1957 All-Southwest Conference football team

The 1957 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1957 college football season. The selectors for the 1957 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP). Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UP are designated in bold.

All Southwest selections

Backs

  • King Hill, Rice (AP-1; UP-1 [QB])
  • John David Crow, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1 [HB]) (1957 Heisman Trophy winner; College Football Hall of Fame)
  • Jim Shofner, TCU (AP-1; UP-1 [HB])
  • Gerald Nesbitt, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-1 [FB])
  • Don Meredith, SMU (AP-2 [QB])
  • Roddy Osborne, Texas A&M (AP-2; UPI-2 [QB])
  • Buddy Dike, TCU (AP-2 [FB])
  • Donnie Stone, Arkansas (AP-2 [HB])

Ends

  • Buddy Dial, Rice (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
  • Bobby Marks, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Willard Dewveall, SMU (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Maurice Doke, Texas (AP-2)
  • John Tracey, Texas A&M (UPI-2)

Tackles

  • Charlie Krueger, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Larry Whitmire, Rice (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Bobby Jack Oliver, Baylor (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Garland Kennon, Texas (AP-2; UPI-2)

Guards

  • Matt Gorges, Rice (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Tom Koenig, SMU (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Clyde Letbetter, Baylor (AP-1; UPI-2)
  • Don Wilson, Texas (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Jerry Ford, Arkansas (AP-2)

Centers

  • Jay Donathan, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Louis Del Homme, Texas (AP-2; UPI-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press[1]

UP = United Press[2]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rice Player Lead All SWC Team Choices". The Amarillo Globe-Times. December 3, 1957. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "Four Rice Owls Named to UP All-Conference". The Mexia Daily News. November 29, 1957. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon