1964 All-Big Ten Conference football team
1964 All-Big Ten team |
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1964 Big Ten Conference football season |
Selectors |
Associated Press (sportswriters) United Press International (coaches) |
1962 1963 ← → 1965 1966 |
The 1964 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Ten Conference teams for the 1964 Big Ten Conference football season. The selectors for the 1964 season were the Associated Press (AP), based on a vote by media members,[1] and the United Press International (UPI), based on a vote of the conference coaches.[2] Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UPI are designated in bold.
Ohio State finished in second place in the conference and had six players who were selected as first-team players by either the AP or UPI teams. Three of the Ohio State honorees were consensus picks by the AP and UPI: offensive guard Dan Poretta, linebacker Dwight "Ike" Kelly, and defensive back Arnie Chonko.
Nine players from teams other than Michigan and Ohio State received consensus All-Big Ten honors in 1964. They are: (1) Illinois linebacker, Dick Butkus, who was a consensus All-American and was named Sporting News College Football Player of the Year; (2) Illinois fullback and College Football Hall of Fame inductee Jim Grabowski; (3) Michigan State halfback Dick Gordon; (4) Iowa end Karl Noonan; (5) Indiana end Bill Malinchak; (6) Illinois' offensive tackle Archie Sutton; (7) Indiana guard Don Croftcheck; (8) Northwestern center Joe Cerne; (9) Purdue defensive tackle Jim Garcia; and (10) Illinois defensive back George Donnelly.
Offensive selections
Quarterbacks
- Bob Timberlake, Michigan (AP-1 [halfback]; UPI-1)
- Gary Snook, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-2)
Halfbacks
- Dick Gordon, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Ron Smith, Wisconsin (UPI-2)
- Carl Ward, Michigan (UPI-2)
Fullbacks
- Jim Grabowski, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)
Ends
- Karl Noonan, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1 [halfback])
- Bill Malinchak, Indiana (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Bob Hadrick, Purdue (UPI-1)
- John Henderson, Michigan (UPI-2)
- Jimmy Jones, Wisconsin (UPI-2)
Tackles
- Archie Sutton, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Jim Davidson, Ohio State (UPI-1)
- Jerry Rush, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-2)
- Karl Singer, Purdue (UPI-2)
Guards
- Don Croftcheck, Indiana (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Dan Porretta, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- David Butler, Michigan (UPI-2)
- John Niland, Iowa (UPI-2)
Centers
- Joe Cerne, Northwestern (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Ed Flanagan, Purdue (UPI-2)
Defensive selections
Ends
- Aaron Brown, Minnesota (AP-1; UPI-2)
- Harold Wells, Purdue (AP-1; UPI-2)
- Jim Conley, Michigan (UPI-1)
- Bill Spahr, Ohio State (UPI-1)
Tackles
- Bill Yearby, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Jim Garcia, Purdue (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Ted Orazen, Ohio State (UPI-2)
- Jerry Shay, Purdue (UPI-2)
Linebackers
- Dick Butkus, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Ike Kelley, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Tom Cecchini, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-2)
- Tom Bugel, Ohio State (UPI-1)
- Bill Minor, Illinois (UPI-2)
- Joe Pung, Minnesota (UPI-2)
Defensive backs
- Arnie Chonko, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1 [safety])
- George Donnelly, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)
- Kraig Lofquist, Minnesota (UPI-1)
- Charles Migyanka, Michigan State (UPI-1)
- Tom Nowatzke, Indiana (AP-1; UPI-2)
- Don Japinga, Michigan State (UPI-2)
- Herman Johnson, Michigan State (UPI-2)
- Mike Reid, Minnesota (UPI-2)
- Rich Volk, Michigan (UPI-2)
Key
AP = Associated Press[1]
UPI = United Press International, selected by vote of the conference coaches[2]
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UPI
See also
References
- ^ a b "All Big Ten Picks Tough; Talent Tops". The Spokesman-Review (AP story). November 26, 1964. p. 20.
- ^ a b "Butkus, Yearby, Timberlake Head Coaches' Big Ten Stars". The Daily Register (Harrisburg, Illinois). November 27, 1964. p. 11.