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The Top Ranked Big 8 Football Players of the pre-1960s
Notes: The rankings are based on college stats. What players did in the pros does not factor into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | Pos | College |
| 1 | Billy Vessels | RB | Oklahoma |
| 2 | Kurt Burris | OL | Oklahoma |
| 3 | Sam Francis | RB | Nebraska |
| 4 | Paul Christman | QB | Missouri |
| 5 | Tommy McDonald | RB | Oklahoma |
| 6 | Ed Weir | OL | Nebraska |
| 7 | Jerry Tubbs | OL | Oklahoma |
| 8 | Bob Reynolds | RB | Nebraska |
| 9 | Bob Harrison | OL | Oklahoma |
| 10 | George Sauer | RB | Nebraska |
| 11 | Leon Heath | RB | Oklahoma |
| 12 | J.D. Roberts | OL | Oklahoma |
| 13 | Dwight Nichols | RB | Iowa St. |
| 14 | Jack Mitchell | QB | Oklahoma |
| 15 | Bo Bolinger | OL | Oklahoma |
| 16 | Clendon Thomas | RB | Oklahoma |
| 17 | Tom Catlin | OL | Oklahoma |
| 18 | Jim Weatherall | OL | Oklahoma |
| 19 | Warren Alfson | OL | Nebraska |
| 20 | Ray Evans | RB | Kansas |
| 21 | Bill Krisher | OL | Oklahoma |
| 22 | Guy Chamberlin | E | Nebraska |
| 23 | Buddy Burris | OL | Oklahoma |
| 24 | Darold Jenkins | OL | Missouri |
| 25 | Don Branby | E | Colorado |
| 26 | Ed Bock | OL | Iowa St. |
| 27 | Frank Anderson | DL | Oklahoma |
| 28 | Lawrence Ely | OL | Nebraska |
| 29 | Waddy Young | E | Oklahoma |
| 30 | Wade Walker | OL | Oklahoma |
| 31 | Blue Howell | RB | Nebraska |
| 32 | Bob Steuber | RB | Missouri |
| 33 | Bob Stransky | RB | Colorado |
| 34 | Bub Weller | OL | Nebraska |
| 35 | Frank Bernardi | RB | Colorado |
| 36 | Gil Reich | RB | Kansas |
| 37 | Henry Cronkite | E | Kansas St. |
| 38 | Jim Doran | E | Iowa St. |
| 39 | Jim Kekeris | OL | Missouri |
| 40 | Lon Stiner | OL | Nebraska |
| 41 | Max Boydston | E | Oklahoma |
| 42 | Mel Sheehan | E | Missouri |
| 43 | Mike Magac | OL | Missouri |
| 44 | Ollie Spencer | OL | Kansas |
| 45 | Pete Smith | E | Oklahoma |
| 46 | Phil White | RB | Oklahoma |
| 47 | Plato Andros | OL | Oklahoma |
| 48 | Stan West | OL | Oklahoma |
| 49 | Veryl Switzer | DB | Kansas St. |
| 50 | Polly Wallace | OL | Iowa St. |
| 51 | Carl Bacchus | E | Missouri |
| 52 | Cash Gentry | OL | Oklahoma |
| 53 | Danny McMullen | OL | Nebraska |
| 54 | Ed Lindenmeyer | OL | Missouri |
| 55 | Hugh Rhea | OL | Nebraska |
| 56 | Vic Halligan | OL | Nebraska |
| 57 | Franklin Meier | OL | Nebraska |
| 58 | Gary Knafele | E | Colorado |
| 59 | George Mrkonic | OL | Kansas |
| 60 | Glenn Presnell | RB | Nebraska |
| 61 | Jerry Thompson | OL | Oklahoma |
| 62 | John Rasmussen | E | Nebraska |
| 63 | Pop Ivy | E | Oklahoma |
| 64 | Ted Sloane | E | Drake |
| 65 | William Jennings | E | Oklahoma |
| 66 | Carl Peterson | OL | Nebraska |
| 67 | Dick Rutherford | RB | Nebraska |
| 68 | Sylvester Shonka | OL | Nebraska |
| 69 | Al Bloodgood | QB | Nebraska |
| 70 | Bernie Scherer | E | Nebraska |
| 71 | Beryl Clark | RB | Oklahoma |
| 72 | Bob Fuchs | OL | Missouri |
| 73 | Bob Waldorf | OL | Missouri |
| 74 | Buck McPhail | RB | Oklahoma |
| 75 | Buddy Jones | DB | Oklahoma |
| 76 | Buddy Leake | QB | Oklahoma |
| 77 | Carroll Hardy | RB | Colorado |
| 78 | Charles Brock | OL | Nebraska |
| 79 | Charles Van Dyne | OL | Missouri |
| 80 | Charley Brock | OL | Nebraska |
| 81 | Chester Fritz | OL | Missouri |
| 82 | Chick Hartley | RB | Nebraska |
| 83 | Clarence Swanson | E | Nebraska |
| 84 | Cliff Duggan | OL | Oklahoma |
| 85 | Corky Taylor | RB | Kansas St. |
| 86 | Darrell Royal | QB | Oklahoma |
| 87 | Dave Noble | RB | Nebraska |
| 88 | Dub Wheeler | OL | Oklahoma |
| 89 | Ed Gray | OL | Oklahoma |
| 90 | Elmer Dohmann | E | Nebraska |
| 91 | Ernest Hubka | OL | Nebraska |
| 92 | Everett Kischer | QB | Iowa St. |
| 93 | Forrest Behm | OL | Nebraska |
| 94 | Francis Lucas | OL | Missouri |
| 95 | Fred Shirey | OL | Nebraska |
| 96 | Gail O'Brien | OL | Nebraska |
| 97 | George Maddox | OL | Kansas St. |
| 98 | George Thomas | RB | Oklahoma |
| 99 | Hal Lahar | OL | Oklahoma |
| 100 | Harold Burnine | E | Missouri |
| 101 | Harold Hutchinson | OL | Nebraska |
| 102 | Henry Bassett | OL | Nebraska |
| 103 | Hugh McCullough | RB | Oklahoma |
| 104 | Ike Hayes | OL | Iowa St. |
| 105 | James Bausch | RB | Kansas |
| 106 | Jerry Minnick | OL | Nebraska |
| 107 | Jim Owens | E | Oklahoma |
| 108 | John Bayuk | RB | Colorado |
| 109 | John Bell | E | Oklahoma |
| 110 | John Pucelik | OL | Nebraska |
| 111 | John Rapacz | OL | Oklahoma |
| 112 | John Shirk | E | Oklahoma |
| 113 | John Wooten | OL | Colorado |
| 114 | Joy Berquist | OL | Nebraska |
| 115 | Larry Grigg | RB | Oklahoma |
| 116 | Miller Brown | E | Missouri |
| 118 | Peter Mehringer | OL | Kansas |
| 119 | Prentice Gautt | RB | Oklahoma |
| 120 | Ralph Graham | RB | Kansas St. |
| 121 | Ray Richards | OL | Nebraska |
| 122 | Robert Miller | OL | Missouri |
| 123 | Roy Randells | OL | Nebraska |
| 124 | Roy Smoot | OL | Oklahoma |
| 125 | Rutherford B. Hayes | E | Kansas |
| 126 | Ted Doyle | OL | Nebraska |
| 127 | Ted Fleck | E | Kansas St. |
| 128 | Tom Churchill | E | Oklahoma |
| 129 | Tom Novak | OL | Nebraska |
| 130 | Tom Smith | OL | Iowa St. |
| 131 | Tom Watkins | RB | Iowa St. |
| 132 | Will Burton | OL | Kansas |
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