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The 1948 All-Big Nine Conference football team consists of
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players selected to the All-Big Nine Conference teams selected by the
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(AP),
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(UP) and the
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(INS) for the 1948 Big Nine Conference football season. Players selected as first-team honorees by the AP, UP and INS are displayed in bold.
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compiled a 9–0 record, won both the Big Nine Conference and national football championships, and had four players who were selected as consensus first-team All-Big Nine players. Michigan's consensus first-team honorees were quarterback
Pete Elliott Peter R. Elliott (September 29, 1926 – January 4, 2013) was an American football player and coach. Elliott served as the head football coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1956), the University of California, Berkeley (1957–1959), ...
, end Dick Rifenburg, tackle
Alvin Wistert Alvin Lawrence "Moose" Wistert (June 26, 1916 – October 3, 2005) was an American football player. A native of Chicago, Illinois, he played college football at the tackle position for Boston University in 1946 and at the University of Mich ...
, guard
Dominic Tomasi Dominic Tomasi (February 11, 1928 - December 1, 1986) was an American football player who played guard for the University of Michigan Wolverines. He was a four-year starter and was selected as both the captain and Most Valuable Player of the Nati ...
. Other players receiving first-team honors from at least two of the three major selectors were Indiana halfback
George Taliaferro George Taliaferro (January 8, 1927 – October 8, 2018) was a professional American football player who was the first African American drafted by a National Football League (NFL) team. Beginning his football career at Indiana University for the ...
, Purdue halfback
Harry Szulborski Harry Marion Szulborski (May 23, 1927 – August 4, 2017) was an American football player and coach. Szulborski played college football as a halfback for Purdue University from 1946 to 1949 and was selected a first-team player on the 1947 and ...
, Northwestern fullback
Art Murakowski Arthur Raymond Murakowski (March 15, 1925 – September 13, 1985) was an American football player. He played fullback for the Northwestern University football team from 1946 to 1949. He was selected as a first-team All-American and won the Ch ...
, Minnesota end
Bud Grant Harry Peter "Bud" Grant Jr. (born May 20, 1927) is a former head coach and player of American football, Canadian football, and a former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Grant served as the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings ...
, Minnesota guard
Leo Nomellini Leo Joseph Nomellini (June 19, 1924 – October 17, 2000) was an Italian-American Hall of Fame American football offensive and defensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers and professional wrestler. He played college football for Minnesota and ...
, and Northwestern center
Alex Sarkisian Alex Sarkisian (July 13, 1922 – December 14, 2004) was an American college football player. He played as a center at Northwestern University and was captain of the 1948 Northwestern Wildcats football team, which won the 1949 Rose Bowl. Sarkisi ...
.


All Big-Ten selections


Ends

* Dick Rifenburg, Michigan (AP-1, INS-1; UP-1) *
Bud Grant Harry Peter "Bud" Grant Jr. (born May 20, 1927) is a former head coach and player of American football, Canadian football, and a former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Grant served as the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings ...
, Minnesota (AP-1, INS-1; UP-1) * Bob McKenzie, Iowa (AP-2, UP-2) * Walt Kersulis, Illinois (AP-2, UP-2) * Charles Hagmann, Northwestern (INS-2) * Tony Klimek, Illinois (INS-2)


Tackles

*
Alvin Wistert Alvin Lawrence "Moose" Wistert (June 26, 1916 – October 3, 2005) was an American football player. A native of Chicago, Illinois, he played college football at the tackle position for Boston University in 1946 and at the University of Mich ...
, Michigan (AP-1, INS-1; UP-1) * Bill Kay, Iowa (AP-1, INS-2; UP-1) * Phil O'Reilly, Purdue (AP-2, INS-1, UP-2) * John Goldsberry, Indiana (AP-2, UP-2) * William S. "Steve" Sawle, Northwestern (INS-2)


Guards

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Dominic Tomasi Dominic Tomasi (February 11, 1928 - December 1, 1986) was an American football player who played guard for the University of Michigan Wolverines. He was a four-year starter and was selected as both the captain and Most Valuable Player of the Nati ...
, Michigan (AP-1, INS-1; UP-1) *
Leo Nomellini Leo Joseph Nomellini (June 19, 1924 – October 17, 2000) was an Italian-American Hall of Fame American football offensive and defensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers and professional wrestler. He played college football for Minnesota and ...
, Minnesota (AP-1, INS-1; UP-1) * Dave Templeton, Ohio State (AP-2, INS-2, UP-2) * Herb Siegert, Illinois (AP-2, INS-2, UP-2)


Centers

*
Alex Sarkisian Alex Sarkisian (July 13, 1922 – December 14, 2004) was an American college football player. He played as a center at Northwestern University and was captain of the 1948 Northwestern Wildcats football team, which won the 1949 Rose Bowl. Sarkisi ...
, Northwestern (AP-1, INS-1; UP-1) *
Clayton Tonnemaker Frank Clayton "Clayt" Tonnemaker (June 8, 1928 – December 25, 1996) was an American football player who played center and linebacker for the Green Bay Packers from 1950 to 1954. Tonnemaker was an All-American at the University of Minnesota, ...
, Minnesota (AP-2, UP-2) * Bob Wilson, Wisconsin (INS-2)


Quarterbacks

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Pete Elliott Peter R. Elliott (September 29, 1926 – January 4, 2013) was an American football player and coach. Elliott served as the head football coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1956), the University of California, Berkeley (1957–1959), ...
, Michigan (AP-1, INS-1; UP-1) * Don Burson, Northwestern (AP-2, UP-2)


Halfbacks

*
Harry Szulborski Harry Marion Szulborski (May 23, 1927 – August 4, 2017) was an American football player and coach. Szulborski played college football as a halfback for Purdue University from 1946 to 1949 and was selected a first-team player on the 1947 and ...
, Purdue (AP-1, INS-1; UP-1) *
George Taliaferro George Taliaferro (January 8, 1927 – October 8, 2018) was a professional American football player who was the first African American drafted by a National Football League (NFL) team. Beginning his football career at Indiana University for the ...
, Indiana (AP-1, INS-1; UP-1) *
Frank Aschenbrenner Francis Xavier Aschenbrenner (July 12, 1925 – January 30, 2012) was a professional American football player for the Chicago Hornets and the Montreal Alouettes. Early years Aschenbrenner was born Francis Xavier Aschenbrenner on July 12, 1 ...
, Northwestern (AP-2, INS-2, UP-2) *
Chuck Ortmann Charles H. Ortmann (June 1, 1929 – March 7, 2018) was an American football player who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1948 to 1950 and in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1951 and the Dallas Tex ...
, Michigan (AP-2, INS-2, UP-2) * Everett Faunce, Minnesota (INS-2) * Al DiMarco, Iowa (INS-2) *
Dwight Eddleman Thomas Dwight "Dike" Eddleman (December 27, 1922 – August 1, 2001) was an American athlete who was generally considered the greatest athlete in the history of athletics at the University of Illinois. Eddleman participated on the university ...
, Illinois (INS-2)


Fullbacks

*
Art Murakowski Arthur Raymond Murakowski (March 15, 1925 – September 13, 1985) was an American football player. He played fullback for the Northwestern University football team from 1946 to 1949. He was selected as a first-team All-American and won the Ch ...
, Northwestern (AP-1, INS-1; UP-1) * Joe Whisler, Ohio State (AP-2, INS-1, UP-2)


Key

AP =
Associated Press The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. It produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. newspa ...
, chosen by conference coaches UP =
United Press United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th c ...
INS =
International News Service The International News Service (INS) was a U.S.-based news agency (newswire) founded by newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst in 1909.
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by the AP, UP and INS


See also

* 1948 College Football All-America Team


References

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