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
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"
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP
See also 1939 College Football All-America Team
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