1941 All-Big Six Conference football team
The 1941 All-Big Six Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Six Conference teams for the 1941 college football season. The selectors for the 1941 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP).
1941 All-Big Six Conference football team |
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1941 college football season |
1939 1940 ← → 1942 1943 |
The 1941 Missouri Tigers football team won the Big Six championship, was ranked No. 7 in the final AP Poll, and placed five players on the first team: quarterback Harry Ice (AP-1, UP-1); halfback Bob Steuber (AP-1, UP-1); tackle Norville Wallach (AP-1, UP-1); guard Robert Jeffries (AP-1, UP-1); and center Darold Jenkins (AP-1, UP-1).
The 1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team finished second in the conference and placed two players on the first team: halfback Dale Bradley (AP-1, UP-1) and guard George Abel (AP-1, UP-1).
One All-Big Six Conference selection would later become more notable as a coach in another sport. Second-team back Ralph Miller of Kansas was later inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach.
All-Big Six selections
Backs
- Harry Ice, Missouri (AP-1, UP-1 [QB]) (College Football Hall of Fame)
- Bob Steuber, Missouri (AP-1, UP-1 [HB])
- Dale Bradley, Nebraska (AP-1, UP-1 [HB])
- Jack Jacobs, Oklahoma (AP-1, UP-1 [FB])
- Maurice "Red" Wade, Missouri (AP-2, UP-2 [QB])
- Ralph Miller, Kansas (AP-2, UP-2 [HB])
- Orville Mathews, Oklahoma (AP-2, UP-2 [HB])
- Lyle Wilkins, Kansas State (UP-2 [FB])
- Don "Bull" Reece, Missouri (AP-2)
Ends
- Hubert Ulrich, Kansas (AP-1, UP-1)
- Frank Barnhart, Kansas State (UP-1)
- Fred Preston, Kansas (AP-1, UP-2)
- Bert Ekern, Missouri (AP-2, UP-2)
Tackles
- Roger Eason, Oklahoma (AP-1, UP-1)
- Norville Wallach, Missouri (AP-1, UP-1)
- C. Herndon, Nebraska (UP-2)
- Robert Brenton, Missouri (AP-2, UP-2)
Guards
- George Abel, Nebraska (AP-1, UP-1)
- Robert Jeffries, Missouri (AP-1, UP-1)
- Ralph Harris, Oklahoma (UP-2)
- LaVerne Lewis, Iowa State (UP-2)
- Fred Meier, Nebraska (AP-2)
Centers
- Darold Jenkins, Missouri (AP-1, UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
- John Hancock, Kansas State (AP-2, UP-2)
Key
AP = Associated Press UP = United Press[1]
References
- "Missouri's Champs Place 5 Men on All Big Six Team". Ames Daily Tribune. December 1, 1941. p. 6.