The 1957 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP) as the best players at their positions during the

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. The UP team was selected by the Big Ten head coaches. The

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, under head coach Woody Hayes, won the conference championship and placed three players on the first team: halfback Don Clark (AP-1, UP-1); guard

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(AP-1, UP-1); and end Leo Brown (AP-1, UP-2). Thomas was also selected as a first-team All-American by the AP and American Football Coaches Association. The

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, under head coach Duffy Daugherty, finished in second place and placed six players on the first team: quarterback Jim Ninowski (AP-1, UP-1); halfback Walt Kowalczyk (AP-1, UP-1); center Dan Currie (AP-1, UP-1); tackle Pat Burke (AP-1, UP-1); end Sam Williams (AP-2, UP-1); and guard Ellison Kelly (UP-1). Kowaczyk and Currie were also consensus All-Americans. The 1957 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, under head coach Forest Evashevski, finished third and placed three players on the first team: tackle

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(AP-1, UP-1); end Jim Gibbons (AP-1, UP-1); and guard Frank Bloomquist (AP-1, UP-2). Karras was also a consensus All-American.

All-Big Ten selections

Backs

* Jim Ninowski, Michigan State (AP-1 b UP-1) * Jim Pace, Michigan (AP-1 b UP-1) * Don Clark, Ohio State (AP-1 b UP-1) * Walt Kowalczyk, Michigan State (AP-1 b UP-1) * Dan Lewis, Wisconsin (AP-2, UP-2) * Frank Kremblas, Ohio State (AP-2, UP-3) * Ray Nitschke, Illinois (AP-3, UP-2) * Randy Duncan, Iowa (UP-2) * Bob White, Ohio State (UP-2) * Blanche Martin, Michigan State (AP-3, UP-3) * Jim Van Pelt, Michigan (AP-3) * Collins Hagler, Iowa (AP-3) * Bob Mitchell, Illinois (UP-3) * Bob Blakely, Minnesota (UP-3)

Ends

* Jim Gibbons, Iowa (AP-1; UP-1) * Leo Brown, Ohio State (AP-1, UP-2) * Sam Williams, Michigan State (AP-2, UP-1) * Dave Kaiser, Michigan State (AP-2, UP-2) * Robert Mitchell, Illinois (AP-2) * Robert White, Ohio State (AP-2) * Rod Hanson, Illinois (AP-3, AP-2) * Tom Franckhauser, Purdue (UP-3) * Earl Hill, Wisconsin (AP-3)

Tackles

, Iowa (AP-1; UP-1) * Pat Burke, Michigan State (AP-1; UP-1) * Dick Klein, Iowa (AP-2, UP-2) * Nick Mumley, Purdue (AP-2) * Jim Marshall, Ohio State (AP-3, UP-2) *

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, Minnesota (AP-3, UP-3) * Francis O'Brien, Michigan State (UP-3)

Guards

, Ohio State (AP-1; UP-1) * Frank Bloomquist, Iowa (AP-1, UP-2) * Ellison Kelly, Michigan State (UP-1) *

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, Minnesota (AP-2, UP-2) * Robert Commings, Iowa (AP-2) * John Jardine, Purdue (AP-3) * Bill Burrell, Illinois (AP-3) * Ron Sabal, Purdue (UP-3) * Bill Gehler, Wisconsin (UP-3)

Centers

* Dan Currie, Michigan State (AP-1; UP-1) *

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, Purdue (AP-2, UP-2) *

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, Wisconsin (AP-3, UP-3)

Key

AP = Associated Press, selected in a poll of AP writers UP = United Press, selected by the conference coaches Bold = one of the nine players chosen as a first-team selection by both the AP and UP

References

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