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.

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 (AP-2; UP-1 [FB])
Gene Calame, Oklahoma (AP-2)
Frank Bernardi, Colorado (AP-2)
Ed Merrifield, Missouri (AP-2)
Bob Dahnke, Kansas State (AP-3)
Bob Schoonmaker, Missouri (AP-3)
Carroll Hardy, Colorado (AP-3)
Robert Burris, Oklahoma (AP-3)

Ends

Gary Knafelc , Colorado (AP-1; UP-1)
Ed Pence, Kansas State (AP-1)
Max Boydston, Oklahoma (AP-2; UP-1)
Carl Allison, Oklahoma (AP-2)
Morris Kay, Kansas (AP-3)
John Wilson, Missouri (AP-3)

Tackles

Roger Nelson , Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
Ted Connor, Nebraska (AP-1)
Jerry Minnick, Nebraska (UP-1)
Joe Lundy, Kansas (AP-2)
Jack Lessin, Iowa State (AP-2)
Ron Marciniak, Kansas State (AP-3)
Don Brown, Oklahoma (AP-3)

Guards

J. D. Roberts , Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
Terry Roberts, Missouri (AP-1)
Tommy O'Boyle, Kansas State (AP-2; UP-1)
Dick Knowlton, Colorado (AP-2)
Bo Bolinger, Oklahoma (AP-3)
Bob Hantla, Kansas (AP-3)

Centers

Kurt Burris , Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
Ken Gowdy, Kansas State (AP-2)
Bob Oberlin, Nebraska (AP-3)

Key

AP = Associated Press ^[1]^[2]

UP = United Press ^[3]

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References

↑ "Two Cyclones on Second Team for All-Big Seven". Mason City Globe-Gazette. November 25, 1953. p. 9.
↑ "Sooners Dominate AP All-Big Seven; Roberts, Bauman Missouri Picks". St. Joseph 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] "Sooners Dominate AP All-Big Seven; Roberts, Bauman Missouri Picks". St. Joseph Gazette. November 25, 1953. p. 9.

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

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