1928 College Football All-America Team
Official list of the best college football players of 1928
The 1928 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 1928. The seven selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1928 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) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and (7) the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).
Consensus All-Americans
Following the death of Walter Camp in 1925, there was a proliferation of All-American teams in the late 1920s. For the year 1929, the NCAA recognizes seven 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. Army halfback Red Cagle was the only player to be unanimously selected by all seven selectors as a first-team All-American.
Name
Position
School
Number
Selectors
First-team selections
Red Cagle
Halfback
Army
7/7
AAB, AP, CO, INS, NANA, NEA, UP
Wes Fesler
End
Ohio State
5/7
AAB, CO, INS, NEA, UP
Seraphim Post
Guard
Stanford
5/7
AAB, AP, CO, INS, NEA
Peter Pund
Center
Georgia Tech
5/7
AAB, CO, INS, NEA, UP
Paul Scull
Halfback
Penn
5/7
AAB, CO, INS, NANA, NEA
Ken Strong
Fullback
NYU
5/7
AP, CO, INS, NEA, UP
Otto Pommerening
Tackle
Michigan
4/7
AP, CO, INS, UP
Mike Getto
Tackle
Pitt
4/7
AAB, CO, NANA, NEA
Howard Harpster
Quarterback
Carnegie Tech
4/7
AAB, CO, NEA, UP
Irvine Phillips
End
California
3/7
AAB, NANA, UP
Chuck Carroll
Halfback
Washington
3/7
AAB, AP, UP
Don Robesky
Guard
Stanford
2/7
NANA, UP
Edward Burke
Guard
Navy
2/7
AP, CO
All-American selections for 1928
Key
Bold – NCAA "consensus" All-Americans[1]
Selectors recognized by NCAA in its consensus All-American determinations:
AAB = All America Board
AP = Associated Press [2]
COL = Collier's Weekly , as selected by Grantland Rice with assistance from Knute Rockne , Glenn Warner , Jesse Hawley , Fielding H. Yost , Robert Zuppke , Lou Young, Bill Roper , Wallace Wade , Dan McGugin and Clarence M. Price .[3]
NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association [4]
UP = United Press , as selected by United Press sports editor Frank Getty, with advice from "coaches and officials throughout the country."[5]
INS = International News Service [6]
NANA = North American Newspaper Alliance [6]
Other selectors:
CP = Central Press Association , billed as the "Real" All-American team[7]
PAB = Pan-American Bank[8]
WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation[9]
1 – First Team Selection
2 – Second Team Selection
3 – Third Team Selection
Utility Selection – Only Grantland Rice in Collier's Weekly used this designation for three players in addition to those at eleven specified positions.
HM – Honorable Mention Selection – Used by Frank Getty in the United Press All-America Team.
Ends
Irvine Phillips , California (UP-1, WC-1, AAB, NANA, PAB, AP-2)
Wes Fesler , Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (CO-1, INS, NEA-1, UP-1, WC-1, AAB, AP-2, CP-2)
Dale Van Sickel , Florida (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, NEA-1, CO-Utility, UP-HM)
Malcolm Franklin, St. Mary's (AP-1, UP-2)
Ken Haycraft , Minnesota (CO-1, NANA, UP-2)
Dick Abernathy , Vanderbilt (CP-1, UP-3)
Theodore Rosenzweig, Carnegie Tech (CP-1, INS, NEA-2, UP-HM)
Edwin Messinger , Army (PAB, CP-2, AP-3)
Miller Brown, Missouri (AP-3)
George Barna, Hobart (UP-3)
Tackles
Otto Pommerening , Michigan (AP-1, CO-1, INS, UP-1, NEA-3)
Mike Getto , Pittsburgh (CO-1, NANA, NEA-1, WC-1, AP-2, UP-2, AAB)
Forrest Douds , Washington & Jefferson (UP-1, CO-Utility)
Jesse Hibbs , USC (CP-1, NEA-1, UP-3)
Gordy Brown , Texas (CP-1, AP-2, UP-3)
Butch Nowack , Illinois (WC-1, UP-2, AP-3, AAB, NANA)
Russell Crane , Illinois (CP-1)
Frank Speer , Georgia Tech (AP-1)
Alfred "Al" Lassman, New York Univ. (CP-2, NEA-2)
Bud Sprague , Army (CP-2)
Jimmy Steele , Florida (NEA-2)
Melvyl Dressell, Washington State (AP-3)
Steve Bancroft, California (PAB)
Fred Miller, Notre Dame (INS, PAB)
Guards
Seraphim Post , Stanford (AP-1, CO-1, CP-1, INS, NEA-1, WC-1, AAB)
Don Robesky , Stanford (UP-1, NANA, NEA-2)
Edward Burke , Navy (AP-1, CO-1, CP-2, NEA-2)
George Gibson , Minnesota (UP-1, WC-1, AP-2, NEA-3, AAB)
Danny McMullen , Nebraska (AP-2, INS, NEA-3, UP-3, PAB)
Leroy Wietz , Illinois (NANA)
Bill McRae , Florida (UP-2)
Bull Brown , Vanderbilt (UP-2)
Bruce Dumont, Colgate (AP-3)
Choc Sanders , SMU (AP-3, UP-3)
Waldo Wittenmeyer Greene, Yale (CP-2)
John Dreshar, Carnegie Tech (PAB)
Centers
Peter Pund , Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (CO-1, INS, NEA-1, UP-1, WC-1, CP-2, AP-3, AAB)
Charles Howe, Princeton (AP-1, CP-1, NEA-2, UP-2, NANA; PAB)
Nate Barragar , USC (AP-2)
Tim Moynihan , Notre Dame (UP-3)
Quarterbacks
Howard Harpster , Carnegie Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (CO-1, CP-1, NEA-1, UP-1, WC-1, AP-3, PAB, AAB)
Dutch Clark , Colorado College (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1)
Howard Maple , Oregon State (AP-2, UP-3)
Frederick L. Hovde , Minnesota (CP-2)
Don Williams, USC (NANA, UP-2)
Halfbacks
Chris Cagle , Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, CO-1, CP-1, INS, NANA, NEA-1, UP-1, WC-1, PAB, AAB)
Chuck Carroll , Washington (AP-1, UP-1 [fb], WC-1, NEA-2, AAB)
Paul Scull , Penn (CO-1, INS, NANA, NEA-1, WC-1, AP-2, UP-2 [fb], AAB)
Warner Mizell , Georgia Tech (AP-2, CP-2, INS, NANA, NEA-2, UP-2)
Clyde Crabtree , Florida (AP-3, NEA-3, UP-3 [fb])
Willis Glassgow , Iowa (CP-2, AP-3, NEA-3)
Bill Banker , Tulane (College Football Hall of Fame) (UP-2)
Lloyd Brazil , Univ. of Detroit (CO-Utility, UP-3)
Redman Hume , Southern Methodist (UP-3)
Lloyd Thomas, Univ. South. Calif. (NEA-2, PAB)
Fullbacks
Ken Strong , New York Univ. (AP-1, CO-1, CP-1 [hb], INS, NEA-1, UP-1 [hb])
Blue Howell , Nebraska (CP-1)
Clifford Hoffman , Stanford (AP-2)
Gerald Snyder , Maryland (AP-3)
Herschel Burgess , Texas A&M (CP-2)
Mayes McLain , Iowa (PAB)
See also
References
^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF) . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 7. Retrieved October 21, 2017 .
^ Alan J. Gould (December 8, 1928). "Associated Press Gives Views on America's Best Gridders". The Salt Lake Tribune .
^ Associated Press, "Six From East On Rice's Team ," Milwaukee Sentinel , p. S1 (December 14, 1928). Retrieved July 22, 2010.
^ Henry L. Farrell, "Farrell Names Three All-America Grid Teams ," Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian , p. 5 (December 3, 1928). Retrieved July 22, 2010.
^ Frank Getty, "Getty Picks Stars ," The Pittsburgh Press , p. 36 (december 3, 1928). Retrieved Jul 30, 2010.
^ a b ESPN College Football Encyclopedia . ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1160. ISBN 1401337031 .
^ "Ten Schools Picked On All-American Team By Popular Vote". The Davenport Democrat And Leader . December 9, 1928.
^ "All-America Addendum" (PDF) . College Football Historical Society Newsletter. November 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2010.
^ "Walter Camp Football Foundation" . Archived from the original on March 30, 2009.