1959 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team

The 1959 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various selectors for their All-Atlantic Coast Conference ("ACC") teams for the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. Selectors in 1959 included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI). Players selected to the first team by both the AP and UPI are displayed below in bold.

All-Atlantic Coast selections

Ends

Tackles

  • Lou Cordileone, Clemson (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Ed Pitts, South Carolina (AP-1; UPI-1)
  • Harold Olson, Clemson (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Jim Gardner, Duke (AP-2; UPI-2)

Guards

  • Mike McGee, Duke (AP-1; UPI-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
  • Tom Gunerman, Maryland (AP-1)
  • Nick Patella, Wake Forest (UPI-1)
  • Jake Bodkin, South Carolina (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Rod Breedlove, Maryland (AP-2; UPI-2)

Centers

  • Ross "Rip" Hawkins, North Carolina (AP-1)
  • Paul Snyder, Clemson (AP-2; UPI-1)
  • Paul Balonick, NC State (UPI-2)

Backs

  • Norm Snead, Wake Forest (AP-1 [QB]; UPI-1)
  • Bill Mathis, Clemson (AP-1 [HB]; UPI-1)
  • Joel Arrington, Duke (AP-1 [HB]; UPI-1)
  • Jim Joyce, Maryland (AP-1 [FB])
  • Phil Lavoie, South Carolina (AP-2; UPI-1)
  • Harvey White, Clemson (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Ron Podwika, NC State (AP-2; UPI-2)
  • Wade Smith, North Carolina (AP-2)
  • Doug Cline, Clemson (UPI-2)
  • Jack Cummings, North Carolina (UPI-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press[1]

UPI = United Press International[2]

See also

References

  1. ""Home-Grown" All-ACC Team Picked By Associated Press". The Progress-Index. December 2, 1959. p. 24.
  2. "Clemson Puts Four on All-ACC Selection". Statesville Record & Landmark. December 2, 1959. p. 17.
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