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1940 All-Big Six Conference football team

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The 1940 All-Big Six Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Six Conference teams for the 1940 college football season. The selectors for the 1940 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP).

All-Big Six selections

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Backs

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  • Paul Christman, Missouri (AP-1; UP-1 [QB]) (College Football Hall of Fame)
  • Harry Hopp, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-1 [HB])
  • Walter Luther, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-1 [HB])
  • John Martin, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1 [FB])
  • Roy Petsch, Nebraska (AP-2; UP-2 [QB])
  • Herm Rohrig, Nebraska (AP-2; UP-2 [HB])
  • Henry Wilder, Iowa State (AP-2; UP-2 [FB])
  • Vike Francis, Nebraska (AP-2)
  • Jack Jacobs, Oklahoma (UP-2 [HB])

Ends

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Tackles

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Guards

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  • Warren Alfson, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Ed Schwartzkopf, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-2)
  • Hal Lahar, Oklahoma (AP-2; UP-1)
  • Tom Smith, Iowa State (AP-2; UP-2)

Centers

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  • Don Pierce, Kansas (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Darold Jenkins, Missouri (AP-2)
  • Ken Hamkil, Kansas State (UP-2)

Key

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1940 A.P. All-Big Six". St. Joseph News-Press. December 4, 1940. p. 3.
  2. ^ "UP All Big Six". Ames Daily Tribune. November 27, 1940. p. 15.