1953 All-Big Seven Conference football team

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]

See also

• 1953 College Football All-America Team

References

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.