The 1958 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as

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ns by various organizations and writers that chose

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s in 1958. The six selectors recognized by the

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as "official" for the 1958 season are (1) the

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(AFCA), (2) the

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(AP), (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (4) the

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(NEA), (5) the '' Sporting News'', and (6) the

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(UPI). Three players were unanimously chosen as first-team All-Americans by all six official selectors. They were: (1)

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who won the 1958

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and led the 1958 Iowa Hawkeyes to the 1958 FWAA national championship; (2) halfback

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who led the 1958 LSU Tigers to the 1958 AP national championship and won the Heisman Trophy in 1959; and (3)

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who won the 1958 Heisman Trophy and later became a Rhodes scholar, a brigadier general, co-chairman of

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. All three have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1958, the NCAA recognizes six published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.

All-American selections for 1958

Ends

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, Rice (AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, Time, WC) * Sam Williams, Michigan State (AFCA, UPI-1, Time, WC) * Jim Houston, Ohio State (AP-1, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-3, CP) *

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, North Carolina (FWAA, NEA-1) * Jim Wood, Oklahoma State (AFCA, AP-3) * Curt Merz, Iowa (FWAA, NEA-2) *

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, Purdue (CP) *

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, Notre Dame (AP-2, SN, NEA-3, UPI-2) *

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, Virginia Tech (AP-2) *

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, Illinois (AP-3, UPI-2) * Jerry Wilson, Auburn (UPI-3) *

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, Stanford (NEA-3)

Tackles

* Ted Bates, Oregon State (AFCA, AP-1, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, WC) * Brock Strom, Air Force (AP-1, NEA-3, UPI-1, WC) * Jim Marshall, Ohio State (SN, UPI-3, Time) *

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, Syracuse (AP-2, NEA-1, UPI-2, CP) * Bill Leeka, UCLA (Time) *

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, Northwestern (FWAA) *

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, TCU (AP-2, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-3) * Vel Heckman, Florida (AP-3, FWAA, NEA-3, UPI-2) *

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, Purdue (AP-3, FWAA, NEA-2) * Hogan Wharton, Houston (AFCA)

Guards

* John Guzik, Pittsburgh (AP-2, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, Time, WC) *

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, Auburn (AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-2, CP, Time, WC) * George Deiderich, Vanderbilt (AP-1, AFCA, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-2) *

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, Notre Dame (UPI-1, CP, SN) *

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, Army (AP-3, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-3) *

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, Colorado (AFCA) *

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, Wisconsin (AP-2, NEA-3) *Stan Renning, Montana (AP-3) *Tom Koenig, SMU (UPI-3) *George Fritzinger, Navy (NEA-3)

Centers

* Bob Harrison, Oklahoma (AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, WC) *

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, Auburn (AFCA, AP-2, NEA-2, UPI-3, Time) *

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, LSU (AP-3, FWAA, NEA-3, UPI-2)

Quarterbacks

, Iowa (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, WC) *

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, California (AP-3, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-2, Time) *

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, SMU (AP-2, FWAA, UPI-2) * Tom Greene, Holy Cross (UPI-3)

Halfbacks

, LSU (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, Time, WC) *

, Army (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, WC) * Bob Anderson, Army (AP-2, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-2) *

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, Pacific (AP-2, NEA-2, UPI-2, Time) *

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, Northwestern (AP-3) *

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, South Carolina (AP-3) * Dick Thornton, Northwestern (UPI-3) *

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, Dartmouth (NEA-3) * Don Perkins, New Mexico (NEA-3)

Fullbacks

* Bob White, Ohio State (AP-2, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, Time, WC) * Nick Pietrosante, Notre Dame (AFCA, AP-3, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-3) * Bill Austin, Rutgers (AP-1, UPI-3) * Bob Jarus, Purdue (UPI-3) * Fred Pickard, Florida State (NEA-3)

Key

* Bold – Consensus All-American * -1 – First-team selection * -2 – Second-team selection * -3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors

*AFCA =

*AP =

*FWAA = Football Writers Association of America *NEA =

*SN = '' Sporting News'' *UPI =

Other selectors

*CP = Central Press Association *Time = ''

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'' magazine *WC =

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References

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