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1963 All-America college football team

Official list of the best college football players of 1963

Summary

Official list of the best college football players of 1963

The 1963 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 1963. The seven selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1963 season are (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (2) the Associated Press (AP), (3) the Central Press Association (CP), (4) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (5) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (6) the Sporting News, and (7) the United Press International (UPI).

Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1963, the NCAA recognizes seven published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. Four players were unanimously chosen as first-team All-Americans by all seven official selectors. They were: (1) Navy quarterback Roger Staubach, who was awarded the 1963 Heisman Trophy; (2) Illinois center/linebacker Dick Butkus, won the 1963 Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Big Ten Conference's Most Valuable Player; (3) tackle Scott Appleton who won the Outland Trophy and led the 1963 Texas Longhorns football team to a national championship; and (4) Nebraska guard Bob "The Boomer" Brown, who was the second player chosen in the 1964 NFL draft. Staubach, Butkus and Brown were each subsequently inducted into both the College and Pro Football Hall of Fames. The consensus All-American team also included College and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees Gale Sayers (running back, Kansas) and Carl Eller (tackle, Minnesota).

The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.

Name	Position	School	Number	Official	Other
Scott Appleton	Tackle	Texas	7/7	AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	FN, Time, WC
Bob Brown	Guard	Nebraska	7/7	AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	FN, Time, WC
Dick Butkus	Center	Illinois	7/7	AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	FN, Time, WC
Roger Staubach	Quarterback	Navy	7/7	AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	FN, Time, WC
Rick Redman	Guard	Washington	6/7	AFCA, CP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	FN, WC
Carl Eller	Tackle	Minnesota	5/7	AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, UPI	FN, Time, WC
Gale Sayers	Halfback	Kansas	5/7	AFCA, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	FN, WC
Vern Burke	End	Oregon State	4/7	AFCA, CP, FWAA, UPI	FN, WC
Larry Elkins	End	Baylor	3/7	CP, NEA, SN	FN, WC
Sherman Lewis	Halfback	Michigan State	3/7	AP, CP, UPI	FN, WC
Jim Grisham	Fullback	Oklahoma	3/7	CP, NEA, SN	FN
Paul Martha	Back-Safety	Pittsburgh	3/7	CP, NEA, SN	FN

Offense

Ends

Vern Burke, Oregon State (AFCA-1, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-1, CP, FN, WC)
Larry Elkins, Baylor (NEA-1, SN, CP, UPI-2, FN, WC)
Bob Lacey, North Carolina (AP-1, FWAA, NEA-2, FN)
Billy Martin, Georgia Tech (Time, NEA-1, SN, UPI-2, FN)
Jim Kelly, Notre Dame (AFCA-1, UPI-1)
Dave Parks, Texas Tech (AP-1, SN)
Charles Brooks, Memphis State (FN)
Billy Truax, LSU (FN)
Hal Bedsole, USC (Time)
Mel Profit, UCLA (AFCA-2, AP-2, NEA-3, UPI-3)
John Simmons, Tulsa (AFCA-2, UPI-3)
Don Montgomery, North Carolina St. (AP-2)
Allen Brown, Ole Miss (NEA-3)

Tackles

Scott Appleton, Texas (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, WC, FN, Time)
Carl Eller, Minnesota (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-3, UPI-1, CP, WC, FN, Time)
Ernie Borghetti, Pittsburgh (AP-2, FWAA, NEA-3, FN)
Harry Schuh, Memphis State (NEA-1)
Ken Kortas, Louisville (FWAA)
Whaley Hall, Ole Miss (AFCA-2, UPI-2)
Ralph Neely, Oklahoma (AFCA-2, AP-2, UPI-2, FN)
Archie Sutton, Illinois (NEA-2, UPI-3)
Jim Freeman, Navy (NEA-2, FN)
Al Hillebrand, Stanford (FN)

Guards

Bob Brown, Nebraska (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, WC, FN, Time)
Rick Redman, Washington (AFCA-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, FN, WC)
Herschel Turner, Kentucky (SN, UPI-3 [tackle], Time)
Damon Bame, USC (AP-1, NEA-3, UPI-2)
Steve DeLong, Tennessee (AFCA-2, FWAA, UPI-3, FN)
Mike Reilly, Iowa (AP-2, FWAA)
Dick Nowak, Army (AFCA-2, UPI-2, FN)
Bob Lehman, Notre Dame (AP-2)
Ed Adamchik, Pittsburgh (NEA-2)
Bill Budness, Boston Univ. (NEA-2)
Don Croftcheck, Indiana (NEA-3)
Earl Lattimer, Michigan State (UPI-3, FN)
Robbie Hucklebridge, LSU (FN)

Centers

Dick Butkus, Illinois (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, WC, FN, Time)
Kenny Dill, Mississippi (AP-2, FWAA, FN)
Ronnie Caveness, Arkansas (FN)
Malcolm Walker, Rice (NEA-2, UPI-3)
Ray Kubala, Texas A&M (AFCA-2)
Pat Watson, Mississippi State (UPI-2)
Orville Hudson, East Texas St. (NEA-3)

Quarterbacks

Roger Staubach, Navy (AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, WC, FN, Time)
Billy Lothridge, Georgia Tech (AP-1, FWAA, UPI-2, FN [halfback])
Don Trull, Baylor (AFCA-2, AP-2, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-2, FN)
George Mira, Miami (AP-2)
Gary Wood, Cornell (NEA-2)
Bob Schweickert, Virginia Tech, (AP-3)

Backs

Sherman Lewis, Michigan State (AP-1, CP, NEA-3, UPI-1, FN, WC)
Paul Martha, Pittsburgh (AFCA-2, CP, NEA-1, SN, UPI-2, FN)
Gale Sayers, Kansas (AFCA-1, AP-2, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, FN, WC)
Jay Wilkinson, Duke (AFCA-1, AP-2, FWAA, NEA-3, UPI-1, FN)
Jimmy Sidle, Auburn (AP-1, FWAA, NEA-3 [qb], UPI-3, FN [qb])
Mel Renfro, Oregon (AFCA-2, NEA-2, UPI-3, Time)
Paul Warfield, Ohio State (Time)
Tommy Ford, Texas (FWAA, FN)
Tom Vaughn, Iowa State (AFCA-2, FWAA)
Benny Nelson, Alabama (NEA-2)
Cosmo Iacavazzi, Princeton (NEA-3, UPI-3)

Fullback

Jim Grisham, Oklahoma (CP, NEA-1, SN, UPI-2, FN)
Tommy Crutcher, TCU (AFCA-1, UPI-3)
Tom Nowatzke, Indiana (FN)
Tony Lorick, Arizona State (FN)

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
CP = Central Press Association
FWAA = Football Writers Association of America
NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association
SN = Sporting News
UPI = United Press International

Other selectors

FN = The Football News, consisting of 33 selected by The Football News selection panel
Time = Time, the U.S. news magazine
WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation

References

(1963-12-06). "Schweickert named to third A-A team". The World-News.
(1963-12-06). "Schweickert named to third A-A team". The World-News.
(2016). "Football Award Winners". National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
(November 26, 1963). "Coaches Association Says Jay Wilkinson All-American". Star News, Wilmington, N.C..
Bob Hoobing. (December 6, 1963). "Staubach, Sidle, Lewis, Lothridge On All-America". The Morning Record, Meriden, Conn..
"FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team".
(December 2, 1963). "Staubach Leads Youthful NEA All-Americans". Evening Independent, St. Petersburg, FL.
(2005). "ESPN College Football Encyclopedia". ESPN Books.
(December 5, 1963). "Wilkinson Named To UPI All-American Team". The Times-News, Hendersonville, N.C..
(November 30, 1963). "All-America Selected". The Football News.
(1963-11-27). "Where the Money Will Go".
"Walter Camp Football Foundation All-American Selections". Walter Camp Football Foundation.

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