1970 All-America college football team

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The 1970 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1970. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes six selectors as "official" for the 1970 season. They are: (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (2) the Associated Press (AP), (3) the Central Press Association (CP), (4) Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (5) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and (6) the United Press International (UPI). [1]

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AP, UPI, NEA, and Central Press were all press organizations that polled writers and players. FWAA was also a poll of writers, [2] as was the Walter Camp Foundation. [3] The AFCA [4] was a poll of college coaches. The Sporting News and Time polled football scouts and coaches. [5] [6] AP, UPI, NEA, Central Press, and The Sporting News chose both first and second teams. AP, UPI, NEA, and Central Press also listed numerous honorable mentions.

Consensus All-Americans

The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1970 and displays which first-team designations they received.

NamePositionSchoolNumber [7] Official selectorsOther selectors
Jack Tatum Defensive back Ohio State 6/5/11AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, UPIFN, PFW, Time, TSN, WC
Bill Atessis Defensive end Texas 5/4/9AFCA, AP, CP, NEA, UPIFN, PFW, Time, TSN
Dan Dierdorf Offensive tackle Michigan 5/4/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPIFN, PFW, Time, WC
Steve Worster Running backTexas5/4/9AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, UPIFN, Time, TSN, WC
Jim Plunkett Quarterback Stanford 5/4/9AFCA, CP, FWAA, NEA, UPIFN, Time, TSN, WC
Larry Willingham Defensive back Auburn 4/5/9AFCA, CP, FWAA, NEAFN, PFW, Time, TSN, WC
Chip Kell Offensive guard Tennessee 6/2/8AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, UPIFN, WC
Jim Stillwagon Middle guardOhio State6/2/8AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, UPIFN, WC
Rock Perdoni Defensive tackle Georgia Tech 5/3/8AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, UPIFN, TSN, WC
Tom Gatewood End Notre Dame 5/2/7AFCA, CP, FWAA, NEA, UPIFN, WC
Don Popplewell Center Colorado 5/2/7AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, UPIFN, WC
Larry DiNardo Offensive guardNotre Dame4/3/7AP, CP, FWAA, UPIFN, TSN, WC
Charlie Weaver Defensive endUSC4/3/7AFCA, AP, FWAA, UPIFN, Time, WC
Elmo Wright End Houston 3/4/7AP, FWAA, NEAFN, PFW, Time, TSN
Ernie Jennings End Air Force 5/1/6AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, UPIFN
Mike Anderson Linebacker LSU 5/1/6AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, UPIFN
Don McCauley Running backNorth Carolina4/2/6AFCA, AP, CP, FWAAFN, WC
Bobby Wuensch Offensive tackleTexas4/2/6AFCA, CP, NEA, UPIFN, WC
Bob Newton Offensive tackleNebraska4/1/5AFCA, AP, CP, FWAAFN
Dick Bumpas Defensive tackleArkansas2/0/2AP, NEA--
Tommy Casanova Defensive backLSU2/0/2AFCA, AP--
Dave Elmendorf Defensive backTexas A&M2/0/2AP, FWAA--

Offense

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Centers

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Defense

Ends

Tackles

Middle guards

Linebackers

Backs

Special teams

Kickers

Punters

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Official selectors

Other selectors

See also

References

  1. "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 3. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  2. "Football Writers Association of America All-American Team". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved March 24, 2009.
  3. "Walter Camp Foundation All-American Teams". Archived from the original on March 30, 2009. Retrieved March 24, 2009.
  4. American Football Coaches Association: All-America Teams Archived 2009-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Sporting News All-America Teams Archived 2009-02-27 at the Wayback Machine
  6. TIME'S All-America Team: Prime Prospects For the Pros December 28, 1970.
  7. This column lists the number of selectors choosing the player as a first-team All-American as follows: official selectors/other selectors/total selectors.
  8. "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 10. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  9. "Theisman Edges Heisman Winner". Gazette Telegraph. December 10, 1970.
  10. "Central Press Captains' 1970 All-American Team". Evening Herald of Shenandoah. November 30, 1970.
  11. "FWAA All-America Since 1944" (PDF). Football Writers Association of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  12. "3 Buckeyes on NEA All-American". The Times-Recorder. November 29, 1970.
  13. "All-American UPI Football Selections". Daily Independent Journal. December 1, 1970.