1953 All-Big Seven Conference football team

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The 1953 All-Big Seven Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Seven Conference teams for the 1953 college football season. The selectors for the 1953 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP). Players selected as first-team honorees by both the AP and UP are displayed in bold.

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, which is the team controlling the oval-shaped football, attempts to advance down the field by running with or passing the ball, while the defense, which is the team without control of the ball, aims to stop the offense's advance and aims to take control of the ball for themselves. The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs, or plays, and otherwise they turn over the football to the defense; if the offense succeeds in advancing ten yards or more, they are given a new set of four downs. Points are primarily scored by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponent's goalposts for a field goal. The team with the most points at the end of a game wins.

The Big Eight Conference was a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored football. It was formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA) by its charter member schools: the University of Kansas, University of Missouri, University of Nebraska, and Washington University in St. Louis. Additionally, the University of Iowa was an original member of the MVIAA, while maintaining joint membership in the Western Conference.

The 1953 college football season finished with the Maryland Terrapins capturing the AP, INS, and UPI national championship after Notre Dame held the top spot for the first nine weeks. The #4 Oklahoma Sooners defeated Maryland in the Orange Bowl, but there was no further polling after the November 30 results were released. However, Notre Dame was selected as the National Champions by 10 other polls and the Oklahoma Sooners received first in 2 polls. However, despite the team receiving National Championship rings, the University of Notre Dame does not recognize this title due to their policy of only recognizing AP or coaches' poll titles during the polling era (1936–present). Maryland was also the first champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference, which had been formed earlier in 1953 by seven colleges formerly with the Southern Conference. The year 1953 also saw the Michigan State Spartans, previously an independent, join the Big Nine Conference, which then became the Big Ten; MSU won the conference title in that first year and was the conference representative to the Rose Bowl, which it won 28-20 over UCLA.

All-Big Seven selections

Backs

John Bordogna, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-1)
Veryl Switzer , Kansas State (AP-1; UP-1)
Larry Grigg, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
Bob Bauman, Missouri (AP-1)
Max Burkett, Iowa State (UP-1 [FB])

Veryl Switzer is a former halfback in the National Football League who played 24 games for the Green Bay Packers before serving in the United States Air Force for two years, playing professional football in Canada, and becoming an administrator at his alma mater Kansas State where he is a hall of famer.

Ends

Gary Knafelc , Colorado (AP-1; UP-1)
Ed Pence, Kansas State (AP-1)
Max Boydston, Oklahoma (UP-1)

Gary Knafelc is a former American football player, a wide receiver / tight end in the National Football League for ten seasons, primarily with the Green Bay Packers. He played one game at the start of his career with the Chicago Cardinals and his final season was with the San Francisco 49ers.

Max Ray Boydston was a professional gridiron football end who played in the National Football League (NFL), the Canadian Football League (CFL), and the American Football League (AFL).

Tackles

Roger Nelson, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
Ted Connor, Nebraska (AP-1)
Jerry Minnick, Nebraska (UP-1)

Guards

J. D. Roberts, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
Terry Roberts, Missouri (AP-1)
Tommy O'Boyle, Kansas State (UP-1)

Centers

Kurt Burris, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)

Key

AP = Associated Press ^[1]

UP = United Press ^[2]

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References

↑ "Two Cyclones on Second Team for All-Big Seven". Mason City Globe-Gazette. November 25, 1953. p. 9.
↑ "Burkett of ISC on '53 All-Big 7". Ames Daily Tribune. December 1, 1953. p. 10.

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[1] "Two Cyclones on Second Team for All-Big Seven". Mason City Globe-Gazette. November 25, 1953. p. 9.

[2] "Burkett of ISC on '53 All-Big 7". Ames Daily Tribune. December 1, 1953. p. 10.