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1958 All-America college football team

Official list of the best college football players of 1958

Summary

Official list of the best college football players of 1958

The 1958 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose All-America college football teams in 1958. The six selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1958 season are (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (2) the Associated Press (AP), (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (4) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (5) the Sporting News, and (6) the United Press International (UPI).

Three players were unanimously chosen as first-team All-Americans by all six official selectors. They were: (1) quarterback Randy Duncan who won the 1958 Walter Camp Player of the Year Award and led the 1958 Iowa Hawkeyes to the 1958 FWAA national championship; (2) halfback Billy Cannon who led the 1958 LSU Tigers to the 1958 AP national championship and won the Heisman Trophy in 1959; and (3) Army halfback Pete Dawkins who won the 1958 Heisman Trophy and later became a Rhodes scholar, a brigadier general, co-chairman of Bain & Company, and CEO of Primerica. 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.

Name	Position	School	Number	Official	Other
Billy Cannon	Halfback	LSU	6/6	AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	CP, Time, WC
Randy Duncan	Quarterback	Iowa	6/6	AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	CP, WC
Pete Dawkins	Halfback	Army	6/6	AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	CP, WC
Buddy Dial	End	Rice	5/6	AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	Time, WC
Ted Bates	Tackle	Oregon State	5/6	AFCA, AP, NEA, SN, UPI	CP, WC
Bob Harrison	Center	Oklahoma	5/6	AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	CP, WC
Bob White	Fullback	Ohio State	4/6	FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	CP, Time, WC
John Guzik	Guard	Pittsburgh	4/6	FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	Time, WC
Zeke Smith	Guard	Auburn	3/6	AP, FWAA, NEA	CP, Time, WC
George Deiderich	Guard	Vanderbilt	3/6	AP, AFCA, FWAA	--
Sam Williams	End	Michigan State	2/6	AFCA, UPI	Time, WC
Brock Strom	Tackle	Air Force	2/6	AP, UPI	WC

All-American selections for 1958

Ends

Buddy Dial, 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)
Al Goldstein, North Carolina (FWAA, NEA-1)
Jim Wood, Oklahoma State (AFCA, AP-3)
Curt Merz, Iowa (FWAA, NEA-2)
Tom Franckhauser, Purdue (CP)
Monty Stickles, Notre Dame (AP-2, SN, NEA-3, UPI-2)
Carroll Dale, Virginia Tech (AP-2)
Rich Kreitling, Illinois (AP-3, UPI-2)
Jerry Wilson, Auburn (UPI-3)
Chris Burford, 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)
Ron Luciano, Syracuse (AP-2, NEA-1, UPI-2, CP)
Bill Leeka, UCLA (Time)
Andy Cvercko, Northwestern (FWAA)
Don Floyd, TCU (AP-2, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-3)
Vel Heckman, Florida (AP-3, FWAA, NEA-3, UPI-2)
Gene Selawski, Purdue (AP-3, FWAA, NEA-2)
Hogan Wharton, Houston (AFCA)

Guards

John Guzik, Pittsburgh (AP-2, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, Time, WC)
Zeke Smith, Auburn (AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-2, CP, Time, WC)
George Deiderich, Vanderbilt (AP-1, AFCA, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-2)
Al Ecuyer, Notre Dame (UPI-1, CP, SN)
Bob Novogratz, Army (AP-3, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-3)
John Wooten, Colorado (AFCA)
Jerry Stalcup, 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)
Jackie Burkett, Auburn (AFCA, AP-2, NEA-2, UPI-3, Time)
Max Fugler, LSU (AP-3, FWAA, NEA-3, UPI-2)

Quarterbacks

Randy Duncan, Iowa (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, WC)
Joe Kapp, California (AP-3, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-2, Time)
Don Meredith, SMU (AP-2, FWAA, UPI-2)
Tom Greene, Holy Cross (UPI-3)

Halfbacks

Billy Cannon, LSU (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, Time, WC)
Pete Dawkins, Army (AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, WC)
Bob Anderson, Army (AP-2, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-2)
Dick Bass, Pacific (AP-2, NEA-2, UPI-2, Time)
Ron Burton, Northwestern (AP-3)
Alex Hawkins, South Carolina (AP-3)
Dick Thornton, Northwestern (UPI-3)
Jake Crouthamel, 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 = American Football Coaches Association
AP = Associated Press
FWAA = Football Writers Association of America
NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association
SN = Sporting News
UPI = United Press International

Other selectors

CP = Central Press Association
Time = Time magazine
WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation

References

(2016). "Football Award Winners". National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
"Iowa's Randy Duncan Heads AP's All-American Team". Salisbury Times.
(December 4, 1958). "Randy Hawkins Heads A.P. All-America Team". Reading Eagle.
"FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team".
"NEA Names Perkins Strom to 3rd Team". NEA.
(November 30, 1958). "SEC Places Smith, Cannon on All-America Team". Times Daily.
"The Sporting News: College Football TSN All America Teams". The Sporting News.
"Ecuyer Of ND Listed". Tucson Daily Citizen.
Leo Peterson. (November 26, 1958). "Dawkins, Cannon Are Top A-A Picks". Beaver Valley Times.
"Central Press All-American". New Castle News, New Castle, Pennsylvania.
"Time All America Teams". Time, Inc..
"All-America Teams". Walter Camp Football Foundation.

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