1960 All-Big Eight Conference football team

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The 1960 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1960 college football season. The selectors for the 1960 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI).

All-Big Eight selections

=Backs=

=Ends=

  • Dan LaRose, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Jerry Hillebrand, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Dan Purcell, Nebraska (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Don Webb, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Bill Elkins, Colorado (UPI-3)
  • Sam Simpson, Kansas (UPI-3)

=Tackles=

  • Billy White, Oklahoma (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Harold Beaty, Oklahoma State (AP-1; UPI-2)
  • Rockne Calhoun, Missouri (UPI-1)
  • Ed Blaine, Missouri (AP-2; UPI-3)
  • Bill Eurich, Colorado (AP-2)
  • Ron McDole, Nebraska (UPI-2)
  • Larry Van Der Heyden, Iowa State (UPI-3)

=Guards=

  • Joe Romig, Colorado (AP-1; UPI-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
  • Paul Henley, Missouri (AP-1; UPI-2)
  • Elvin Basham, Kansas (AP-2; UPI-1)
  • Dan Celoni, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-3)
  • Karl Don Milstead, Oklahoma (UPI-2)
  • Benny Boydston, Kansas (UPI-3)

=Centers=

  • Fred Hageman, Kansas (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Arden Esslinger, Iowa State (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Don Fricke, Nebraska (UPI-3)

Key

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  • AP = Associated Press{{cite news|title=All-Big 8 Includes 3 Kansans|newspaper=The Iola Register|date=November 23, 1960|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3084188/all_big_8_includes_3_kansans/}}
  • UPI = United Press International{{cite news|title=Kansas Grabs Four Spots On All-Conference Team|newspaper=The Altus Times-Democrat|date=December 1, 1960|page=5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3W9DAAAAIBAJ&dq=All-Big+Eight+Conference+football+team&pg=PA3&article_id=4270,3873050}}

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