1967 College Football All-America Team

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The 1967 College Football All-America team is composed of various organizations that choose College All-America teams that season. The organizations that chose the teams were Associated Press, United Press International, Newspaper Enterprise Association, Central Press Association, Football Writers Association of America, American Football Coaches Association, Walter Camp Foundation, The Sporting News, Time magazine and Football News.

AP, UPI, NEA, and CP were all press organizations that polled writers and players. FWAA was also a poll of writers,[1] as was the Walter Camp Foundation[2] The AFCA [3] was a poll of college coaches. The Sporting News and Time polled football scouts and coaches.[4][5] AP, UPI, NEA, Central Press, and The Sporting News chose both first and second teams. AP, UPI, NEA, and Central Press also listed numerous honorable mentions.

Contents

Offense

Receivers

Tight ends

Tackles

  • Ron Yary, USC (AP, UPI, NEA, CP, WC, AFCA, FWAA, Time, TSN)
  • Edgar Chandler, Georgia (AP, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA, Time, TSN)
  • Larry Slagle, UCLA (CP)
  • John Williams, Minnesota (Time)

Guards

  • Harry Olzewski, Clemson (UPI, WC, AFCA, FWAA)
  • Rich Stotter, Houston (AP, UPI, NEA, CP, AFCA)
  • Gary Cassells, Indiana (AP, WC, FWAA)
  • Phil Tucker, Texas Tech (NEA)
  • Bob Kalsu, Oklahoma (CP)

Centers

  • Bob Johnson, Tennessee (AP, UPI, NEA, CP, WC, AFCA, FWAA, Time, TSN)

Quarterbacks

  • Gary Beban, UCLA (AP, UPI, NEA, CP, WC, AFCA, FWAA, Time, TSN)

Running backs

  • O. J. Simpson, USC (AP, UPI, NEA, CP, WC, AFCA, FWAA, Time, TSN)
  • Leroy Keyes, Purdue (AP, UPI, NEA, CP, WC, AFCA, FWAA, Time, TSN)
  • Larry Csonka, Syracuse (AP, UPI, NEA, CP, WC, AFCA, FWAA, TSN)
  • Lee White, Weber State (Time)

Defense

Ends

Tackles

Middle guards

Linebackers

  • Wayne Meylan, Nebraska (AP, WC, CP, AFCA, FWAA, Time, TSN)
  • Adrian Young, USC (AP, UPI, WC, CP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN)
  • Don Manning, UCLA (UPI, NEA, CP, WC)
  • Fred Carr, UTEP (NEA, Time, TSN)
  • Corby Robertson, Texas (FWAA)
  • Bill Hobbs, Texas A&M (AP)
  • D.D. Lewis, Mississippi State (NEA)
  • Tom Beutler, Toledo (CP)
  • Mike McGill, Notre Dame (Time)

Backs

  • Tom Schoen, Notre Dame (AP, UPI, WC, CP, AFCA, FWAA, Time, TSN)
  • Frank Loria, Virginia Tech (AP, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA)
  • Jim Smith, Oregon (NEA, Time, TSN)
  • Dick Anderson, Colorado (AP, NEA)
  • Bobby Johns, Alabama (WC, AFCA)
  • Major Hazelton, Florida A. & M. (Time, TSN)
  • Charlie West, UTEP (Time, TSN)
  • Harry Cheatwood, Oklahoma State (CP)
  • Fred Combs, N.C. State (FWAA)
  • Al Dorsey, Tennessee (UPI)

Special teams

Kicker

Punter

Key

  • AP - Associated Press
  • UPI - United Press International
  • NEA - Newspaper Enterprise Association
  • CP - Central Press
  • FWAA - Football Writers Association of America
  • WC - Walter Camp Foundation
  • AFCA - American Football Coaches Association
  • TSN - The Sporting News
  • Time - Time Magazine
  • PFW - Pro Football Weekly
  • FN - Football News

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