The 1959 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 1959 college football season. Billy Cannon won the Heisman.
All-SEC selections
Ends Jimmy Vickers, Georgia (AP-1, UP-1) Larry Grantham, Ole Miss (AP-1, UPI-2) Dave Hudson, Florida (AP-3, UPI-1) Mickey Mangham, LSU (AP-2, UPI-3) Johnny Brewer, Ole Miss (AP-2) Jerry Burch, Georgia Tech (UPI-2) Lavalle White, Miss. St. (AP-3) Cotton Letner, Tennessee (UPI-3)
Tackles Ken Rice, Auburn (AP-1, UPI-1) Joe Schaffer, Tennessee (AP-1, UPI-1) Larry Wagner, Vanderbilt (AP-2, UPI-3) Toby Deese, Georgia Tech (AP-2) Bo Strange, LSU (UPI-2) Walter Suggs, Miss. St. (UPI-2) Lynn LeBlanc, LSU (AP-3) Danny Royal, Florida (AP-3) Billy Shaw, Georgia Tech (UPI-3)
Guards Marvin Terrell, Ole Miss (AP-1, UPI-1) Zeke Smith, Auburn (AP-1, UPI-1) Pat Dye, Georgia (AP-2, UPI-2) Don Cochran, Alabama (AP-2, UPI-2) Billy Roland, Georgia (AP-3) Bob Talamini, Kentucky (AP-3) Richard Price, Ole Miss (UPI-3) Ed McCreedy, LSU (UPI-3)
Centers Maxie Baughan, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UPI-2) Jackie Burkett, Auburn (AP-3, UPI-1) Tom Goode, Miss. St. (AP-2, UPI-3)
Quarterbacks Fran Tarkenton, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1) Jake Gibbs, Ole Miss (AP-2, UPI-2) Bobby Hunt, Auburn (AP-3, UPI-2) Warren Rabb, LSU (UPI-2) Charley Britt, Georgia (UPI-3)
Halfbacks Billy Cannon, LSU (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UPI-1) Tom Moore, Vanderbilt (AP-1, UPI-1) Calvin Bird, Kentucky (AP-2, UPI-3) Johnny Robinson, LSU (AP-3, UPI-2) Bobby Walden, Georgia (AP-2) Lamar Rawson, Auburn (AP-3) Billy Majors, Tennessee (UPI-3)
Fullbacks Charlie Flowers, Ole Miss (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1) Ed Dyas, Auburn (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2, UPI-3) Taz Anderson, Georgia Tech (AP-3)
Key
AP = Associated Press
UPI = United Press International
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UPI
See also 1959 College Football All-America Team
References