1969 Little All-America college football team

1969 Little All-America college football team
Little All-America college football team
1969 NAIA football season, 1969 NCAA College Division football season
1968 ← → 1970

The 1969 Little All-America college football team is composed of college football players from small colleges and universities who were selected by the Associated Press (AP) as the best players at each position. For 1969, the AP selected two teams, each team having separate offensive and defensive platoons.

Terry Bradshaw of Louisiana Tech was the first-team quarterback. During his time at Louisiana Tech, hew tallied 6,589 passing yards, the most ever by a quarterback at any Louisiana program.[1] He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers and led the club to four Super Bowl championships.

Halfback Larry Schreiber of Tennessee Tech was named to the first team and was also named Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year. He rushed for 1,522 yards in 1969 and 4,421 during his collegiate career.[2]

Leon Burns of Long Beach State was named to the first team as a fullback.[3]

  1. ^ "Tech's Blond Bomber Is True All-American". The El Dorado Times. December 9, 1969. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Thompson, Duvall On All-OVC Team". The Daily News Journal. November 28, 1969. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Terry Bradshaw Paces Little All-Americans". The Billings Gazette. December 5, 1969. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.