1947 All-Eastern football team

American all-star college football team August 2023 25em 1947 All-Eastern football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid All-Eastern football team 1947 college football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 1945 1946 ← → 1948 1949 The 1947 All-Eastern football team consists of American football players chosen by various selectors as the best players at each position among the Eastern colleges and universities during the 1947 college football season. All-Eastern selections Backs Frank R. Burns, Rutgers (AP-1, INS-1 [qb]) Skip Minisi, Penn (AP-1, INS-1 [hb]) Elwyn Rowan, Army (AP-1, INS-1 [fb]) Gene Rossides, Columbia (AP-1) Ferd Nadherny, Yale (AP-2, INS-1 [hb]) Jeff Durkota, Penn State (AP-2) Norman Dawson, Cornell (AP-2) Thomas Gannon, Harvard (AP-2) Ends Bill Swiacki, Columbia (AP-1, INS-1) Bill Iannicelli, Franklin & Marshall (AP-1) Sam Tamburo, Penn State (INS-1) Dale Armstrong, Dartmouth (AP-2) Tom Finical, Princeton (AP-2) Tackles Richard E. Shimshak, Navy (AP-1, INS-1) Bill Lilienthal, Villanova (AP-1) George Savitsky, Penn (INS-1) Ernie Stautner, Boston College (AP-2) Edmund Kulakowski, West Virginia (AP-2) Guards Steve Suhey, Penn State (AP-1, INS-1) Joe Steffy, Army (AP-1, INS-1) Ben Coren, West Chester (AP-2) Norman Iacuele, Brown (AP-2) Centers Chuck Bednarik, Penn (AP-1, INS-1) Dick Scott, Navy (AP-2) Key AP = Associated PressRidgefield's Lilienthal Is Tackle On All-Eastern Team The Record November 24, 1947 28 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106036180/ridgefields-lilienthal-is-tackle-on/ Newspapers.com INS = International News ServiceRutgers' Burns Named To I.N.S. All-East Squad The Morning Call November 29, 1947 9 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-rutgers-burns-named-to/166161952/ Newspapers.com See also 1947 College Football All-America Team References All-Eastern Category:All-Eastern college football teams