1953 All-Big Seven Conference football team

none August 2023 25em 1953 All-Big Seven Conference football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid 1953 college football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 1951 1952 ← → 1954 1955 The 1953 All-Big Seven Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Seven Conference teams for the 1953 college football season. The selectors for the 1953 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP). Players selected as first-team honorees by both the AP and UP are displayed in bold. All-Big Seven selections Backs John Bordogna, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-1) Veryl Switzer, Kansas State (AP-1; UP-1) Larry Grigg, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1) Bob Bauman, Missouri (AP-1) Max Burkett, Iowa State (AP-2; UP-1 [FB]) Gene Calame, Oklahoma (AP-2) Frank Bernardi, Colorado (AP-2) Ed Merrifield, Missouri (AP-2) Bob Dahnke, Kansas State (AP-3) Bob Schoonmaker, Missouri (AP-3) Carroll Hardy, Colorado (AP-3) Robert Burris, Oklahoma (AP-3) Ends Gary Knafelc, Colorado (AP-1; UP-1) Ed Pence, Kansas State (AP-1) Max Boydston, Oklahoma (AP-2; UP-1) Carl Allison, Oklahoma (AP-2) Morris Kay, Kansas (AP-3) John Wilson, Missouri (AP-3) Tackles Roger Nelson, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1) Ted Connor, Nebraska (AP-1) Jerry Minnick, Nebraska (UP-1) Joe Lundy, Kansas (AP-2) Jack Lessin, Iowa State (AP-2) Ron Marciniak, Kansas State (AP-3) Don Brown, Oklahoma (AP-3) Guards J. D. Roberts, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1) Terry Roberts, Missouri (AP-1) Tommy O'Boyle, Kansas State (AP-2; UP-1) Dick Knowlton, Colorado (AP-2) Bo Bolinger, Oklahoma (AP-3) Bob Hantla, Kansas (AP-3) Centers Kurt Burris, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1) Ken Gowdy, Kansas State (AP-2) Bob Oberlin, Nebraska (AP-3) Key AP = Associated PressTwo Cyclones on Second Team for All-Big Seven Mason City Globe-Gazette November 25, 1953 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3114477/two_cyclones_on_second_team/ Sooners Dominate AP All-Big Seven; Roberts, Bauman Missouri Picks St. Joseph Gazette November 25, 1953 9 https://books.google.com/books?id=GsNiAAAAIBAJ&dq=All-Big+seven+football+team&pg=PA9&article_id=3840,3193405 UP = United PressBurkett of ISC on '53 All-Big 7 Ames Daily Tribune 10 December 1, 1953 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3114542/burkett_of_isc_on_53_all_big_7/ See also 1953 College Football All-America Team References All-Big Seven Conference football team Category:All-Big Eight Conference football teams