1937 Little All-America college football team

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The 1937 Little All-America college football team is composed of college football players from small colleges and universities who were selected by the Associated Press (AP) as the best players at each position. For 1937, the AP did not select a second team but instead chose multiple players for "honorable mention" at each position. The AP also tightened its Little All-America classification, limiting the selections to players at schools with enrollment of not more than 1,000 boys and a football schedule "largely confined to colleges of the same class." [1]

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PositionPlayerTeam
QBBurns McKinneyHardin–Simmons
HB Dick Riffle Albright
Wendell Butcher Gustavus Adolphus
FBClay CalhounLoyola–New Orleans
EHarry KlineKansas State Teachers
William SmithMarshall
T Wayne Goddard Cape Girardeau
Walter RiddleBirmingham–Southern
GElmer CochranMurray State
Doug Oldershaw Santa Barbara State
CWallace JohnsonAustin

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References

  1. "Little Star Team Chosen". The Baltimore Sun. December 10, 1937. p. 17 via Newspapers.com.