1939 All-Big Ten Conference football team

The 1939 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Big Ten Conference teams selected by the Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP) for the 1939 Big Ten Conference football season.

Ends

 * Esco Sarkkinen, Ohio State (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Dave Rankin, Purdue (AP-2; UP-1)
 * Erwin Prasse, Iowa (AP-1)
 * John Mariucci, Minnesota (AP-2)

Tackles

 * Jim Reeder, Illinois (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Mike Enich, Iowa (AP-2; UP-1)
 * Win Pedersen, Minnesota (AP-1)
 * Nick Cutlich, Northwestern (AP-2)

Guards

 * Hal Method, Northwestern (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Frank Bykowski, Purdue (UP-1)
 * Vic Marino, Ohio State (AP-1)
 * Mel Brewer, Illinois (AP-2)
 * James Logan, Indiana (AP-2)

Centers

 * Jack Haman, Northwestern (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Steve Andrako, Ohio State (AP-2)

Quarterbacks

 * Don Scott, Ohio State (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Forest Evashevski, Michigan (AP-2)

Halfbacks

 * Tom Harmon, Michigan (AP-1; UP-1) (1940 Heisman Trophy winner)
 * Nile Kinnick, Iowa (AP-1; UP-1) (1939 Heisman Trophy winner)
 * Hal Van Every, Minnesota (AP-2)
 * George Franck, Minnesota (AP-2)
 * Jimmy Strausbaugh, Ohio State (AP-2)

Fullbacks

 * George Paskvan, Wisconsin (AP-1; UP-1)
 * Jim Langhurst, Ohio State (AP-2)

Key
AP = Associated Press, chosen by conference coaches

UP = United Press: "Coaches, scouts, players, campus correspondents and sports editors in every Big Ten center, participating in one of the most thorough investigations of football talent ever attempted in the midwest"

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP