The 1966 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of
American football players chosen by various organizations for All-
Big Ten Conference teams for the
1966 Big Ten Conference football season
The 1966 Big Ten Conference football season was the 71st season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference and was a part of the 1966 NCAA University Division football season.
The 1966 Michigan State Spartans fo ...
. Players from the
1966 Michigan State Spartans football team
The 1966 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 1966 Big Ten Conference football season. Michigan State lodged a 9–0–1 record, with a season-concluding tie against Notre Dame in the "game of the c ...
dominated the All-Big Ten team in 1966, taking eight of the 22 first-team spots. Players from
Purdue
Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money ...
and
Michigan each received four spots.
Offensive selections
Quarterbacks
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Bob Griese
Robert Allen Griese (pronounced ; born February 3, 1945) is a former American football quarterback who earned All-American honors with the Purdue Boilermakers before being drafted in 1967 by the American Football League's Miami Dolphins. Gries ...
, Purdue (AP-1; UPI-1)
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Jimmy Raye II, Michigan State (AP-2; UPI-2)
Running backs
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Clinton Jones, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-1
alfback
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Jim Detwiler, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1
alfback
* Dave Fisher, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-1
ullback
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Bob Apisa, Michigan State (AP-1)
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Bo Rein, Ohio State (AP-2; UPI-2
alfback
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Carl Ward, Michigan (AP-2; UPI-2
alfback
* Mike Krivoshia, Indian (UPI-2
ullback
Ends
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Gene Washington, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-1)
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Jack Clancy, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)
* John Wright, Illinois (AP-2; UPI-2)
* Jim Beirne, Purdue (AP-2)
* Casimir Banalzek, Northwestern (UPI-2)
Tackles
* Jack Calcaterra, Purdue (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Jerry West, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Mike Barnes, Purdue (AP-2; UPI-2)
* John Przybcki, Michigan State (AP-2)
* James Hribal, Michigan (AP-2)
Guards
* Chuck Erlenbaugh, Purdue (AP-1)
* Tom Schuette, Indiana (AP-1)
* Donald Bailey, Michigan (UPI-1)
* Anthony Conti, Michigan State (UPI-1)
* Henry Hanna, Michigan (AP-2)
* Bob Sebeck, Purdue (AP-2)
* Ron Guenther, Illinois (UPI-2)
* Bruce Gunstra, Northwestern (UPI-2)
Centers
* Ray Pryor, Ohio State (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Charles Killian, Minnesota (AP-2)
* Bob Van Pelt, Indiana (UPI-2)
Defensive selections
Ends
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Bubba Smith, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Ken Kmiec, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-2)
* George Olion, Purdue (UPI-1)
* Philip Hoag, Michigan State (AP-2)
* John McCambridge, Northwestern (UPI-2)
* Jim Sniadecki, Indiana (AP-2)
Tackles
* Lance Olssen, Purdue (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Nick Jordan, Michigan State (AP-1)
* Richard Himes, Ohio State (UPI-1)
* Pat Gallinagh, Michigan State (AP-2; UPI-2)
* Fred Harms, Illinois (AP-2)
* Jeff Richardson, Michigan State (UPI-2)
Guards
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Chuck Kyle, Purdue (UPI-1)
* Edward Duren, Minnesota (UPI-2)
Linebackers
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Frank Nunley
Frank Hembre Nunley (born October 1, 1945), known by the nickname Fudge Hammer, is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at the University of Michigan from 1964 to 1966 and professional football for the San Francisco ...
, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)
* Chuck Thornhill, Michigan State (AP-1; UPI-1)
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George Webster, Michigan State (AP-1
ef. back UPI-1)
* Bob Richter, Wisconsin (AP-1)
* Dave Moreland, Iowa (AP-2; UPI-2)
* Frank Burke, Purdue (AP-2)
* Gary Reierson, Minnesota (AP-2)
* Bob Richter, Wisconsin (UPI-2)
* Dave Tomasula, Illinois (UPI-2)
Defensive backs
* Bruce Sullivan, Illinois (AP-1; UPI-1)
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Rich Volk, Michigan (AP-1; UPI-1)
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Phil Clark, Northwestern (AP-1; UPI-2)
* Jess Philips, Michigan State (UPI-1)
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Leroy Keyes, Purdue (AP-2; UPI-2)
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Dick Gibbs
Richard Horace Maconochie Gibbs (4 February 1893 – 19 July 1916), a medical student and an Australian rules footballer, played with the Melbourne University Football Club in the Victorian Football League.
When the University team withdrew ...
, Iowa (AP-2)
* Phil Knell, Illinois (AP-2)
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John Rowser, Michigan (UPI-2)
* Tom Schinke, Wisconsin (AP-2)
Key
AP =
Associated Press, "selected by a board of sports writers covering the Big Ten scene"
UPI =
United Press International, selected by the conference coaches
Bold = First-team selection of both the AP and UPI
See also
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1966 College Football All-America Team
The 1966 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1966.
The NCAA recognizes six selectors as "official" f ...
References
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