1928 College Football All-America Team

The 1928 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 1928. 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.

Key
Bold - NCAA "consensus" All-Americans

Selectors recognized by NCAA in its consensus All-American determinations:
 * AAB = All America Board
 * AP = Associated Press
 * COL = Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice with assistance from Knute Rockne, Glenn Warner, Jesse Hawley, Fielding H. Yost, Robert Zuppke, Lou Young, Bill Roper, Wallace Wade, Dan McGugin and Clarence M. Price.
 * NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association
 * UP = United Press, as selected by United Press sports editor Frank Getty, with advice from "coaches and officials throughout the country."

Other selectors:
 * CP = Central Press Association, billed as the "Real" All-American team
 * PAB = Pan-American Bank
 * WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation


 * 1 - First Team Selection
 * 2 - Second Team Selection
 * 3 - Third Team Selection
 * Utility Selection - Only Grantland Rice in Collier's Weekly used this designation for three players in addition to those at eleven specified positions.
 * HM - Honorable Mention Selection - Used by Frank Getty in the United Press All-America Team.

Ends

 * Irvine Phillips, California (UP-1, WC-1, AAB, PAB, AP-2)
 * Wes Fesler, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (CO-1, NEA-1, UP-1, WC-1, AAB, AP-2, CP-2)
 * Dale Van Sickel, Florida (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, NEA-1, CO-Utility, UP-HM)
 * Malcolm Franklin, St. Mary's (AP-1, UP-2)
 * Ken Haycraft, Minnesota (CO-1, UP-2)
 * Dick Abernathy, Vanderbilt (CP-1, UP-3)
 * Rosenzweig, Carnegie Tech (CP-1, NEA-2, UP-HM)
 * Edward Messinger, Army (PAB, CP-2, AP-3)
 * Miller Brown, Missouri (AP-3)
 * Barna, Hobart (UP-3)

Tackles

 * Otto Pommerening, Michigan (AP-1, CO-1, UP-1, NEA-3)
 * Mike Getto, Pittsburgh (CO-1, NEA-1, WC-1, AP-2, UP-2, AAB)
 * Jap Douds, Washington & Jefferson (UP-1, CO-Utility)
 * Jesse Hibbs, Southern California (CP-1, NEA-1, UP-3)
 * Gordy Brown, Texas (CP-1, AP-2, UP-3)
 * Albert J. Nowack, Illinois (WC-1, UP-2, AP-3, AAB)
 * Russell Crane, Illinois (CP-1)
 * Frank Speer, Georgia Tech (AP-1)
 * Alfred "Al" Lassman, New York Univ. (CP-2, NEA-2)
 * Bud Sprague, Army (CP-2)
 * Jimmy Steele, Florida (NEA-2)
 * Melvyl Dressell, Washington State (AP-3)
 * Steve Bancroft, California (PAB)
 * Miller, Notre Dame (PAB)

Guards

 * Seraphim Post, Stanford (AP-1, CO-1, CP-1, NEA-1, WC-1, AAB)
 * Don Robesky, Stanford (UP-1, NEA-2)
 * Edward Burke, Navy (AP-1, CO-1, CP-2, NEA-2)
 * George Gibson, Minnesota (UP-1, WC-1, AP-2, NEA-3, AAB)
 * Dan McMullen, Nebraska (AP-2, NEA-3, UP-3, PAB)
 * Bill McRae, Florida (UP-2)
 * John Brown, Vanderbilt (UP-2)
 * Bruce Dumont, Colgate (AP-3)
 * Choc Sanders, Southern Methodist (AP-3, UP-3)
 * Waldo Wittenmeyer Greene, Yale (CP-2)
 * John Dreshar, Carnegie Tech (PAB)

Centers

 * Peter Pund, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (CO-1, NEA-1, UP-1, WC-1, CP-2, AP-3, AAB)
 * Charles Howe, Princeton (AP-1, CP-1, NEA-2, UP-2, PAB)
 * Nathan Barrager, Southern California (AP-2)

Quarterbacks

 * Howard Harpster, Carnegie Mellon (College Football Hall of Fame) (CO-1, CP-1, NEA-1, UP-1, WC-1, AP-3, PAB, AAB)
 * Earl H. "Dutch" Clark, Colorado College (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1)
 * Howard Maple,Oregon State (AP-2, UP-3)
 * Frederick L. Hovde, Minnesota (CP-2)
 * Don Williams, Southern California (UP-2)
 * Tim Moynihan, Notre Dame (UP-3)

Halfbacks

 * Red Cagle, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, CO-1, CP-1, NEA-1, UP-1, WC-1, PAB, AAB)
 * Chuck Carroll, Washington (AP-1, UP-1 [fb], WC-1, NEA-2, AAB)
 * Paul Scull, Penn (CO-1, NEA-1, WC-1, AP-2, UP-2 [fb], AAB)
 * Warner Mizell, Georgia Tech (AP-2, CP-2, NEA-2, UP-2)
 * Clyde Crabtree, Florida (AP-3, NEA-3, UP-3 [fb])
 * Willis Glassgow, Iowa (CP-2, AP-3, NEA-3)
 * Bill Banker, Tulane (College Football Hall of Fame) (UP-2)
 * Lloyd Brazil, Univ. of Detroit (CO-Utility, UP-3)
 * Redman Hume, Southern Methodist (UP-3)
 * Lloyd Thomas, Univ. South. Calif. (NEA-2, PAB)

Fullbacks

 * Ken Strong, New York Univ. (AP-1, CO-1, CP-1 [hb], NEA-1, UP-1 [hb])
 * Blue Howell, Nebraska (CP-1)
 * Clifford Hoffman, Stanford (AP-2)
 * Gerald Snyder, Maryland (AP-3)
 * Hershel Burgess, Texas A&M (CP-2)
 * Mayes McLain, Iowa (PAB)