The 1959 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 1959 college football season. Billy Cannon won the Heisman.

All-SEC selections

Ends

  • Jimmy Vickers, Georgia (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Larry Grantham, Ole Miss (AP-1, UPI-2)
  • Dave Hudson, Florida (AP-3, UPI-1)
  • Mickey Mangham, LSU (AP-2, UPI-3)
  • Johnny Brewer, Ole Miss (AP-2)
  • Jerry Burch, Georgia Tech (UPI-2)
  • Lavalle White, Miss. St. (AP-3)
  • Cotton Letner, Tennessee (UPI-3)

Tackles

  • Ken Rice, Auburn (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Joe Schaffer, Tennessee (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Larry Wagner, Vanderbilt (AP-2, UPI-3)
  • Toby Deese, Georgia Tech (AP-2)
  • Bo Strange, LSU (UPI-2)
  • Walter Suggs, Miss. St. (UPI-2)
  • Lynn LeBlanc, LSU (AP-3)
  • Danny Royal, Florida (AP-3)
  • Billy Shaw, Georgia Tech (UPI-3)

Guards

  • Marvin Terrell, Ole Miss (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Zeke Smith, Auburn (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Pat Dye, Georgia (AP-2, UPI-2)
  • Don Cochran, Alabama (AP-2, UPI-2)
  • Billy Roland, Georgia (AP-3)
  • Bob Talamini, Kentucky (AP-3)
  • Richard Price, Ole Miss (UPI-3)
  • Ed McCreedy, LSU (UPI-3)

Centers

  • Maxie Baughan, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UPI-2)
  • Jackie Burkett, Auburn (AP-3, UPI-1)
  • Tom Goode, Miss. St. (AP-2, UPI-3)

Quarterbacks

  • Fran Tarkenton, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Jake Gibbs, Ole Miss (AP-2, UPI-2)
  • Bobby Hunt, Auburn (AP-3, UPI-2)
  • Warren Rabb, LSU (UPI-2)
  • Charley Britt, Georgia (UPI-3)

Halfbacks

  • Billy Cannon, LSU (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Tom Moore, Vanderbilt (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Calvin Bird, Kentucky (AP-2, UPI-3)
  • Johnny Robinson, LSU (AP-3, UPI-2)
  • Bobby Walden, Georgia (AP-2)
  • Lamar Rawson, Auburn (AP-3)
  • Billy Majors, Tennessee (UPI-3)

Fullbacks

  • Charlie Flowers, Ole Miss (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Ed Dyas, Auburn (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2, UPI-3)
  • Taz Anderson, Georgia Tech (AP-3)

Key

AP = Associated Press

UPI = United Press International

Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UPI

See also

  • 1959 College Football All-America Team

References


Looking back through the 1959 Review… eVeritas

1959 College Football National Championship

On this day in 1959… Northern Colorado History

April 1959, The England team due to meet Scotland at Wembley on 11th

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