All-American

all-American English Etymology From en All- American. en Americanism first recorded in the 1880s; the en substantive usage originating early on as an en all-American athlete, player, team 1; thereafter transferred sense transferred to apply broadly to people or things as in en All-American boy, girl, family 1. Adjective - all-American en US chiefly sports Of a person or a team, or some other thing: regarded as the best in the United States; of a team, composed entirely of members who are each the best from their state, league, or region. en all-star#Adjective en He was an All-American basketball player last year. en Vanity Fair’s All-American College Basketball Team w:Frank Crowninshield Vanity Fair New York, N.Y. Vanity Fair Publishing Company July 1915 4 5 30 https://books.google.com/books?id=AsY-AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA30 423870134 After having conducted a country-wide poll of experts, Vanity Fair has chosen a truly All-American Collegiate Basketball Team. The nine picked is the result of the combined opinions of sporting editors, college coaches, graduate managers and old players from Cambridge, to Palo Alto and from Minneapolis to Atlanta. en W[illiam] J[ames] Monilaw Papers Read at the Annual Convention of the Middle West Society of Physical Education, March 30, 31, April 1, 1922: President’s Address James Huff McCurdy American Physical Education Review Springfield, Mass. w:American Physical Education Association 30 March 1922 February 1923 XXVIII 2 (number 184 overall) 47 https://books.google.com/books?id=i96fAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA47 2 805091976 I would rather a boy were a fine moral character, 5 feet 3 inches tall and unable to run a 100 yards in 20 seconds, than to see him 6 feet tall, weighing 180 pounds, an all-American full-back with a set of morals that disgraces his family and community. en Larzer Ziff America as Middle Class: Adolescence, Frank Merriwell, Penrod All-American Boy Discovering America 4 Austin, Tex. w:University of Texas Press 2012 95 https://books.google.com/books?id=DYKpVKOYt6gC&pg=PA95 978-0-292-73892-8 In 1888 [Walter] Camp selected the first All-American team, an exercise that has continued into the twenty-first century. Each member of the team is chosen because he is the best of all players nationwide at playing his particular position. en US military Of a regiment or division: composed of members from every state in the Union. en all-American. Related terms en pan-American Pan-American Noun all-American en US chiefly sports A person or a team, or some other thing, regarded as the best in the United States; a team composed entirely of members who are each the best from their state, league, or region. en all-star#Noun en Athletics George E. Leonard Michiganensian of 1930 Ann Arbor, Mich. Published by the Senior Class of the University of Michigan 1930 191 https://books.google.com/books?id=CFefAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA191 11097663 [Bennie] Oosterbaan won letters in football, basketball, and baseball, and was selected as an All-American end for three successive years. en Purdue Reamer Club Standing Tall A University of Tradition: The Spirit of Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. w:Purdue University Press 2002 92 https://books.google.com/books?id=X3afAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA92 978-1-55753-191-9 Among the players he [Ward Lambert] coached were the legendary John Wooden, a three-time All-American; three-time All-American Charles "Stretch" Murphy; and All-Americans Don White, Ray "Candy" Miller, George Spradling, Norm Cotton, Emmett Lowery, Robert Kessler, Jewell Young, and Paul Hoffman. en Larzer Ziff America as Middle Class: Adolescence, Frank Merriwell, Penrod All-American Boy Discovering America 4 Austin, Tex. w:University of Texas Press 2012 95 https://books.google.com/books?id=DYKpVKOYt6gC&pg=PA95 978-0-292-73892-8 [T]he All-American [American football player] in [Walter] Camp's sense is not typical but superior, the best in America at performing the specific role he has been assigned. An All-American is one-eleventh of a whole. en w:Paul Hornung; Chuck Carlson Under the Golden Dome The Paul Hornung Scrapbook Chicago, Ill. w:Triumph Books 2014 43 https://books.google.com/books?id=EhZwBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA43 978-1-60078-993-9 We lost but that was probably the game that meant the most to me. It might have made me an All-American. I was named All-American that year and the actress Kim Novak was our host for the All-American luncheon and dinners. God, she was so gorgeous. en Scott Pitoniak The Legend of 22 100 Things Syracuse Fans should Know & Do before They Die Chicago, Ill. w:Triumph Books 2014 243 https://books.google.com/books?id=gfNXBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA243 978-1-60078-988-5 In lacrosse, the legacy of greatness belongs to No. 22. And unlike football's 44, lacrosse's 22 is still in circulation and still churning out All-Americans. en All-American athlete,player,team<ll:chiefly,sports>,All-American boy,girl,person,family<ll:broadly,transferred sense> en all-American. Related terms en All-America Further reading All American All American (disambiguation) en United States