1931 All-Pacific Coast football team explained

The 1931 All-Pacific Coast football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific Coast teams for the 1931 college football season. The organizations selecting teams in 1934 included the Associated Press (AP), the Newspaper Enterprise Association, and the United Press (UP).

All-Pacific Coast selections

Quarterback

• Gaius Shaver, USC (AP-1; UP-1)
• Orville Mohler, USC (NEA-1)

Halfbacks

• Bud Toscani, St. Mary's (AP-1; UP-1)
• Erny Pinckert, USC (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
• Merle Hufford, Washington (NEA-1)

Fullback

• Ralston "Rusty" Gill, California (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1)

Ends

• Ralph Stone, California (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1)
• Leonard Wellendorf, UCLA (AP-1)
• Ray Sparling, USC (UP-1)
• Garrett Arbelbide, USC (NEA-1)

Tackles

• Paul Schwegler, Washington (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
• Ernie Smith, USC (AP-1)
• Bill Morgan, Oregon (UP-1)
• Turk Edwards, Washington State (NEA-1) (College and Pro Football Halls of Fame)

Guards

• Johnny Baker, USC (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
• Bill Fisher, St. Mary's (AP-1; UP-1)
• Bill Corbus, Stanford (NEA-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)

Centers

• Stan Williamson, USC (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1)

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1]

NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association, "picked by votes of sports writers on western NEA Service newspapers"^[2]

UP = United Press^[3]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection by at least two of the AP, NEA and UP

See also

• 1930 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

1. News: Trojans Place Five Men on All-Pacific Coast Eleven. The Monroe (LA) News-Star. December 3, 1931. 7.
2. News: Presenting NEA's All-Coast Conference Football Team. Santa Cruz News. December 2, 1931. 8.
3. News: Southern California Places Five on All-Coast Team. Ames (Iowa) Daily Tribune-Times. December 3, 1931. 6.