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1959 All-Big Ten Conference Football Team
The 1959 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All- Big Ten Conference teams for the 1959 Big Ten Conference football season. All-Big Ten selections Quarterbacks * Dean Look, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-2) * Dale Hackbart, Wisconsin (AP-2; UPI-1) * Olen Treadway, Iowa (AP-3; UPI-3) Halfbacks * Bob Jeter, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1) * Ron Burton, Northwestern (AP-1; UPI-1) * Ray Jauch, Iowa (AP-2; UPI-2) * Ray Purdin, Northwestern (AP-2; UPI-2) * Herb Adderly, Michigan State (AP-3; UPI-3) * Bob Jarus, Purdue (UPI-3) * Vic Jones, Indiana (AP-3) Fullbacks * Mike Stock, Northwestern (AP-1; UPI-1) * Bill Brown, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2) * Bob White, Ohio State (AP-3; UPI-3) Ends * Jim Houston, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1) * Don Norton, Iowa (AP-1; UPI-1) * Elbert Kimbrough, Northwestern (AP-2; UPI-2) * Earl Faison, Indiana (AP-3; UPI-2) * Ted Aucreman, Indiana (AP-2; UPI-3) * Dick Brooks, Purdue (AP-3; UPI-3) Tackle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Big Ten Conference Football Season
The 1959 Big Ten Conference football season was the 64th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference and was a part of the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. The 1959 Wisconsin Badgers football team, under head coach Milt Bruhn, won the Big Ten championship, was ranked No. 6 in the final AP Poll, and lost to Washington in the 1960 Rose Bowl. Tackle Dan Lanphear was a consensus first-team All-American. Quarterback Dale Hackbart led the Big Ten with 1,121 yards of total offense. Season overview Results and team statistics Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1959 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1959 season PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold Preseason On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Brown (American Football)
William Dorsey Brown (June 29, 1938 – November 4, 2018) was an American football player. Brown was a halfback in the National Football League for 14 seasons, including 13 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, and was named to the Pro Bowl four times. Biography After graduation from Mendota High School, Brown played college football at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was an All- Big Ten fullback, and also won the Big Ten shot put title and set an Illinois record with a toss of . Brown was a second round choice (20th overall) of the Chicago Bears in the 1961 NFL Draft. Brown was traded to the Vikings before the 1962 season, for a fourth-round draft pick in the 1964 NFL Draft. Brown played for the Vikings for 13 seasons, and was named to the Pro Bowl after the , , , and NFL seasons, earning the nickname "Boom-Boom" for his reckless, and often violent, running style. Brown holds many Vikings team records. Brown holds Vikings records for most games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Andreotti
James P. Andreotti (March 27, 1938 – May 10, 2022) was an American Canadian football player who played for the Toronto Argonauts and Montreal Alouettes. Biography Andreotti was born in Illinois and was a letter winner in college football at Northwestern University, where he was also an All-American, first-team All-Big Ten and Northwestern's Most Valuable Player. He was drafted in the 1960 NFL draft by the Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North Division. The team play their home games at For ... (Round 4, #39). Andreotti died on May 10, 2022. References 1938 births 2022 deaths Montreal Alouettes players Toronto Argonauts players Northwestern Wildcats football players American expatriates in Canada {{Canadianfootball-linebacker-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernie Wright
Ernest Henry Wright (November 6, 1939 – March 20, 2007) was an American professional football player who was an offensive tackle for 13 seasons, from 1960 to 1969 in the American Football League (AFL), and from 1970 to 1972 in the National Football League (NFL). Early life Wright was born on November 6, 1939 in Toledo, Ohio and attended Scott High School. He played football for Ohio State University and started on the Buckeyes' offensive line in 1958 and 1959. NFL career Wright was an original member of the Los Angeles Chargers in 1960. He was drafted in the 15th round (200th overall) of the 1961 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams, but he remained with the Chargers. Wright was a starter for the Chargers in their 51-10 victory over the Boston Patriots in the 1963 AFL Championship game. He was an AFL All-Star in 1961, 1963 and 1965. Chargers Hall of Fame coach Sid Gillman called the tandem of Wright and Hall-of-Famer Ron Mix ''"''The best pair of offensive tackles in p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Brown (Canadian Football)
Tom Brown (born December 5, 1936) is a former professional Canadian football player, and a former outstanding American college football player. He played collegiately at the University of Minnesota, and won the Outland Trophy in 1960 as the nation's best lineman. He played professional football with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League, and was made a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1984. Brown was inducted into College Football Hall of Fame The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and interactive attraction devoted to college football. The National Football Foundation (NFF) founded the Hall in 1951 to immortalize the players and coaches of college football that were v ... in 2003. Notes 1936 births Living people People from Albert Lea, Minnesota Players of American football from Minnesota Minnesota Golden Gophers football players All-American college football players College Football Hall of Fame inductees American players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Burrell
William Burrell (1938? – March 22, 1998) was an American football player at the University of Illinois. A linebacker and guard, in 1959 Burrell won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the MVP of the Big Ten Conference. Burrell also finished fourth as a Heisman Trophy candidate that year, and was a consensus All-American. Burrell was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 1960 American Football League Draft, and by the St. Louis Cardinals in the fifth round of the 1960 NFL Draft. He played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League, and was that team's nominee for the Schenley Award as Outstanding Lineman in 1960. Burrell is an alumnus of Central High School in Clifton, Illinois Clifton is a village in Chebanse Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,468 at the 2010 census, up from 1,317 at the 2000 census. History Clifton was founded in 1857. The village takes its name from the Clifto .... The football field at C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Stalcup
Jerry Stalcup (born November 19, 1938) is a former linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). Stalcup was drafted in the sixth round of the 1960 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams and played that season with the team. He was later drafted in the 1961 NFL Expansion Draft by the Minnesota Vikings, but instead went on to play two seasons with the Denver Broncos of the American Football League The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL), and became the American Football Conference. .... In 1965, he returned to his high school in Rockford to serve as the defensive coordinator. In 1974, he and head Coach Robert Pellant led Rockford East to a state championship in the first year the high school football playoffs were held in Illinois. References Players of American football from Rockford, Illinois Los Angeles Rams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael W
Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions * Michael (bishop elect), English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect * Michael (Khoroshy) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada * Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael" * Michael (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born February 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born March 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer Rulers =Byzantine emperors= * Michael I Rangabe (d. 844), married the daughter of Emperor Nikephoro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Gossage
Ezra Eugene Gossage (February 17, 1935 – May 1, 2011) was an American and Canadian football player who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Philadelphia Eagles. He won the Grey Cup with the Tiger-Cats in 1963. He played college football at Northwestern University and was drafted in the 1958 NFL draft The 1958 National Football League draft had its first four rounds held on December 2, 1957, and its final twenty-six rounds on January 28, 1958. Both sessions were held at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia. This was the 12th and final year in ... by the Philadelphia Eagles (Round 28, #328 overall). He died in 2011 at the age of 76. References 1935 births Hamilton Tiger-Cats players 2011 deaths People from Columbia, Tennessee Northwestern Wildcats football players Players of American football from Tennessee Philadelphia Eagles players People from Old Saybrook, Connecticut {{Canadianfootball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Rutgens
Joseph Casimiere Rutgens (born January 26, 1939) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He went to two Pro Bowls during his nine-year career. He played college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini and was selected in the first round of the 1961 NFL Draft with the third overall pick. Rutgens was also selected in the first round (fourth overall) of the 1961 AFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders The Oakland Raiders were a professional American football team that played in Oakland from its founding in 1960 to 1981 and again from 1995 to 2019 before relocating to the Las Vegas metropolitan area where they now play as the Las Vegas Raide .... In 2008 Rutgens was selected as one of the top 10 defensive lineman in the history of University of Illinois Memorial Stadium. Rutgens was an All-American in 1960 and was a first-team All-Big Ten selection by the Associated Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Lanphear
George Daniel Lanphear (January 24, 1938 – March 23, 2018) was an American football player. He was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and played college football for the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was a member of the 1959 Wisconsin Badgers football team that lost to the Washington Huskies in the 1960 Rose Bowl. He later played in the American Football League (AFL) for the Houston Oilers in 1960 and 1962 as a defensive end. Lanphear was also drafted in the eighth round of the 1960 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Founded in , the Steel .... He played 14 games for the Oilers in 1960, winning an AFL title with the team. He played two games in the 1962 season. Lanphear died in 2018 at the age of 80. References 1938 births 2018 deaths Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Faison
Earl Faison (January 31, 1939 – June 12, 2016) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end in the American Football League (AFL) between 1960 and 1966. He spent most of his career with the San Diego Chargers. Career Drafted by both the Detroit Lions of the National Football League and the Los Angeles Chargers of the AFL, Faison signed with the Chargers as a first-round pick immediately after the conclusion of the East–West Shrine Game on December 31, 1960. The 6-foot-5, 260 pound Faison had been an All-American at Indiana University, playing on both offense and defense. After entering the pro ranks, he worked with Chargers' assistant coach Chuck Noll to continually blow past opposing offensive lineman on his way to smashing American Football League quarterbacks. Faison was a member of the original '' "Fearsome Foursome"'' (the Chargers' defensive line) from 1961–66. The "Foursome" was made up of Faison and Chargers Hall of Fame linemate Ernie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |