1959_College_Football_All-America_Team

1959 College Football All-America Team

1959 College Football All-America Team

Official list of the best college football players of 1959

The 1959 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America 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.

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All-American selections for 1959

Ends

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

Centers

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

Fullbacks

Key

  • Bold – Consensus All-American[1]
  • -1 – First-team selection
  • -2 – Second-team selection
  • -3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors

Other selectors

See also

References

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    "Here's Harry Grayson's 1959 NEA All-America Team". The Daily Herald, Provo, UT. November 29, 1959. p. 17.
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