1966 All-Big Ten Conference football team

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The 1966 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Ten Conference teams for the 1966 Big Ten Conference football season. Players from the 1966 Michigan State Spartans football team dominated the All-Big Ten team in 1966, taking eight of the 22 first-team spots. Players from Purdue and Michigan each received four spots.

Contents

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Ends

Tackles

Guards

Centers

Defensive selections

Ends

Tackles

Guards

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Key

AP = Associated Press, "selected by a board of sports writers covering the Big Ten scene" [1] [2]

UPI = United Press International, selected by the conference coaches [3]

Bold = First-team selection of both the AP and UPI

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References

  1. "Spartans Put Eight On All-Big Ten". Sarasota Herald-Tribune (AP story). November 24, 1966. p. 29.
  2. "MSU Dominates All-Big Ten Team". The Pantagraph. November 23, 1966. p. 13.
  3. "Eight Spartans, Six From Michigan All Big Ten". The Holland, Michigan Evening Sentinel. November 23, 1966. p. 17.