1957 All-Southwest Conference football team

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])

Ends

• Buddy Dial, Rice (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
• Bobby Marks, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1)

Tackles

• Charles Krueger, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1)
• Larry Whitmire, Rice (AP-1; UP-1)

Guards

• Matt Gorges, Rice (AP-1; UP-1)
• Tom Koenig, SMU (AP-1; UP-1)
• Clyde Letbetter, Baylor (AP-1)

Centers

• Jay Donathan, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-1)

Key

AP = Associated Press[1]

UP = United Press[2]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP

See also

• 1957 College Football All-America Team

References

1. "Rice Player Lead All SWC Team Choices". The Amarillo Globe-Times. December 3, 1957. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Four Rice Owls Named to UP All-Conference". The Mexia Daily News. November 29, 1957. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.