1936 All-Pro Team |
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All-Pro |
1936 NFL season |
Selectors |
National Football League (coaches) United Press Collyer's Eye Chicago Daily News |
1934 1935 ← → 1937 1938 |
The 1936 All-Pro Team consisted of American football players chosen by various selectors for the All-Pro team of the National Football League (NFL) for the 1936 NFL season. Teams were selected by, among others, the NFL coaches (NFL), [1] the United Press (UP), [2] Collyer's Eye (CE), [3] and the Chicago Daily News (CDN). [3]
Four players were selected for the first team by all four selectors: Detroit Lions quarterback Dutch Clark; Boston Redskins halfback Cliff Battles; Chicago Bears end Bill Hewitt; and Green Bay Packers guard Lon Evans. Three others were selected for the first team by three selectors: Chicago Bears fullback Bronko Nagurski; Boston Redskins tackle Turk Edwards; and New York Giants center Mel Hein.
Position | Player | Team | Selector(s) |
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Quarterback | Dutch Clark | Detroit Lions | NFL-1, UP-1, CE-1, CDN-1 |
Quarterback | Arnie Herber | Green Bay Packers | NFL-2, CE-2, CDN-1 |
Quarterback | Riley Smith | Boston Redskins | NFL-2 |
Quarterback | Bernie Masterson | Chicago Bears | CDN-2 |
Halfback | Cliff Battles | Boston Redskins | NFL-1, UP-1, CE-1, CDN-1 |
Halfback | Tuffy Leemans | New York Giants | NFL-1, UP-2 [quarterback], CE-1, CDN-2 |
Halfback | Ernie Caddel | Detroit Lions | NFL-2, CDN-2 |
Halfback | Beattie Feathers | Chicago Bears | UP-2, CE-2 |
Halfback | George Grosvenor | Chicago Cardinals | UP-2 |
Halfback | Ralph Kercheval | Brooklyn Dodgers | CE-2 |
Fullback | Bronko Nagurski | Chicago Bears | NFL-2, UP-1, CE-1, CDN-1 |
Fullback | Clarke Hinkle | Green Bay Packers | NFL-1, UP-1 |
Fullback | Ace Gutowsky | Detroit Lions | UP-2, CE-2, CDN-2 |
End | Bill Hewitt | Chicago Bears | NFL-1, UP-1, CE-1, CDN-1 |
End | Milt Gantenbein | Green Bay Packers | NFL-2, UP-1, CE-2, CDN-1 |
End | Don Hutson | Green Bay Packers | NFL-1, UP-2, CE-1, CDN-2 |
End | Bill Smith | Chicago Cardinals | NFL-2, UP-2 |
End | Joe Carter | Philadelphia Eagles | CE-2, CDN-2 |
Tackle | Turk Edwards | Boston Redskins | NFL-1, UP-1, CDN-1 |
Tackle | Ernie Smith | Green Bay Packers | NFL-1, UP-1 |
Tackle | Joe Stydahar | Chicago Bears | NFL-2, UP-2, CE-1, CDN-2 |
Tackle | George Christensen | Detroit Lions | NFL-2, CDN-1 |
Tackle | Jack Johnson | Detroit Lions | CE-1 |
Tackle | Armand Niccolai | Pittsburgh Pirates | UP-2 |
Tackle | Jim MacMurdo | Philadelphia Eagles | CE-2 |
Tackle | Ade Schwammel | Green Bay Packers | CE-2 |
Tackle | Bill Lee | Brooklyn Dodgers | CDN-2 |
Guard | Lon Evans | Green Bay Packers | NFL-1, UP-1, CE-1, CDN-1 |
Guard | Ox Emerson | Detroit Lions | NFL-1, UP-1, CE-2 |
Guard | George Rado | Pittsburgh Pirates | CE-1, CDN-2 |
Guard | Bree Cuppoletti | Chicago Cardinals | NFL-2, UP-2, CDN-1 |
Guard | Dan Fortmann | Chicago Bears | NFL-2, UP-2 |
Guard | Ed Kahn | Boston Redskins | CE-2 |
Guard | Les Olsson | Boston Redskins | CDN-2 |
Center | Mel Hein | New York Giants | NFL-1, UP-2, CE-1, CDN-1 |
Center | Frank Bausch | Boston Redskins | NFL-2, UP-1, CE-2 |
Center | Ed Kawal | Chicago Bears | CDN-2 |
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