1932 College Football All-America Team
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The 1932 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 Team
College Football All-America Team
The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions. The original usage of the term All-America seems to have been to the 1889 College Football All-America Team selected by Casper Whitney and published in This...

s in 1932. The organizations that chose the teams included: the United Press and the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...

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Key

  • AP = Associated Press
    Associated Press
    The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...

  • UP = United Press
  • CO = Collier's Weekly, selected by Grantland Rice
    Grantland Rice
    Grantland Rice was an early 20th century American sportswriter known for his elegant prose. His writing was published in newspapers around the country and broadcast on the radio.-Biography:...

  • AAB = All America Board selected by Christy Walsh in collaboration with Glenn Warner, W.A. Alexander, Jesse C. Harper, Edward L. Casey
  • NEA = NEA Sports Syndicate
  • INS = INS (Hearst) newspaper syndicate
  • CP = Central Press Association
    Central Press Association
    The Central Press Association was an American newspaper syndication company based in Cleveland, Ohio. It was in business from 1910 to 1971. At its peak, the Central Press supplied features, columns, and photographs to more than 400 newspapers and 12 million daily readers.-History:Virgil Venice...

    , the captains' poll
  • NYS = New York Sun
  • WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation
    Walter Camp Football Foundation
    The Walter Camp Football Foundation is one of the organizations whose College Football All-America Team is recognized by the NCAA. The organization also presents various awards.-Awards:*Walter Camp Player of the Year*CT Player of the Year...

  • NYW = New York World-Telegram
  • 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.
  • PD = Parke H. Davis
    Parke H. Davis
    Parke Hill Davis was an American football player, coach and historian who retroactively named the national championship teams in American college football from the 1869 through the 1932 seasons. He also named co-national champions at the conclusion of the 1933 season...

  • PM = Philip Martin
  • Bold - Consensus All-American
  • 1 - First Team Selection
  • 2 - Second Team Selection
  • 3 - Third Team Selection

Ends

  • Paul Moss
    Paul Moss (American football)
    Paul Moss was a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for two seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Gunners.-External links:...

    , Purdue (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-1; NYT-1; WC-1; TR-1; PD; PM)
  • Joe Skladany
    Joe Skladany
    Joe Skladany was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975....

    , Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-2; TR-1)
  • Ted Petoskey
    Ted Petoskey
    Frederick Lee "Ted" Petoskey was a three-sport athlete at the University of Michigan, a Major League Baseball player, a collegiate coach in three sports and an athletic director....

    , Michigan (UP-3; WC-1; AAB-1; INS-3; NYS-2)
  • Jose Martinez-Zorilla, Cornell (AP-1)
  • David Ariall, Auburn (NEA-2; CP-1)
  • Richard King
    Richard King
    Richard King may refer to:*Richard King , founder of the King Ranch in South Texas*Sir Richard King, 1st Baronet , British admiral, Commodore Governor for Newfoundland and Labrador...

    , Army (AP-2; UP-3; NEA-2; INS-2; NYS-1)
  • David Nisbet, Washington (AP-3; CO-1; INS-2)
  • Clary Anderson
    Clary Anderson
    -External links:*...

    , Colgate (NEA-3; NYT-1)
  • Frank Meadow, Brown (AP-3)
  • Edwin Kosky, Notre Dame (UP-2)
  • Rayburn, Tennessee (NYS-2)
  • Matal, Columbia (UP-2; NEA-3; PM)
  • Francis "Hands" Slavich, Santa Clara (INS-3)
  • Sidney Gillman, Ohio State (PD)
  • Ivy Williamson
    Ivy Williamson
    Ivan B. "Ivy" Williamson was a player and coach of American football and basketball, and a college athletics administrator. He played college football and basketball at the University of Michigan from 1930 to 1932 and was captain of the national champion 1932 Michigan football team...

    , Michigan (CP-2)
  • Palmer, Univ. Southern Calif. (CP-3)
  • Pruitt, Texas Christian (CP-3)

Tackles

  • Joe Kurth
    Joe Kurth
    Joe Kurth was a tailback for the Green Bay Packers. He was listed as 6'1" tall and weighed 202 pounds during his playing days. He was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He went to Notre Dame and Wisconsin universities. He played from 1933 to 1934.-References:*...

    , Notre Dame (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-1; NYT-1; WC-1; TR-1; PM)
  • Ernie Smith
    Ernie Smith
    Ernest Frederick Smith was an American football offensive tackle under coach Howard Jones of the University of Southern California. He also handled the placekicking and kickoff duties for the men of Troy...

    , Southern California (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; 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, Southern California (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)
  • Welbur, 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; NYT-1; TR-1; PD; PM)
  • Bill Corbus
    Bill Corbus
    William Corbus was an American football guard who played for Stanford University.-College career:Nicknamed The Baby-Faced Assassin due to his youthful appearance and athletic ferocity, Corbus, who acted as placekicker as well as offensive lineman, was Stanford's first two-time All-American in 1932...

    , 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; PD)
  • Johnny Vaught
    Johnny Vaught
    John Howard Vaught was an American college football coach at the University of Mississippi from 1947 to 1970 and again in 1973....

    , Texas Christian (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
    Mike Steponovich
    Michael M. Steponovich was an American football end in the National Football League for the Boston Redskins. He attended Saint Mary's College of California....

    , St. Mary's (AP-3; NEA-3)
  • James Harris, Notre Dame (NEA-3)
  • Aaron Rosenberg
    Aaron Rosenberg
    Aaron Rosenberg was a film director and producer. His film efforts included the box office hits The Glenn Miller Story and The Benny Goodman Story, as well as Mutiny on the Bounty.Born in Brooklyn, he studied at the University of Southern California and played college football...

    , Southern California (College Football Hall of Fame) (UP-3; INS-2)
  • Gregory Kabat, Wisconsin (INS-3)
  • Thomas Hupke
    Thomas Hupke
    Thomas George Hupke was a former American football player. He played college football at the University of Alabama from 1930 to 1933 and was selected as an All-American in 1933. During the four years Hupke played for the Crimson Tide, the team compiled a record of 34-4-1...

    , Alabama (CP-2)

Centers

  • Clarence "Pete" Gracey, Vanderbilt (AP-2; UP-1; NEA-2; INS-2; NYS-2; NYT-1; TR-1)
  • Lawrence Ely, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-2; CO-1; AAB-1; INS-3; NYS-1)
  • Chuck Bernard
    Chuck Bernard
    Joseph Charles "Chuck" Bernard was a professional American football center who played for the Detroit Lions in 1934 and was a two-time All-American at the University of Michigan. He was born in Chicago, Illinois....

    , Michigan (AP-3; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-2)
  • Cap Oehler, Purdue (NEA-3)
  • Tom Gilbane, Brown (CP-1)
  • Art Krueger, Marquette (WC-1; PM)
  • Peter Gracey, Vanderbilt (CP-3; PD)
  • Tormey, Pitt (UP-3)

Quarterbacks

  • Harry Newman
    Harry Newman
    Harry Lawrence Newman was an American football quarterback who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines , the New York Giants , and the Brooklyn/Rochester Tigers .-College career:...

    , 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; TR-1; PD; PM)
  • Clifford Montgomery, Columbia (AP-2; UP-3; INS-2; NYS-2)
  • Felix Vidal, Army (AP-3)
  • Bob Monnett
    Bob Monnett
    Robert C. Monnett was a professional American football player who played halfback for six seasons for the Green Bay Packers. He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1973....

    , Michigan State (NEA-2)
  • Johnny Cain
    Johnny Cain
    John Lewis "Hurri" Cain was an American football player, coach of football, baseball, and tennis, and college athletics administrator in the United States. He played college football at the University of Alabama, where he was a three-time All-American and a member of the 1930 national...

    , Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (NEA-3)
  • Chase, Brown (INS-3; CP-2; NYS-1 [fb])
  • Charles R. Soleau
    Charles R. Soleau
    Charles R. "Charlie" Soleau was an American football player and coach in the United States.-Playing career:Soleau was an All-American Quarterback for the Colgate Red Raiders from 1929 until 1932, where he played under Hall of Fame coach Andrew Kerr. He was also named to the 1932 "All-Scout" team...

    , Colgate (UP-3)
  • Beasley, St. Mary's (CP-3)

Halfbacks

  • Warren Heller
    Warren Heller
    Warren Willis Heller was an American football player who played 3 seasons in the National Football League with the Pittsburgh Pirates ....

    , Pittsburgh (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1 [fb]; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-1; WC-1; TR-1; PM)
  • Jimmy Hitchcock
    Jimmy Hitchcock
    James Franklin Hitchcock Jr. was an American football player and Major League baseball player in the Depression Era...

    , 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; TR-1; PD; PM)
  • Don Zimmerman
    Don Zimmerman (American football)
    Don Zimmerman is a former wide receiver in the National Football League. Zimmerman was drafted in the twelfth round of the 1972 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles. He would later play three seasons with the team before splitting his final season with the Eagles and the Green Bay Packers....

    , Tulane (AP-1 [fb]; UP-1; CO-1; NEA-3; INS-2; CP-1; NYT-1)
  • Harrison Stafford
    Harrison Stafford
    Albert Harrison Stafford was an American football halfback in the National Football League for the New York Giants. He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975 after a stellar college career at the University of Texas....

    , Texas (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2)
  • George Sanders, Washington State (AP-2; UP-3; NEA-2; NYS-2)
  • Beattie Feathers
    Beattie Feathers
    William Beattie "Big Chief" Feathers was an American football running back in the NFL. He played for the Chicago Bears, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Green Bay Packers during his seven year career. He was the first player in NFL history to rush for over 1,000 yards in one season...

    , Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-3; INS-3)
  • John Crickard, Harvard (AP-3)
  • George Melinkovich, Notre Dame (UP-2)
  • Gil Berry, Illinois (NEA-2; CP-3)
  • Frank Christensen
    Frank Christensen
    Frank Langton Christensen was an American athlete. After receiving all-state honors at Granite High School in baseball, football, and basketball, Christensen played fullback at the University of Utah. "Crashing Chris" was the university’s first three-time All-American...

    , Utah (NEA-3)
  • Johnny Cain
    Johnny Cain
    John Lewis "Hurri" Cain was an American football player, coach of football, baseball, and tennis, and college athletics administrator in the United States. He played college football at the University of Alabama, where he was a three-time All-American and a member of the 1930 national...

    , Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (INS-2)
  • Whitey Ask, Colgate (INS-3)
  • Robert Lassiter, Yale (PD)
  • Hilliard, Texas (CP-2)
  • Schaldach, California (CP-3)

Fullbacks

  • Roy Horstmann
    Roy Horstmann
    Roy Joseph Horstmann was an American football running back in the National Football League for the Boston Redskins and Chicago Cardinals. He played college football at Purdue University. While at Purdue, Horstmann was a brother at Theta Tau Fraternity ....

    , Purdue (UP-2; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-2; NYS-1 [hb]; NYT-1; WC-1; TR-1; PM)
  • Frank Christensen
    Frank Christensen
    Frank Langton Christensen was an American athlete. After receiving all-state honors at Granite High School in baseball, football, and basketball, Christensen played fullback at the University of Utah. "Crashing Chris" was the university’s first three-time All-American...

    , Utah (UP-1; CP-3)
  • Jack Manders
    Jack Manders
    Jack "Automatic Jack" Manders was a National Football League running back for the Chicago Bears from 1933 through 1940. He is the older brother of Clarence Manders....

    , Minnesota (CP-1; INS-3)
  • Bart Viviano, Cornell (AP-2; NYS-2)
  • Duane Purvis
    Duane Purvis
    Duane Purvis was an All-American football player and track and field performer.A native of Mattoon, Illinois, Purvis played halfback and fullback for the Purdue Boilermakers from 1932 to 1934. He was selected as an All-American in 1933 and 1934...

    , Purdue (AP-3)
  • George Melinkovich, Notre Dame (NEA-2; INS-2; PD)
  • Brovelli, St. Mary's (UP-3; NEA-3)
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