Official list of the best professional football players in 1968
This is a list of players named as All-Pros based on their performance in the 1968 AFL and NFL season. These lists provide a perspective into how players were judged against their peers by critics of their time.[1] Players representing both the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) are included.
The PFWA selected a true "All-Pro" team which included players from both the NFL and AFL. The AP, NEA, Daily News and UPI selected one team for each league, which are referred to as "All-NFL" and "All-AFL" teams. Pro Football Weekly named both a unified All-Pro team as well as All-NFL and All-AFL teams representing each of the leagues individually. The Sporting News named a single All-AFL team and All-Conference teams representing each of the two NFL conferences.[1]
All of the publications named both first-team and second-team performers, with the exception of Pro Football Weekly and the Sporting News, which only selected only a first-team.[1]
Carroll Dale, Green Bay Packers (NEA) Bob Hayes, Dallas Cowboys (UPI) Roy Jefferson, Pittsburgh Steelers (AP, NEA, UPI) Homer Jones, New York Giants (NYDN) Willie Richardson, Baltimore Colts (PFWA) Charley Taylor, Washington Redskins (NYDN) Paul Warfield, Cleveland Browns (AP)
Bob Brown, Philadelphia Eagles (NYDN, PFWA, UPI) Charley Cowan, Los Angeles Rams (AP, NYDN) Ernie McMillan, St. Louis Cardinals (NEA, UPI) Bob Vogel, Baltimore Colts (AP, NEA)
Maxie Baughan, Los Angeles Rams (AP, NYDN) Mike Curtis, Baltimore Colts (NEA) Chuck Howley, Dallas Cowboys (NYDN, PFWA, UPI) Dave Robinson, Green Bay Packers (AP, PFWA) Andy Russell, Pittsburgh Steelers (UPI) Dave Wilcox, San Francisco 49ers (NEA)
Stew Barber, Buffalo Bills (NYDN) Winston Hill, New York Jets (NYDN, SN) Ron Mix, San Diego Chargers (PFWA) Harry Schuh, Oakland Raiders (AP, NEA, UPI) Walt Suggs, Houston Oilers (AP, NEA, UPI) Jim Tyrer, Kansas City Chiefs (SN)
Ed Budde, Kansas City Chiefs (NYDN) Dave Herman, New York Jets (NYDN) Billy Shaw, Buffalo Bills (AP, SN) Gene Upshaw, Oakland Raiders (NEA, NYDN, PFWA)
Al Atkinson, New York Jets (NEA[t]) Nick Buoniconti, Miami Dolphins (UPI) Dan Conners, Oakland Raiders (AP, NEA[t]) Willie Lanier, Kansas City Chiefs (NYDN, SN)
Kenny Graham, San Diego Chargers (AP, NEA, NYDN, UPI) Dave Grayson, Oakland Raiders (NYDN, SN) Ken Houston, Houston Oilers (NEA) Jim Hudson, New York Jets (AP) George Sarnes, Buffalo Bills (SN, UPI)
Key (AFL)
AP = Associated Press All-AFL team
NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association All-AFL team
NYDN = New York Daily News All-AFL team
PFW = Pro Football Weekly All-Pro team
PFW-AFL = Pro Football Weekly All-AFL team
PFWA = Pro Football Writers of America All-Pro team
1 2 3 4 Bob Carroll; Michael Gershman; David Neft; John Thorn, eds. (August 4, 1999). Total Football II: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League (Revised Updateded.). William Morrow. ISBN978-0-06-270174-9.
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