1932 All-America college football team

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The 1932 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 1932. The eight selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1932 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 Football Writers Association of America (FWAA); (6) the International News Service (INS), (7) Liberty magazine, and (8) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA).

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Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1932, the NCAA recognizes eight 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.

NamePositionSchoolNumberOfficialOther
Paul Moss EndPurdue8/8AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UPCP, NYS, NYT, PD, PM, TR, WC
Harry Newman QuarterbackMichigan8/8AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UPCP, NYS, NYT, PD, PM, TR, WC
Joe Kurth TackleNotre Dame8/8AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UPCP, NYS, NYT, PM, TR, WC
Ernie Smith TackleUSC8/8AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UPCP, NYS, NYT, TR, WC
Warren Heller HalfbackPittsburgh8/8AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UPCP, NYS, PM, TR
Milton Summerfelt GuardArmy6/8AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, UPCP, NYS, NYT, TR, PD, PM
Jimmy Hitchcock HalfbackAuburn6/8AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEANYT, WC, TR, PD, PM
Bill Corbus GuardStanford4/8AAB, CO, NEA, UPNYS, TR, WC
Don Zimmerman HalfbackTulane4/8AP, CO, LIB, UPCP, NYT
Joe Skladany EndPittsburgh4/8FWAA, INS, NEA, UPTR
Lawrence Ely [1] CenterNebraska3/8AAB, AP, CONYS
Clarence Gracey CenterVanderbilt2/8LIB, UPNYT, PD, TR

All-American selections for 1932

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Tackles

Guards

Centers

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

Fullbacks

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Official selectors

Other selectors

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References

  1. The NCAA does not recognize Lawrence Ely as a consensus first-team All-American even though he had three official first-team designations; Clarence Gracey is recognized as the consensus center although he received only two first-team designations.
  2. "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 7. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  3. Christy Walsh (December 11, 1932). "All America Board Honors Capt. Bob Smith of Colgate". Syracuse Herald.
  4. "Four Midwest Stars Voted Places on 1932 All-American Football Team". Evening Independent. Masillon, Ohio. December 3, 1932.
  5. "Big Ten Gets Two Players On Rice's All American". Evening Tribune. MN. December 16, 1932.
  6. "Hearst's Men Select Teams". San Antonio Light. December 4, 1932.
  7. 1 2 3 ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1164. ISBN   1401337031.
  8. Bill Braucher (December 2, 1932). "NEA Names Its All-American Football Team for 1932 Season". The Daily News. Frederick, MD.
  9. "Name United Press 1932 All-American Grid Team". Stevens Point Daily Journal. November 28, 1932.
  10. "Two Big Ten Stars Named on U. P. All-America: NEWMAN AND MOSS ONLY PLAYERS IN BIG TEN ON TEAM". Brainerd Daily Dispatch. November 28, 1932.
  11. William Ritt (December 5, 1932). "Middle West and East Lead in Central Press' All-American Selections: Mythical Eleven Is Named By Football Captains of U.S.". Evening Independent. Massillon, Ohio.
  12. William Ritt (December 7, 1932). "Players Pick Own All-American: MID WEST-EAST PLACE FOUR ON MYTHICAL TEAM; Newman of Michigan Is Unanimous Selection For Quarterback". Burlington Hawk Eye.
  13. "An All American Team: New York Sun Selects Two Players from Army and Purdue". Emporia Gazette. November 26, 1932.
  14. "Walter Camp Football Foundation All-American Selections". Walter Camp Football Foundation. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007.
  15. "Purdue Places Pair on World All-America". Middletown Times Herald. November 26, 1932.
  16. Ted A. Ramsay (December 11, 1932). "Consensus All America Shows Most Outstanding Stars of 1932". Charleston Daily Mail.
  17. "Parke Davis Picks All-American Team". The Hartford Courant. November 26, 1932.
  18. Philip Marin (December 1, 1932). "Newman, Michigan; Heller, Pitt; Brown, Southern California, and Kurth, Notre Dame, Rate Berths on Martin's 1932 All-America". Indian Journal. Eufaula, OK.