1929 College Football All-America Team

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 for the 1929 college football season. The organizations that chose the teams included: the United Press; the Associated Press; Collier's Weekly selected by Grantland Rice; and the New York Sun.

Overview
In 1929, the top five teams in the post-season Dickinson ratings were represented by the following first-team All-Americans:

Following the death of Walter Camp in 1925, there was a proliferation of All-American teams in the late 1920s. In 1929, there were at least a dozen published All-American teams that received extensive coverage in the press. Only one player, Notre Dame quarterback Frank Carideo was selected as a first-team All-American on all 12 teams. Pittsburgh end Joe Donchess was selected on 11 of the teams. The following chart identifies the players who were listed as first-team All-Americans on at least four of the 12 listed teams.

Key

 * AP = Associated Press, based on a nationwide opinion poll of 215 experts, including "newspaper sports editors and writers, Associated Press staff observers, officials and coaches in every section of the country."
 * UP = United Press, "named by the United Press with the assistance and advice of more than 200 coaches, officials and experts from every part of the country"
 * COL = Collier's Weekly as selected by Grantland Rice
 * NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association selected as follows: "In the selection of these All-America players, the opinions of more than 100 coaches and football writers have been confidentially consulted."
 * INS = International News Service (later merged with UP to form UPI), based on "popular vote among sport writers and coaches, representing every major section of the country"; voters included Damon Runyon, Ford Frick, Tom Thorp, Dick Hylund, John Heisman, and Bill Corum
 * NANA = North American Newspaper Alliance, selected by four noted coaches, Dan McGugin, Howard Jones, Bob Zuppke, and Bill Roper
 * CP = Central Press Association, "selected by the readers of hundreds of client newspapers of the Central Press Association"
 * NYS = New York Sun
 * NYP = New York Post
 * AAB = All-America Board of Football, consisting of Knute Rockne, ”Pop” Warner, Tad Jones and W.A. Alexander
 * WA = Davis Walsh for the International News Service
 * LP = Lawrence Perry:"Lawrence Perry selected his 1929 All-America football team after traveling many thousands of miles and watching most of the country's leading teams in play or practice"
 * WT = Washington Times
 * Bold - Consensus All-American
 * 1 - First Team Selection
 * 2 - Second Team Selection
 * 3 - Third Team Selection

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; WA-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; WA-2; WT)
 * Francis Tappaan, Southern California (AP-2; UP-1; NEA-1; INS-2; NANA-1; CP-2; NYS-2; NYP-1; AAB-1; WA-2)
 * Wear Schoonover, Arkansas (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-2; COL-1; INS-3; NYS-1; WA-3; LP-1)
 * Robert Tanner, Minnesota (NEA-2; NYP-2; WA-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 (CP-2)
 * Mitchell, Davis-Elkins (WA-3)
 * Norton, California (INS-2; NANA-3)
 * Muller, Stanford (INS-3)
 * Barres, Yale (NANA-2)
 * 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]; WA-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; WA-1; LP-1; WT)
 * Marion Hammon, Southern Methodist (UP-1; NYS-2; WA-2)
 * George Ackerman, St. Mary’s (NYP-2; AAB-1; WA-1)
 * Forrest "Jap" 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; WA-2 [g])
 * Richards, Nebraska (NEA-1; WA-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; WA-3)
 * Ted Twomey, Notre Dame (AP-2; UP-3; INS-3; WA-2)
 * John Utz, Penn (CP-2)
 * Huntington, Colgate (NYS-2)
 * Shields, Oregon (NEA-3)
 * Barfield, Princeton (NANA-3)
 * 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; WA-1; LP-1; WT)
 * Ray Montgomery, Pittsburgh (AP-2; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-2; NYS-2; AAB-1; WA-1)
 * Bear Schwartz, California (AP-1; UP-2; INS-3; NYS-1; WA-2; LP-1)
 * Wade Greene, Yale (AP-2; CP-1; WT)
 * Russ Crane, Illinois (CP-1)
 * Mike Brumbelow, Texas Christian (UP-3; NEA-3; WA-3)
 * Roberts, Iowa (UP-3)
 * John Law, Notre Dame (AP-3)
 * Ray Farris, North Carolina (AP-3; NEA-2)
 * Nathan Barrager, Southern California (INS-2; CP-2; WA-3)
 * Gibson, Colgate (NYP-2)
 * Luby DiMeolo, Pitt (INS-3 [t]; NYP-2)
 * Brown, Vanderbilt (NYS-2; NANA-1)
 * Driscoll, Stanford (NEA-2)
 * Paul Schwegler, Washington (College Football Hall of Fame) (NEA-3)
 * Anderson, Northwestern (INS-3; NANA-1)
 * Weir, Illinois (NANA-2)
 * 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; WA-1; LP-1; WT)
 * Roy Riegels, California (AP-2; NEA-1; INS-3; CP-1)
 * Walter Heinecke, Stanford (UP-2; NANA-3; NYS-2; WA-2)
 * Tony Slano, Fordham (AP-3; UP-3; NEA-2; NANA-2; NYP-1)
 * Tim Moynihan, Notre Dame (NYP-2)
 * Marvin Jonas, Utah (WA-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; WA-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]; WA-3 [hb])
 * Saunders, So. Calif. (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; WA-1; WT)
 * Gene McEver, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-1; NEA-1; NANA-1; CP-1; NYP-2; WA-3)
 * Willis Glassgow, Iowa (UP-2; COL-1; NEA-1; NYS-1; WA-3 [fb]; LP-1)
 * Octavius "Toby" Uansa, Pitt (AP-1; UP-3; NEA-2; INS-2; NANA-3; CP-1; WT)
 * Willis "Bill" Banker, Tulane (AP-3; UP-3 [fb]; NEA-2; INS-3; NYP-1; AAB-1; WA-1; LP-1)
 * Merle Hufford, Washington (UP-1)
 * Fred "Stud" Stennett, St. Mary's (UP-2)
 * Cy Leland, Texas Christian (UP-3)
 * Benny Lom, California (AP-3; NEA-2 [fb]; NANA-2)
 * Lloyd Brazil, Detroit (NEA-3; INS-3 [fb]; WA-2 [qb])
 * Dick Boyle, St. Mary's (NEA-3)
 * Wittmer, Princeton (NANA-3)

Fullbacks

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