1934 All-America college football team

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The 1934 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 1934. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1934 season are (1) Collier's Weekly , as selected by Grantland Rice, (2) the Associated Press (AP), (3) the United Press (UP), (4) the All-America Board (AAB), (5) the International News Service (INS), (6) Liberty magazine, (7) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (8) the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA), and (9) the Sporting News (SN).

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No player was the unanimous choice of all nine selectors. Quarterback Bobby Grayson of Stanford and fullback Pug Lund of Minnesota led the group with first-team designations from eight of the nine official selectors. Dixie Howell of Alabama and Chuck Hartwig of Pittsburgh each received six official first-team designations.

Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1934, the NCAA recognizes nine 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
Bobby Grayson QuarterbackStanford8/9AAB, AP, COL, INS, NANA, NEA, SN, UPCP, NYS, WC
Pug Lund FullbackMinnesota8/9AAB, AP, COL, INS, LIB, NANA, SN, UPNYS, WC
Chuck Hartwig GuardPittsburgh6/9AAB, AP, INS, LIB, NANA, SNCP, NYS, WC
Dixie Howell HalfbackAlabama6/9AAB, INS, LIB, NANA, NEA, UPCP, WC
Monk Moscrip [1] EndStanford5/9AAB, LIB, NEA, SN, UPCP, WC
Don Hutson EndAlabama5/9AAB, AP, INS, LIB, UPNYS, WC
Frank Larson EndMinnesota5/9AP, COL, NANA, NEA, SNCP, NYS
Bill Lee TackleAlabama5/9AP, COL, LIB, NANA, SN--
Bill Bevan GuardMinnesota5/9COL, LIB, NANA, SN, UP--
Bob Reynolds TackleStanford4/9AP, COL, INS, NANANYS
Buzz Borries HalfbackNavy4/9AP, COL, SN, UPCP, NYS
Darrell Lester CenterTCU2/9AP, INSNYS
Jack Robinson CenterNotre Dame2/9AAB, NANAWC
George Shotwell CenterPittsburgh2/9COL, UPCP

All-American selections for 1934

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Tackles

Guards

Centers

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

Fullbacks

Key

Bold = Consensus All-American [2]

Official selectors

Other selectors

See also

References

  1. Despite receiving first-team honors from five of the nine official selectors, the NCAA does not recognize Moscrip as a consensus All-American.
  2. "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 7. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  3. 1 2 ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1166. ISBN   1401337031.
  4. Alan Gould (December 1, 1934). "HUND, LARSON ON ASSOCIATED PRESS STAR TEAM: ALABAMA GETS TWO POSITIONS ON FIRST TEAM". Rhinelander Daily News.
  5. "TWO GOPHERS GAIN PLAYERS' ALL-AMERICAN: Lund Rates Place on Liberty Magazine Honor Team for Second Season- Bill Bevan Is Other Star". Evening Tribune. January 23, 1935.
  6. "Three Stanford Players Selected on All-American Grid Elevens: Grayson, Reynolds and Moscrip Given Honors". Los Angeles Times. December 2, 1934.
  7. Central Press, "Grid Captains of U.S. Select All-American," Berkeley Daily Gazette, p. 10 (December 13, 1934), Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  8. "All-America Addendum" (PDF). College Football Historical Society Newsletter. May 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 13, 2010. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
  9. "Walter Camp Football Foundation". Archived from the original on March 30, 2009.