The roster
| Jim Barrus | QB | Cody |
| Larry Zowada | QB | Sheridan |
| Howard Cook | RB | Worland |
| Jim Crawford | RB | Greybull |
| Leroy Pearce | RB | Natrona |
| Mike Schutte | RB | Greybull |
| Homer Scott | RB | Sheridan |
| Boyd Dowler | WR | Cheyenne Central |
| Rudy “Chick” Magagna | WR | Rock Springs |
| Dewey McConnell | WR | Laramie |
| Don Olcott | WR | Cheyenne Central |
| Mike Tipton | WR | Natrona |
| Mack Balls | TE | Star Valley |
| Keith Bloom | TE | Powell |
| George Waters | TE | Sheridan |
| Larry Benson | OL | Cheyenne Central |
| Charles Cooper | OL | Rawlins |
| Gary Eyre | OL | Rawlins |
| George Fuson | OL | Cheyenne Central |
| Dick Schnell | OL | Torrington |
| Deroy Smith | OL | Natrona |
| Fred Taucher | OL | Rock Springs |
| Richard “Dick” Viner | OL | Laramie |
| Bob Wildermuth | OL | Rock Springs |
| Gary Christy | DL | Sheridan |
| Lyle Covington | DL | Natrona |
| Hilan Jones | DL | Thermopolis |
| Wilbur Radosevich | DL | Rock Springs |
| Bill Roney | DL | Powell |
| Marvin Strauch | DL | Cheyenne Central |
| Ed Wilkerson | DL | Sheridan |
| George Bozanic | LB | Lander |
| Jerry Campbell | LB | Rawlins |
| Jerry Hill | LB | Lingle |
| Ray Hobbs | LB | Sheridan |
| Bill Martin | LB | Cody |
| Gene Smith | LB | Laramie |
| Nimmo Taylor | LB | Cheyenne Central |
| Chuck Baker | DB | Cheyenne Central |
| Pat Bisiar | DB | Natrona |
| Dick Campbell | DB | Sheridan |
| Dick Harkins | DB | Worland |
| Tony Katana | DB | Rock Springs |
| Babe Nomura | DB | Heart Mountain |
| Selmer Pederson | DB | Lander |
| Bud Spicer | DB | Douglas |
| Ralph Barkey | Rover | Laramie |
| Gale Christy | Rover | Sheridan |
| Neil Waters | K | Laramie |
| Chuck Spaulding | P | Natrona |
| Eddie Kawano | RS | Powell |
| John Deti Jr. | ATH | Laramie |
| Lowell Earl | ATH | Lovell |
Hardest players to leave off the team: Marty Hamilton (Torrington); Dave Madia and Bill Sweem (Sheridan); Warren Benson (Laramie); Del Wight, Larry Johnson and Ernie Trujillo (Natrona); Bill Chung (Green River); Robert Trew (Rawlins); Virgil Sanders (Byron); Norm Perue (Saratoga).
Impressions: This might be the most stacked offensive backfield of any team. When Jerry-freakin’-Hill somehow isn’t in the backfield, you KNOW it’s loaded. … The smallest offensive line of any of the eight teams, averaging just over 177 pounds per player. … Yes, Gale and Gary Christy are twins. They’re part of the Sheridan 1953 crew, which has four selections in all — (spoiler alert) the most from any one single team in any of the all-decade teams. By the way, the Broncs went 9-0 and outscored their opponents 252-14 that season (yes, 14), so they probably earned the praise. … The wideouts and tight ends of this group fell mostly into one particular type: tall, lanky dudes who were years ahead of their time. I’d have loved to see any of them play, oh, any time past about 1990. … Post-high-school athletic endeavors of this group included basketball, track and rodeo. … This group was among the last of the three-sport and four-sport college lettermen, a trend that didn’t last much past the 1950s.
Up next: The 1960s, Wednesday.
–patrick
Why not Stan {Chub) Legarra from Kemmerer?