1928 All-America college football team

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The 1928 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose All-America college football teams in 1928. The seven selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1928 season are (1) Collier's Weekly , as selected by Grantland Rice, (2) the Associated Press, (3) the United Press, (4) the All-America Board, (5) the International News Service (INS), (6) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and (7) the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).

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Consensus All-Americans

Following the death of Walter Camp in 1925, there was a proliferation of All-American teams in the late 1920s. For the year 1929, the NCAA recognizes seven published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received. Army halfback Red Cagle was the only player to be unanimously selected by all seven selectors as a first-team All-American.

NamePositionSchoolNumberSelectors

First-team selections

Red Cagle HalfbackArmy7/7AAB, AP, CO, INS, NANA, NEA, UP
Wes Fesler EndOhio State5/7AAB, CO, INS, NEA, UP
Seraphim Post GuardStanford5/7AAB, AP, CO, INS, NEA
Peter Pund CenterGeorgia Tech5/7AAB, CO, INS, NEA, UP
Paul Scull HalfbackPenn5/7AAB, CO, INS, NANA, NEA
Ken Strong FullbackNYU5/7AP, CO, INS, NEA, UP
Otto Pommerening TackleMichigan4/7AP, CO, INS, UP
Mike Getto TacklePitt4/7AAB, CO, NANA, NEA
Howard Harpster QuarterbackCarnegie Tech4/7AAB, CO, NEA, UP
Irvine Phillips EndCalifornia3/7AAB, NANA, UP
Chuck Carroll HalfbackWashington3/7AAB, AP, UP
Don Robesky GuardStanford2/7NANA, UP
Edward Burke GuardNavy2/7AP, CO

All-American selections for 1928

Key

Bold – NCAA "consensus" All-Americans [1]

Selectors recognized by NCAA in its consensus All-American determinations:

Other selectors:

Ends

Tackles

Guards

Centers

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

Fullbacks

See also

References

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  2. Alan J. Gould (December 8, 1928). "Associated Press Gives Views on America's Best Gridders". The Salt Lake Tribune.
  3. Associated Press, "Six From East On Rice's Team," Milwaukee Sentinel, p. S1 (December 14, 1928). Retrieved July 22, 2010.
  4. Henry L. Farrell, "Farrell Names Three All-America Grid Teams," Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian, p. 5 (December 3, 1928). Retrieved July 22, 2010.
  5. Frank Getty, "Getty Picks Stars," The Pittsburgh Press, p. 36 (december 3, 1928). Retrieved Jul 30, 2010.
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  7. "Ten Schools Picked On All-American Team By Popular Vote". The Davenport Democrat And Leader. December 9, 1928.
  8. "All-America Addendum" (PDF). College Football Historical Society Newsletter. November 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2010.
  9. "Walter Camp Football Foundation". Archived from the original on March 30, 2009.