The 1953 All-Big Seven Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Seven Conference teams for the 1953 college football season. The selectors for the 1953 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP). Players selected as first-team honorees by both the AP and UP are displayed in bold.
All-Big Seven selections
Backs John Bordogna, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-1) Veryl Switzer, Kansas State (AP-1; UP-1) Larry Grigg, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1) Bob Bauman, Missouri (AP-1) Max Burkett, Iowa State (AP-2; UP-1 [FB]) Gene Calame, Oklahoma (AP-2) Frank Bernardi, Colorado (AP-2) Ed Merrifield, Missouri (AP-2) Bob Dahnke, Kansas State (AP-3) Bob Schoonmaker, Missouri (AP-3) Carroll Hardy, Colorado (AP-3) Robert Burris, Oklahoma (AP-3)
Ends Gary Knafelc, Colorado (AP-1; UP-1) Ed Pence, Kansas State (AP-1) Max Boydston, Oklahoma (AP-2; UP-1) Carl Allison, Oklahoma (AP-2) Morris Kay, Kansas (AP-3) John Wilson, Missouri (AP-3)
Tackles Roger Nelson, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1) Ted Connor, Nebraska (AP-1) Jerry Minnick, Nebraska (UP-1) Joe Lundy, Kansas (AP-2) Jack Lessin, Iowa State (AP-2) Ron Marciniak, Kansas State (AP-3) Don Brown, Oklahoma (AP-3)
Guards J. D. Roberts, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1) Terry Roberts, Missouri (AP-1) Tommy O'Boyle, Kansas State (AP-2; UP-1) Dick Knowlton, Colorado (AP-2) Bo Bolinger, Oklahoma (AP-3) Bob Hantla, Kansas (AP-3)
Centers Kurt Burris, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1) Ken Gowdy, Kansas State (AP-2) Bob Oberlin, Nebraska (AP-3)
Key AP = Associated Press
UP = United Press
See also 1953 College Football All-America Team
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