The 1960 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of

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players chosen by various organizations for All-

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teams for the

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. The selectors for the 1960 season included the

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(AP) and the

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(UP). Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UP are designated in bold.

All Southwest selections

Backs

* Ronnie Bull, Baylor (AP-1; UPI-1) *

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, Arkansas (AP-1; UPI-1) *

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, Texas (AP-1; UPI-1) * Roland Jackson, Rice (AP-1) * Ronnie Stanley, Baylor (AP-2) * Colidge Hunt, Texas Tech (AP-2) * Billy Cox, Rice (AP-2) * George McKinney, Arkansas (AP-2)

Ends

* John Burrell, Rice (AP-1; UPI-1) * Jim Collier, Arkansas (AP-1; UPI-1) * Arnold Davis, Baylor (AP-2) * Buddy Iles, Texas Christian (AP-2)

Tackles

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, TCU (AP-1; UPI-1) * Jerry Mays, SMU (AP-1; UPI-1) * Joe Eilers, Texas A&M (AP-2) * Robert Johnston, Rice (AP-2)

Guards

* Monte Lee, Texas (AP-1; UPI-1) * Wayne Harris, Arkansas (AP-1; UPI-1) * Bob Lively, Rice (AP-2) * Herby Adkins, Baylor (AP-2)

Centers

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, Texas Tech (AP-1; UPI-1) * Boyd King, Rice (AP-2)

Key

AP =

UPI =

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

References

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