1939 All-Big Ten Conference football team

The 1939 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Big Ten Conference teams selected by the Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP) for the 1939 Big Ten Conference football season.

All Big-Ten selections

Ends

Esco Sarkkinen, Ohio State (AP-1; UP-1)
Dave Rankin, Purdue (AP-2; UP-1)
Erwin Prasse, Iowa (AP-1)
John Mariucci, Minnesota (AP-2)

Tackles

Jim Reeder, Illinois (AP-1; UP-1)
Mike Enich, Iowa (AP-2; UP-1)
Win Pedersen, Minnesota (AP-1)
Nick Cutlich, Northwestern (AP-2)

Guards

Hal Method, Northwestern (AP-1; UP-1)
Frank Bykowski, Purdue (UP-1)
Vic Marino, Ohio State (AP-1)
Mel Brewer, Illinois (AP-2)
James Logan, Indiana (AP-2)

Centers

John Haman, Northwestern (AP-1; UP-1)
Steve Andrako, Ohio State (AP-2)

Quarterbacks

Don Scott, Ohio State (AP-1; UP-1)
Forest Evashevski, Michigan (AP-2)

Halfbacks

Tom Harmon, Michigan (AP-1; UP-1) (1940 Heisman Trophy winner)
Nile Kinnick, Iowa (AP-1; UP-1) (1939 Heisman Trophy winner)
Hal Van Every, Minnesota (AP-2)
George Franck, Minnesota (AP-2)
Jim Strausbaugh, Ohio State (AP-2)

Fullbacks

George Paskvan, Wisconsin (AP-1; UP-1)
Jim Langhurst, Ohio State (AP-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press, chosen by conference coaches^[1]

UP = United Press: "Coaches, scouts, players, campus correspondents and sports editors in every Big Ten center, participating in one of the most thorough investigations of football talent ever attempted in the midwest"^[2]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP

References

↑ "Nile Kinnick Tops Annual Big Ten All-Star Team Selection". The Palm Beach Post (AP story). November 28, 1939. p. 10.
↑ "Tom Harmon Named on United Press Big Ten Team". The Evening Chronicle (Marshall, Michigan). November 24, 1939. p. 6.

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