1932 College Football All-America Team
| 1932 College Football All-America Team |
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| College Football All-America Team |
| 1932 college football season |
| 1930 1931 ← → 1933 1934 |
The 1932 College Football All-America 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 1932. The eight selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1932 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 Football Writers Association of America (FWAA); (6) the International News Service (INS), (7) Liberty magazine, and (8) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA).
Consensus All-Americans[edit]
For the year 1932, the NCAA recognizes eight 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.
| Name | Position | School | Number | Official | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Moss | End | Purdue | 8/8 | AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UP | CP, NYS, NYT, PD, PM, TR, WC |
| Harry Newman | Quarterback | Michigan | 8/8 | AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UP | CP, NYS, NYT, PD, PM, TR, WC |
| Joe Kurth | Tackle | Notre Dame | 8/8 | AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UP | CP, NYS, NYT, PM, TR, WC |
| Ernie Smith | Tackle | USC | 8/8 | AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UP | CP, NYS, NYT, TR, WC |
| Warren Heller | Halfback | Pittsburgh | 8/8 | AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UP | CP, NYS, PM, TR |
| Milton Summerfelt | Guard | Army | 6/8 | AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, UP | CP, NYS, NYT, TR, PD, PM |
| Jimmy Hitchcock | Halfback | Auburn | 6/8 | AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA | NYT, WC, TR, PD, PM |
| Bill Corbus | Guard | Stanford | 4/8 | AAB, CO, NEA, UP | NYS, TR, WC |
| Don Zimmerman | Halfback | Tulane | 4/8 | AP, CO, LIB, UP | CP, NYT |
| Joe Skladany | End | Pittsburgh | 4/8 | FWAA, INS, NEA, UP | TR |
| Lawrence Ely[1] | Center | Nebraska | 3/8 | AAB, AP, CO | NYS |
| Clarence Gracey | Center | Vanderbilt | 2/8 | LIB, UP | NYT, PD, TR |
All-American selections for 1932[edit]
Ends[edit]
- Paul Moss, Purdue (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-1; NYT-1; WC-1; FWAA; LIB; TR-1; PD; PM)
- Joe Skladany, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-2; FWAA; TR-1)
- Ted Petoskey, Michigan (UP-3; WC-1; AAB-1; INS-3; NYS-2)
- Jose Martinez-Zorilla, Cornell (AP-1)
- David Ariail, Auburn (NEA-2; CP-1)
- Richard T. King, Army (AP-2; UP-3; NEA-2; INS-2; NYS-1)
- Dave Nisbet, Washington (AP-3; CO-1; INS-2; LIB)
- Clary Anderson, Colgate (NEA-3; NYT-1)
- Frank Meadow, Brown (AP-3)
- Edwin Kosky, Notre Dame (UP-2)
- Virgil Rayburn, Tennessee (NYS-2)
- Red Matal, Columbia (UP-2; NEA-3; PM)
- Francis "Hands" Slavich, Santa Clara (INS-3)
- Sid Gillman, Ohio State (PD)
- Ivy Williamson, Michigan (CP-2)
- Ford Palmer, USC (CP-3)
- Madison Pruitt, TCU (CP-3)
Tackles[edit]
- Joe Kurth, Notre Dame (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-1; NYT-1; WC-1; FWAA; LIB; TR-1; PM)
- Ernie Smith, USC (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-2; NYT-1; WC-1; FWAA; LIB; TR-1; PD)
- Edward Krause, Notre Dame (AP-2; UP-3; NEA-2; INS-2; CP-2)
- Fred Crawford, Duke (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-2; CP-3)
- Raymond Brown, USC (AP-3; UP-3; NEA-2; INS-2; CP-3; NYS-1; PM)
- Howard Colehower, Penn (AP-3; UP-2; NEA-3; INS-3; CP-2)
- L. Brown, Brown (NEA-3)
- Ted Rosequist, Ohio State (INS-3)
- John Wilbur, Yale (NYS-2)
- Irad Hardy, Harvard (PD)
Guards[edit]
- Milton Summerfelt, Army (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-1; FWAA; NYT-1; TR-1; PD; PM)
- Bill Corbus, Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-1; CO-1; AAB-1; NEA-1; CP-2; NYS-1; WC-1; TR-1)
- Robert Smith, Colgate (AP-2; UP-2; AAB-1; NEA-2; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-2; WC-1; LIB; PD)
- Aaron Rosenberg, USC (College Football Hall of Fame) (UP-3; INS-2; FWAA; LIB)
- Johnny Vaught, TCU (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-2; INS-3; CP-3; NYT-1)
- Joseph Gailus, Ohio State (AP-2; UP-3; NEA-2; INS-2; CP-3; NYS-2; PM)
- Mike Steponovich, St. Mary's (AP-3; NEA-3)
- James Harris, Notre Dame (NEA-3)
- Greg Kabat, Wisconsin (INS-3)
- Thomas Hupke, Alabama (CP-2)
Centers[edit]
- Clarence Gracey, Vanderbilt (AP-2; UP-1; NEA-2; INS-2; NYS-2; NYT-1; TR-1, CP-3; LIB; PD)
- Lawrence Ely, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-2; CO-1; INS-3; NYS-1)
- Chuck Bernard, Michigan (AP-3; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-2; FWAA)
- Cap Oehler, Purdue (NEA-3)
- Tom Gilbane, Brown (CP-1)
- Art Krueger, Marquette (WC-1; PM; AAB-1)
- Joe Tormey, Pitt (UP-3)
Quarterbacks[edit]
- Harry Newman, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-1; NYT-1; WC-1; FWAA; LIB; TR-1; PD; PM)
- Cliff Montgomery, Columbia (AP-2; UP-3; INS-2; NYS-2)
- Felix Vidal, Army (AP-3)
- Bob Monnett, Michigan State (NEA-2)
- Robert Ramsay Chase, Brown (INS-3; CP-2; NYS-1 [fb])
- Charles R. Soleau, Colgate (UP-2)
- William "Bill" Beasley, St. Mary's (CP-3)
Halfbacks[edit]
- Warren Heller, Pittsburgh (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1 [fb]; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-1; WC-1; FWAA; LIB; TR-1; PM)
- Jimmy Hitchcock, Auburn (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-2; CO-1; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-2; NYS-2; NYT-1; WC-1; FWAA; TR-1; PD; PM)
- Don Zimmerman, Tulane (AP-1 [fb]; UP-1; CO-1; NEA-3; INS-2; CP-1; LIB; NYT-1)
- Harrison Stafford, Texas (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2)
- George Sanders, Washington State (AP-2; UP-3; NEA-2; NYS-2)
- Beattie Feathers, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-3; INS-3)
- John Crickard, Harvard (AP-3)
- Gil Berry, Illinois (NEA-2; CP-3)
- Johnny Cain, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (INS-2; NEA-3)
- Whitey Ask, Colgate (INS-3)
- Robert Lassiter, Yale (PD)
- Bohn Hilliard, Texas (CP-2)
- Henry "Hank" Schaldach, California (CP-3)
Fullbacks[edit]
- Roy Horstmann, Purdue (UP-2; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-2; NYS-1 [hb]; NYT-1; WC-1; TR-1; PM)
- Frank Christensen, Utah (UP-1; NEA-3; CP-3)
- George Melinkovich, Notre Dame (UP-2 [halfback]; NEA-2; INS-2; LIB; PD)
- Jack Manders, Minnesota (CP-1; INS-3)
- Bart Viviano, Cornell (AP-2; NYS-2)
- Duane Purvis, Purdue (AP-3)
- Angelo Brovelli, St. Mary's (UP-3; NEA-3; FWAA)
Key[edit]
- Bold – Consensus All-American[2]
- -1 – First-team selection
- -2 – Second-team selection
- -3 – Third-team selection
Official selectors[edit]
- AAB = All America Board selected by Christy Walsh in collaboration with Glenn Warner, W.A. Alexander, Jesse C. Harper, Edward L. Casey[3]
- AP = Associated Press[4]
- CO = Collier's Weekly, selected by Grantland Rice[5]
- INS = INS (Hearst) newspaper syndicate[6]
- LIB = Liberty magazine[7]
- NANA = North American Newspaper Alliance[7]
- NEA = NEA Sports Syndicate[8]
- UP = United Press[9][10]
Other selectors[edit]
- CP = Central Press Association, the captains' poll[11][12]
- NYS = New York Sun[13]
- WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation[14]
- FWAA = Football Writers Association of America[7]
- NYW = New York World-Telegram[15]
- TR = Ted A. Ramsay, an attempt to create a consensus All-American team using the selections of the six most prominent selectors: the All-America Board, NEA, UP, AP, New York Sun and New York World. Three players, Moss, Kurth and Newman were unanimously selected by all six.[16]
- PD = Parke H. Davis[17]
- PM = Philip Martin[18]
See also[edit]
- 1932 All-Big Six Conference football team
- 1932 All-Big Ten Conference football team
- 1932 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team
- 1930 All-Southern football team
- 1932 All-Southwest Conference football team
References[edit]
- ^ The NCAA does not recognize Lawrence Ely as a consensus first-team All-American even though he had three official first-team designations; Clarence Gracey is recognized as the consensus center although he received only two first-team designations.
- ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 7. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- ^ Christy Walsh (December 11, 1932). "All America Board Honors Capt. Bob Smith of Colgate". Syracuse Herald.
- ^ "Four Midwest Stars Voted Places on 1932 All-American Football Team". Evening Independent. Masillon, Ohio. December 3, 1932.
- ^ "Big Ten Gets Two Players On Rice's All American". Evening Tribune. MN. December 16, 1932.
- ^ "Hearst's Men Select Teams". San Antonio Light. December 4, 1932.
- ^ a b c ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1164. ISBN 1401337031.
- ^ Bill Braucher (December 2, 1932). "NEA Names Its All-American Football Team for 1932 Season". The Daily News. Frederick, MD.
- ^ "Name United Press 1932 All-American Grid Team". Stevens Point Daily Journal. November 28, 1932.
- ^ "Two Big Ten Stars Named on U. P. All-America: NEWMAN AND MOSS ONLY PLAYERS IN BIG TEN ON TEAM". Brainerd Daily Dispatch. November 28, 1932.
- ^ William Ritt (December 5, 1932). "Middle West and East Lead in Central Press' All-American Selections: Mythical Eleven Is Named By Football Captains of U.S.". Evening Independent. Massillon, Ohio.
- ^ William Ritt (December 7, 1932). "Players Pick Own All-American: MID WEST-EAST PLACE FOUR ON MYTHICAL TEAM; Newman of Michigan Is Unanimous Selection For Quarterback". Burlington Hawk Eye.
- ^ "An All American Team: New York Sun Selects Two Players from Army and Purdue". Emporia Gazette. November 26, 1932.
- ^ "Walter Camp Football Foundation All-American Selections". Walter Camp Football Foundation. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007.
- ^ "Purdue Places Pair on World All-America". Middletown Times Herald. November 26, 1932.
- ^ Ted A. Ramsay (December 11, 1932). "Consensus All America Shows Most Outstanding Stars of 1932". Charleston Daily Mail.
- ^ "Parke Davis Picks All-American Team". The Hartford Courant. November 26, 1932.
- ^ Philip Marin (December 1, 1932). "Newman, Michigan; Heller, Pitt; Brown, Southern California, and Kurth, Notre Dame, Rate Berths on Martin's 1932 All-America". Indian Journal. Eufaula, OK.