Official list of the best college football players of 1963
The1963 All-America college football team is composed ofcollege football players who were selected asAll-Americans by various organizations and writers that choseAll-America college football teams in 1963. The seven selectors recognized by theNCAA as "official" for the 1963 season are (1) theAmerican Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (2) theAssociated Press (AP),[1] (3) theCentral Press Association (CP), (4) theFootball Writers Association of America (FWAA), (5) theNewspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (6) theSporting News, and (7) theUnited Press International (UPI).
Consensus All-Americans
[edit]For the year 1963, the NCAA recognizes seven published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations.[2] Four players were unanimously chosen as first-team All-Americans by all seven official selectors. They were: (1)NavyquarterbackRoger Staubach, who was awarded the 1963Heisman Trophy; (2)Illinoiscenter/linebackerDick Butkus, won the 1963Chicago Tribune Silver Football as theBig Ten Conference'sMost Valuable Player; (3) tackleScott Appleton who won theOutland Trophy and led the1963 Texas Longhorns football team to a national championship; and (4)NebraskaguardBob "The Boomer" Brown, who was the second player chosen in the1964 NFL draft. Staubach, Butkus and Brown were each subsequently inducted into both theCollege andPro Football Hall of Fames. The consensus All-American team also included College and Pro Football Hall of Fame inducteesGale Sayers (running back,Kansas) andCarl Eller (tackle,Minnesota).
The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.
| Name | Position | School | Number | Official | Other |
|---|
| Scott Appleton | Tackle | Texas | 7/7 | AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI | FN, Time, WC |
| Bob Brown | Guard | Nebraska | 7/7 | AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI | FN, Time, WC |
| Dick Butkus | Center | Illinois | 7/7 | AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI | FN, Time, WC |
| Roger Staubach | Quarterback | Navy | 7/7 | AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI | FN, Time, WC |
| Rick Redman | Guard | Washington | 6/7 | AFCA, CP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI | FN, WC |
| Carl Eller | Tackle | Minnesota | 5/7 | AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, UPI | FN, Time, WC |
| Gale Sayers | Halfback | Kansas | 5/7 | AFCA, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI | FN, WC |
| Vern Burke | End | Oregon State | 4/7 | AFCA, CP, FWAA, UPI | FN, WC |
| Larry Elkins | End | Baylor | 3/7 | CP, NEA, SN | FN, WC |
| Sherman Lewis | Halfback | Michigan State | 3/7 | AP, CP, UPI | FN, WC |
| Jim Grisham | Fullback | Oklahoma | 3/7 | CP, NEA, SN | FN |
| Paul Martha | Back-Safety | Pittsburgh | 3/7 | CP, NEA, SN | FN |
- Vern Burke, Oregon State(AFCA-1, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-1, CP, FN, WC)
- Larry Elkins, Baylor(NEA-1, SN, CP, UPI-2, FN, WC)
- Bob Lacey, North Carolina(AP-1, FWAA, NEA-2, FN)
- Billy Martin, Georgia Tech(Time, NEA-1, SN, UPI-2, FN)
- Jim Kelly, Notre Dame(AFCA-1, UPI-1)
- Dave Parks, Texas Tech(AP-1, SN)
- Charles Brooks, Memphis State (FN)
- Billy Truax, LSU (FN)
- Hal Bedsole, USC(Time)
- Mel Profit, UCLA(AFCA-2, AP-2, NEA-3, UPI-3)
- John Simmons, Tulsa(AFCA-2, UPI-3)
- Don Montgomery, North Carolina St.(AP-2)
- Allen Brown, Ole Miss(NEA-3)
- Scott Appleton, Texas(AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, WC, FN, Time)
- Carl Eller, Minnesota(AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-3, UPI-1, CP, WC, FN, Time)
- Ernie Borghetti, Pittsburgh (AP-2, FWAA, NEA-3, FN)
- Harry Schuh, Memphis State(NEA-1)
- Ken Kortas, Louisville(FWAA)
- Whaley Hall, Ole Miss(AFCA-2, UPI-2)
- Ralph Neely, Oklahoma(AFCA-2, AP-2, UPI-2, FN)
- Archie Sutton, Illinois(NEA-2, UPI-3)
- Jim Freeman, Navy(NEA-2, FN)
- Al Hillebrand, Stanford (FN)
- Bob Brown, Nebraska(AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, WC, FN, Time)
- Rick Redman, Washington(AFCA-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, FN, WC)
- Herschel Turner, Kentucky(SN, UPI-3 [tackle], Time)
- Damon Bame, USC(AP-1, NEA-3, UPI-2)
- Steve DeLong, Tennessee(AFCA-2, FWAA, UPI-3, FN)
- Mike Reilly, Iowa(AP-2, FWAA)
- Dick Nowak, Army(AFCA-2, UPI-2, FN)
- Bob Lehman, Notre Dame(AP-2)
- Ed Adamchik, Pittsburgh(NEA-2)
- Bill Budness, Boston Univ.(NEA-2)
- Don Croftcheck, Indiana(NEA-3)
- Earl Lattimer, Michigan State(UPI-3, FN)
- Robbie Hucklebridge, LSU (FN)
- Dick Butkus, Illinois(AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, WC, FN, Time)
- Kenny Dill, Mississippi(AP-2, FWAA, FN)
- Ronnie Caveness, Arkansas (FN)
- Malcolm Walker, Rice(NEA-2, UPI-3)
- Ray Kubala, Texas A&M(AFCA-2)
- Pat Watson, Mississippi State(UPI-2)
- Orville Hudson, East Texas St.(NEA-3)
- Roger Staubach, Navy(AFCA-1, AP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, CP, WC, FN, Time)
- Billy Lothridge, Georgia Tech(AP-1, FWAA, UPI-2, FN [halfback])
- Don Trull, Baylor(AFCA-2, AP-2, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-2, FN)
- George Mira, Miami(AP-2)
- Gary Wood, Cornell(NEA-2)
- Bob Schweickert, Virginia Tech,(AP-3)[3]
- Sherman Lewis, Michigan State(AP-1, CP, NEA-3, UPI-1, FN, WC)
- Paul Martha, Pittsburgh(AFCA-2, CP, NEA-1, SN, UPI-2, FN)
- Gale Sayers, Kansas(AFCA-1, AP-2, FWAA, NEA-1, SN, UPI-1, FN, WC)
- Jay Wilkinson, Duke(AFCA-1, AP-2, FWAA, NEA-3, UPI-1, FN)
- Jimmy Sidle, Auburn(AP-1, FWAA, NEA-3 [qb], UPI-3, FN [qb])
- Mel Renfro, Oregon(AFCA-2, NEA-2, UPI-3, Time)
- Paul Warfield, Ohio State(Time)
- Tommy Ford, Texas(FWAA, FN)
- Tom Vaughn, Iowa State(AFCA-2, FWAA)
- Benny Nelson, Alabama(NEA-2)
- Cosmo Iacavazzi, Princeton(NEA-3, UPI-3)
- Bold – Consensus All-American[2]
- -1 – First-team selection
- -2 – Second-team selection
- -3 – Third-team selection
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- ^"Wilkinson Named To UPI All-American Team".The Times-News, Hendersonville, N.C. December 5, 1963. p. 7.
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