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1932 All-America college football team
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Official list of the best college football players of 1932
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The 1932 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 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
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 OtherPaul MossEndPurdue8/8AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UPCP, NYS, NYT, PD, PM, TR, WCHarry NewmanQuarterbackMichigan8/8AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UPCP, NYS, NYT, PD, PM, TR, WCJoe KurthTackleNotre Dame8/8AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UPCP, NYS, NYT, PM, TR, WCErnie SmithTackleUSC8/8AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UPCP, NYS, NYT, TR, WCWarren HellerHalfbackPittsburgh8/8AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UPCP, NYS, PM, TRMilton SummerfeltGuardArmy6/8AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, UPCP, NYS, NYT, TR, PD, PMJimmy HitchcockHalfbackAuburn6/8AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEANYT, WC, TR, PD, PMBill CorbusGuardStanford4/8AAB, CO, NEA, UPNYS, TR, WCDon ZimmermanHalfbackTulane4/8AP, CO, LIB, UPCP, NYTJoe SkladanyEndPittsburgh4/8FWAA, INS, NEA, UPTRLawrence ElyThe 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.CenterNebraska3/8AAB, AP, CONYSClarence GraceyCenterVanderbilt2/8LIB, UPNYT, PD, TR
All-American selections for 1932
Ends
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Official selectors
AAB = All America Board selected by Christy Walsh in collaboration with Glenn Warner, W.A. Alexander, Jesse C. Harper, Edward L. CaseyChristy Walsh All America Board Honors Capt. Bob Smith of Colgate Syracuse Herald 1932-12-11
AP = Associated PressFour Midwest Stars Voted Places on 1932 All-American Football Team Evening Independent Masillon, Ohio 1932-12-03
CO = Collier's Weekly, selected by Grantland RiceBig Ten Gets Two Players On Rice's All American Evening Tribune MN 1932-12-16
INS = INS (Hearst) newspaper syndicateHearst's Men Select Teams San Antonio Light 1932-12-04
LIB = Liberty magazine
NANA = North American Newspaper Alliance
NEA = NEA Sports SyndicateBill Braucher NEA Names Its All-American Football Team for 1932 Season The Daily News Frederick, MD 1932-12-02
UP = United PressName United Press 1932 All-American Grid Team Stevens Point Daily Journal 1932-11-28Two Big Ten Stars Named on U. P. All-America: NEWMAN AND MOSS ONLY PLAYERS IN BIG TEN ON TEAM Brainerd Daily Dispatch 1932-11-28
Other selectors
CP = Central Press Association, the captains' pollWilliam Ritt 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 1932-12-05William Ritt Players Pick Own All-American: MID WEST-EAST PLACE FOUR ON MYTHICAL TEAM; Newman of Michigan Is Unanimous Selection For Quarterback Burlington Hawk Eye 1932-12-07
NYS = New York SunAn All American Team: New York Sun Selects Two Players from Army and Purdue Emporia Gazette 1932-11-26
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
FWAA = Football Writers Association of AmericaESPN College Football Encyclopedia 1164 ESPN Books 2005 1401337031
NYW = New York World-TelegramPurdue Places Pair on World All-America Middletown Times Herald 1932-11-26
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.Ted A. Ramsay Consensus All America Shows Most Outstanding Stars of 1932 Charleston Daily Mail 1932-12-11
PD = Parke H. DavisParke Davis Picks All-American Team The Hartford Courant 1932-11-26
PM = Philip MartinPhilip Marin Newman, Michigan; Heller, Pitt; Brown, Southern California, and Kurth, Notre Dame, Rate Berths on Martin's 1932 All-America Indian Journal Eufaula, OK 1932-12-01
See also
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
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