1966 All-Big Ten Conference football team

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 college football season. Players from the 1966 Michigan State Spartans football team dominated the All-Big Ten team in 1966, taking eight of the 22 first-team spots. Players from Purdue and Michigan each received four spots.

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

• Bob Griese, Purdue (AP-1)

Running backs

• Clinton Jones, Michigan State (AP-1)
• Jim Detwiler, Michigan (AP-1)
• Bob Apisa, Michigan State (AP-1)

Ends

• Gene Washington, Michigan State (AP-1)
• Jack Clancy, Michigan (AP-1)

Tackles

• Jack Calcaterra, Purdue (AP-1)
• Jerry West, Michigan State (AP-1)

Guards

• Chuck Erlenbaugh, Purdue (AP-1)
• Tom Schuette, Indiana (AP-1)

Centers

• Ray Pryor, Ohio State (AP-1)

Defensive selections

Ends

• Bubba Smith, Michigan State (AP-1)
• Ken Kmiec, Illinois (AP-1)

Tackles

• Lance Olssen, Purdue (AP-1)
• Nick Jordan, Michigan State (AP-1)

Linebackers

• Chuck Thornhill, Michigan State (AP-1)
• Frank Nunley, Michigan (AP-1)
• Bob Richter, Wisconsin (AP-1)

Defensive backs

• Phil Clark, Northwestern (AP-1)
• Bruce Sullivan, Illinois (AP-1)
• Rich Volk, Michigan (AP-1)
• George Webster, Michigan State (AP-1)

Key

AP = Associated Press, "selected by a board of sports writers covering the Big Ten scene"^[1]

See also

• 1966 College Football All-America Team

References