1969 All-East football team

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The 1969 All-East football team consists of American football players chosen by various selectors as the best players at each position among the Eastern colleges and universities during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season.

The undefeated 1969 Penn State Nittany Lions football team was ranked No. 2 in the final AP and UPI polls and placed eight players on the All-East first team.

Offense

=Quarterback=

  • Rich Policastro, Rutgers (AP-1)
  • Chuck Burkhart, Penn State (AP-2)

=Running backs=

=Ends=

  • Jim Benedict, Rutgers (AP-1)
  • Tony Gabriel, Syracuse (AP-1)
  • Pete Blumenthal, Penn (AP-2)
  • Tom Boyd, Villanova (AP-2)

=Tackles=

  • Bob Bouley, Boston College (AP-1)
  • John Cherundolo, Syracuse (AP-1)
  • Jim Bruen, Brown (AP-2)
  • John Ritchie, Dartmouth (AP-2)

=Guards=

  • Dave Mills, Dartmouth (AP-1)
  • Charlie Zapiec, Penn State (AP-1)
  • Steve Bogner, Boston University (AP-2)
  • Bart Whiteman, Yale (AP-2)

=Center=

  • Dave Magyar, Pittsburgh (AP-1)
  • Mike Pyszczymuka, Columbia (AP-2)

Defense

=Ends=

  • Jim Gallagher, Yale (AP-1)
  • Tim Vigneau, Buffalo (AP-1)
  • Ernie Babcock, Dartmouth (AP-2)
  • John Hulecki, Massachusetts (AP-2)

=Tackles=

=Middle guard=

  • Jim Kates, Penn State (AP-1)
  • Ted Lachowicz, Syracuse (AP-2)

=Linebackers=

===Backs===

  • Joe Adams, Dartmouth (AP-1)
  • Bruce Taylor, Boston University (AP-1)
  • Neal Smith, Penn State (AP-1 [safety])
  • Murry Bowden, Dartmouth (AP-2)
  • Keith Mauney, Princeton (AP-2)
  • Tom Myers, Syracuse (AP-2)

Key

  • AP = Associated Press{{cite news|title=Smith, 7 PSU Mates Named On All-East Eleven|newspaper=The Daily Item|author=Herschel Nissenson|date=December 3, 1969|page=18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106263781/smith-7-psu-mates-named-on-all-east/|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • UPI = United Press International

See also

References

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{{All-Eastern football teams}}

All-Eastern

Category:All-Eastern college football teams