The 1963 All-Pacific Coast football team consists of

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

players chosen by the

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(AP) and the

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(UPI) as the best

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players by position in the Pacific Coast region during the

1965 NCAA University Division football season During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for the major college football teams in the University Division, later known as Division I-A. The NCAA did recognize a national champion based upon the final results of "wire service" (AP and UPI) ...

Selections

Quarterbacks

Craig Morton Larry Craig Morton (born February 5, 1943) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons, primarily with the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos. He played college football at California, ...

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(AP-1 ack UPI-1 uarterback * Bill Douglas, Washington (UPI-2) * Bob Berry, Oregon (AP-2 ack UPI-3 uarterback

Halfbacks

Mel Renfro Melvin Lacy Renfro (born December 30, 1941) is a former American football player, a cornerback who spent his entire 14-year career in the National Football League (NFL) with the Dallas Cowboys. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Ea ...

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(AP-1 ack UPI-1 alfback *

Mike Garrett Michael Lockett Garrett (born April 12, 1944) is a former American football player who won the Heisman Trophy in 1965 as a halfback for the USC Trojans. Garrett played professional football for eight seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs and San ...

, USC (AP-2 ack UPI-1 alfback * Willie Brown,

USC USC most often refers to: * University of South Carolina, a public research university ** University of South Carolina System, the main university and its satellite campuses **South Carolina Gamecocks, the school athletic program * University of ...

(AP-1 ack UPI-2 alfback *

David Kopay David Marquette Kopay (born June 28, 1942) is a former American football running back in the National Football League who in 1975 became one of the first professional athletes to come out as gay. Life Kopay attended Notre Dame High School in S ...

, Washington (AP-2) * Tom Blanchfield, California (UPI-2 alfback * Walt Roberts, San Jose State (UPI-3 alfback *

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(AP-2; UPI-3 alfback

Fullbacks

Junior Coffey Junior Lee Coffey (March 21, 1942 – August 30, 2021) was an American professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) with the Green Bay Packers, Atlanta Falcons, and New York Giants. Early years Born ...

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(AP-1 ack UPI-1 ullback * Charlie Browning, Washington (UPI-2) * Charlie Reed, Whitworth (UPI-3)

Ends

Vern Burke Vernon Eugene Burke (born April 30, 1941) is a former American football tight end who played five seasons in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta Falcons, and the New Orleans Saints. High school career Burke attended North High Scho ...

Oregon State Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. It has the 10th largest engineering col ...

(AP-1; UPI-1) *

Mel Profit Mel Profit (born July 30, 1941 in New York, New York) was a football player in the CFL for six years. He was selected originally by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1963 NFL Draft. He starred as a tight end for the Toronto Argonauts. Mel authored a b ...

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

(AP-1; UPI-1) * Dick Imwaile, Oregon (AP-2; UPI-3) * Frank Patitucci,

Stanford Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is considere ...

(AP-2; UPI-2) * Gerry Shaw, Washington State (UPI-2) * Neal Petties, San Diego State (UPI-3)

Tackles

* Mike Briggs, Washington (AP-1; UPI-1) * Gary Kirner, USC (AP-1; UPI-1) * Glenn Baker, Washington State (AP-2) * Rick Koeper, Oregon State (AP-2; UPI-3) * Larry Hansen, San Jose State (UPI-2) * Al Hildebrand, Stanford (UPI-2) * Ken Sugarman, Central Washington (UPI-3)

Guards

* Damon Bame, USC (AP-1; UPI-1) *

Rick Redman Richard Clark Redman (March 7, 1943 – September 30, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker with the San Diego Chargers for nine seasons, including five in the American Football League (AFL) and four in the Nati ...

, Washington (AP-1; UPI-1) * Rick Sortun, Washington (AP-2) * John Walker, UCLA (AP-2) * Walt Dathe, UCLA (UPI-2) * Koll Hagen, Washington (UPI-2) * Pete Dengeis, Linfield (UPI-3) * Dave Wilcox, Oregon (UPI-3)

Centers

* Marv Harris, Stanford (AP-1; UPI-1) * Larry Sagouspe, USC (AP-2; UPI-3) * Jim Phillips, California (UPI-2)

Key

Bold – first-team pick by both AP and UPI AP =

, selected from the ballots of football writers from the Northwest to southern California. UPI =

References

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