1969 All-Pacific Coast football team

The 1969 All-Pacific Coast football team consists of American football players chosen by the Associated Press (AP), the United Press International (UPI), and the Pacific-8 Conference coaches (Coaches) as the best college football players by position in the Pacific Coast region during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. The AP and UPI selections included players from within and outside the Pacific-8 Conference.^[1]^[2] The Coaches selections were limited to Pacific-8 players.^[3]

The 1969 UCLA Bruins football team led all other programs with nine players selected to one or more of the first teams. UCLA's first-team players were: running backs Greg Jones (AP-1, UPI-1, Coaches-1) and Mickey Cureton (UPI-1); end Gwen Cooper (AP-1, UPI-1, Coaches-1); offensive tackle Gordon Bosserman (UPI-1); offensive guard Dennis Alumbaugh (AP-1, Coaches-1); defensive tackles Floyd Reese (AP-1, Coaches-1) and Wes Grant (Coaches-1); linebacker Mike Ballou (AP-1, UPI-1, Coaches-1); and defensive back Ron Carver (UPI-1).^[1]^[2]^[3]

The undefeated 1969 USC Trojans football team was ranked No. 3 in the final AP Poll and placed seven players on the first team: running back Clarence Davis (AP-1, UPI-1, Coaches-1); offensive tackle Sid Smith (AP-1, UPI-1, Coaches-1); offensive guard Fred Khasigian (AP-1, UPI-1, Coaches-1); defensive end Jimmy Gunn (AP-1, UPI-1); defensive tackle Al Cowlings (AP-1, UPI-1, Coaches-1); and defensive backs Tyrone Hudson (AP-1, Coaches-1) and Sandy Durko (UPI-1).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

Jim Plunkett, Stanford (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
Dennis Shaw, San Diego State (AP-2; UPI-2)

Running backs

Clarence Davis, USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
Greg Jones, UCLA (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
Bobby Moore, Oregon (AP-1; UPI-1 [end]; Coaches-1) (later Ahmad Rashad)
Mickey Cureton, UCLA (AP-2; UPI-1)
Bo Cornell, Washington (AP-2)
Gary Fowler, California (AP-2)
Bubba Brown, Stanford (UPI-2)
George Farmer, UCLA (UPI-2)
Billy Main, Oregon State (UPI-2)

Ends

Gwen Cooper, UCLA (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
Bob Moore, Stanford (AP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-1)
Tom Reynolds, San Diego State (AP-2; UPI-2)
Sam Dickerson, USC (AP-2)

Tackles

Sid Smith, USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
Bob Richards, California (AP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-1)
Gordon Bosserman, UCLA (AP-2; UPI-1)
Ernie Janet, Washington (AP-2)
Pete Seymour, Stanford (UPI-2)

Guards

Fred Khasigian, USC (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
Dennis Alumbaugh, UCLA (AP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-1)
Bob Reinhard, Stanford (AP-2; UPI-1)
Greg Hendren, California (AP-2)
Steve Lehmer, USC (UPI-2)

Centers

John Sande, Stanford (AP-2; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
Bill Pierson, San Diego State (AP-1)
Mike White, Oregon State (UPI-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

Jimmy Gunn, USC (AP-1; UPI-1)
Irby Augustine, California (AP-1; UPI-1)
Wes Grant, UCLA (AP-2; UPI-2; Coaches-1 [interior line])
Charlie Weaver, USC (AP-2)
Dennis Gassner, Oregon State (UPI-2)

Defensive tackles

Al Cowlings, USC (AP-1 [defensive tackle]; UPI-1 [defensive tackle]; Coaches-1 [interior line])
Floyd Reese, UCLA (AP-1 [defensive tackle]; UPI-2 [defensive tackle]; Coaches-1 interior line])
Lee Brock, Washington (AP-2 [defensive tackle]; UPI-1 [defensive tackle])
Tody Smith, USC (AP-2)
Bill Nelson, Oregon State (AP-2)

Middle guards

Jess Lewis, Oregon State (AP-1 [middle guard]; UPI-2 [defensive tackle]; Coaches-1 [interior line])

Linebackers

Mike Ballou, UCLA (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
Don Parish, Stanford (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
Tom Graham, Oregon (AP-1; UPI-1)
Phil Croyle, California (AP-2; UPI-2)
Greg Slough, USC (AP-2)
Pat Preston, Stanford (AP-2)
Vic Ornelas, Pacific (UPI-2)
Paul Martyr, California (UPI-2)

Defensive backs

Lionel Thomas, Washington State (AP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1)
Mel Easley, Oregon State (AP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-1)
Tyrone Hudson, USC (AP-1; UPI-2; Coaches-1)
Rich Keller, Stanford (AP-2; Coaches-1)
Sandy Durko, USC (AP-2; UPI-1)
Ron Carver, UCLA (AP-2; UPI-1)
Ken Wiedemann, California (UPI-1)
Jim Kauffman, Stanford (UPI-2)
Jack Gleason, Oregon (UPI-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1]

UPI = United Press International^[2]

Coaches = selected by the Pac-8 head football coaches^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Southern Cal, UCLA Dominate All-Coast". Tri-City Herald. December 3, 1969. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Martyr Gains 2nd Team All-West Coast Lineup". The Sacramento Bee. November 25, 1969. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Troy, UCLA Dominate Pac-8 Team". Independent Journal, San Rafael, California. December 2, 1969. p. 29.
^ "Bobby Moore all Pacific-8". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 30, 1969. p. 1B.
^ "WSU's Lionel Thomas is one of four Northern players to make All Pacific-8 grid squad". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 30, 1969. p. 17.

[AP-1] "Southern Cal, UCLA Dominate All-Coast". Tri-City Herald. December 3, 1969. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.

[UPI-2] "Martyr Gains 2nd Team All-West Coast Lineup". The Sacramento Bee. November 25, 1969. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.

[Coaches-3] "Troy, UCLA Dominate Pac-8 Team". Independent Journal, San Rafael, California. December 2, 1969. p. 29.

[spbmre-4] "Bobby Moore all Pacific-8". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 30, 1969. p. 1B.

[lmtap-5] "WSU's Lionel Thomas is one of four Northern players to make All Pacific-8 grid squad". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 30, 1969. p. 17.

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