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The '''1957 College Football All-America team''' is composed of [[college football]] players who were selected as [[All-America]]ns by various organizations and writers that chose [[College Football All-America Team]]s in 1957. The seven selectors recognized by the [[NCAA]] as "official" for the 1957 season are (1) the [[Associated Press]], (2) the [[United Press]], (3) the [[American Football Coaches Association]] (AFCA), (4) the [[Football Writers Association of America]] (FWAA), (5) the [[International News Service]] (INS), (6) the [[Newspaper Enterprise Association]] (NEA), and (7) the ''[[Sporting News]]''.  The ''ESPN College Football Encyclopedia'' lists the All-America Board (AAB) as an eighth official selector.
==Consensus All-Americans==
For the year 1957, the NCAA awards guide lists seven published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations.<ref name=CAA/> The ''ESPN College Football Encyclopedia'' lists the All-America Board (AAB) as an eighth official selector.<ref name=ESPN/> The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!  style="background:#ddf; width:15%;"| Name
!  style="background:#ddf; width:10%;"| Position
!  style="background:#ddf; width:10%;"| School
!  style="background:#ddf; width:7%;"| Number
!  style="background:#ddf; width:25%;"| Official
!  style="background:#ddf; width:10%;"| Other
|- style="text-align:left;"
|[[Jim Phillips (American football)|Jim Phillips]]||End||Auburn||8/8||AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP||Time, WC
|- style="text-align:left;"
|[[John David Crow]]||Back||Texas A&M||8/8||AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP||Time, WC
|- style="text-align:left;"
|[[Alex Karras]]||Tackle||Iowa||7/8||AAB, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP||Time, WC
|- style="text-align:left;"
|[[Lou Michaels]]||Tackle||Kentucky||7/8||AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UP||Time, WC
|- style="text-align:left;"
|[[Bill Krisher]]||Guard||Oklahoma||7/8||AAB, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP||Time, WC
|- style="text-align:left;"
|[[Dick Wallen]]||End||UCLA||6/8||AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA||Time, WC
|- style="text-align:left;"
|[[Walt Kowalczyk]]||Back||Michigan State||5/8||AFCA, FWAA, NEA, SN, UP||Time, WC
|- style="text-align:left;"
|[[Bob Anderson (American football)|Bob Anderson]]||Back||Army||5/8||FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP||Time, WC
|- style="text-align:left;"
|[[Dan Currie]]||Center||Michigan State||5/8||AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS||Time, WC
|- style="text-align:left;"
|[[King Hill]]||Quarterback||Rice||4/8||AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA||Time
|- style="text-align:left;"
|[[Al Ecuyer]]||Guard||Notre Dame||3/8||INS, SN, UP||Time, WC
|- style="text-align:left;"
|[[Clendon Thomas]]||Back||Oklahoma||3/8||AFCA, SN, UP||WC
|}
==All-American selections for 1957==
===Ends===
*'''[[Jim Phillips (American football)|Jim Phillips]]''', Auburn <small>(AAB, AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, Time, WC)</small>
*'''[[Dick Wallen]]''', UCLA <small>(AAB, AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, UP-2, Time, WC)</small>
*[[Jim Gibbons (American football)|Jim Gibbons]], Iowa <small>(FWAA, INS-2, SN, AP-3, UP-1)</small>
*[[Fred Dugan]], Dayton <small>(FWAA, AP-2)</small>
*[[Les Walters]], Penn State <small>(AP-2)</small>
*Dave Kaiser, Michigan State <small>(UP-2)</small>
*[[Dick Lasse]], Syracuse <small>(INS-2)</small>
*Gary Kapp, Utah State <small>(INS-2)</small>
*Don Ellingsen, Washington State <small>(AP-3, UP-3)</small>
*[[Buddy Dial]], Rice <small>(INS-2, UP-3)</small>
===Tackles===
*'''[[Alex Karras]]''', Iowa (Outland Trophy, College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) <small>(AAB, AP-1, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, Time, WC)</small>
*'''[[Lou Michaels]]''', Kentucky  <small>(AAB, AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, INS-2, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, Time, WC)</small>
*[[Charlie Krueger]], Texas A&M  <small>(AP-2, FWAA, INS-1, UP-2)</small>
*[[Tom Topping]], Duke <small>(FWAA, AP-3)</small>
*[[Jim McCusker (American football)|Jim McCusker]], Pitt <small>(AP-3, INS-2, UP-3)</small>
*[[Bill Leeka]], UCLA <small>(INS-2)</small>
*Larry Whitmire, Rice <small>(INS-2)</small>
*[[Nick Mumley]], Purdue <small>(INS-2)</small>
*[[Dick Klein (American football)|Dick Klein]], Iowa <small>(UP-3)</small>
===Guards===
*'''[[Bill Krisher]]''', Oklahoma <small>(AAB, AP-1, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, Time, WC)</small>
*'''[[Al Ecuyer]]''', Notre Dame <small>(AP-2, INS-1, SN, Time, UP-1, WC)</small>
*[[Aurealius Thomas]], Ohio State <small>(AAB, AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, INS-2, UP-2)</small>
*[[Bill Johnson (American football guard)|Bill Johnson]], Tennessee <small>(FWAA, NEA-1, AP-3, UP-3)</small>
*[[Jackie Simpson (linebacker)|Jackie Simpson]], Mississippi <small>(AFCA, FWAA, AP-2)</small>
*[[Roy Hord, Jr.]], Duke <small>(INS-2, UP-2)</small>
*Stan Renning, Montana <small>(INS-2)</small>
*Don Wilson, Texas <small>(INS-2)</small>
*Joe Palermo, Dartmouth <small>(AP-3, UP-3)</small>
===Centers===
*'''[[Dan Currie]]''', Michigan State <small>(AAB, AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, INS-1, UP-2, Time, WC)</small>
*[[Bob Reifsnyder]], Navy  <small>(AFCA [tackle], AP-2, FWAA, NEA-1, UP-2)</small>
*[[Don Stephenson (Canadian football)|Don Stephenson]], Georgia Tech <small>(AP-3, INS-2, SN, UP-1)</small>
*[[Bob Harrison (American football player)|Bob Harrison]], Oklahoma <small>(AP-2)</small>
*[[Charlie Brueckman]], Pittsburgh <small>(INS-2, UP-3)</small>
*Jim Kernan, Army <small>(INS-2)</small>
===Quarterbacks===
*'''[[King Hill]]''', Rice <small>(AAB, AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, UP-3, Time)</small>
*[[Lee Grosscup]], Utah <small>(AP-2, FWAA, INS-2, NEA-1, UP-2)</small>
*[[Tom Forrestal]], Navy <small>(INS-1, AP-3, UP-2)</small>
*[[Jim Van Pelt]], Michigan <small>(INS-2)</small>
*[[Bob Newman]], Washington State <small>(INS-2, UP-3)</small>
===Backs===
*'''[[John David Crow]]''', Texas A&M  <small>(AAB, AFCA, AP-1, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, Time, WC)</small>
*'''[[Walt Kowalczyk]]''', Michigan State <small>(AFCA, AP-2, FWAA, INS-2, NEA-1, SN, AFCA, UP-1, Time, WC)</small>
*'''[[Bob Anderson (American football)|Bob Anderson]]''', Army <small>(AP-2, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, Time, WC)</small>
*'''[[Clendon Thomas]]''', Oklahoma <small>(AFCA, INS-2, SN, UP-1, WC)</small>
*[[Jim Pace (American football)|Jim Pace]], Michigan <small>(AAB, AP-1, INS-2, UP-2)</small>
*[[Dick Christy]], North Carolina State <small>(AAB, AP-1)</small>
*[[Bob Stransky]], Colorado <small>(AP-2, FWAA, INS-1, UP-3)</small>
*[[Jim Bakhtiar]], Virginia <small>(FWAA, AP-3)</small>
*[[Jim Taylor (fullback)|Jim Taylor]], LSU <small>(FWAA, AP-3)</small>
*[[Don Clark (Canadian football)|Don Clark]], Ohio State <small>(INS-2, UP-2)</small>
*[[Jim Shanley (American football)|Jim Shanley]], Oregon <small>(INS-2)</small>
*[[Billy Stacy]], Mississippi State <small>(INS-2)</small>
*Reddy Osborne, Texas A&M <small>(INS-2)</small>
*[[Wray Carlton]], Duke <small>(INS-2)</small>
*Bobby Mulgado, Arizona State <small>(AP-3)</small>
*[[Nick Pietrosante]], Notre Dame <small>(UP-3)</small>
==Key==
{{smalldiv|1=
* '''Bold''' – Consensus All-American<ref name=CAA>{{cite web|title=Football Award Winners|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)|year=2016|access-date=October 21, 2017|page=9|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf}}</ref>
* -1 – First-team selection
* -2 – Second-team selection
* -3 – Third-team selection
===Official selectors===
* AAB = All-America Board<ref name=ESPN/>
* AFCA = [[American Football Coaches Association]] for ''[[Look (American magazine)|Look]]'' magazine, selected by votes of 511 member coaches<ref name=ESPN>{{cite book|title=ESPN College Football Encyclopedia|page=1248|publisher=ESPN Books|year=2005|isbn=1401337031}}</ref>
* AP = [[Associated Press]]<ref>{{cite news|author=Bob Hoobing|title=Pace, Currie On AP All-America|work=The News Palladium|location=Benton Harbor, MI|date=1957-12-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Iowa Tackle Is Lone Repeater On All-America Team|newspaper=The Gettysburg Times|date=December 5, 1957|page=5|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2202&dat=19571205&id=FN8yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=av8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2971,1835285}}</ref>
* FWAA = [[Football Writers Association of America]]<ref>{{cite web|title=FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team|editor=Ted Gangi|access-date=February 8, 2015|url=http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf|archive-date=March 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326165534/http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* INS = [[International News Service]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Crow, Forrestal Picked on INS All-America|newspaper=Reading Eagle|date=November 24, 1957|page=38|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19571124&id=LoYtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Q5oFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3016,3655813}}</ref>
* NEA = [[Newspaper Enterprise Association]]<ref>Harry Grayson, "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/39131776/?terms=%22+Forest+Ferguson%22  Three SEC Men Named All-American]," ''Panama City News'', p. 12 (November 26, 1957).  Retrieved September 28, 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Anderson Earns Post on NEA All-American|newspaper=The Miami News|date=November 22, 1957|page=2C|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19571122&id=tSYzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tuoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2741,2869584|access-date=July 20, 2016|archive-date=December 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216013801/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19571122&id=tSYzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tuoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2741,2869584|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* SN = The ''[[Sporting News]]''
* UP = [[United Press]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Widwest Lands Three On UP All-America|newspaper=Lodi News-Sentinel|date=November 29, 1957|page=10|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19571129&id=RiIzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0u4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=5054,3913856}}</ref>
===Other selectors===
* WC = [[Walter Camp Football Foundation]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Walter Camp Football Foundation All-American Selections |url=http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards/ |publisher=Walter Camp Football Foundation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218214203/http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards/ |archive-date=2007-12-18 }}</ref>
* Time = ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine, chosen December 16, 1957
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==See also==
* [[1957 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team]]
* [[1957 All-Big Eight Conference football team]]
* [[1957 All-Big Ten Conference football team]]
* [[1957 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team]]
* [[1957 All-SEC football team]]
* [[1957 All-Southwest Conference football team]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{1957 College Football Consensus All-Americans}}
{{College Football All-America Teams}}
[[Category:1957 college football season|All-America Team]]
[[Category:College Football All-America Teams]]