1929 All-America college football team

none August 2023 25em 1929 All-America college football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid All-America college football team 1929 college football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 1927 1928 ← → 1930 1931 The 1929 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 1929. The seven selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1929 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) 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. Only two players, Notre Dame quarterback Frank Carideo and Pittsburgh end Joe Donchess, were unanimous first-team selections on all seven of the NCAA-recognized teams. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received. Name Position School Number Selectors First-team selectionsFrank CarideoQuarterbackNotre Dame7/7AP, UP, COL, NEA, INS, NANA, AABJoe DonchessEndPittsburgh7/7AP, UP, COL, NEA, INS, NANA, AABBronko NagurskiTackle/FullbackMinnesota6/7AP, UP, COL, NEA, INS, NANAJack CannonGuardNotre Dame6/7AP, UP, COL, NEA, INS, AABBen TicknorCenterHarvard6/7AP, UP, COL, INS, NANA, AABRalph WelchFullbackPurdue6/7UP, COL, NEA, INS [hb], NANA, AABRay MontgomeryGuardPittsburgh5/7UP, COL, NEA, INS, AABElmer SleightTacklePurdue4/7AP, COL, INS, AABFrancis TappaanTappaan is not recognized by the NCAA as a consensus All-American despite receiving four official first-team designations. For some reason, Wes Fesler receives the consensus recognition even though he received only two official first-team designations.EndUSC4/7UP, NEA, NANA, AABRed CagleHalfbackArmy3/7AP, COL, AABGene McEverHalfbackTennessee3/7UP, NEA, NANAWes FeslerEndOhio State2/7AP, INS All-American selections for 1929 Ends Joe Donchess, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-1; NYS-1; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1; WT) Wes Fesler, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-2; NEA-2; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-2; NYP-2; DW-2; WT) Francis Tappaan, USC (AP-2; UP-1; NEA-1; INS-2; NANA-1; CP-2; NYS-2; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-2) Wear Schoonover, Arkansas (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-2; COL-1; INS-3; NYS-1; DW-3; LP-1) Bob Tanner, Minnesota (NEA-2; NYP-2; DW-1) Vernon Smith, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; NEA-3) Paul L. Bates, Western Maryland (UP-3) Tom Churchill, Oklahoma (UP-3; NEA-3) Frank Baker, Northwestern (AP-3; NANA-2) Dale Van Sickel, Florida (College Football Hall of Fame) (CP-2) Buster Mitchell, Davis & Elkins (DW-3) Norton, California (INS-2; NANA-3) Donald Muller, Stanford (INS-3) Herster Barres, Yale (NANA-2) Tom Conley, Notre Dame (NANA-3) Tackles Bronko Nagurski, Minnesota (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-1; CP-1 [fb]; NYS-1; NYP-1 [fb]; DW-2 [fb]; LP-1) Elmer Sleight, Purdue (AP-1; UP-2; COL-1; INS-1; NANA-2; CP-1; NYS-1; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1; WT) Marion Hammon, SMU (UP-1; NYS-2; DW-2) George Ackerman, St. Mary’s (NYP-2; AAB-1; DW-1) Forrest Douds, Washington & Jefferson (AP-3; UP-2; NEA-2; INS-2; CP-1; WT) Fred Sington, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-2 [g]; INS-2 [g]; NYP-1; DW-2 [g]) Ray Richards, Nebraska (NEA-1; DW-3) Lou Gordon, Illinois (NEA-2; NANA-1) Samuel Wakeman, Cornell (AP-2; UP-3; NEA-3; INS-2; NANA-2; CP-2; NYP-2; DW-3) Ted Twomey, Notre Dame (AP-2; UP-3; INS-3; DW-2) John Utz, Penn (CP-2) Huntington, Colgate (NYS-2) Shields, Oregon (NEA-3) Bill Barfield, Princeton (NANA-3) Blimp Bowstrom, Navy (NANA-3) Guards Jack Cannon, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-3; CP-2; NYS-1; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1; WT) Ray Montgomery, Pittsburgh (AP-2; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-2; NYS-2; AAB-1; DW-1) Bert Schwarz, California (AP-1; UP-2; INS-3; NYS-1; DW-2; LP-1) Wade Greene, Yale (AP-2; CP-1; WT) Russ Crane, Illinois (CP-1) Mike Brumbelow, TCU (UP-3; NEA-3; DW-3) Fred Roberts, Iowa (UP-3) John B. Law, Notre Dame (AP-3) Ray Farris, North Carolina (AP-3; NEA-2) Nate Barragar, USC (INS-2; CP-2; DW-3) Gibson, Colgate (NYP-2) Luby DiMeolo, Pitt (INS-3 [t]; NYP-2) Bull Brown, Vanderbilt (NYS-2; NANA-1) Thomas A. Driscoll, Stanford (NEA-2) Paul Schwegler, Washington (College Football Hall of Fame) (NEA-3) Henry J. Anderson, Northwestern (INS-3; NANA-1) Weir, Illinois (NANA-2) Charles Humber, Army (NANA-3) Centers Ben Ticknor, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-3; INS-1; NANA-1; CP-2; NYS-1; NYP-1 [g]; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1; WT) Roy Riegels, California (AP-2; NEA-1; INS-3; CP-1) Walter Heinecke, Stanford (UP-2; NANA-3; NYS-2; DW-2) Tony Slano, Fordham (AP-3; UP-3; NEA-2; NANA-2; NYP-1) Tim Moynihan, Notre Dame (NYP-2) Marvin Jonas, Utah (DW-3) Quarterbacks Frank Carideo, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-1; CP-1; NYS-1; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1; WT) Alton Marsters, Dartmouth (AP-2; INS-1 [hb]; NANA-1; CP-2; NYS-1 [hb]; NYP-2) Glen Harmeson, Purdue (UP-3; INS-3; NEA-3 [fb]) Albie Booth, Yale (AP-3; INS-3 [hb]; NYS-2; NYP-1 [hb]; DW-3 [hb]) Russ Saunders, USC (NEA-3; NANA-3) Barry Wood, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (INS-2; NANA-2; NYP-2) Halfbacks Red Cagle, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-2 [qb]; COL-1; NEA-2 [qb]; INS-2; NANA-2; CP-2; NYS-2; NYP-2; AAB-1; DW-1; WT) Gene McEver, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-1; NEA-1; NANA-1; CP-1; NYP-2; DW-3) Willis Glassgow, Iowa (UP-2; COL-1; NEA-1; NYS-1; DW-3 [fb]; LP-1) Toby Uansa, Pitt (AP-1; UP-3; NEA-2; INS-2; NANA-3; CP-1; WT) Bill Banker, Tulane (AP-3; UP-3 [fb]; NEA-2; INS-3; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1) Merle Hufford, Washington (UP-1) Fred "Stud" Stennett, St. Mary's (UP-2) Cy Leland, TCU (UP-3) Benny Lom, California (AP-3; NEA-2 [fb]; NANA-2) Lloyd Brazil, Detroit (NEA-3; INS-3 [fb]; DW-2 [qb]) Dick Boyle, St. Mary's (NEA-3) Wittmer, Princeton (NANA-3) Fullbacks Ralph Welch, Purdue (AP-2 [hb]; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1 [hb]; NANA-1; CP-2 [hb]; NYS-2 [hb]; AAB-1; DW-2 [hb]) Pug Parkinson, Pitt (AP-2; UP-2; INS-1; NANA-2; NYS-1; NYP-2; DW-2 [hb]; LP-1; WT) Tony Holm, Alabama (AP-1; INS-2) Earl "Powerhouse" Pomeroy, Utah (AP-3; DW-1) C. Russell Bergherm, Northwestern (NANA-3; CP-2; NYS-2) Key Bold – Consensus All-American recognized by NCAAFootball Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 7 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf -1 – First-team selection -2 – Second-team selection -3 – Third-team selection Selectors recognized by NCAA AAB = All-America Board of Football, consisting of Knute Rockne, "Pop" Warner, Tad Jones and W.A. AlexanderAll-America Football Board Selects 1929 Honor Team: Rockne, Warner, Jones, Alexander Present Choices for Season's Best Salt Lake Tribune 1929-12-08 AP = Associated Press, based on a nationwide opinion poll of 215 experts, including "newspaper sports editors and writers, Associated Press staff observers, officials and coaches in every section of the country."Alan Gould Three Big Ten Players on A.P. All-American Team: Carideo and Cannon Land Honor Posts The News-Palladium Michigan 1929-12-07 UP = United Press, "named by the United Press with the assistance and advice of more than 200 coaches, officials and experts from every part of the country"United Press Selects Its 1929 All-American Football Eleven Charleston Gazette 1929-12-04 COL = Collier's Weekly as selected by Grantland RiceNagurski Gets Post On Rice's All-American: Minnesota Star Placed At Tackle on All-Star Aggregation; Glassgow and Welch Other Big Ten Aces The Evening Tribune Albert Lea, MN 1929-12-20 NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association selected as follows: "In the selection of these All-America players, the opinions of more than 100 coaches and football writers have been confidentially consulted."William Braucher (NEA Service Sports Writer) NEA Names Three Big 10 Stars on All-American: Place Carideo of Notre Dame at Quarterback Sheboygan Journal 1929-12-06 INS = International News Service (later merged with UP to form UPI), based on "popular vote among sport writers and coaches, representing every major section of the country"; voters included Damon Runyon, Ford Frick, Tom Thorp, Dick Hylund, John Heisman, and Bill CorumInternational News Service Announces All-American Teams: Leading Coaches And Writers Of Nation Aid In Selections; Carideo, Marsters, Welch And Parkinson Picked In First Team Backfield New Castle News 1929-12-05 NANA = North American Newspaper Alliance, selected by four noted coaches, Dan McGugin, Howard Jones, Bob Zuppke, and Bill RoperRace for All-Star Picking Gets Going: Great Coach Critics for Standard in Their Annual Huddle Agree on Choices Montana Standard 1929-12-01 Other selectors CP = Central Press Association, "selected by the readers of hundreds of client newspapers of the Central Press Association"Gene M'Ever Gains Place on Popular All-American Team: Hundreds of Thousands of Football Followers Select Fourth Annual Mythical Eleven by Good Old-Fashioned Election Method Kingsport Times 1929-12-10 NYS = New York SunBear Schwartz on One All-American Montana Standard 1929-12-01Sleight Picked for All-America: Purdue Tackle Placed On New York Sun's Mythical Team; Welch On Second Eleven Kokomo Tribune 1929-11-30 NYP = New York PostFirst and Second All-American Are Named by N.Y. Post Sterling Daily Gazette (IL) 1929-12-02 DW = Davis Walsh of the International News ServiceWalsh's All-American 1929 Football Team Logansport Pharos-Tribune 1929-12-04 LP = Lawrence Perry: "Lawrence Perry selected his 1929 All-America football team after traveling many thousands of miles and watching most of the country's leading teams in play or practice"Lawrence Perry's 1929 All-American Evening Huronite 1929-12-10 WT = Washington TimesAll-America Addendum College Football Historical Society Newsletter November 2008 http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv12/CFHSNv12n1j.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20100610210755/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv12/CFHSNv12n1j.pdf dead June 10, 2010 See also 1929 All-Big Six Conference football team 1929 All-Big Ten Conference football team 1929 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team 1929 All-Southern football team 1929 All-Southwest Conference football team References 2 All-America Team Category:All-America college football teams