['< sod > during the 1969 season, dierdorf started seven games at right offensive tackle and one at left offensive tackle, < ref name = t69 / > and was selected by both the [ [ associated press ] ] ( ap ) and [ [ united press international ] ] ( upi ) as a first - team player on the [ [ 1969 all - big ten conference football team ] ]. < ref > { { cite news | title = no hawks named all - big ten | newspaper = the daily iowan | page = 6 | date = november 26, 1969 | url = http : / / dailyiowan. lib. uiowa. edu / di / 1969 / di1969 - 11 - 26. pdf } } < / ref > < ref > { { cite news | title = bucks head all - big ten | newspaper = oshkosh daily northwestern | date = november 28, 1969 | page = 16 | url = https : / / www. newspapers. com / image / 24744248 /? terms = phipps % 2badamle % 2bmandich % 2bdierdorf % 2bcurtis % 2b % 22united % 2bpress % 22 } } < / ref > < eod > < sod > during the 1969 season, dierdorf started seven games at right offensive tackle and one at left offensive tackle, < ref name = t69 / > and was selected by both the [ [ associated press ] ] ( ap ) and [ [ united press international ] ] ( upi ) as a first - team player on the [ [ 1969 all - big ten conference football team ] ]. < ref > { { cite news | title = no hawks named all - big ten | newspaper = the daily iowan | page = 6 | date = november 26, 1969 | url = http : / / dailyiowan. lib. uiowa. edu / di / 1969 / di1969 - 11 - 26. pdf } } < / ref > < ref > { { cite news | title = bucks head all - big ten | newspaper = oshkosh daily northwestern | date = november 28, 1969 | page = 16 | url = https : / / www. newspapers. com / image / 24744248 /? terms = phipps % 2badamle % 23 2bmandich % 2bdierdorf % 2 ##bcurtis % 2b % 22united % 2bpress % 22 } } < / ref > he also received second - team all - american honors from the central press. < ref > { { cite news | title = ohio state dominates 1969 central press captains all - american team | author = walter l. johns | newspaper = the gaffney ledger | date = november 24, 1969 | page = 5 | url = https : / / www. newspapers. com / clip / 3369541 / 1969 _ central _ press _ captains _ all _ america / } } < / ref > < eod >']