1960 All-America college football team

The 1960 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose All-America college football teams in 1960. The six selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1960 season are the American Football Coaches Association, the Associated Press, the Football Writers Association of America, the Newspaper Enterprise Association, the Sporting News, and the United Press International.
Seven players, including 1960 Heisman Trophy winner Joe Bellino of [1960 1960 Navy Midshipmen football team|Navy Midshipmen football team|Navy], and College and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees Mike Ditka of [1960 1960 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|Pittsburgh Panthers football team|Pitt] and Bob Lilly of TCU, were unanimously named first-team All-Americans by all six official selectors.

Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1960, the NCAA recognizes six published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.

Name	Position	School	Number	Official	Other
Mike Ditka	End	Pittsburgh	6/6	AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	CP, Time, WC
Dan LaRose	End	[1960 1960 Missouri Tigers football team\|Missouri Tigers football team\|Missouri]	6/6	AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	CP, Time, WC
Bob Lilly	Tackle	TCU	6/6	AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	CP, Time, WC
Tom Brown	Guard	[1960 1960 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team\|Minnesota Golden Gophers football team\|Minnesota]	6/6	AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	CP, Time, WC
Joe Bellino	Halfback	Navy	6/6	AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	CP, Time, WC
Bob Ferguson	Fullback	[1960 1960 Ohio State Buckeyes football team\|Ohio State Buckeyes football team\|Ohio State]	6/6	AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	CP, Time, WC
Jake Gibbs	Quarterback	[1960 1960 Ole Miss Rebels football team\|Ole Miss Rebels football team\|Ole Miss]	6/6	AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	CP, WC
Ken Rice	Tackle	[1960 1960 Auburn Tigers football team\|Auburn Tigers football team\|Auburn]	5/6	AFCA, AP, FWAA, SN, UPI	CP, Time, WC
E. J. Holub	Center	[1960 1960 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team\|Texas Tech Red Raiders football team\|Texas Tech]	5/6	AFCA, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI	CP, Time, WC
Joe Romig	Guard	Colorado	3/6	AFCA, FWAA, UPI	WC
Ernie Davis	Halfback	Syracuse	2/6	AFCA, UPI	WC

All-American selections for 1960

Ends

Mike Ditka, Pittsburgh Dan LaRose, Missouri

Bill Miller, Miami
Claude Moorman, Duke
Marlin McKeever, USC
Johnny Brewer, Ole Miss
Fred Mautino, Syracuse

Tackles

Bob Lilly, TCU Ken Rice, Auburn

Merlin Olsen, Utah State
Jerry Beabout, Purdue
Kurt Gegner, Washington
Bob DeMarco, Dayton
Joe Rutgens, Illinois

Guards

Tom Brown, Minnesota Joe Romig, Colorado

Mark Manders, Iowa
Ben Balme, Yale
Wayne Harris, Arkansas
Al Vanderbush, Army
Myron Pottios, Notre Dame
Pat Dye, Georgia
Rufus King, Rice
Monte Lee, Texas

Centers

E. J. Holub, Texas Tech

Quarterbacks

Jake Gibbs, Mississippi

Halfbacks

Joe Bellino, Navy Ernie Davis, Syracuse

Fullbacks

Bob Ferguson, Ohio State

Ed Dyas, Auburn
Tom Watkins, Iowa State
Mike Stock, Northwestern

Key

Bold – Consensus All-American

-1 – First-team selection
-2 – Second-team selection
-3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors

AFCA = American Football Coaches Association, "selected on the basis of balloting by more than 1,500 members of the coaches' association", sponsored by Eastman Kodak Company and distributed exclusively by the United Press International
AP = Associated Press
FWAA = Football Writers Association of America
NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association
TSN = Sporting News
UPI = United Press International. "Chosen by the ballots of a record number of 402 sports writers and broadcasters from all parts of the nation..."