The 1957 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1957 college football season. The selectors for the 1957 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP). Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UP are designated in bold.
All Southwest selections
Backs King Hill, Rice (AP-1; UP-1 [QB]) John David Crow, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1 [HB]) (1957 Heisman Trophy winner; College Football Hall of Fame) Jim Shofner, TCU (AP-1; UP-1 [HB]) Gerald Nesbitt, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-1 [FB]) Don Meredith, SMU (AP-2 [QB]) Roddy Osborne, Texas A&M (AP-2; UPI-2 [QB]) Buddy Dike, TCU (AP-2 [FB]) Donnie Stone, Arkansas (AP-2 [HB])
Ends Buddy Dial, Rice (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame) Bobby Marks, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1) Willard Dewveall, SMU (AP-2; UPI-2) Maurice Doke, Texas (AP-2) John Tracey, Texas A&M (UPI-2)
Tackles Charlie Krueger, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1) Larry Whitmire, Rice (AP-1; UP-1) Bobby Jack Oliver, Baylor (AP-2; UPI-2) Garland Kennon, Texas (AP-2; UPI-2)
Guards Matt Gorges, Rice (AP-1; UP-1) Tom Koenig, SMU (AP-1; UP-1) Clyde Letbetter, Baylor (AP-1; UPI-2) Don Wilson, Texas (AP-2; UPI-2) Jerry Ford, Arkansas (AP-2)
Centers Jay Donathan, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-1) Louis Del Homme, Texas (AP-2; UPI-2)
Key AP = Associated Press
UP = United Press
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP
See also 1957 College Football All-America Team
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