1940 All-Big Six Conference football team explained

The 1940 All-Big Six Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Six Conference teams for the 1940 college football season. The selectors for the 1940 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP).

All-Big Six selections

Backs

• Paul Christman, Missouri (AP-1; UP-1 [QB]) (College Football Hall of Fame)
• Harry Hopp, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-1 [HB])
• Walter Luther, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-1 [HB])
• John Martin, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1 [FB])
• Roy Petsch, Nebraska (AP-2; UP-2 [QB])
• Herm Rohrig, Nebraska (AP-2; UP-2 [HB])
• Henry Wilder, Iowa State (AP-2; UP-2 [FB])
• Vike Francis, Nebraska (AP-2)
• Jack Jacobs, Oklahoma (UP-2 [HB])

Ends

• Ray Prochaska, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-1)
• Bill Jennings, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-1)
• Fred Preston, Nebraska (AP-2; UP-2)
• Bob Steuber, Missouri (AP-2)
• Bob Crocker, Missouri (UP-2)

Tackles

• Forrest Behm, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
• Roger Eason, Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-2)
• Bernie Weiner, Kansas State (AP-2; UP-1)
• Royal Kahler, Nebraska (AP-2)
• Bob Wakeman, Missouri (UP-2)

Guards

• Warren Alfson, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-1)
• Ed Schwartzkopf, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-2)
• Hal Lahar, Oklahoma (AP-2; UP-1)
• Tom Smith, Iowa State (AP-2; UP-2)

Centers

• Don Pierce, Kansas (AP-1; UP-1)
• Darold Jenkins, Missouri (AP-2)
• Ken Hamkil, Kansas State (UP-2)

See also

• 1940 College Football All-America Team