1938 All-America college football team

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The 1938 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 1938. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1938 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) Liberty magazine, (7) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (8) Newsweek , and (9) the Sporting News .

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Four players were unanimous All-Americans on all of the major All-American teams: TCU quarterback (and 1938 Heisman Trophy winner) Davey O'Brien, Pittsburgh fullback Marshall Goldberg, Michigan guard Ralph Heikkinen and Notre Dame tackle Ed Beinor.

Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1938, 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
Ed Beinor Tackle Notre Dame 9/9AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UPCP, DT, ID, NYS, PW, WC
Ralph Heikkinen Guard Michigan 9/9AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UPCP, DT, NYS, PW, WC
Davey O'Brien Quarterback TCU9/9AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UPCP, DT, NYS, PW, WC
Marshall Goldberg Fullback Pittsburgh 9/9AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UPCP, ID, NYS, PW, WC
Waddy Young End Oklahoma6/9AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NWCP, DT, ID, NYS, PW, WC
Bob MacLeod Halfback Dartmouth6/9AAB, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NWNYS, PW, WC
Alvord Wolff TackleSanta Clara6/9AP, INS, NEA, NW, SN, UPPW
Ki Aldrich Center TCU5/9AP, CO, NW, SN, UPDT, NYS
Vic Bottari HalfbackCalifornia4/9AAB, CO, NW, SNCP, DT, ID, WC
Jerome H. Holland EndCornell3/9AP, NW, SNID
Bowden Wyatt EndTennessee2/9AAB, CONYS
Parker Hall HalfbackOle Miss2/9AP, UPNYS
Ed Bock GuardIowa State3/9AP, LIB, NEA--

All-American selections for 1938

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Tackles

Guards

Centers

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

Fullbacks

Key

Bold = Consensus All-American [1]

Official selections

Other selections

See also

References

  1. "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 7. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1174. ISBN   1401337031.
  3. "Waddy Young On Collier's All-Team". The Ada Evening News. December 9, 1938.
  4. Harry Grayson (November 26, 1926). "O'Brien, Goldberg, Cafego, MacLeod ALl-American Backs". Lowell Sun.
  5. Bill Beaucher (November 27, 1938). "Only 2 Big 10 Players Named To Captains' Selections". Wisconsin State Journal.
  6. 1 2 3 "All-America Addendum" (PDF). College Football Historical Society Newsletter. May 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2010.
  7. "Parker Picked As Best Back". Logansport Pharos-Tribune. December 5, 1938.
  8. "Walter Camp Football Foundation All-American Selections". Walter Camp Football Foundation. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007.