1969 College Football All-America Team

The 1969 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1969.

The

The Sporting News (TSN), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC).^[3]

Offensive selections

Ends

Walker Gillette, Richmond (AP-1 [wide receiver], FWAA, NEA-1 [split end], TSN, Time)
Carlos Alvarez, Florida (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA [flanker], AP-3 [wide receiver], CP-2, NEA-1 [split end], UPI-1, FN, WC)
Ken Burrough, Texas Southern (NEA-2, Time, TSN)
Cotton Speyrer, Texas (CP-1, UPI-2, WC)
Chuck Dicus, Arkansas (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA)
Elmo Wright, Houston (AP-2 [wide receiver], CP-3, NEA-2 [split end], UPI-2, FN)
Ernie Jennings, Air Force (CP-2)
Jade Butcher, Indiana (CP-3)

Tight ends

Jim Mandich, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA [end], AP-1, CP-1 [end], FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1 [end], FN [end], Time, WC)
Steve Zabel, Oklahoma (TSN)
Jim McFarland, Nebraska (AP-2)
Ray Parson, Minnesota (NEA-2)
Bob Moore, Stanford (AP-3)

Tackles

Bob McKay, Texas (AP-1, CP-2, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN, WC)
John Ward, Oklahoma State (AFCA [guard], AP-1, FWAA, UPI-2)
Sid Smith, USC (AP-2, CP-1, NEA-2, UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN, WC)
Bob Asher, Vanderbilt (AP-2, CP-1, NEA-1, UPI-2)
Bobby Wuensch, Texas (AFCA)
Jim Reilly, Notre Dame (AFCA, AP-3, NEA-2)
Dan Dierdorf, Michigan (College and Pro Football Halls of Fame) (CP-2)
Larron Jackson, Missouri (AP-3)
Bob Bouley, Boston College (CP-3)
Manny Rodriguez, New Mexico State (CP-3)

Guards

Bill Bridges, Houston (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-2)
Chip Kell, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA [center], AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, WC)
Ron Saul, Michigan State (AP-3, CP-1, NEA-1, Time, TSN)
Larry DiNardo, Notre Dame (CP-2, UPI-1, WC)
Mike Carroll, Missouri (NEA-1, TSN)
Chuck Hutchison, Ohio State (Time)
Alvin Samples, Alabama (AP-2, CP-2, UPI-2, FN)
Steve Greer, Georgia (FN)
Jerry Dossey, Arkansas (AP-2)
Ed Chapupka, North Carolina (AP-3)
Doug Redmann, Illinois (CP-3, NEA-2)
Jon Meskimen, Iowa (CP-3)

Centers

Rodney Brand, Arkansas (AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, WC)
Ken Mendenhall, Oklahoma (CP-2, UPI-2, FN, Time, TSN)
Dale Evans, Kansas (AP-2)
Dennis Bramlett, UTEP (NEA-2)
Tom Banks, Auburn (AP-3)
Jack Kovar, Texas A&M (CP-3)

Quarterbacks

Mike Phipps, Purdue (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN, WC)
Archie Manning, Mississippi (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3, CP-2, UPI-2, FN)
Jim Plunkett, Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2, CP-3)

Running backs

Steve Owens, Oklahoma (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA [halfback], AP-1 [halfback], CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN [halfback], Time, TSN, WC)
Jim Otis, Ohio State (AP-1 [fullback], CP-1 [fullback], FWAA, UPI-1, FN [fullback], WC)
Bobby Anderson, Colorado (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1 [halfback], NEA-1, UPI-1, TSN)
Charlie Pittman, Penn State (AFCA [halfback], CP-3, UPI-2, Time)
Steve Worster, Texas (AP-2 [fullback], CP-2 [fullback], FWAA, UPI-2, FN [fullback])
Warren Muir, South Carolina (AP-3 [fullback], AFCA [fullback])
Rex Kern, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (CP-1, FN [qb], NEA-2 [qb])
John Isenbarger, Indiana (AP-2 [halfback], CP-2, FN [halfback])
Mickey Cureton, UCLA (FN [halfback])
Mack Herron, Kansas State (CP-2, FN [halfback])
Jim Strong, Houston (AP-2)
Art Malone, Arizona State (NEA-2)
Greg Jones, UCLA (NEA-2)
Jim Bertelsen, Texas (AP-3 [halfback])
Ed Marinaro, Cornell (AP-3 [halfback])
Clarence Davis, USC (CP-3, UPI-2)
Jim Braxton, West Virginia (CP-3 [fullback])

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

Jimmy Gunn, USC (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-1, FN [end], WC)
Phil Olsen, Utah State (AP-1, NEA-1, UPI-1, Time, TSN, WC)
Al Cowlings, USC (AP-2 [defensive tackle], NEA-1, FN [guard], Time, TSN)
Floyd Reese, UCLA (AFCA, AP-2 [defensive tackle])
Bill Brundige, Colorado (AP-2, CP-3, FWAA, UPI-2)
Dick Campbell, Texas Tech (CP-1, NEA-2)
Bill Atessis, Texas (AP-2)
Michael Berrera, Kansas State (CP-2)
Mark Debvec, Ohio State (CP-2)
David Campbell, Auburn (UPI-2)
Irby Augustine, California (AP-3)
Jeff Slipp, Brigham Young (AP-3)
Hap Farber, Mississippi (CP-3)

Defensive tackles

Mike Reid, Penn State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN [tackle], Time, TSN, WC)
Mike McCoy, Notre Dame (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN [tackle], Time, TSN, WC)
Steve Smear, Penn State (CP-2, UPI-2)
Rock Perdoni, Georgia Tech (AP-3, CP-2)
John Little, Oklahoma State (NEA-2)
Wes Grant, UCLA (NEA-2)
Leo Brooks, Texas (UPI-2)
Lynn Duncan, Wichita State (AP-3)
Paul Schmidlin, Ohio State (CP-3)
Larry Nels, Wyoming (CP-3)

Middle guard

Jim Stillwagon, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN [guard], WC)
Carl Crennel, West Virginia (AP-2, CP-3, NEA-2, UPI-2)
Steve Greer, Georgia (AP-3, CP-2)

Linebackers

Steve Kiner, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN, WC)
Dennis Onkotz, Penn State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, CP-3, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, WC)
Mike Ballou, UCLA (AFCA, AP-3, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-2, FN, WC)
Don Parish, Stanford (AP-1, UPI-2, Time, TSN)
John Small, The Citadel (AP-2, NEA-1, Time, TSN)
George Bevan, LSU (AFCA, AP-2, CP-2, FWAA, NEA-2)
Cliff Powell, Arkansas (AFCA, AP-3)
Glen Halsell, Texas (CP-1, FN)
Jim Corrigall, Kent State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3, NEA-1)
Jack Reynolds
, Tennessee (CP-3, FN)
Bob Olson, Notre Dame (AP-2, CP-2)
Mike Kolen, Auburn (CP-2, NEA-2)
Ralph Cindrich, Pittsburgh (CP-3)

Defensive backs

Jack Tatum, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1 [cornerback], UPI-1, FN, TSN, WC)
Buddy McClinton, Auburn (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, UPI-1, FN, WC)
Tom Curtis, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, CP-1, NEA-2 [safety], UPI-1, FN, WC)
Glenn Cannon, Mississippi (AFCA, AP-3, UPI-2, Time, TSN)
Neal Smith, Penn State (AP-3, NEA-1 [safety], UPI-1)
Steve Tannen, Florida (UPI-2, Time, TSN)
Ted Provost, Ohio State (UPI-2, Time, TSN)
Tim Foley, Purdue, (CP-3, NEA-2 [cornerback], Time)
Curtis Johnson, Toledo (AP-2, CP-3, NEA-1 [cornerback])
Denton Fox, Texas Tech (AP-2, FWAA)
Tommy Casanova, LSU (College Football Hall of Fame) (FN)
Dana Stephenson, Nebraska (AP-2, CP-2)
Mel Easley, Oregon State (CP-2)
Mike Sensibaugh, Ohio State (CP-2)
Bruce Taylor, Boston University (NEA-2 [cornerback])
David Berrong, Memphis State (AP-3, CP-3)

Special teams

Kicker

Bob Jacobs, Wyoming (FWAA, TSN)

Punter

Zenon Andrusyshyn, UCLA (TSN)

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 picked for Kodak^[4]
AP = Associated Press^[5]^[6]
CP = Central Press Association, "picked with the help of the captains of the major college elevens"^[7]^[8]
FWAA = Football Writers Association of America^[9]
NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association^[10]
UPI = United Press International^[11]

Unofficial selectors

FN = The Football News, consisting of the 33 best college football players as selected by the staff and correspondents of The Football News^[12]
Time = Time magazine^[2]
TSN = The Sporting News
WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 10. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
^ ^a ^b Time's All-America: The Pick of the Pros January 5, 1970.
^ ^a ^b "Walter Camp Foundation All-American Teams". Archived from the original on March 30, 2009. Retrieved March 24, 2009.
^ "Owens, Phipps Named To Team". Beckley (WV) Post-Herald. November 28, 1969. p. 2.
^ "Mike Reid, Dennis Onkotz of Penn State Named to All-America". Hazleton Standard-Speaker. December 5, 1969. p. 27.
^ AP second and third teams
^ Walter L. Johns (November 24, 1969). "Ohio State Dominates 1969 Central Press Captains All-American Team". The Gaffney Ledger. p. 5.
^ Central Press, pt. 2
^ Ted Gangi (ed.). "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team" (PDF). Retrieved August 16, 2022.
^ "Steve Owens, Mike Phipps Pace NEA All-Americans". Clovis News-Journal. November 21, 1969. p. 12.
^ John G. Griffin (November 26, 1969). "Three Buckeyes Named To UPI All-American". The Times Recorder, Zanesville, OH. p. 2.
^ Roger Stanton, ed. (November 29, 1969). "FN Picks All-American Team". The Football News. p. 1.

[CAA-1] "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 10. Retrieved October 21, 2017.

[time-2] Time's All-America: The Pick of the Pros January 5, 1970.

[WC-3] "Walter Camp Foundation All-American Teams". Archived from the original on March 30, 2009. Retrieved March 24, 2009.

[4] "Owens, Phipps Named To Team". Beckley (WV) Post-Herald. November 28, 1969. p. 2.

[5] "Mike Reid, Dennis Onkotz of Penn State Named to All-America". Hazleton Standard-Speaker. December 5, 1969. p. 27.

[6] AP second and third teams

[7] Walter L. Johns (November 24, 1969). "Ohio State Dominates 1969 Central Press Captains All-American Team". The Gaffney Ledger. p. 5.

[8] Central Press, pt. 2

[FW-9] Ted Gangi (ed.). "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team" (PDF). Retrieved August 16, 2022.

[10] "Steve Owens, Mike Phipps Pace NEA All-Americans". Clovis News-Journal. November 21, 1969. p. 12.

[11] John G. Griffin (November 26, 1969). "Three Buckeyes Named To UPI All-American". The Times Recorder, Zanesville, OH. p. 2.

[12] Roger Stanton, ed. (November 29, 1969). "FN Picks All-American Team". The Football News. p. 1.

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v t e 1969 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
Offense	B Mike Phipps B Steve Owens B Jim Otis B Bobby Anderson E Jim Mandich E Walker Gillette E Carlos Alvarez T Bob McKay T John Ward G Chip Kell G Bill Bridges C Rodney Brand
Defense	E Jimmy Gunn E Phil Olsen T Mike Reid T Mike McCoy MG Jim Stillwagon LB Steve Kiner LB Dennis Onkotz LB Mike Ballou B Jack Tatum B Buddy McClinton B Tom Curtis