The 1959 All-SEC football team consists of

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players selected to the All-

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(SEC) chosen by various selectors for the

1959 NCAA University Division football season The 1959 NCAA University Division football season saw Syracuse University crowned as the national champion by both final polls, the AP writers poll and the UPI coaches polls. A major rule change widened the goal posts from to . This width re ...

Billy Cannon William Abb Cannon (August 2, 1937 – May 20, 2018) was an American football halfback, fullback and tight end who played professionally in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He attended Louisiana State Un ...

won the

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All-SEC selections

Ends

*Jimmy Vickers, Georgia (AP-1, UP-1) *

Larry Grantham James Larry Grantham (September 16, 1938 – June 17, 2017) was an American collegiate and professional football player. Biography A member of the Ole Miss Athletic Hall of Fame, he was a linebacker at the University of Mississippi who came to ...

, Ole Miss (AP-1, UPI-2) *Dave Hudson, Florida (AP-3, UPI-1) *

Mickey Mangham Michael Ray "Mickey" Mangham (August 25, 1939 – September 16, 2010) was an American football player for the LSU Tigers from 1958 to 1960. He played at the end position on both offense and defense and was selected as an Academic All-America an ...

, LSU (AP-2, UPI-3) *John Brewer, Ole Miss (AP-2) *Gerald Burch, Georgia Tech (UPI-2) *Lavalle White, Miss. St. (AP-3) *Cotton Letner, Tennessee (UPI-3)

Tackles

*Ken Rice, Auburn (AP-1, UPI-1) *Joe Schaffer, Tennessee (AP-1, UPI-1) *Larry Wagner, Vanderbilt (AP-2) *Toby Deese, Georgia Tech (AP-2) *Bo Strange, LSU (UPI-2) *Walter Suggs, Miss. St. (UPI-2) *Lynn LeBlanc, LSU (AP-3) *Danny Royal, Florida (AP-3) *Larry Wagner, Vanderbilt (UPI-3) *Billy Shaw, Georgia Tech (UPI-3)

Guards

* Marvin Terrell, Ole Miss (AP-1, UPI-1) *

Zeke Smith Roger Duane "Zeke" Smith (September 29, 1936 – July 22, 2016) was an American football player in the National Football League for the Baltimore Colts and the New York Giants. He played college football at Auburn University where he was awarde ...

, Auburn (AP-1, UPI-1) *

Pat Dye Patrick Fain Dye (November 6, 1939 – June 1, 2020) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at East Carolina University (1974–1979), the University of Wyoming (1980), ...

, Georgia (AP-2, UPI-2) *Don Cochran, Alabama (AP-2, UPI-2) *Billy Roland, Georgia (AP-3) *Bob Talamiai, Kentucky (AP-3) *Richard Price, Ole Miss (UPI-3) *Ed McCreedy, LSU (UPI-3)

Centers

Maxie Baughan Maxie Callaway Baughan Jr. (born August 3, 1938) is a former American football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams, and the Washington Redskins. Baughan played college football ...

, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UPI-2) *

Jackie Burkett Walter Jackson Burkett (December 16, 1936 – September 1, 2017) was an American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Colts, New Orleans Saints, and Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Auburn Unive ...

, Auburn (AP-3, UPI-1) *Tom Goode, Miss. St. (AP-2, UPI-3)

Quarterbacks

Fran Tarkenton Francis Asbury Tarkenton (born February 3, 1940) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons, primarily with the Minnesota Vikings. He played college football at ...

, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1) *

Jake Gibbs Jerry Dean "Jake" Gibbs (born November 7, 1938) is a former Major League Baseball player who played for the New York Yankees as a platoon catcher from 1962 to 1971. Although Gibbs was the regular starting catcher for New York in 1967 and 1968, h ...

, Ole Miss (AP-2, UPI-2) *Bobby Hunt, Auburn (AP-3, UPI-2) *

Warren Rabb Samuel Warren Rabb (born December 12, 1937) is a former American football quarterback who played for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) and the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League (AFL). He was selected in the se ...

, LSU (UPI-2) *Charley Britt, Georgia (UPI-3)

Halfbacks

, LSU (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UPI-1) * Tom Moore, Vanderbilt (AP-1, UPI-1) *

Calvin Bird James Calvin Bird (February 11, 1938 – June 19, 2013) was an American football halfback who played college football for the Kentucky Wildcats and spent an off-season in the American Football League (AFL) with the New York Jets as a wide re ...

, Kentucky (AP-2, UPI-3) * Johnny Robinson, LSU (AP-3, UPI-2) *Bobby Walden, Georgia (AP-2) *Lamar Rawson, Auburn (AP-3) *Billy Majors, Tennessee (UPI-3)

Fullbacks

* Charlie Flowers, Ole Miss (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1) *

Ed Dyas Edmund C. Dyas (November 11, 1939 – January 23, 2011) was an American football player, who played college football from 1958 to 1960 for the Auburn Tigers. He finished fourth for the Heisman Trophy his senior season. He was an integral membe ...

, Auburn (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2, UPI-3) *

Taz Anderson Tazwell Leigh Anderson Jr. (November 15, 1938 – September 26, 2016) was an American football player who played for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team and professionally for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Falcons. While a ...

, Georgia Tech (AP-3)

Key

AP =

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UPI =

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Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UPI

References

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