1929 College Football All-America Team Explained

The 1929 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 1929. The seven selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1929 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. Only two players, Notre Dame quarterback Frank Carideo and Pittsburgh end Joe Donchess, were unanimous first-team selections on all seven of the NCAA-recognized teams. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.

Name	Position	School	Number	SelectorsFirst-team selections
Frank Carideo	Quarterback	Notre Dame	7/7	AP, UP, COL, NEA, INS, NANA, AAB
Joe Donchess	End	Pittsburgh	7/7	AP, UP, COL, NEA, INS, NANA, AAB
Bronko Nagurski	Tackle/Fullback	Minnesota	6/7	AP, UP, COL, NEA, INS, NANA
Jack Cannon	Guard	Notre Dame	6/7	AP, UP, COL, NEA, INS, AAB
Ben Ticknor	Center	Harvard	6/7	AP, UP, COL, INS, NANA, AAB
Ralph Welch	Fullback	Purdue	6/7	UP, COL, NEA, INS [hb], NANA, AAB
Ray Montgomery	Guard	Pittsburgh	5/7	UP, COL, NEA, INS, AAB
Elmer Sleight	Tackle	Purdue	4/7	AP, COL, INS, AAB
Francis Tappaan^[1]	End	USC	4/7	UP, NEA, NANA, AAB
Red Cagle	Halfback	Army	3/7	AP, COL, AAB
Gene McEver	Halfback	Tennessee	3/7	UP, NEA, NANA
Wes Fesler	End	Ohio State	2/7	AP, INS

All-American selections for 1929

Ends

• Joe Donchess, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-1; NYS-1; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1; WT)
• Wes Fesler, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-2; NEA-2; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-2; NYP-2; DW-2; WT)
• Francis Tappaan, USC (AP-2; UP-1; NEA-1; INS-2; NANA-1; CP-2; NYS-2; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-2)
• Wear Schoonover, Arkansas (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-2; COL-1; INS-3; NYS-1; DW-3; LP-1)
• Bob Tanner, Minnesota (NEA-2; NYP-2; DW-1)
• Vernon Smith, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; NEA-3)
• Paul L. Bates, Western Maryland (UP-3)
• Tom Churchill, Oklahoma (UP-3; NEA-3)
• Frank Baker, Northwestern (AP-3; NANA-2)
• Dale Van Sickel, Florida (College Football Hall of Fame) (CP-2)
• Buster Mitchell, Davis & Elkins (DW-3)
• Norton, California (INS-2; NANA-3)
• Donald Muller, Stanford (INS-3)
• Herster Barres, Yale (NANA-2)
• Tom Conley, Notre Dame (NANA-3)

Tackles

• Bronko Nagurski, Minnesota (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-1; CP-1 [fb]; NYS-1; NYP-1 [fb]; DW-2 [fb]; LP-1)
• Elmer Sleight, Purdue (AP-1; UP-2; COL-1; INS-1; NANA-2; CP-1; NYS-1; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1; WT)
• Marion Hammon, SMU (UP-1; NYS-2; DW-2)
• George Ackerman, St. Mary’s (NYP-2; AAB-1; DW-1)
• Forrest Douds, Washington & Jefferson (AP-3; UP-2; NEA-2; INS-2; CP-1; WT)
• Fred Sington, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-2 [g]; INS-2 [g]; NYP-1; DW-2 [g])
• Ray Richards, Nebraska (NEA-1; DW-3)
• Lou Gordon, Illinois (NEA-2; NANA-1)
• Samuel Wakeman, Cornell (AP-2; UP-3; NEA-3; INS-2; NANA-2; CP-2; NYP-2; DW-3)
• Ted Twomey, Notre Dame (AP-2; UP-3; INS-3; DW-2)
• John Utz, Penn (CP-2)
• Huntington, Colgate (NYS-2)
• Shields, Oregon (NEA-3)
• Bill Barfield, Princeton (NANA-3)
• Blimp Bowstrom, Navy (NANA-3)

Guards

• Jack Cannon, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-3; CP-2; NYS-1; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1; WT)
• Ray Montgomery, Pittsburgh (AP-2; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-2; NYS-2; AAB-1; DW-1)
• Bert Schwarz, California (AP-1; UP-2; INS-3; NYS-1; DW-2; LP-1)
• Wade Greene, Yale (AP-2; CP-1; WT)
• Russ Crane, Illinois (CP-1)
• Mike Brumbelow, TCU (UP-3; NEA-3; DW-3)
• Fred Roberts, Iowa (UP-3)
• John B. Law, Notre Dame (AP-3)
• Ray Farris, North Carolina (AP-3; NEA-2)
• Nate Barragar, USC (INS-2; CP-2; DW-3)
• Gibson, Colgate (NYP-2)
• Luby DiMeolo, Pitt (INS-3 [t]; NYP-2)
• Bull Brown, Vanderbilt (NYS-2; NANA-1)
• Thomas A. Driscoll, Stanford (NEA-2)
• Paul Schwegler, Washington (College Football Hall of Fame) (NEA-3)
• Henry J. Anderson, Northwestern (INS-3; NANA-1)
• Weir, Illinois (NANA-2)
• Charles Humber, Army (NANA-3)

Centers

• Ben Ticknor, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-3; INS-1; NANA-1; CP-2; NYS-1; NYP-1 [g]; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1; WT)
• Roy Riegels, California (AP-2; NEA-1; INS-3; CP-1)
• Walter Heinecke, Stanford (UP-2; NANA-3; NYS-2; DW-2)
• Tony Slano, Fordham (AP-3; UP-3; NEA-2; NANA-2; NYP-1)
• Tim Moynihan, Notre Dame (NYP-2)
• Marvin Jonas, Utah (DW-3)

Quarterbacks

• Frank Carideo, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-1; CP-1; NYS-1; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1; WT)
• Alton Marsters, Dartmouth (AP-2; INS-1 [hb]; NANA-1; CP-2; NYS-1 [hb]; NYP-2)
• Glen Harmeson, Purdue (UP-3; INS-3; NEA-3 [fb])
• Albie Booth, Yale (AP-3; INS-3 [hb]; NYS-2; NYP-1 [hb]; DW-3 [hb])
• Russ Saunders, USC (NEA-3; NANA-3)
• Barry Wood, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (INS-2; NANA-2; NYP-2)

Halfbacks

• Red Cagle, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-2 [qb]; COL-1; NEA-2 [qb]; INS-2; NANA-2; CP-2; NYS-2; NYP-2; AAB-1; DW-1; WT)
• Gene McEver, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-1; NEA-1; NANA-1; CP-1; NYP-2; DW-3)
• Willis Glassgow, Iowa (UP-2; COL-1; NEA-1; NYS-1; DW-3 [fb]; LP-1)
• Toby Uansa, Pitt (AP-1; UP-3; NEA-2; INS-2; NANA-3; CP-1; WT)
• Bill Banker, Tulane (AP-3; UP-3 [fb]; NEA-2; INS-3; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1)
• Merle Hufford, Washington (UP-1)
• Fred "Stud" Stennett, St. Mary's (UP-2)
• Cy Leland, TCU (UP-3)
• Benny Lom, California (AP-3; NEA-2 [fb]; NANA-2)
• Lloyd Brazil, Detroit (NEA-3; INS-3 [fb]; DW-2 [qb])
• Dick Boyle, St. Mary's (NEA-3)
• Wittmer, Princeton (NANA-3)

Fullbacks

• Ralph Welch, Purdue (AP-2 [hb]; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1 [hb]; NANA-1; CP-2 [hb]; NYS-2 [hb]; AAB-1; DW-2 [hb])
• Pug Parkinson, Pitt (AP-2; UP-2; INS-1; NANA-2; NYS-1; NYP-2; DW-2 [hb]; LP-1; WT)
• Tony Holm, Alabama (AP-1; INS-2)
• Earl "Powerhouse" Pomeroy, Utah (AP-3; DW-1)
• C. Russell Bergherm, Northwestern (NANA-3; CP-2; NYS-2)

Key

Other selectors

See also

• 1929 All-Big Six Conference football team
• 1929 All-Big Ten Conference football team
• 1929 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team
• 1929 All-Southern football team
• 1929 All-Southwest Conference football team

Notes and References

1. Tappaan is not recognized by the NCAA as a consensus All-American despite receiving four official first-team designations. For some reason, Wes Fesler receives the consensus recognition even though he received only two official first-team designations.