The 1946 All-Big Six Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP) as the best players at each position among teams playing in the Big Six Conference during the 1946 college football season.
All-Big Six selections
Backs Ray Evans, Kansas (AP-1, UP-1) Joe Golding, Oklahoma (AP-1, UP-1) Loyd Brinkman, Missouri (AP-1, UP-1) Tom Novak, Nebraska (AP-1, UP-2) Dick Hutton, Nebraska (AP-2, UP-1) Sam Vacanti, Nebraska (AP-2, UP-2) Bob Hopkins, Missouri (AP-2, UP-2) Jack Mitchell, Oklahoma (AP-2, UP-2) Frank Pattee, Kansas (UP-3) Dick Howard, Iowa State (UP-3) Bud French, Kansas (UP-3) Eddy Davis, Oklahoma (UP-3)
Ends Roland Oakes, Missouri (AP-1, UP-1) Otto Schnellbacher, Kansas (AP-1, UP-1) David Schmidt, Kansas (AP-2, UP-2) Jim Tyree, Oklahoma (AP-2, UP-3) Dean Laun, Iowa State (UP-2) Marshall Shurnas, Missouri (UP-3)
Tackles Wade Walker, Oklahoma (AP-1, UP-1) Jim Kekeris, Missouri (AP-1, UP-1) Carl Samuelson, Nebraska (AP-2, UP-2) Homer Paine, Oklahoma (AP-2, UP-2) Huck Heath, Kansas State (UP-3) Don Ettinger, Kansas (UP-3)
Guards Plato Andros, Oklahoma (AP-1, UP-1) Don Fambrough, Kansas (AP-1, UP-1) Ed Schwartzkopf, Nebraska (AP-2, UP-3) Buddy Burris, Oklahoma (AP-2, UP-2) Edgar McNeil, Kansas State (UP-2) Verlie Abrams, Missouri (UP-3)
Centers John Rapacz, Oklahoma (AP-1, UP-1) Ralph Stewart, Missouri (AP-2, UP-2) Joe Partington, Nebraska (UP-3)
Key
See also 1946 College Football All-America Team
References