1971 Little All-America college football team

The 1971 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 1971, the AP selected three teams, each team having separate offensive and defensive platoons.^[1]^[2]

First-team quarterback Gary Wichard of C. W. Post was a prolific passer.^[3]

Terry Metcalf of Long Beach State was a first-team running back in both 1970 and 1971.

Running back Gardy Kahoe was the main offensive weapon for the AP/UPI small college champion 1971 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team. He rushed for 1,216 yards and 23 touchdowns in 10 regular season games.^[4] He added another 112 yards in the Boardwalk Bowl.^[5]

Position	Player	Team
Offense
QB	Gary Wichard	C. W. Post
RB	Gardy Kahoe	Delaware
	Bruce Laird	American International
	Terry Metcalf	Long Beach State
E	Jerome Barkum	Jackson State
E	Eldridge Small	Texas A&I
T	Lionel Antoine	Southern Illinois
T	Ron Mikolajczyk	Tampa
G	Wayne Dorton	Arkansas State
G	Solomon Freelon	Grambling
C	John Hill	Lehigh
Defense
DE	Kelvin Korver	Northwestern (IA)
DE	John Mendenhall	Grambling
DT	Larry Brooks	Virginia State
DT	Steve Williams	Western Carolina
MG	Sammy Gellerstedt	Tampa
LB	Harry Gooden	Alcorn A&M
	Jim LeClair	North Dakota
	Jim Youngblood	Tennessee Tech
DB	Cliff Brooks	Tennessee State
	Levi Johnson	Texas A&I
	Dennis Meyer	Arkansas State

Second team

Position	Player	Team
Offense
QB	Joe Gilliam	Tennessee State
RB	Dave Bigler	Morningside
	Ole Gunderson	St. Olaf
	Calvin Harrell	Arkansas State
E	Jeff Baker	USIU
E	Rick Thone	Arkansas Tech
T	Rod Cason	Angelo State
T	Bruce Nichols	Jacksonville State
G	Gene Macken	South Dakota
G	John Nuttal	Northern Arizona
C	Charlie Powell	McNeese State
Defense
DE	Grail Kister	Northern Colorado
DE	Ken Sanders	Howard Payne
DT	Clinton Brown	Hayward State
DT	Dave Pureifory	Eastern Michigan
MG	Roosevelt Manning	Northeastern Oklahoma State
LB	Whitey Baun	Wittenberg
	Tim Kearney	Northern Michigan
	Greg Wright	Troy State
DB	Mike Holmes	Texas Southern
	Dan Martinsen	North Dakota
	Tom Rezzuti	Northeastern

Position	Player	Team
Offense
QB	Ken Lantrip	Louisiana Tech
RB	Don Aleksiweicz	Hobart
	Don Heater	Montana Tech
	Charles Jessamy	Kansas Wesleyan
E	Tom Hoffman	Idaho State
E	Kalle Konston	RPI
T	Ron Haines	Rochester
T	Steve Okoniewski	Montana
G	Fred Blackhurst	Westminster (PA)
G	Jim Osborne	Southern
C	Ron Sani	Santa Clara
Defense
DE	Dave Snesrud	Hamline
DE	Jim Stone	Hawaii
DT	Doug Cowan	Puget Sound
DT	Theodore Washington	Mississippi Valley State
MG	Chris Richardson	Louisiana Tech
LB	Pete Contaldi	Montclair State
	Sam Cvijanovich	Cal Lutheran
	Mike Leidy	Hampden–Sydney
DB	Ron Collier	Central Missouri
	Saylor Fox	Newberry
	Bob Kroll	Northern Michigan

1971 Little All-America college football team

Second team

Third team

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