1935 College Football All-America Team

The 1935 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 for the 1935 college football season

1935 college football season

The 1935 college football season was the last one before the Associated Press writers' poll was used in selecting the national champion. The Dickinson System, consisting of the calculations of University of Illinois Professor Frank Dickinson, crowned Southern Methodist University as the best in...

. Jay Berwanger

Jay Berwanger

John Jacob "Jay" Berwanger was an American football halfback born in Dubuque, Iowa. He was the first winner of the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy in 1935 ; the trophy is awarded annually to the nation's most outstanding college football player...

of the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...

was the only unanimous All-American selection and was also the first recipient of the Heisman Trophy.

Overview

The 1935 college football season was a year of firsts. It was the first year for the Heisman Trophy

Heisman Trophy

The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...

and it was the first year of college football that was followed by an NFL Draft

1937 NFL Draft

The 1937 National Football League Draft was the second draft held by the NFL. The draft took place December 12, 1936, consisting of 10 rounds, with 100 player selections two of which would later become members of the Professional Football Hall of Fame...

. University of Chicago

University of Chicago

halfback Jay Berwanger

Jay Berwanger

was the only unanimous All-American selection, receiving first-team honors on every major All-American team. Berwanger was also the first recipient of the Heisman Trophy

Heisman Trophy

and the first player selected in the first NFL Draft.

Stanford end and place-kicker Jim "Monk" Moscrip

Jim Moscrip

James Henderson "Monk" Moscrip was an American football player. Born in Adena, Ohio, attended The Kiski Prep School in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania before enrolling at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California...

placed second in the Heisman voting and received six first-team All-American honors. Moscrip was one of Stanford's "Vow Boys," a group of freshmen players who vowed after a 1932 loss to the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...

that they would never lose to the Trojans when they made the varsity team. The group kept their promise, defeating USC three straight years and becoming the first team in college football history to play in three consecutive Rose Bowl games. Other "Vow Boys" who made the 1935 All-American team include Bobby Grayson

Bobby Grayson

Bobby Grayson was an American football player. He was a two-time consensus All-American player who led the Stanford University football team to three consecutive Rose Bowl Games from 1933 to 1935....

and Bob "Horse" Reynolds.

Third place in the 1935 Heisman voting was taken by William Shakespeare, known as the "Bard of Staten Island." Shakespeare played fullback for Notre Dame and was the third person selected in the first NFL Draft. Shakespeare's Notre Dame teammate Wayne Millner

Wayne Millner

Wayne Vernal Millner was an American football player who was known for his clutch play as an offensive and defensive end for both the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and for the National Football League's Washington Redskins.-Early life:Millner grew up in Roxbury, Massachusetts and played high school...

also received six first-team honors.

The 1935 All-American Teams also included two players who went on to Hall of Fame careers as coaches. Paul "Bear" Bryant

Bear Bryant

Paul William "Bear" Bryant was an American college football player and coach. He was best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football team. During his 25-year tenure as Alabama's head coach, he amassed six national championships and thirteen conference championships...

was named a third-team All-American at the end position by the Newspaper Editors Association, and Charles "Bud" Wilkinson

Bud Wilkinson

Charles Burnham "Bud" Wilkinson was an American football player, coach, broadcaster, and politician. He served as the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma from 1947 to 1963, compiling a record of 145–29–4. His Oklahoma Sooners won three national championships and 14...

was named a second-team All-American by the United Press and a third-team selection by the Newspaper Editors Association and the Central Press.

The 1935 season produced three undefeated teams, each of which was represented by several All-Americans (first-team unless otherwise noted) as follows:

TEAM	Record	All-Americans
SMU Mustangs SMU Mustangs football The SMU Mustangs football program is a college football team that represents Southern Methodist University . The team competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member Conference USA...	12-0-0	Bob Wilson, J.C. "Iron Man" Wetsel J.C. Wetsel J.C. "Iron Man" Wetsel was an American football player for Southern Methodist University in the 1930s. He was a consensus All-American at the guard position in 1935.-Biography:... , Truman Spain Truman Spain Truman "Big Dog" Spain was an American football player who was selected as an All-American at the tackles position for the 1935 National Champion Southern Methodist University Mustangs. At the end of the 1935 season, Spain was selected as a first-team All-American by Grantland Rice for Collier's... , Maco Stewart (3rd team)
Minnesota Gophers	8-0-0	Ed Widseth Ed Widseth Edwin Clarence Widseth was an American football tackle. He was an All-American at the University of Minnesota in 1935 and an All-Pro in the National Football League for the New York Giants. He has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.-University of Minnesota:Widseth was born in... , Dick Smith Dick Smith (American football tackle) Richard "Dick" Smith an All-American football player for the University of Minnesota in the mid-1930s. During Smith's three years as a starter at tackle, the Golden Gophers did not lose a game.-Biography:... , Sheldon Beise Sheldon Beise -Biography:Beise was a native of Mound, Minnesota, where he was an all-around athlete, winning varsity letters in basketball, track, baseball and football at Mound High School. Beise began his collegiate career at the University of Wisconsin during the 1931-1932 academic year. After one year, he... , Charles "Bud" Wilkinson Bud Wilkinson Charles Burnham "Bud" Wilkinson was an American football player, coach, broadcaster, and politician. He served as the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma from 1947 to 1963, compiling a record of 145–29–4. His Oklahoma Sooners won three national championships and 14... (2nd team)
Princeton Tigers Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....	9-0-0	Jack Weller Jack Weller John "Jac" Weller was an American football player, firearms expert and military historian. He was a consensus All-American in 1935 at the guard position. He played for Fritz Crisler's Princeton teams that went 25-1 during Weller's three years on the team... , Gilbert Lea Gilbert Lea Gilbert Lea was an American football player, advertising executive and publisher.-Biography:Lea was born in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania... (2nd team), Charles Toll (3rd team), Kenneth Sandbach (3rd team)

The chart below reflects the number of polls in which the leading candidates (any player with at least two first-team All-American desigantions) were selected as a first-team All-Americans, their point total in the 1935 Heisman Trophy

Heisman Trophy

voting, and their position in the NFL Draft.

Name	Position	School	First-team selections	Heisman points	NFL Draft rank
Jay Berwanger Jay Berwanger John Jacob "Jay" Berwanger was an American football halfback born in Dubuque, Iowa. He was the first winner of the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy in 1935 ; the trophy is awarded annually to the nation's most outstanding college football player...	Halfback Halfback (American football) A halfback, sometimes referred to as a tailback, is an offensive position in American football, which lines up in the backfield and generally is responsible for carrying the ball on run plays. Historically, from the 1870s through the 1950s, the halfback position was both an offensive and defensive...	Chicago	12	84	1st - 1936
Bobby Grayson Bobby Grayson Bobby Grayson was an American football player. He was a two-time consensus All-American player who led the Stanford University football team to three consecutive Rose Bowl Games from 1933 to 1935....	Fullback Fullback (American football) A fullback is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback...	Stanford	10	--	21st - 1936
Bob Wilson	Halfback Halfback (American football) A halfback, sometimes referred to as a tailback, is an offensive position in American football, which lines up in the backfield and generally is responsible for carrying the ball on run plays. Historically, from the 1870s through the 1950s, the halfback position was both an offensive and defensive...	SMU	10	--	40th - 1936
Jack Weller Jack Weller John "Jac" Weller was an American football player, firearms expert and military historian. He was a consensus All-American in 1935 at the guard position. He played for Fritz Crisler's Princeton teams that went 25-1 during Weller's three years on the team...	Guard Guard (American football) In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team....	Princeton	10	--	55th - 1936
Gaynell Tinsley Gaynell Tinsley Gaynell Charles "Gus" Tinsley was an American football end and coach. He was a consensus All-American for Louisiana State in 1935 and 1936 and an All-NFL selection while playing for the Chicago Cardinals in 1937 and 1938...	End	LSU	8	--	12th - 1937
Dick Smith Dick Smith (American football tackle) Richard "Dick" Smith an All-American football player for the University of Minnesota in the mid-1930s. During Smith's three years as a starter at tackle, the Golden Gophers did not lose a game.-Biography:...	Tackle Tackle (American football) Tackle is a playing position in American and Canadian football. Historically, in the one-platoon system a tackle played on both offense and defense. In the modern system of specialized units, offensive tackle and defensive tackle are separate positions....	Minnesota	8	--	60th - 1936
Ed Widseth Ed Widseth Edwin Clarence Widseth was an American football tackle. He was an All-American at the University of Minnesota in 1935 and an All-Pro in the National Football League for the New York Giants. He has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.-University of Minnesota:Widseth was born in...	Tackle Tackle (American football) Tackle is a playing position in American and Canadian football. Historically, in the one-platoon system a tackle played on both offense and defense. In the modern system of specialized units, offensive tackle and defensive tackle are separate positions....	Minnesota	7	--	4th - 1937
Jim "Monk" Moscrip Jim Moscrip James Henderson "Monk" Moscrip was an American football player. Born in Adena, Ohio, attended The Kiski Prep School in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania before enrolling at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California...	End	Stanford	7	29	76th - 1936
Wayne Millner Wayne Millner Wayne Vernal Millner was an American football player who was known for his clutch play as an offensive and defensive end for both the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and for the National Football League's Washington Redskins.-Early life:Millner grew up in Roxbury, Massachusetts and played high school...	End	Notre Dame	6	--	65th - 1936
Riley Smith Riley Smith (American football) Riley Henry Smith was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He was the second player taken in the 1936 NFL Draft and was the first player that was signed from the draft that played in the NFL...	Quarterback Quarterback Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...	Alabama	6	--	2nd - 1936
Darrell Lester Darrell Lester Darrell George Lester was two-time All-American center for Texas Christian University in the 1930s.A native of Jacksboro, Texas, Lester was not only a great football player at TCU...	Center Center (American football) Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense...	TCU	6	--	43rd - 1936
Gomer Jones Gomer Jones -External links:...	Center Center (American football) Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense...	Ohio St.	5	--	15th - 1936
Larry Lutz Larry Lutz Lawrence H. "Larry" Lutz was an American football player and coach. He played for the California Golden Bears football team from 1933 and 1935...	Tackle Tackle (American football) Tackle is a playing position in American and Canadian football. Historically, in the one-platoon system a tackle played on both offense and defense. In the modern system of specialized units, offensive tackle and defensive tackle are separate positions....	California	5	--	47th - 1936
Sid Wagner Sid Wagner Sidney P. "Sid" Wagner was an American football lineman for the Michigan State Spartans and for the Detroit Lions in the National Football League. Wagner was a consensus All-American in 1935...	Guard Guard (American football) In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team....	Michigan St.	3	--	8th - 1936
J.C. "Iron Man" Wetsel J.C. Wetsel J.C. "Iron Man" Wetsel was an American football player for Southern Methodist University in the 1930s. He was a consensus All-American at the guard position in 1935.-Biography:...	Guard Guard (American football) In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team....	SMU	3	--	79th - 1936
William Shakespeare	Fullback Fullback (American football) A fullback is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback...	Notre Dame	2	23	3rd - 1936
Sheldon Beise Sheldon Beise -Biography:Beise was a native of Mound, Minnesota, where he was an all-around athlete, winning varsity letters in basketball, track, baseball and football at Mound High School. Beise began his collegiate career at the University of Wisconsin during the 1931-1932 academic year. After one year, he...	Fullback Fullback (American football) A fullback is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback...	Minnesota	2	--	35th - 1936
Merle Wendt Merle Wendt Merle Wendt was an All-American football player at Ohio State University. Wendt played at the end position for Ohio State and was selected as an All-American in 1935.-Biography:...	End	Ohio St.	2	--	59th - 1937
Truman Spain Truman Spain Truman "Big Dog" Spain was an American football player who was selected as an All-American at the tackles position for the 1935 National Champion Southern Methodist University Mustangs. At the end of the 1935 season, Spain was selected as a first-team All-American by Grantland Rice for Collier's...	Tackle Tackle (American football) Tackle is a playing position in American and Canadian football. Historically, in the one-platoon system a tackle played on both offense and defense. In the modern system of specialized units, offensive tackle and defensive tackle are separate positions....	SMU	2	--	30th - 1936
Inwood Smith Inwood Smith William Inwood Smith was an All-American football player for the Ohio State University Buckeyes in the mid-1930s. A native of New Jersey, he moved with his family to Mansfield, Ohio as a boy. In addition to football, Smith was a competitive swimmer, basketball player, and track and field athlete...	Guard Guard (American football) In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team....	Ohio State	2	--	50th - 1937
Sammy Baugh Sammy Baugh Samuel Adrian "Slingin' Sammy" Baugh was an American football player and coach. He played college football for the Horned Frogs at Texas Christian University, where he was a two-time All-American. He then played in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins from 1937 to 1952...	Quarterback Quarterback Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...	TCU	2	--	6th - 1937

Ends

Gaynell Tinsley
Gaynell Tinsley
Gaynell Charles "Gus" Tinsley was an American football end and coach. He was a consensus All-American for Louisiana State in 1935 and 1936 and an All-NFL selection while playing for the Chicago Cardinals in 1937 and 1938...

, Louisiana State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; LIB-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-2; CP-3; NYS-1; PTH-1; CNS-1)
Wayne Millner
Wayne Millner
Wayne Vernal Millner was an American football player who was known for his clutch play as an offensive and defensive end for both the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and for the National Football League's Washington Redskins.-Early life:Millner grew up in Roxbury, Massachusetts and played high school...

, Notre Dame (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-1; AAB-1; LIB-2; NANA-1; CP-1; NYS-1; WC-1; CNS-2; KCS-2)
Jim "Monk" Moscrip
Jim Moscrip
James Henderson "Monk" Moscrip was an American football player. Born in Adena, Ohio, attended The Kiski Prep School in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania before enrolling at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California...

, Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-2; AAB-1; LIB-2; COL-1; NEA-2; INS-1; NANA-1; CP-1; WC-1; PTH-1; CNS-1; KCS-1)
Merle Wendt
Merle Wendt
Merle Wendt was an All-American football player at Ohio State University. Wendt played at the end position for Ohio State and was selected as an All-American in 1935.-Biography:...

, Ohio State (UP-2; LIB-1; NEA-1; NANA-2; CP-2)
William R. Shuler, Army (son of radio evangelist Robert P. Shuler
Robert P. Shuler
Robert Pierce "Fighting Bob" Shuler, Sr. , was an American evangelist and political figure. His radio broadcasts from his Southern Methodist church in Los Angeles, California, during the 1920s and early 1930s attracted a large audience and also drew controversy with his attacks on politicians,...

) (AP-1; CP-2)
Gilbert Lea
Gilbert Lea
Gilbert Lea was an American football player, advertising executive and publisher.-Biography:Lea was born in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania...

, Princeton (AP-2; NYS-2; CNS-2; KCS-1)
Walter Winika
Walter Winika
Walter Werner Winika was an American football player and naval aviator. He played at the end position for Rutgers University and was selected as a second-team All-American in 1935.-Football player:...

, Rutgers (AP-2; LIB-3)
Rutherford B. Hayes, Kansas (NEA-2)
Bob "Choo-Choo" Train, Yale (NYS-2)
Bernie Scherer
Bernie Scherer
Bernard Joseph "Bernie" Scherer was an American football end in the National Football League. He played for the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Pirates .-External links:...

, Nebraska (UP-3; CP-3)
Paul "Bear" Bryant
Bear Bryant
Paul William "Bear" Bryant was an American college football player and coach. He was best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football team. During his 25-year tenure as Alabama's head coach, he amassed six national championships and thirteen conference championships...

, Alabama (NEA-3)
Maco Stewart, Southern Methodist (NEA-3)
Jack Brittingham, California (UP-3; LIB-3)
Topping, Stanford (KCS-2)

Tackles

Ed Widseth
Ed Widseth
Edwin Clarence Widseth was an American football tackle. He was an All-American at the University of Minnesota in 1935 and an All-Pro in the National Football League for the New York Giants. He has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.-University of Minnesota:Widseth was born in...

, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-1; AAB-1; LIB-1; NEA-2; INS-1; NANA-1; CP-1; NYS-2; WC-1; CNS-1; KCS-1)
Larry Lutz
Larry Lutz
Lawrence H. "Larry" Lutz was an American football player and coach. He played for the California Golden Bears football team from 1933 and 1935...

, California (AP-1; UP-2; AAB-1; LIB-2; NANA-1; CP-1; WC-1; CNS-1; KCS-2)
Dick Smith
Dick Smith (American football tackle)
Richard "Dick" Smith an All-American football player for the University of Minnesota in the mid-1930s. During Smith's three years as a starter at tackle, the Golden Gophers did not lose a game.-Biography:...

, Minnesota (AP-1; UP-1; LIB-3; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NYS-1; PTH-1; CNS-2)
Charles Wasicek
Charles Wasicek
Charles J. Wasicek was an American football player. He played at the guard and tackle positions for Colgate University in the 1930s and was selected by Liberty Magazine as a first-team All-American at the tackle position in 1935....

, Colgate (UP-2; LIB-1; NANA-2; CP-2; NYS-2)
Truman Spain
Truman Spain
Truman "Big Dog" Spain was an American football player who was selected as an All-American at the tackles position for the 1935 National Champion Southern Methodist University Mustangs. At the end of the 1935 season, Spain was selected as a first-team All-American by Grantland Rice for Collier's...

, Southern Methodist (AP-2; UP-3; COL-1; NEA-3; CP-3; PTH-1; CNS-2; KCS-2)
Art Detzel, Pittsburgh (NEA-1)
Bob Reynolds, Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame) (NANA-2; CP-2; NYS-1; KCS-1)
Whatley, Alabama (NEA-2)
Haygood Paterson, Auburn (AP-3; LIB-2)
Charles Toll, Princeton (AP-3)
Joe Stydahar
Joe Stydahar
Joseph "Jumbo Joe" Lee Stydahar was an American football offensive tackle for the Chicago Bears from 1936 to 1942 and 1945 to 1946 and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was born and raised about east of Pittsburgh in the small mining community of Kaylor, Pennsylvania in Armstrong...

, West Virginia (NEA-3)
Duval, Loyola, Los Angeles (UP-3; LIB-3)
Galbreath, Illinois (CP-3)

Guards

Jack Weller
Jack Weller
John "Jac" Weller was an American football player, firearms expert and military historian. He was a consensus All-American in 1935 at the guard position. He played for Fritz Crisler's Princeton teams that went 25-1 during Weller's three years on the team...

, Princeton (AP-1; UP-1; LIB-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-1; CP-1; NYS-1; PTH-1; CNS-1; KCS-1)
Sid Wagner
Sid Wagner
Sidney P. "Sid" Wagner was an American football lineman for the Michigan State Spartans and for the Detroit Lions in the National Football League. Wagner was a consensus All-American in 1935...

, Michigan State (8th pick in the 1936 NFL Draft, by Detroit)(AP-2; UP-1; LIB-1; NYS-1)
J.C. "Iron Man" Wetsel
J.C. Wetsel
J.C. "Iron Man" Wetsel was an American football player for Southern Methodist University in the 1930s. He was a consensus All-American at the guard position in 1935.-Biography:...

, SMU (AAB-1; LIB-3; NANA-1; CP-2; NYS-2; WC-1; CNS-1; KCS-1)
Paul Tangora
Paul Tangora
Paul Tangora was an American football player for the Northwestern Wildcats from 1933 to 1935. In 1935, the Associated Press named him as a first team All-American for the guard position. Tangora was raised in Washington, D.C.. -Playing career:...

, Northwestern (AP-1; UP-3; LIB-2; NANA-2; CP-2; CNS-2; KCS-2)
Eddie Michaels, Villanova (AP-2; UP-2; LIB-2; INS-1; NYS-2; CNS-2)
Wheeler, Oklahoma (NEA-1)
Inwood Smith
Inwood Smith
William Inwood Smith was an All-American football player for the Ohio State University Buckeyes in the mid-1930s. A native of New Jersey, he moved with his family to Mansfield, Ohio as a boy. In addition to football, Smith was a competitive swimmer, basketball player, and track and field athlete...

, Ohio State (COL-1; PTH-1)
Helveston, Louisiana State (CP-1)
Charles "Bud" Wilkinson
Bud Wilkinson
Charles Burnham "Bud" Wilkinson was an American football player, coach, broadcaster, and politician. He served as the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma from 1947 to 1963, compiling a record of 145–29–4. His Oklahoma Sooners won three national championships and 14...

, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (UP-2; NEA-3; CP-3; KCS-2)
Marty Kordick, St. Mary's (NEA-2)
Ike Hayes, Iowa State (NEA-2)
Alex Drobnitch, Denver (AP-3; UP-3; LIB-3; CP-3)
Phil Flanagan, Holy Cross (AP-3)
Harrison, Texas Christian (NEA-3)
Gryboski, Illinois (NANA-2)

Centers

Darrell Lester
Darrell Lester
Darrell George Lester was two-time All-American center for Texas Christian University in the 1930s.A native of Jacksboro, Texas, Lester was not only a great football player at TCU...

, TCU (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-3; AAB-1 [g]; LIB-2; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-2; CP-2; WC-1 [g]; PTH-1; CNS-1; KCS-2)
Gomer Jones
Gomer Jones
-External links:...

, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-1; AAB-1; LIB-1; NANA-1; CP-1; NYS-2; WC-1; CNS-2; KCS-1)
Steve Sabol, North Carolina State (AP-3; NEA-2)
Chavoor, UCLA (NEA-3)
Louis Robertshaw
Louis Robertshaw
Louis Bentham Robertshaw was an American football player and lieutenant general in the United States Marine Corps. He flew combat missions in World War II and the Korean War and flew an F-4D Phantom fighter in the Vietnam War as commanding general of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing...

, Navy (CP-3)
Walt Gilbert, Auburn (UP-2; LIB-3; NYS-1)

Quarterbacks

Riley Smith
Riley Smith (American football)
Riley Henry Smith was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He was the second player taken in the 1936 NFL Draft and was the first player that was signed from the draft that played in the NFL...

, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (Second pick in the 1936 NFL Draft
1936 NFL Draft
The 1936 National Football League Draft was the first draft of the National Football League. It took place on February 8, 1936 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has taken place every year since. The draft was instituted in an effort to equalize strength amongst the...

) (AP-1; UP-2; AAB-1; LIB-2; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-2; CP-2; NYS-1; WC-1; CNS-1; KCS-2)
Sammy Baugh
Sammy Baugh
Samuel Adrian "Slingin' Sammy" Baugh was an American football player and coach. He played college football for the Horned Frogs at Texas Christian University, where he was a two-time All-American. He then played in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins from 1937 to 1952...

Texas Christian (College and Pro football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-1; LIB-3; NANA-2 [fb]; CP-2 [hb]; NYS-2; PTH-1; CNS-2; KCS-1)
Ed Goddard
Ed Goddard
Edwin Vinson Goddard was an American football player. Goddard played college football at the quarterback and halfback positions for Washington State University. Goddard also served as a punter for Washington State...

, Washington State (Second pick in 1937 NFL Draft
1937 NFL Draft
The 1937 National Football League Draft was the second draft held by the NFL. The draft took place December 12, 1936, consisting of 10 rounds, with 100 player selections two of which would later become members of the Professional Football Hall of Fame...

) (LIB-1)
Kenneth Sandbach, Princeton (NDA-3; CP-3)
Clarence "Ace" Parker, Duke (AP-3 [hb]; UP-3; LIB-3 [hb]; NEA-2)

Halfbacks

Jay Berwanger
Jay Berwanger
John Jacob "Jay" Berwanger was an American football halfback born in Dubuque, Iowa. He was the first winner of the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy in 1935 ; the trophy is awarded annually to the nation's most outstanding college football player...

, Chicago (College Football Hall of Fame) (First pick in the 1936 NFL Draft
1936 NFL Draft
The 1936 National Football League Draft was the first draft of the National Football League. It took place on February 8, 1936 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has taken place every year since. The draft was instituted in an effort to equalize strength amongst the...

) (AP-1; UP-1; AAB-1; LIB-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-1; CP-1; NYS-1; WC-1; PTH-1; CNS-1; KCS-1)
Bob Wilson, SMU (AP-1; UP-1; LIB-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-1; CP-1; NYS-1; PTH-1; CNS-1)
Oze Simmons
Ozzie Simmons
Oze E. "Ozzie" Simmons was a college football player for the University of Iowa. Simmons, nicknamed the "Ebony Eel", was one of the first black All-American football players in the 1930s.-Background:...

, Iowa (African-American player in the Jim Crow era) (AP-2; LIB-2; NEA-2; NANA-2; CP-2; CNS-2; KCS-2)
Meyer, Army (UP-2; NANA-2; CP-3)
Ray Buivid
Ray Buivid
Raymond Vincent Buivid was an American football player who played quarterback for the Chicago Bears. Buivid played for the Marquette "Golden Avalanche" football team in the first Cotton Bowl Classic. In 1936, he finished third in the voting for the Heisman Trophy and was named to Collier's...

, Marquette (Third pick in 1937 NFL Draft
1937 NFL Draft
The 1937 National Football League Draft was the second draft held by the NFL. The draft took place December 12, 1936, consisting of 10 rounds, with 100 player selections two of which would later become members of the Professional Football Hall of Fame...

) (UP-3; LIB-3; CP-3)
Fatherree, Louisiana State (NEA-3)
Bobby Larue, Pittsburgh (UP-3)
Chuck Cheshire, UCLA (NEA-3)
Andy Pilney
Andy Pilney
-External links:...

, Notre Dame (NEA-3)
Bill Wallace, Rice (AP-3)

Fullbacks

Bobby Grayson
Bobby Grayson
Bobby Grayson was an American football player. He was a two-time consensus All-American player who led the Stanford University football team to three consecutive Rose Bowl Games from 1933 to 1935....

, Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; AAB-1; LIB-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-1 [qb]; CP-1; NYS-2; WC-1; PTH-1; CNS-1; KCS-1)
William Shakespeare, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (Third pick in the 1936 NFL Draft
1936 NFL Draft
The 1936 National Football League Draft was the first draft of the National Football League. It took place on February 8, 1936 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has taken place every year since. The draft was instituted in an effort to equalize strength amongst the...

) (UP-2 [hb]; AAB-1 [hb]; CP-3; NYS-2 [hb]; WC-1; CNS-2 [hb]; KCS-1 [hb])
Sheldon Beise
Sheldon Beise
-Biography:Beise was a native of Mound, Minnesota, where he was an all-around athlete, winning varsity letters in basketball, track, baseball and football at Mound High School. Beise began his collegiate career at the University of Wisconsin during the 1931-1932 academic year. After one year, he...

, Minnesota (AP-2; UP-2; LIB-3; NEA-2; NANA-1; CP-1; NYS-2; CNS-2; KCS-2)
John McCauley, Rice (AP-2 [qb]; LIB-2 [hb]; NYS-1)
Donald Jackson, North Carolina (AP-2 [hb]; NEA-2; CP-2)
Dick Crayne
Dick Crayne
Dick Crayne was an American football fullback for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He played in 1936, rushing for 203 yards, and completed 1-2 passes for 52 yards. Then in 1937, rushing for 135 yards, and completed 2-4 passes for 20 yards...

, Iowa (AP-3; UP-3; KCS-2 [hb])
Abe Mickal
Abe Mickal
Abe "Miracle" Mickal was an American football player. He was named to the College Football Hall of Fame for his career as a halfback at LSU. Although selected in the 1936 NFL Draft, Mickal did not play professionally...

, Louisiana State (LIB-2)

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
AAB = All-America Board, selected by a board made up of Glenn "Pop" Warner, Christy Walsh, Elmer Layden
Elmer Layden
Elmer Francis Layden was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and professional sports executive. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame where he starred at fullback as a member of the legendary "Four Horsemen" backfield...

, Howard Jones
Howard Jones (football coach)
Howard Harding Jones was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Syracuse University , Yale University , Ohio State University , the University of Iowa , Duke University , and the University of Southern California , compiling a career record of...

and Frank Thomas.
LIB = Liberty Magazine: "An 'All-Players' All-America football team compiled by Liberty Magazine from a poll of 1521 varsity players in all parts of the country"
COL = Collier's Weekly
Collier's Weekly
Collier's Weekly was an American magazine founded by Peter Fenelon Collier and published from 1888 to 1957. With the passage of decades, the title was shortened to Collier's....
INS = International News Service: "Based upon the findings of staff men and qualified observers in all sections of the country, the International News Service today is making public its all-American football team for 1935"
NEA = Newspaper Editors Association, selected by Bernie Bierman
Bernie Bierman
Bernard W. "Bernie" Bierman was an American football player and coach. He coached from 1919 to 1950 except for a span during World War II when he served in the U.S. armed forces...

and NEA Service's committee of coaches
NANA = North American Newspaper Alliance, selected by four prominent coaches: Andy Kerr of Colgate, Dan McGugin
Dan McGugin
Daniel Earle McGugin was an American football player, coach, and lawyer. He served as the head football coach at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee from 1904 to 1917 and again from 1919 to 1934, compiling a record of 197–55–19. He played college football at the University...

of Vanderbilt, James Phelan of Washington, and Gus Dorais
Gus Dorais
Charles Emile "Gus" Dorais was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He played college football as a quarterback at the University of Notre Dame, where he was an All-American in 1913, and then professionally with the Fort Wayne Friars and Massillon Tigers...

of Detroit.
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 sixth annual Central Press Captains' All-American football team is presented today. It represents the selections of 54 gridiron leaders from important schools in every part of the country. Every major conference had a voice in the voting, and captains of important teams not identified with conferences—such as Army and Navy—expressed their preferences in the nation-wide poll which has grown tremendously in popularity since its introduction in 1930."
NYS = New York Sun
WC = Walter Camp
Walter Camp
Walter Chauncey Camp was an American football player, coach, and sports writer known as the "Father of American Football". With John Heisman, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Pop Warner, Fielding H. Yost, and George Halas, Camp was one of the most accomplished persons in the early history of American football...

Football Foundation
PTH = Pathe News, selected by a board of outstanding college coaches that included Bernie Bierman of Minnesota, Frank Thomas of Alabama, Tiny Thornhill of Stanford and Lou Little of Columbia.
CNS = Consensus All-American team based on the following scoring system: 5 points for a first-team selection; 3 points for a second-team selection; and 1 point for a third-team selection. The All-American teams reviewed for the consensus team were AP, UP, INS, NEA, North American Newspaper Alliance, All-America Board, Collier's, Bill Corum's symposium, and Fritz Crisler.
KCS = Kansas City Star by C.E. McBride

Bold = Consensus All-American

1 - First Team Selection
2 - Second Team Selection
3 - Third Team Selection

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