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

• Jack 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)
• Jimmy 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

See also

• 1939 College Football All-America Team

References