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1933 All-America college football team
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Official list of the best college football players of 1933
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The 1933 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 1933. The eight selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1933 season are (1) the All-America Board, (2) the Associated Press (AP), (3) Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, (4) the International News Service (INS), (5) Liberty magazine, (6) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (7) the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA), and the United Press (UP).ESPN College Football Encyclopedia 1165 ESPN Books 2005 1401337031(The ESPN College Football Encyclopedia lists the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) as the eighth selector and does not include the NANA as a consensus selector. Both NANA and FWAA are included as consensus selectors in this article.) The only unanimous selections were center Chuck Bernard of Michigan and quarterback Cotton Warburton of USC.
Consensus All-Americans
For the year 1933, 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 OtherChuck BernardCenterMichigan9/9AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NANA, NEA, UPCNS, CP, DJW, MP, NYS, WC, WDCotton WarburtonQuarterbackUSC9/9AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NANA, NEA, UPCNS, CP, DJW, MP, NYS, WC, WDJoe SkladanyEndPittsburgh8/9AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NANA, NEACNS, CP, DJW, NYS, WC, WDBill CorbusGuardStanford8/9AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NANA, NEACNS, CP, DJW, NYS, WC, WDGeorge SauerHalfbackNebraska8/9AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NANA, NEACNS, DJW, MP, WC, WDBeattie FeathersHalfbackTennessee7/9AAB, CO, FWAAA, INS, LIB, NANA, NEACNS, CP, DJW, NYS, WC, WD-1Fred CrawfordTackleDuke6/9AP, CO, INS, LIB, NANA, UPCNS, CP, MP, WDAaron RosenbergGuardUSC5/9AAB, CO, INS, NEA, UPCNS, MP, NYS, WC, WDDuane PurvisFullbackPurdue5/9AAB, CO, LIB, NANA, UPWC, WDFrancis WistertTackleMichigan4/9AAB, CO, FWAA, UPCNS, DJW, NYS, WCBill SmithBill Smith is not recognized by the NCAA as a consensus All-American even though he had three of nine first-team selections. Instead, Paul Geisler, who had two of nine first-team selections, is recognized as a consensus All-American at the end position.EndWashington3/9AAB, LIB, NANAMP, WCPaul GeislerEndCentenary2/9AP, UPWD
All-American selections for 1933
Ends
Joe Skladany, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; FWAA; INS-1; LIB; NANA-1; NEA-1; UP-3; CNS; CP-1; DJW-1; NYS-1; WC-1; WD-1)
Paul Geisler, Centenary (AP-1; CO-2; INS-2; UP-1; CP-3; WD-1)
Bill Smith, Washington (AAB; AP-2; CO-3; INS-3; LIB; NANA-1; NEA-2; UP-2; MP-1; WC-1; WD-2)
Ted Petoskey, Michigan (AP-2; CO-2; INS-1; NANA-2; UP-2; CP-1; MP-1)
Frank Larson, Minnesota (CO-1; INS-2; NANA-2; NEA-1; CNS; NYS-1; WD-2)
Edgar Manske, Northwestern (UP-1)
Red Matal, Columbia (CO-3; FWAA; INS-3; CP-2; DJW-1)
Jim Moscrip, Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame) (NANA-3; NEA-3; CP-2)
Hugh Devore, Notre Dame (AP-3)
Lester Borden, Fordham (AP-3)
Fred Conrinus, St. Mary's (UP-3)
Peter James Kopcsak, Army (CP-3)
Clary Anderson, Colgate (NANA-3)
Fitzhugh Lyons, Indiana University
Tackles
Francis Wistert, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; CO-1; FWAA; INS-2; NANA-2; UP-1; CNS; CP-2; DJW-1; NYS-1; WC-1)
Fred Crawford, Duke (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; CO-1; INS-1; LIB; NANA-1; UP-1; CNS; CP-1; MP-1; WD-1)
Charles Ceppi, Princeton (AAB; AP-2; CO-3; FWAA; INS-1; LIB; NANA-1; NEA-2; UP-2; CP-1; DJW-1; WC-1; WD-2)
Adolphe Schwammel, Oregon State (AP-1; INS-3; UP-3 [g]; MP-1)
John Yezerski, St. Mary's (NEA-1)
Charles Harvey, Holy Cross (AP-2; INS-2; UP-3; CP-2)
Bud Jorgensen, St. Mary's (CO-2; INS-3; UP-2; NYS-1; WD-2)
Art Buss, Michigan State (AP-3; CO-3; NEA-2)
Cassius Gentry, Oklahoma (AP-3)
Frank Walton, Pittsburgh (UP-3; NANA-3)
Gail O'Brien, Nebraska (CP-3)
George T. Barclay, North Carolina (AP-3 [g]; CP-3)
Peter Mehringer, Kansas (CO-2)
Lane, Princeton (NANA-2)
Ted Rosequist, Ohio State (NANA-3)
Guards
Bill Corbus, Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; FWAA; INS-1; LIB; NANA-1; NEA-1; UP-2; CNS; CP-1; DJW-1; NYS-1; WC-1; WD-1)
Aaron Rosenberg, USC (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-2; CO-1; INS-1; NANA-2; NEA-1; UP-1; CNS; CP-3; MP-1; NYS-1; WC-1; WD-1)
Zud Schammel, Iowa (AP-1; CO-2; LIB; NANA-1; INS-2; UP-1; CP-2; WD-2)
Thomas Hupke, Alabama (AP-2; CO-3; INS-3; NANA-3; NEA-2; UP-2; CP-1; WD-2)
Larry Stevens, USC (FWAA; INS-3; DJW-1)
Harvey Jablonsky, Army (AP-3; UP-3; NANA-3; NEA-2; INS-2; CP-2)
Bill Volok, Tulsa (CO-2)
Joseph Gailus, Ohio State (CO-3; NANA-2; MP-1)
Bunny Burzio, Carnegie Tech (CP-3)
Centers
Chuck Bernard, Michigan (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; FWAA; INS-1; LIB; NANA-1; NEA-1; UP-1; CNS; CP-1; DJW-1; MP-1; NYS-1; WC-1; WD-1)
Johnny Dell Isola, Fordham (UP-3; CO-2; NANA-2; INS-2; CP-2; WD-2)
Lee Coats, UCLA (AP-2; NEA-2)
Roy Oen, Minnesota (UP-2; INS-3)
Larry Siemering, San Francisco (AP-3)
Tal Maples, Tennessee (CP-3)
Mike Vuchinich, Ohio State (CO-3)
Howard Christie, California (NANA-3)
Quarterbacks
Cotton Warburton, USC (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; FWAA; INS-1; LIB; NANA-1; NEA-1; UP-1; CNS; CP-1; DJW-1; MP-1; NYS-1; WC-1; WD-1)
Cliff Montgomery, Columbia (AP-3; UP-2; INS-2; CP-3)
Joe Laws, Iowa (CO-2; NANA-2; INS-3; DW-2)
Paul Johnson, Army (AP-2; NEA-2)
Manning Smith, Centenary (UP-3)
Deke Brackett, Tennessee (CP-2)
Bobby Grayson, Stanford (CO-3; NANA-2 [fb])
Halfbacks
Beattie Feathers, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-2; CO-1; FWAA; INS-1; LIB; NANA-1; NEA-1; UP-2; CNS; CP-1; DJW-1; NYS-1; WC-1; WD-1)
George Sauer, Nebraska (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; FWAA; INS-1; LIB; NANA-1 [fb]; NEA-1; CNS [fb]; CP-2; DJW-1; MP-1; WC-1; WD-1)
Jack Buckler, Army (AP-1; CO-2; INS-2; NANA-2; NEA-1; UP-1; CNS; CP-1; MP-1; NYS-1; WD-2)
Pug Lund, Minnesota (AP-1; CO-2; FWAA; INS-1; NANA-2; UP-2 [fb]; CP-1 [fb]; DJW-1; MP-1; WD-2 [fb])
Red Franklin, Oregon State (AP-3; CO-3; INS-3; NEA-2; UP-1; WD-2)
Herman Everhardus, Michigan (COL-3; INS-2; NANA-3 [qb]; NEA-2)
Ed Danowski, Fordham (CO-2 [fb]; INS-2 [fb]; NANA-3; UP-3)
Doug Nott, Detroit (UP-2; CP-3)
George Wilson, St. Mary's (AP-3; UP-3; CP-2)
Dixie Howell, Alabama (CP-3)
Garrett LeVan, Princeton (NANA-3)
Fullbacks
Duane Purvis, Purdue (AAB; AP-2 [hb]; CO-1 [hb]; INS-3 [hb]; LIB; NANA-1 [hb]; UP-1; CP-2 [hb]; WC-1; WD-1 [hb])
Mike Mikulak, Oregon (AP-2; CO-3; INS-3; NANA-3; UP-3; NYS-1)
Ralph Graham, Kansas State (NEA-2)
Ralph Kercheval, Kentucky (AP-3; CP-3)
Key
Bold – Consensus All-AmericanFootball 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
NCAA recognized "official" selectors
AAB = All-America BoardESPN College Football Encyclopedia 1165 ESPN Books 2005 1401337031
AP = Associated PressAP All America Bismarck Tribune 1933-12-02
CO = Collier's Weekly, selected by Grantland RiceRice Picks His All-American Modesto Bee And News-Herald 1933-12-23
INS = Hearst Consensus All-American Selections, selected through an all-season survey of 210 of the country's coaches, sports writers, football officials and observers for the International News Service
LIB = Liberty magazine
NANA = North American Newspaper AllianceN.A.N.A. All-American Los Angeles Times 1933-12-03
NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association, selected by the NEA All-American Committee of coaches, including Jock Sutherland (Pitt), Noble Kizer (Purdue), Harry Mehre (Georgia), Bill Spaulding (UCLA), Ike Armstrong (Utah), Bo McMillin (Kansas State), and Fred Thomsen (Arkansas)NEA All America Bismarck Tribune 1933-12-02
UP = United PressFive Big Ten Players Selected on United Press Team Kokomo Tribune 1933-11-30
Other selectors
CP = Central Press Association, as picked by football team captainsRitt William 1933-12-07 Here's 1933 All-American Football Team Selected By Players: Players Selected By Grid Captains Evening Independent Massillon, OH
NYS = New York SunJorgenson and Corbus on Sun All-American Oakland Tribune 1933-12-01
WC = Walter Camp Football FoundationWalter Camp Football Foundation All-American Selections http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards/ Walter Camp Football Foundation dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071218214203/http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards/ 2007-12-18
DJW = Davis J. Walsh, sports editor of International News ServiceDavis J. Walsh Davis J. Walsh Has Picked His All-Americans New Castle News 1933-12-04
FWAA = Football Writers Association of American
WD = Walter Dobbins, a consensus based on the selections of Collier's, the United Press, the Associated Press, the All America Board, the New York Sun, the North America Newspaper Alliance, and HearstWalter Dobbins Bernard, Warburton Unanimous Choice For All America Berths Lincoln Star 1933-12-23
MP = Midweek PictorialAll-America Addendum -- Part 2 College Football Historical Society Newsletter November 2008 http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv12/CFHSNv12n2b.pdf 2009-04-16 2012-06-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20120612013547/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv12/CFHSNv12n2b.pdf dead
CNS = Consensus team based on combined selections of the United Press, Associated Press, NEA News Service and the Collier's Weekly team by Grantland RiceTed A. Ramsay DAILY MAIL'S ALL-AMERICA CONSENSUS TEAM FOR 1933 ANNOUNCED: FOUR SELECTIONS USED; Warburton, Crawford and Bernard Are Unanimous Choices; Nation's Best Placed Charleston Daily Mail 1933-12-24
See also
1933 All-Big Six Conference football team
1933 All-Big Ten Conference football team
1933 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team
1933 All-SEC football team
1933 All-Southwest Conference football team
References
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