Brian Broomell, Temple (AP-2) Running backs Joe Morris, Syracuse (AP-1) Matt Suhey, Penn State (AP-1) Mark Bright, Temple (AP-2) Angelo Colosimo, Colgate (AP-2) Tight end Benjie Pryor, Pitt (AP-1) Paul Columbia, Villanova (AP-2) Wide receivers Gerald Lucear, Temple (AP-1) Art Monk, Syracuse (AP-1) Rich Horner, Harvard (AP-2) Darrell Miller, West Virginia (AP-2) Tackles Mark May, Pitt (AP-1) Irv Pankey, Penn State (AP-1) Kevin Kurdyla, Rutgers (AP-2) John Sinnott, Brown (AP-2) Guards Frank McCallister, Navy (AP-1) Craig Wolfley, Syracuse (AP-1) Tom Donnelly, Cornell (AP-2) Dan Fidler, Pitt (AP-2) Center Bill Chaplick, Boston College (AP-1) Pat Conochan, West Virginia (AP-2) Defense Ends Hugh Green, Pitt (AP-1) Charlie Thornton, Navy (AP-1) Rickey Jackson, Pitt (AP-2) Larry Kubin, Penn State (AP-2) Tackles Bruce Clark, Penn State (AP-1) Dino Mangiero, Rutgers (AP-1) Dave Conrad, Yale (AP-2) Matt Millen, Penn State (AP-2) Middle guard George Mayes, Army (AP-1) Jerry Boyarsky, Pitt (AP-2) Linebackers Jim Collins, Syracuse (AP-1) Lance Mehl, Penn State (AP-1) Tim Tumpane, Yale (AP-1) Mike Curcio, Temple (AP-2) Jeff Dziama, Boston College (AP-2) Joe Murphy, Colgate (AP-2) Defensive backs Jo Jo Heath, Pitt (AP-1) Bernie Hober, Villanova (AP-1) Terry White, Pitt (AP-1) Deron Cherry, Rutgers (AP-2) Jerry Holmes, West Virginia (AP-2) Glenn Verrette, Holy Cross (AP-2) Key AP = Associated PressPitt, Syracuse dominate All-East grid selections Star-Gazette Herschel Nissenson December 11, 1979 18 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106305945/pitt-syracuse-dominate-all-east-grid/ Newspapers.com See also 1979 College Football All-America Team References All-Eastern Category:All-Eastern college football teams