The 1946 All-Big Six Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP) as the best players at each position among teams playing in the Big Six Conference during the 1946 college football season.
All-Big Six selections
editBacks
edit- Ray Evans, Kansas (AP-1, UP-1)
- Joe Golding, Oklahoma (AP-1, UP-1)
- Loyd Brinkman, Missouri (AP-1, UP-1)
- Thomas Novak, Nebraska (AP-1, UP-2)
- Dick Hutton, Nebraska (AP-2, UP-1)
- Sam Vacanti, Nebraska (AP-2, UP-2)
- Bob Hopkins, Missouri (AP-2, UP-2)
- Jack Mitchell, Oklahoma (AP-2, UP-2)
- Frank Pattee, Kansas (UP-3)
- Dick Howard, Iowa State (UP-3)
- Bud French, Kansas (UP-3)
- Eddy Davis, Oklahoma (UP-3)
Ends
edit- Roland Oakes, Missouri (AP-1, UP-1)
- Otto Schnellbacher, Kansas (AP-1, UP-1)
- David Schmidt, Kansas (AP-2, UP-2)
- Jim Tyree, Oklahoma (AP-2, UP-3)
- Dean Laun, Iowa State (UP-2)
- Marshall Shurnas, Missouri (UP-3)
Tackles
edit- Wade Walker, Oklahoma (AP-1, UP-1)
- Jim Kekeris, Missouri (AP-1, UP-1)
- Carl Samuelson, Nebraska (AP-2, UP-2)
- Homer Paine, Oklahoma (AP-2, UP-2)
- Huck Heath, Kansas State (UP-3)
- Don Ettinger, Kansas (UP-3)
Guards
edit- Plato Andros, Oklahoma (AP-1, UP-1)
- Don Fambrough, Kansas (AP-1, UP-1)
- Ed Schwartzkopf, Nebraska (AP-2, UP-3)
- Buddy Burris, Oklahoma (AP-2, UP-2)
- Edgar McNeil, Kansas State (UP-2)
- Verlie Abrams, Missouri (UP-3)
Centers
edit- John Rapacz, Oklahoma (AP-1, UP-1)
- Ralph Stewart, Missouri (AP-2, UP-2)
- Joe Partington, Nebraska (UP-3)
Key
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Four Sooners, Three Tigers, Three Jayhawks on All-Big 6". Moberly Monitor-Index. November 29, 1946. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Oklahoma Lands Four on All-Big Six First Team; Kansas Places Three Men". Seminole Producer. December 2, 1946. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.