1928 College Football All-America Team
| 1928 College Football All-America Team |
|---|
| College Football All-America Team |
| 1928 college football season |
| 1926 1927 ← → 1929 1930 |
The 1928 College Football All-America team is composed of
United Press, (4) the All-America Board, (5) the International News Service (INS), (6) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and (7) the North American Newspaper Alliance
(NANA).
Consensus All-Americans
Following the death of Walter Camp in 1925, there was a proliferation of All-American teams in the late 1920s. For the year 1929, the NCAA recognizes seven 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. Army halfback Red Cagle was the only player to be unanimously selected by all seven selectors as a first-team All-American.
| Name | Position | School | Number | Selectors
First-team selections |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Cagle | Halfback | Army | 7/7 | AAB, AP, CO, INS, NANA, NEA, UP |
| Wes Fesler | End | Ohio State | 5/7 | AAB, CO, INS, NEA, UP |
| Seraphim Post | Guard | Stanford | 5/7 | AAB, AP, CO, INS, NEA |
| Peter Pund | Center | Georgia Tech | 5/7 | AAB, CO, INS, NEA, UP |
| Paul Scull | Halfback | Penn | 5/7 | AAB, CO, INS, NANA, NEA |
| Ken Strong | Fullback | NYU | 5/7 | AP, CO, INS, NEA, UP |
| Otto Pommerening | Tackle | Michigan | 4/7 | AP, CO, INS, UP |
| Mike Getto | Tackle | Pitt | 4/7 | AAB, CO, NANA, NEA |
| Howard Harpster | Quarterback | Carnegie Tech | 4/7 | AAB, CO, NEA, UP |
| Irvine Phillips | End | California | 3/7 | AAB, NANA, UP |
| Chuck Carroll | Halfback | Washington | 3/7 | AAB, AP, UP |
| Don Robesky | Guard | Stanford | 2/7 | NANA, UP |
| Edward Burke | Guard | Navy | 2/7 | AP, CO |
All-American selections for 1928
Key
Bold – NCAA "consensus" All-Americans[1]
Selectors recognized by NCAA in its consensus All-American determinations:
- AAB = All America Board
- AP = Associated Press[2]
- COL =
- NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association[4]
- UP = United Press, as selected by United Press sports editor Frank Getty, with advice from "coaches and officials throughout the country."[5]
- INS = International News Service[6]
- NANA = North American Newspaper Alliance[6]
Other selectors:
- CP = Central Press Association, billed as the "Real" All-American team[7]
- PAB = Pan-American Bank[8]
- WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation[9]
- 1 – First Team Selection
- 2 – Second Team Selection
- 3 – Third Team Selection
- Utility Selection – Only Grantland Rice in Collier's Weekly used this designation for three players in addition to those at eleven specified positions.
- HM – Honorable Mention Selection – Used by Frank Getty in the United Press All-America Team.
Ends
- Irvine Phillips, California (UP-1, WC-1, AAB, NANA, PAB, AP-2)
- Wes Fesler, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (CO-1, INS, NEA-1, UP-1, WC-1, AAB, AP-2, CP-2)
- Dale Van Sickel, Florida (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, NEA-1, CO-Utility, UP-HM)
- Malcolm Franklin, St. Mary's (AP-1, UP-2)
- Ken Haycraft, Minnesota (CO-1, NANA, UP-2)
- Dick Abernathy, Vanderbilt (CP-1, UP-3)
- Theodore Rosenzweig, Carnegie Tech (CP-1, INS, NEA-2, UP-HM)
- Edwin Messinger, Army (PAB, CP-2, AP-3)
- Miller Brown, Missouri (AP-3)
- George Barna, Hobart (UP-3)
Tackles
- Otto Pommerening, Michigan (AP-1, CO-1, INS, UP-1, NEA-3)
- Mike Getto, Pittsburgh (CO-1, NANA, NEA-1, WC-1, AP-2, UP-2, AAB)
- Forrest Douds, Washington & Jefferson (UP-1, CO-Utility)
- Jesse Hibbs, USC (CP-1, NEA-1, UP-3)
- Gordy Brown, Texas (CP-1, AP-2, UP-3)
- Butch Nowack, Illinois (WC-1, UP-2, AP-3, AAB, NANA)
- Russell Crane, Illinois (CP-1)
- Frank Speer, Georgia Tech (AP-1)
- Alfred "Al" Lassman, New York Univ. (CP-2, NEA-2)
- Bud Sprague, Army (CP-2)
- Jimmy Steele, Florida (NEA-2)
- Melvyl Dressell, Washington State (AP-3)
- Steve Bancroft, California (PAB)
- Fred Miller, Notre Dame (INS, PAB)
Guards
- Seraphim Post, Stanford (AP-1, CO-1, CP-1, INS, NEA-1, WC-1, AAB)
- Don Robesky, Stanford (UP-1, NANA, NEA-2)
- Edward Burke, Navy (AP-1, CO-1, CP-2, NEA-2)
- George Gibson, Minnesota (UP-1, WC-1, AP-2, NEA-3, AAB)
- Danny McMullen, Nebraska (AP-2, INS, NEA-3, UP-3, PAB)
- Leroy Wietz, Illinois (NANA)
- Bill McRae, Florida (UP-2)
- Bull Brown, Vanderbilt (UP-2)
- Bruce Dumont, Colgate (AP-3)
- Choc Sanders, SMU (AP-3, UP-3)
- Waldo Wittenmeyer Greene, Yale (CP-2)
- John Dreshar, Carnegie Tech (PAB)
Centers
- Peter Pund, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (CO-1, INS, NEA-1, UP-1, WC-1, CP-2, AP-3, AAB)
- Charles Howe, Princeton (AP-1, CP-1, NEA-2, UP-2, NANA; PAB)
- Nate Barragar, USC (AP-2)
- Tim Moynihan, Notre Dame (UP-3)
Quarterbacks
- Howard Harpster, Carnegie Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (CO-1, CP-1, NEA-1, UP-1, WC-1, AP-3, PAB, AAB)
- Dutch Clark, Colorado College (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1)
- Howard Maple, Oregon State (AP-2, UP-3)
- Frederick L. Hovde, Minnesota (CP-2)
- Don Williams, USC (NANA, UP-2)
Halfbacks
- Chris Cagle, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, CO-1, CP-1, INS, NANA, NEA-1, UP-1, WC-1, PAB, AAB)
- Chuck Carroll, Washington (AP-1, UP-1 [fb], WC-1, NEA-2, AAB)
- Paul Scull, Penn (CO-1, INS, NANA, NEA-1, WC-1, AP-2, UP-2 [fb], AAB)
- Warner Mizell, Georgia Tech (AP-2, CP-2, INS, NANA, NEA-2, UP-2)
- Clyde Crabtree, Florida (AP-3, NEA-3, UP-3 [fb])
- Willis Glassgow, Iowa (CP-2, AP-3, NEA-3)
- Bill Banker, Tulane (College Football Hall of Fame) (UP-2)
- Lloyd Brazil, Univ. of Detroit (CO-Utility, UP-3)
- Redman Hume, Southern Methodist (UP-3)
- Lloyd Thomas, Univ. South. Calif. (NEA-2, PAB)
Fullbacks
- Ken Strong, New York Univ. (AP-1, CO-1, CP-1 [hb], INS, NEA-1, UP-1 [hb])
- Blue Howell, Nebraska (CP-1)
- Clifford Hoffman, Stanford (AP-2)
- Gerald Snyder, Maryland (AP-3)
- Herschel Burgess, Texas A&M (CP-2)
- Mayes McLain, Iowa (PAB)
See also
- 1928 All-Big Six Conference football team
- 1928 All-Big Ten Conference football team
- 1928 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team
- 1928 All-Southern football team
- 1928 All-Southwest Conference football team
References
- ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 7. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- ^ Alan J. Gould (December 8, 1928). "Associated Press Gives Views on America's Best Gridders". The Salt Lake Tribune.
- ^ Associated Press, "Six From East On Rice's Team," Milwaukee Sentinel, p. S1 (December 14, 1928). Retrieved July 22, 2010.
- ^ Henry L. Farrell, "Farrell Names Three All-America Grid Teams," Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian, p. 5 (December 3, 1928). Retrieved July 22, 2010.
- ^ Frank Getty, "Getty Picks Stars," The Pittsburgh Press, p. 36 (december 3, 1928). Retrieved Jul 30, 2010.
- ^ ISBN 1401337031.
- ^ "Ten Schools Picked On All-American Team By Popular Vote". The Davenport Democrat And Leader. December 9, 1928.
- ^ "All-America Addendum" (PDF). College Football Historical Society Newsletter. November 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2010.
- ^ "Walter Camp Football Foundation". Archived from the original on March 30, 2009.