The following all-state teams have been added to the site, with thanks again going to Stat Rat Jim Craig for finding them at the State Archives:
1965 Class B
1966 Class B
1967 Class AA
1967 Class B-UPI (AP all East; UPI all but two from the West)
The 1967 Class B all-state teams were bizarre, and I’ve included both the AP and UPI all-state listings on the site. The AP all-state listings only listed players from the east side of the state; the UPI all-state team had 13 players on it, but 11 were from the west and only two were from the east. They’re both included here, as I feel to only list one or the other would not be truly representative of the state as a whole.
(I have yet to see the Class B all-state teams from 1968, 1969 or 1970, but I’m guessing they’re doozies. In 1971, a Class B all-state team wasn’t chosen; the coaches cited continuous regional bloc voting as the reason, noting that coaches would consistently vote for players only from their region and no others, thus ruining the integrity of the teams selected. Can’t wait to see those teams and piece together the rest of the story.)
The 1965 Class A all-state team was also completed; it had a couple missing names.
The available all-state teams from the 1960s are here. Thanks again to Jim for his help!
–patrick
Patrick, if you need a good source for the remaining All State teams, the Riverton Ranger daily printed all of them because Fremont County has always had teams in every class. Roy and Bob Peck were big on sports and didn’t miss a beat.
I don’t recall if the Ranger was always an AP paper but I’d bet they’d find a way to put in the UP teams too.
Also as you probably realize, the coaches weren’t above nominating different players from their team so more would make All-state overall.