1929 All-America college football team |
---|
All-America college football team |
1929 college football season |
1927 1928 ← → 1930 1931 |
The 1929 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 1929. The seven selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1929 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).
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. Only two players, Notre Dame quarterback Frank Carideo and Pittsburgh end Joe Donchess, were unanimous first-team selections on all seven of the NCAA-recognized teams. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.
Name | Position | School | Number | Selectors First-team selections |
---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Carideo | Quarterback | Notre Dame | 7/7 | AP, UP, COL, NEA, INS, NANA, AAB |
Joe Donchess | End | Pittsburgh | 7/7 | AP, UP, COL, NEA, INS, NANA, AAB |
Bronko Nagurski | Tackle/Fullback | Minnesota | 6/7 | AP, UP, COL, NEA, INS, NANA |
Jack Cannon | Guard | Notre Dame | 6/7 | AP, UP, COL, NEA, INS, AAB |
Ben Ticknor | Center | Harvard | 6/7 | AP, UP, COL, INS, NANA, AAB |
Ralph Welch | Fullback | Purdue | 6/7 | UP, COL, NEA, INS [hb], NANA, AAB |
Ray Montgomery | Guard | Pittsburgh | 5/7 | UP, COL, NEA, INS, AAB |
Elmer Sleight | Tackle | Purdue | 4/7 | AP, COL, INS, AAB |
Francis Tappaan [1] | End | USC | 4/7 | UP, NEA, NANA, AAB |
Red Cagle | Halfback | Army | 3/7 | AP, COL, AAB |
Gene McEver | Halfback | Tennessee | 3/7 | UP, NEA, NANA |
Wes Fesler [1] | End | Ohio State | 2/7 | AP, INS |