The 1943 All-Big Six Conference football team consists of

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players chosen by various organizations for All-

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teams for the

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. The selectors for the 1943 season included the

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(UP).

All-Big Six selections

Backs

Don Reece Donald Miles "Bull" Reece (December 1, 1919 – August 26, 1992) was an American football fullback. Reece was born in Marysville, Ohio, in 1919 and attended Marysville High School in that city. He played college football at Missouri. He play ...

, Missouri (UP-1) *

Bob Brumley Robert Lee Brumley (September 24, 1919 – March 31, 2009) was an American football player. Born in Edinburg, Texas, Roberson played college football for Rice and Oklahoma. He was the leading scorer in the Big Six Conference in 1943 and was sel ...

, Oklahoma (UP-1) * Howard Tippee, Iowa State (UP-1) * Bob George, Kansas (UP-1) * Derald Lebow, Oklahoma (UP-2) *

Bill Dellastatious Joseph William Dellastatious (October 2, 1922 – November 6, 2023) was an American college football player and coach. He played as a quarterback with the Missouri Tigers. Career Dellastatious served as the head football coach at Southwest Miss ...

, Missouri (UP-2) * George Gast, Iowa State (UP-2) * Paul Collins, Missouri (UP-2)

Ends

* W. G. Wooton, Oklahoma (UP-1) * Jack Morton, Missouri (UP-1) * George Dick, Kansas (UP-2) * Bert Ekern, Missouri (UP-2)

Tackles

* Lee Kennon, Oklahoma (UP-1) * Alfred Anderson, Missouri (UP-1) * Charles Wright, Iowa State (UP-2) *

Jim Kekeris James J. Kekeris (October 17, 1923 – September 15, 1997) was a player in the National Football League (NFL). Biography Kekeris was born on October 17, 1923, in St. Louis, Missouri. Career Kekeris was drafted in the third round of the 1947 NF ...

, Missouri (UP-2)

Guards

* Gale Fulghum, Oklahoma (UP-1) * Bob Eigelberger, Missouri (UP-1) * Frank Hazard, Nebraska (UP-2) * Julius Penney, Kansas (UP-2)

Centers

* Bob Mayfield, Oklahoma (UP-1) * Ralph Stewart, Missouri (UP-2)

Key

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References

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