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The 1959 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1959.
The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best college football players in the United States at their respective positions. The original use of the term All-America seems to have been to the 1889 College Football All-America Team selected by Caspar Whitney and published in This Week's Sports. [1]
The 1959 Little All-America college football team is composed of college football players from small colleges and universities who were selected by the Associated Press (AP) as the best players at each position. For 1959, the AP selected three teams of 11 players each, with no separate defensive platoons. [1]
The Rebels have been rated as the 1959 national champion by Berryman QPRS, Billingsley Report, Dunkel System, and Sagarin Ratings. Fullback Charlie Flowers was a unanimous All-American selection. Three small college teams also claimed national championships: Bowling Green compiled a 9–0 record and was named the UPI small college national ...
[a] A player on the first team of every official selector is recognized as being a unanimous All-American. [2] Since 2002, the five selectors designated by the NCAA for this purpose are the Associated Press (AP), the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Sporting News , and the Walter ...
He helped lead the 1959 Syracuse Orangemen football team to the school's only national championship. Prior to the 1960 Cotton Bowl, Mautino proclaimed the 1959 Orangemen "the greatest college team of all time." [3] He was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on its 1959 College Football All-America Team. [4]
Sep 16, 2023; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. (18) runs for a 75-yard touchdown catch during the first half of the NCAA football game against the Western ...
For the year 1957, the NCAA awards guide lists seven published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. [1] The ESPN College Football Encyclopedia lists the All-America Board (AAB) as an eighth official selector. [2]