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1938 All-America college football team

Official list of the best college football players of 1938

Summary

Official list of the best college football players of 1938

The 1938 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose All-America college football 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.

Consensus All-Americans

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.

Name	Position	School	Number	Official	Other
Ed Beinor	Tackle	Notre Dame	9/9	AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UP	CP, DT, ID, NYS, PW, WC
Ralph Heikkinen	Guard	Michigan	9/9	AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UP	CP, DT, NYS, PW, WC
Davey O'Brien	Quarterback	TCU	9/9	AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UP	CP, DT, NYS, PW, WC
Marshall Goldberg	Fullback	Pittsburgh	9/9	AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UP	CP, ID, NYS, PW, WC
Waddy Young	End	Oklahoma	6/9	AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW	CP, DT, ID, NYS, PW, WC
Bob MacLeod	Halfback	Dartmouth	6/9	AAB, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW	NYS, PW, WC
Alvord Wolff	Tackle	Santa Clara	6/9	AP, INS, NEA, NW, SN, UP	PW
Ki Aldrich	Center	TCU	5/9	AP, CO, NW, SN, UP	DT, NYS
Vic Bottari	Halfback	California	4/9	AAB, CO, NW, SN	CP, DT, ID, WC
Jerome H. Holland	End	Cornell	3/9	AP, NW, SN	ID
Bowden Wyatt	End	Tennessee	2/9	AAB, CO	NYS
Parker Hall	Halfback	Ole Miss	2/9	AP, UP	NYS
Ed Bock	Guard	Iowa State	3/9	AP, LIB, NEA	--

All-American selections for 1938

Ends

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)

Tackles

Ed Beinor, Notre Dame (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; CP-1; CO-1; NEA-1; NYS-1; WC-1; INS; LIB; NW; SN; ID-1; DT; PW);
Alvord Wolff, Santa Clara (AP-1; UP-1; NEA-1; INS; NW; SN; ID-2; PW)
William McKeever, Cornell (CO-1; DT; AP-3)
A. Sidney Roth, Cornell (AP-2 [guard]; CO-1, (NYS-1) [guard])
I. B. Hale, TCU (AP-2; NEA-2; LIB; ID-1)
Bo Russell, Auburn (AP-2)
Bob Voigts, Northwestern (AAB; WC-1)
Joe Delaney, Holy Cross (NEA-3; NYS-1)
Steve Maronic, North Carolina (NEA-2; CP-1; AP-3)
Eddie Gatto, LSU (ID-2)
Joe Boyd, Texas A&M (NEA-3)

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

Bob MacLeod, Dartmouth (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-3; CO-1; NEA-1; NYS-1; WC-1; INS; LIB; NW; ID-2; PW)
Vic Bottari, California (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-2; CP-1; CO-1; NEA-2; WC-1; NW; SN; ID-1; DT)
Parker Hall, Ole Miss (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; NYS-1)
John Pingel, Michigan State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; NEA-2; INS; DT)
Eric Tipton, Duke (UP-1)
Billy Patterson, Baylor (AP-2)
Merl Condit, Carnegie Tech (ID-2)
Bill Osmanski, Holy Cross (ID-2)
Hugh McCullough, Oklahoma (NEA-3)
Paul Christman, Missouri (NEA-3)
Warren Brunner, Tulane (AP-3)
Paul Shu, VMI (AP-3)
Howard Weiss, Wisconsin (AP-3)

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)

Key

Bold = Consensus All-American

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

Official selections

AAB = All-America Board
AP = Associated Press
CO = Collier's Weekly, selected by Grantland Rice
INS = International News Service
LIB = Liberty magazine
NEA = NEA Sports Syndicate
NW = Newsweek
SN = Sporting News
UP = United Press

Other selections

CP = Central Press Association, selected by the captains of more than 50 football teams across the country
DT = Detroit Times by J.R. Gnau
ID = Irving Dix
NYS = New York Sun
WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation
AR = Albert Richard
PW = Paul Williamson

References

(2016). "Football Award Winners". National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
(2005). "ESPN College Football Encyclopedia". ESPN Books.
(1938-12-09). "Waddy Young On Collier's All-Team". The Ada Evening News.
Harry Grayson. (1926-11-26). "O'Brien, Goldberg, Cafego, MacLeod ALl-American Backs". Lowell Sun.
Bill Beaucher. (1938-11-27). "Only 2 Big 10 Players Named To Captains' Selections". Wisconsin State Journal.
(May 1999). "All-America Addendum". College Football Historical Society Newsletter.
(1938-12-05). "Parker Picked As Best Back". Logansport Pharos-Tribune.
"Walter Camp Football Foundation All-American Selections". Walter Camp Football Foundation.

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