1959 All-America college football team

Official list of the best college football players of 1959 August 2023 25em 1959 All-America college football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid All-America college football team 1959 college football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 1957 1958 ← → 1960 1961 The 1959 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose All-America college football teams in 1959. The six selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1959 season are (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (2) the Associated Press (AP), (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (4) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (5) The Sporting News (TSN), and (6) the United Press International (UPI). Billy Cannon of LSU, Charlie Flowers of Ole Miss, Dan Lanphear of Wisconsin, and Roger Davis of Syracuse were the only four players to be unanimously named first-team All-Americans by all six official selectors. Cannon won the 1959 Heisman Trophy. Consensus All-Americans For the year 1959, the NCAA recognizes six published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received. Name Position School Number Official OtherDan LanphearTackleWisconsin6/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, TSN, UPICP, Time, WCRoger DavisGuardSyracuse6/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, TSN, UPICP, Time, WCBilly CannonHalfbackLSU6/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, TSN, UPICP, Time, WCCharlie FlowersFullbackOle Miss6/6AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, TSN, UPICP, WCRon BurtonHalfbackNorthwestern5/6AFCA, FWAA, NEA, TSN, UPICP, Time, WCRichie LucasQuarterbackPenn State5/6AFCA, FWAA, NEA, TSN, UPICP, WCBill CarpenterEndArmy5/6AFCA, FWAA, NEA, TSN, UPIWCMaxie BaughanCenterGeorgia Tech4/6AFCA, AP, TSN, UPICP, Time, WCDon FloydTackleTCU3/6AFCA, AP, UPICP, WCBill BurrellGuardIllinois3/6AP, FWAA, UPICP, WCMonty SticklesEndNotre Dame2/6SN, UPICP, WC All-American selections for 1959 Ends Bill Carpenter, Army (AP-3, UPI-1, NEA-1, WC, AFCA, FWAA, CP-2, TSN) Monty Stickles, Notre Dame (AP-2, TSN, UPI-1, CP-1, WC) Marlin McKeever, USC (AP-1, FWAA, NEA-3, UPI-3) Chris Burford, Stanford (AFCA, NEA-3, UPI-2, CP-2, Time) Carroll Dale, Virginia Tech (AP-2, NEA-1, FWAA) Jim Houston, Ohio State (CP-1, NEA-2, UPI-2, Time) Don Norton, Iowa (FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-3, CP-3) Fred Mautino, Syracuse (AP-1) Paul Maguire, The Citadel (AP-3) Mike Ditka, Pittsburgh (CP-3) Tackles Dan Lanphear, Wisconsin (AP-1, UPI-1, NEA-1, CP-1, WC, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, Time) Don Floyd, TCU (AP-1, NEA-3, UPI-1, CP-1, WC, AFCA) Ken Rice, Auburn (AP-2, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-3) Bob Yates, Syracuse (TSN) Lou Cordileone, Clemson (AP-3, UPI-3, NEA-3, Time) Mike Magac, Missouri (AP-2, NEA-2, CP-2) Dan Ficca, USC (UPI-2, CP-3) Gene Gossage, Northwestern (NEA-2, UPI-2, CP-2) Jerry Thompson, Oklahoma (AP-3) Harry Olivar, Yale (CP-3) Guards Roger Davis, Syracuse (AP-1, UPI-1, NEA-1, CP-1, WC, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, Time) Bill Burrell, Illinois (AP-1, NEA-3, UPI-1, CP-1, WC, FWAA) Zeke Smith, Auburn (AFCA, TSN, UPI-2, CP-3) Mike McGee, Duke (FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-3, CP-3, Time) Mike McKeever, USC (AP-3, NEA-1, UPI-2) Maurice Doke, Texas (AP-2, FWAA) Pat Dye, Georgia (FWAA, NEA-2) Marvin Terrell, Mississippi (AP-3, FWAA, NEA-3, CP-2) Jerry Stalcup, Wisconsin (AP-2, UPI-3, CP-2) Centers Maxie Baughan, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UPI-1, CP-1, WC, AFCA, TSN, Time) E. J. Holub, Texas Tech (AP-2, NEA-1, FWAA, CP-2) Jim Andreotti, Northwestern (AP-3, FWAA) Jackie Burkett, Auburn (UPI-2) Tom Goode, Mississippi State (NEA-2) Max Fugler, LSU (UPI-3, CP-3) Bob Peterson, Oregon (NEA-3) Quarterbacks Richie Lucas, Penn State (AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, NEA-1, TSN, UPI-1, CP-1, WC) Don Meredith, Southern Methodist (AP-3, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-2, Time) Bob Schloredt, Washington (AP-1, CP-3) Halfbacks Billy Cannon, LSU (AP-1, UPI-1, NEA-1, CP-1, WC, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, Time) Ron Burton, Northwestern (AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, NEA-1, TSN, UPI-1, CP-1, WC, Time) Jim Mooty, Arkansas (AP-1, NEA-3) Dean Look, Michigan State (FWAA, NEA-3 [qb], UPI-2) Dwight Nichols, Iowa State (AP-3, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-3) Fran Curci, Miami (AP-2) Dale Hackbart, Wisconsin (UPI-2, CP-2 [qb]) Ernie Davis, Syracuse (UPI-2) Keith Lincoln, Washington State (NEA-2) Jake Crouthamel, Dartmouth (CP-2) Tom Moore, Vanderbilt (AP-3) Prentice Gautt, Oklahoma (UPI-3) Gerhard Schwedes, Syracuse (UPI-3, CP-2) Jack Collins, Texas (NEA-3, CP-3) Bob Jeter, Iowa (CP-3) Fullbacks Charlie Flowers, Mississippi (AP-1, UPI-1, NEA-1, CP-1, WC, AFCA, FWAA, TSN) Bob White, Ohio State (Time) Jack Spikes, TCU (AP-2, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-3, CP-2) Don Perkins, New Mexico (AP-3) Sam Horner, VMI (NEA-3) Tom Watkins, Iowa State (CP-3) Key Bold – Consensus All-AmericanFootball Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 9 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf -1 – First-team selection -2 – Second-team selection -3 – Third-team selection Official selectors AFCA = American Football Coaches AssociationThe Coaches' All-America The Monroe (LA) News-Star November 25, 1959 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4486187/the_coaches_allamerica/ AP = Associated Press, "selected on the basis of recommendations of 12 regional boards composed of newspapermen and newscasters"Cannon Is Named All America For Second Time Daytona Beach Morning Journal December 4, 1959 10 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19591204&id=zXoeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-8kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1636,625173 FWAA = Football Writers Association of AmericaFWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team Ted Gangi February 8, 2015 http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf March 26, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090326165534/http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf dead NEA = Newspaper Enterprise AssociationHere's Harry Grayson's 1959 NEA All-America Team The Daily Herald, Provo, UT November 29, 1959 17 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4485830/heres_harry_graysons_1959_nea_all/ TSN = The Sporting NewsSports Talk The Evening Times, Sayre, PA December 1, 1959 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4485779/the_sporting_news_1959_allamerica/ UPI = United Press InternationalLeo H. Peterson Billy Cannon Heads All-American The Times, Beaver Valley (UPI story) December 2, 1959 18 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1981&dat=19591201&id=iMAuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E9sFAAAAIBAJ&pg=696,264723 Other selectors CP = Central Press AssociationCentral Press Captains All American Lancaster (OH) Eagle-Gazette November 28, 1959 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4486148/central_press_captains_allamerican/ Time = Time magazine1959 All-America Time WC = Walter Camp Football FoundationAll-America Teams Walter Camp Football Foundation http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards/ 19 April 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071218214203/http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards/ 18 December 2007 See also 1959 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team 1959 All-Big Eight Conference football team 1959 All-Big Ten Conference football team 1959 All-Pacific Coast football team 1959 All-SEC football team 1959 All-Southwest Conference football team References 2 All-America team Category:All-America college football teams