1937 College Football All-America Team
The 1937 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 1937. The ten selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1937 season are Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, the Associated Press, the United Press, the All-America Board, the International News Service, Liberty magazine, the Newspaper Enterprise Association, Newsweek, the North American Newspaper Alliance, and the Sporting News.
Consensus All-Americans
For the year 1937, the NCAA recognizes 10 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 |
Clint Frank | Quarterback | Yale | 10/10 | AAB, AP, COL, INS, LIB, NANA, NEA, NW, SN, UP | CP, CE, WC |
Marshall Goldberg | Halfback | Pittsburgh | 9/10 | AAB, AP, COL, INS, NANA, NEA, NW, SN, UP | CP, CE, WC |
Joe Routt | Guard | Texas A&M | 8/10 | AP, COL, LIB, NANA, NEA, NW, SN, UP | CP, CE |
Byron White | Halfback | Colorado | 7/10 | AP, COL, INS, LIB, NEA, SN, UP | CP, CE |
Sam Chapman | Fullback | California | 6/10 | AAB, AP, COL, LIB, NANA, UP | WC |
Ed Franco | Tackle | Fordham | 5/10 | AP, COL, NW, SN, UP | CP |
Leroy Monsky | Guard | Alabama | 5/10 | AAB, AP, COL, LIB, SN | WC |
Andy Bershak | End | North Carolina | 4/10 | COL, NANA, NEA, SN | CP, CE |
Alex Wojciechowicz | Center | Fordham | 4/10 | INS, NANA, SN, UP | CE, WC |
Chuck Sweeney | End | Notre Dame | 3/10 | AP, NW, UP | CP |
Tony Matisi | Tackle | Pittsburgh | 3/10 | AAB, AP, NANA | CE, WC |
All-American selections for 1937
Ends
- Chuck Sweeney, Notre Dame
- Andy Bershak, North Carolina
- John Wysocki, Villanova
- Raymond King, Minnesota
- Jerome H. Holland, Cornell
- Bill Daddio, Pittsburgh
- Perry Schwartz, California
- Frank Souchak, Pittsburgh
- Bill Jordan, Georgia Tech
- Jim Benton, Arkansas
- Elmer Dohmann, Nebraska
- Pete Smith, Oklahoma
Tackles
- Ed Franco, Fordham
- Tony Matisi, Pittsburgh
- Bruiser Kinard, Ole Miss
- Ed Beinor, Notre Dame
- Vic Markov, Washington
- Jim Ryba, Alabama
- I. B. Hale, TCU
- Al Babartsky, Fordham
- Fred Shirey, Nebraska
- John Mellus, Villanova
- Alexander Kevorkian, Harvard
- Eddie Gatto, LSU
- Jim Tipton, Alabama
- Ted Doyle, Nebraska
Guards
- Joe Routt, Texas A&M
- Leroy Monsky, Alabama
- Vard Stockton, California
- Gust Zarnas, Ohio State
- Phil Dougherty, Santa Clara
- Hedwig, California
- Frank Twedell, Minnesota
- Gregory Zitrides, Dartmouth
- Ralph Sivell, Auburn
- Albin Lezouski
- Norman Buckner, Tulane
- Steve Slivinski, Washington
- Joe Nee, Harvard
Centers
- Alex Wojciechowicz, Fordham
- Carl Hinkle, Vanderbilt
- Charley Brock, Nebraska
- Bob Herwig, California
- Ki Aldrich, TCU
- Elmore Hackney, Duke
- Phil Doherty, Santa Clara
Quarterbacks
- Clint Frank, Yale
- Sid Luckman, Columbia
- Andy Puplis, Notre Dame
Halfbacks
- Marshall Goldberg, Pittsburgh
- Byron White, Colorado
- Corbett Davis, Indiana
- Davey O'Brien, TCU
- John Pingel, Michigan State
- Bill Osmanski, Holy Cross
- Bob MacLeod, Dartmouth
- Hugh Wolfe, Texas
- Joseph Gray, Oregon State
- Jim McDonald, Ohio State
- Vic Bottari, California
- Andy Stopper, Villanova
- William "Bullet Bill" Patterson, Baylor
Fullbacks
- Sam Chapman, California
- Joe Kilgrow, Alabama
- George Karamatic, Gonzaga
- Johnny "Jelly Belly" Meek, California
- Cecil Isbell, Purdue
- George "Pinky" Rohm, LSU
Key
- -1 – First-team selection
- -2 – Second-team selection
- -3 – Third-team selection
Official selectors
- AAB = All-America Board
- AP = Associated Press
- COL = Collier's Weekly
- INS = International News Service
- LIB = Liberty magazine
- NANA = North American Newspaper Alliance
- NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association
- NW = Newsweek
- SN = The Sporting News
- UP = United Press, "selected by United Press sports writers, aided by 12 of the nation's foremost coaches"
Other selectors
- CP = Central Press Association: "Chosen by more than 30 captains of leading universities and college teams in every part of the country, the eighth annual Captain's All-American is presented herewith."
- CE = Collyer's Eye, selected by "sixty-seven nationally prominent football coaches, representing every major institution of learning, conference and district in the United States"
- WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation