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1945 All-Big Six Conference football team

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The 1945 All-Big Six Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Six Conference teams for the 1945 college football season. The selectors for the 1945 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP).

All-Big Six selections

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Backs

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  • Leonard Brown, Missouri (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Richard Howard, Iowa State (AP-1; UP-1)
  • John West, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Jack Venable, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Alvin Bandy, Kansas State (AP-2; UP-2)
  • Robert Hopkins, Missouri (AP-2; UP-2)
  • Gene Phelps, Iowa State (AP-2; UP-2)
  • Gerald Moore, Nebraska (AP-2; UP-2)

Ends

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  • David Schmidt, Kansas (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Roland Oakes, Missouri (AP-1; UP-2)
  • Omer Burgert, Oklahoma (AP-2; UP-1)
  • Aubrey McCall, Oklahoma (AP-2; UP-2)

Tackles

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  • Jim Kekeris, Missouri (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Thomas Tallchief, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Richard Cole, Iowa State (AP-2; UP-2)
  • John Sedlacek, Nebraska (AP-2)
  • Robert Rodenhamer, Oklahoma (UP-2)
  • Elmer Otto Friday, Oklahoma (UP-2)

Guards

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  • Jack Fathauer, Iowa State (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Thurman Tigart, Oklahoma (AP-1)
  • Robert Eigelberger, Missouri (AP-2; UP-1)
  • Russell Hardin, Kansas State (AP-2)
  • Donald Tillman, Oklahoma (UP-2)

Centers

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  • Ralph Stewart, Missouri (AP-1; UP-1)
  • James Riding, Iowa State (AP-2; UP-2)

Key

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AP = Associated Press[1]

UP = United Press[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Big Six Stars of 1945". Moberly Monitor-Index and Democrat. November 29, 1945. p. 4.
  2. ^ "Four Sooners Named On UP All-Big Six Eleven". The Altus Times-Democrat. November 25, 1945. p. 8.