1958 College Football All-America Team
| 1958 College Football All-America Team |
|---|
| College Football All-America Team |
| 1958 NCAA University Division football season |
| 1956 1957 ← → 1959 1960 |
The 1958 College Football All-America team is composed of
Sporting News, and (6) the United Press International
(UPI).
Three players were unanimously chosen as first-team All-Americans by all six official selectors. They were: (1)
Rhodes scholar, a brigadier general, co-chairman of Bain & Company, and CEO of Primerica. All three have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
.
Consensus All-Americans
For the year 1958, 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 | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Cannon | Halfback | LSU | 6/6 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI | CP, Time, WC |
| Randy Duncan | Quarterback | Iowa | 6/6 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI | CP, WC |
| Pete Dawkins | Halfback | Army | 6/6 | AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI | CP, WC |
| Buddy Dial | End |
Rice | 5/6 | AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI | Time, WC |
| Ted Bates | Tackle |
Oregon State | 5/6 | AFCA, AP, NEA, SN, UPI | CP, WC |
| Bob Harrison | Center |
Oklahoma | 5/6 | AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI | CP, WC |
| Bob White | Fullback |
Ohio State | 4/6 | FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI | CP, Time, WC |
| John Guzik | Guard |
Pittsburgh | 4/6 | FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI | Time, WC |
| Zeke Smith | Guard | Auburn | 3/6 | AP, FWAA, NEA | CP, Time, WC |
| George Deiderich | Guard | Vanderbilt | 3/6 | AP, AFCA, FWAA | -- |
| Sam Williams | End | Michigan State | 2/6 | AFCA, UPI | Time, WC |
| Brock Strom | Tackle | Air Force | 2/6 | AP, UPI | WC |
All-American selections for 1958
Ends
- Buddy Dial, Rice (AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, Time, WC)
- Sam Williams, Michigan State (AFCA, UPI-1, Time, WC)
- Jim Houston, Ohio State (AP-1, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-3, CP)
- Al Goldstein, North Carolina (FWAA, NEA-1)
- Jim Wood, Oklahoma State (AFCA, AP-3)
- Curt Merz, Iowa (FWAA, NEA-2)
- Tom Franckhauser, Purdue (CP)
- Monty Stickles, Notre Dame (AP-2, SN, NEA-3, UPI-2)
- Carroll Dale, Virginia Tech (AP-2)
- Rich Kreitling, Illinois (AP-3, UPI-2)
- Jerry Wilson, Auburn (UPI-3)
- Chris Burford, Stanford (NEA-3)
Tackles
- Ted Bates, Oregon State (AFCA, AP-1, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, WC)
- Brock Strom, Air Force (AP-1, NEA-3, UPI-1, WC)
- Jim Marshall, Ohio State (SN, UPI-3, Time)
- Ron Luciano, Syracuse (AP-2, NEA-1, UPI-2, CP)
- Bill Leeka, UCLA (Time)
- Andy Cvercko, Northwestern (FWAA)
- Don Floyd, TCU (AP-2, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-3)
- Vel Heckman, Florida (AP-3, FWAA, NEA-3, UPI-2)
- Gene Selawski, Purdue (AP-3, FWAA, NEA-2)
- Hogan Wharton, Houston (AFCA)
Guards
- John Guzik, Pittsburgh (AP-2, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, Time, WC)
- Zeke Smith, Auburn (AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-2, CP, Time, WC)
- George Deiderich, Vanderbilt (AP-1, AFCA, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-2)
- Al Ecuyer, Notre Dame (UPI-1, CP, SN)
- Bob Novogratz, Army (AP-3, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-3)
- John Wooten, Colorado (AFCA)
- Jerry Stalcup, Wisconsin (AP-2, NEA-3)
- Stan Renning, Montana (AP-3)
- Tom Koenig, SMU (UPI-3)
- George Fritzinger, Navy (NEA-3)
Centers
- Bob Harrison, Oklahoma (AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, WC)
- Jackie Burkett, Auburn (AFCA, AP-2, NEA-2, UPI-3, Time)
- Max Fugler, LSU (AP-3, FWAA, NEA-3, UPI-2)
Quarterbacks
- Randy Duncan, Iowa (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, WC)
- Joe Kapp, California (AP-3, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-2, Time)
- Don Meredith, SMU (AP-2, FWAA, UPI-2)
- Tom Greene, Holy Cross (UPI-3)
Halfbacks
- Billy Cannon, LSU (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, Time, WC)
- Pete Dawkins, Army (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, WC)
- Bob Anderson, Army (AP-2, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-2)
- Dick Bass, Pacific (AP-2, NEA-2, UPI-2, Time)
- Ron Burton, Northwestern (AP-3)
- Alex Hawkins, South Carolina (AP-3)
- Dick Thornton, Northwestern (UPI-3)
- Jake Crouthamel, Dartmouth (NEA-3)
- Don Perkins, New Mexico (NEA-3)
Fullbacks
- Bob White, Ohio State (AP-2, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, Time, WC)
- Nick Pietrosante, Notre Dame (AFCA, AP-3, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-3)
- Bill Austin, Rutgers (AP-1, UPI-3)
- Bob Jarus, Purdue (UPI-3)
- Fred Pickard, Florida State (NEA-3)
Key
- Bold – Consensus All-American[1]
- -1 – First-team selection
- -2 – Second-team selection
- -3 – Third-team selection
Official selectors
- AFCA = American Football Coaches Association
- AP = Associated Press[2][3]
- FWAA = Football Writers Association of America[4]
- NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association[5][6]
- SN = Sporting News[7]
- UPI = United Press International[8][9]
Other selectors
- CP = Central Press Association[10]
- Time = Time magazine[11]
- WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation[12]
See also
- 1958 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team
- 1958 All-Big Eight Conference football team
- 1958 All-Big Ten Conference football team
- 1958 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team
- 1958 All-SEC football team
- 1958 All-Southwest Conference football team
References
- ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 9. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- ^ "Iowa's Randy Duncan Heads AP's All-American Team". Salisbury Times. Salisbury, Maryland.
- ^ "Randy Hawkins Heads A.P. All-America Team". Reading Eagle. December 4, 1958. p. 34.
- ^ Ted Gangi (ed.). "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
- ^ Harry Grayson (ed.). "NEA Names Perkins Strom to 3rd Team". NEA.
- ^ "SEC Places Smith, Cannon on All-America Team". Times Daily. November 30, 1958. p. 4T.
- ^ "The Sporting News: College Football TSN All America Teams". The Sporting News. Archived from the original on July 27, 2009.
- ^ "Ecuyer Of ND Listed". Tucson Daily Citizen.
- ^ Leo Peterson (November 26, 1958). "Dawkins, Cannon Are Top A-A Picks". Beaver Valley Times.
- ^ "Central Press All-American". New Castle News, New Castle, Pennsylvania.
- ^ "Time All America Teams". Time, Inc.
- ^ "All-America Teams". Walter Camp Football Foundation. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007.