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 college 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

See also

• 1939 College Football All-America Team

References

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