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1959 All-Southwest Conference football team

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The 1959 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. The selectors for the 1959 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP). Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UP are designated in bold.

All Southwest selections

Backs

Ends

  • Monte Lee, Texas (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Albert Witcher, Baylor (AP-1)
  • Henry Christopher, SMU (AP-2; UPI-1)
  • Billy Tranum, Arkansas (AP-2)

Tackles

Guards

  • Maurice Doke, Texas (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Rufus King, Rice (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Raman Armstrong, TCU (AP-2)
  • Roy Lee Rambo, TCU (AP-2)

Centers

Key

AP = Associated Press[1]

UPI = United Press International[2]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP

See also

References

  1. ^ "Texas, TCU Pace SWC's Honor Roll". Corpus Christi Times. November 30, 1959. p. 8B – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "Arkansas Lands 2 On UPI All-Southwest". Monroe News-Star. November 27, 1959. p. 11A – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon