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1938 College Football All-America Team

Official list of the best college football players of 1938 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The 1938 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1938. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1938 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) Liberty magazine, (7) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (8) Newsweek, and (9) the Sporting News.

Four players were unanimous All-Americans on all of the major All-American teams: TCU quarterback (and 1938 Heisman Trophy winner) Davey O'Brien, Pittsburgh fullback Marshall Goldberg, Michigan guard Ralph Heikkinen and Notre Dame tackle Ed Beinor.

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Consensus All-Americans

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For the year 1938, the NCAA recognizes nine 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.

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All-American selections for 1938

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  • Jerome H. Holland, Cornell (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; NEA-2; NW; SN; ID-1)
  • Bowden Wyatt, Tennessee (AAB; AP-2; CO-1; NEA-2; NYS-1)
  • Waddy Young, Oklahoma (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; CP-1; CO-1; NEA-1; NYS-1; WC-1; INS; LIB; NW; ID-1; DT; PW)
  • Earl Brown, Notre Dame (AAB; AP-2; NEA-3; WC-1; LIB; ID-2; DT)
  • Bill Daddio, Pittsburgh (UP-1; SN; AP-3)
  • John Wysocki, Villanova (UP-1; CP-1; NEA-1; ID-2; PW)
  • Howard Weiss, Wisconsin (NEA-2 [fullback]; INS; ID-1 [halfback])
  • John Shirk, Oklahoma (NEA-3)
  • Sam Boyd, Baylor (AP-3)

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Guards

  • Ralph Heikkinen, Michigan (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; CP-1; CO-1; NEA-1; NYS-1; WC-1; INS; LIB; NW; SN; ID-2; DT; PW)
  • Ed Bock, Iowa State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; NEA-1; LIB; ID-2)
  • Bob Suffridge, Tennessee (UP-1; NEA-2; AP-3) (College Football Hall of Fame)
  • Frank Twedell, Minnesota (AP-2; NEA-2; INS; SN; ID-1; PW)
  • Harry Smith, USC (AAB; NEA-3; WC-1; NW; DT)
  • Gus Zitrides, Dartmouth (CP-1; ID-1)
  • Matt Landry, Rice (NEA-3)
  • Vaughn Lloyd, BYU (AP-3)

Centers

  • Ki Aldrich, TCU (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; NEA-2; NYS-1; NW; SN; ID-2; DT)
  • Dan Hill, Duke (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-2; CP-1; NEA-1; WC-1; INS; LIB; PW)
  • John Ryland, UCLA (AP-3)
  • Charley Brock, Nebraska (NEA-3; ID-1)

Quarterbacks

  • Davey O'Brien, TCU (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; CP-1; CO-1; NEA-1; NYS-1; WC-1; INS; LIB; NW; SN; ID-2; DT; PW)
  • Sid Luckman, Columbia (AP-2; SN)
  • George Cafego, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; CP-1; NEA-1; LIB; ID-1; DT; PW)
  • Grenny Lansdell, USC (NEA-2)
  • Everett Kischer, Iowa State (NEA-3)

Halfbacks

Fullbacks

  • Marshall Goldberg, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; CP-1; CO-1; NEA-1; NYS-1; WC-1; INS; LIB; NW; SN; ID-1; PW)
  • John McLaughry, Brown (NEA-3)
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Key

Bold = Consensus All-American[1]

  • -1 – First-team selection
  • -2 – Second-team selection
  • -3 – Third-team selection

Official selections

Other selections

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