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1939 College Football All-America Team

Official list of the best college football players of 1939 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1939 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 1939. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1939 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.

Two players, USC guard Harry Smith and Cornell tackle Nick Drahos, were unanimously chosen by all nine official selectors. Two other players, Iowa halfback Nile Kinnick and Michigan halfback Tom Harmon were selected as first-team All-Americans by eight of the nine official selectors, with Kinnick winning the Heisman Trophy in 1939 and Harmon winning it in 1940.

Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1939, 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.

More information Name, Position ...
Name Position School Number Official Other
Harry SmithGuardUSC9/9AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UPBL, CP, CW, LIFE, NYS, WC
Nick DrahosTackleCornell9/9AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UPCP, CW, LIFE, WC
Tom HarmonHalfbackMichigan8/9AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NW, SN, UPBL, CP, CW, LIFE, NYS, WC
Nile KinnickHalfbackIowa8/9AAB, AP, CO, INS, NEA, NW, SN, UPBL, CP, CW, WC
John KimbroughFullbackTexas A&M7/9AAB, AP, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, UPBL, CP, LIFE, WC
Esco SarkkinenEndOhio State5/9AAB, CO, NEA, NW, UPCP, NYS, WC
Ken KavanaughEndLSU5/9INS, LIB, NW, SN, UPBL, CW, LIFE
Ed MolinskiGuardTennessee5/9AAB, AP, CO, LIB, NEA--
George CafegoQuarterbackTennessee4/9INS, NW, SN, UPCW, LIFE
John SchiechlCenterSanta Clara3/9AAB, AP, CO, NEACP, WC
Paul Christman[1]QuarterbackMissouri4/9AAB, CO, NEA, SNCW, WC
Harley McCollumTackleTulane3/9AP, LIB, NEA--
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All-American selections for 1939

Ends

  • Esco Sarkkinen, Ohio State (AAB; AP-2; CO-1; NEA-1; NW-1; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1; WC-1)
  • Ken Kavanaugh, LSU (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; INS-1; NW-1; LIB; SN; UP-1; BL; CP-2; CW-1; LIFE-1)
  • Bud Kerr, Notre Dame (AAB; AP-1; INS-2; NEA-1; SN; UP-2; BL; CP-2; CW-1; LIFE-1; NYS-2; WC-1)
  • Ralph Wenzel, Tulane (UP-3; CP-1; CW-2; LIFE-2; NYS-1)
  • Paul Severin, North Carolina (AP-1; UP-3; NEA-2)
  • Harlan Gustafson, Penn (AP-3; INS-1; CW-2; LIFE-2)
  • Pop Ivy, Oklahoma (AP-3; CO-1)
  • Dave Rankin, Purdue (LIB)
  • Erwin Prasse, Iowa (UP-2; CP-3)
  • Bob Ison, Georgia Tech (CP-3; NEA-3; NYS-2)
  • Bob Nowaskey, George Washington (NEA-3)
  • Hal Newman, Alabama (NEA-2)
  • Bill Anahu, Santa Clara (INS-2)

Tackles

  • Nick Drahos, Cornell (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; INS-1; LIB; NEA-1; NW-1; SN; UP-1; CP-1; CW-1; LIFE-1; WC-1)
  • Harley McCollum, Tulane (AP-1; INS-2; NEA-1; LIB; CP-3)
  • Harry Stella, Army (AP-2; INS-1; NW-1; UP-1; CW-2; LIFE-2)
  • Joe Boyd, Texas A&M (AP-3; CO-1; NEA-2; SN; UP-2; BL; CP-2; CW-1; LIFE-2; NYS-1)
  • Cliff Duggan, Oklahoma (INS-2; NEA-3; UP-2; BL; CP-1; LIFE-1; CW-2; NYS-1)
  • Lee Artoe, California (AP-2)
  • Ty Coon, North Carolina State (NEA-2; NYS-2)
  • Win Pedersen, Minnesota (AP-3; UP-3)
  • Mike Enich, Iowa (NEA-3)
  • Phil Gaspar, USC (UP-3)
  • Bob Tierney, Princeton (CP-2)
  • Jim Reeder, Illinois (AAB; NYS-2; WC-1)

Guards

  • Harry Smith, USC (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; INS-1; LIB; NEA-1; NW-1; SN; UP-1; BL; CP-1; CW-1; LIFE-1; NYS-1; WC-1)
  • Ed Molinski, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; LIB; NEA-1; UP-2; CP-3; WC-1)
  • Bob Suffridge, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (INS-1; NEA-3; NW-1; SN; UP-1; BL; CP-1; CW-1; LIFE-1; NYS-1)
  • Marshall Robnett, Texas A&M (AP-2; UP-3)
  • Jim Turner, Holy Cross (UP-3; CP-2; INS-2; NYS-2)
  • Elbie Schultz, Oregon State (AP-3; CP-3; CW-2; LIFE-2; NYS-2)
  • Allen Johnson, Duke (INS-2; CW-2; LIFE-2)
  • Mel Brewer, Illinois (UP-2)
  • Warren Alfson, Nebraska (AP-2)
  • Bob Waldorf, Missouri (NEA-2)
  • Tommy O'Boyle, Tulane (NEA-2)
  • Jack Sommers, UCLA (CP-2)
  • Frank Ribar, Duke (AP-3)
  • Joseph Enzler, Portland (NEA-3)
  • Carl Nery, Duquesne (CP-3)

Centers

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

  • Tom Harmon, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; CINS-1; NEA-3; NW-1; LIB; SN; BL; CP-1; CW-1; LIFE-1; NYS-1 [fb]; WC-1)
  • Nile Kinnick, Iowa (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; INS-1; NEA-1; NW-1; SN; BL; CP-1; CW-1; LIFE-2; NYS-1; WC-1)
  • Banks McFadden, Clemson (College Football Hall of Fame) (UP-3; CO-1 [fb]; CP-3; NEA-1)
  • George McAfee, Duke (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-2; CP-2; NEA-2; NYS-1; BL; LIFE-2)
  • Kenny Washington, UCLA (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-2; CP-3; INS-2; NEA-2; CW-2; NYS-2; LIB; LIFE-1)
  • Grenny Lansdell, USC (AP-3; CP-1; CW-2)
  • Dick Cassiano, Pitt (NEA-3; UP-3; CW-2; LIFE-2)
  • Jim Lelanne, North Carolina (INS-2; LIFE-2)
  • Beryl Clark, Oklahoma (INS-2)
  • Bob Hoffman, USC (NYS-2)
  • Jack Crain, Texas (AP-3)

Fullbacks

  • John Kimbrough, Texas A&M (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; INS-1; NEA-1; NW-1; LIB; UP-1; BL; CP-1; CW-2; LIFE-1; NYS-2; WC-1)
  • Milt Piepul, Notre Dame (UP-2)
  • Dom Principe, Fordham (AP-3; UP-3; CP-3; NEA-3)

Key

Bold = Consensus All-American[2]

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

Official selectors

Other selectors

See also

References

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