SOUTHLAND FOOTBALL 1960s All-Decade Team

PLAYER, POS., SCHOOL 1ST -TEAM ALL-SLC SUPERLATIVES Mike Baylor, QB, Texas-Arlington 1967 1967 Offensive Player of the Year & Total Offense Leader Chip Bennett, LB, Abilene Christian 1968-69 1969 First-team All-American (AP, AFCA); 1970 3rd-Round Pick of Bill Bergey, OL, Arkansas State 1967-68 1968 First-team All-American (AFCS, AP); SLC single-leader with 196 tackles (1968); 1969 2nd-Round Pick of Cincin- nati Bengals; 12-year NFL veteran; Four-time Pro Bowler with ; Participated in XV Dan Buckley, C, Arkansas State 1968-69 1969 First-team All-American (AP) Skip Butler, PK, Texas-Arlington 1967-68-69 1969 Scoring Co-Leader; 8-year NFL Veteran with Houston Oilers, New York Giants, New Orleans Saints Larry Cox, OL, Abilene Christian 1964-65 1965 First-team All-American (AP); 1966 10th-Round Pick of Denver Broncos Dick Croxton, DL, Lamar 1965-66-67 Jake David, DB, Lamar 1965-66 Bob Diem, OL, Texas-Arlington 1966-67 1967 First-team All-American (AFCA) Johnny Fuller, S, Lamar 1966-67 1968 4th-Round Pick of San Francisco 49ers; 8-year NFL Veteran with 49ers, New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears Danny Griffin, RB, Texas-Arlington 1967-68-69 1970 7th-Round Pick of Pittsburgh Steelers Anthony Guillory, LB, Lamar 1964 1965 7th-Round Pick of Los Angeles Rams; 4-year NFL Veteran with Rams and Philadelphia Eagles Jackie Hall, RB, Trinity 1965-66 1965 Offensive Player of the Year; 1966 Receiving Leader William Hines, DL, Trinity 1967-68 Pat Holder, RB, Abilene Christian 1968-69 Bill Kilgore, E, Lamar 1965-67 Jack Kiser, DL, Abilene Christian 1969-70 Jim Lindsey, QB, Abilene Christian 1968-69-70 1970 First-team All-American (AP, AFCA); 1969, 1970 Offensive Player of the Year; 1968-69-70 Passing & Total Offense Leader; At the time of his graduation, his 8,521 passing yards were the most in NCAA history; Still ranks among SLC Top Ten in career offensive plays (1,460), total offense (8,385 yards), passing yards (8,521), passing at- tempts (1,237), completions (642), and touchdowns (61). Obert Logan, RB, Trinity 1964 1964 Scoring Leader; Distinguished as last NFL player to wear single “0” as a jersey number in 3-year pro career with Dallas Cowboys and New Orleans Saints Mike Love, RB, Abilene Christian 1964-65 Ed Marcontell, OL, Lamar 1965-66 1967 11th-Round Pick of St. Louis Cardinals Frank McGuigan, RB, Arkansas State 1968 1968 Offensive Player of the Year, Rushing & Scoring Lead- er Vernon McManus, OL/LB, Lamar 1964-65 1965 Defensive Player of the Year Ken Ozee, DL, Texas-Arlington 1965-66 1966 First-team All-American (AP); 1966 Defensive Player of the Year

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1960s Coach of the Decade: Bennie Ellender, Arkansas State (1964-69)

1960s Player of the Decade: Jim Lindsey, QB, Abilene Christian (1967-70)

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