1936 College Football All-America Team

The 1936 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 1936 college football season. The organizations that chose the teams included: the United Press; the Associated Press; Collier's Weekly; and the New York Sun.

Key

 * AP = Associated Press
 * UP = United Press
 * COL = Collier's Weekly
 * INS = International News Service
 * NEA = Newspaper Editors Association
 * LIB = Liberty Magazine, "the All-Players All-American eleven, as announced by the editors of Liberty magazine"
 * CP = Central Press Association: "In the sixth annual Captains' All-American, selected by more than 50 gridiron leaders of important universities and colleges throughout the United States, the East is represented at three positions."
 * WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation

Bold = Consensus All-American


 * 1 - First Team Selection
 * 2 - Second Team Selection
 * 3 - Third Team Selection

Ends

 * Larry Kelley, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA-1; LIB-1; CP-1; WC-1)
 * Gaynell Tinsley, LSU (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA-1; LIB-1; CP-1; WC-1)
 * Matt Patanelli, Michigan (AP-3; CP-2)
 * Andy Bershak, North Carolina (AP-2)
 * Merle Wendt, Ohio State (AP-2)
 * O'Neill, Notre Dame (CP-2)
 * Bill Daddio, Pittsburgh (AP-3)

Tackles

 * Ed Widseth, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA-1; LIB-1; CP-1; WC-1)
 * Ave Daniell, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; CP-1)
 * Frank Kinard, Mississippi (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (INS-1; WC-1; AP-3)
 * Chebro, Colgage (LIB-1)
 * Charles Toll, Princeton (AP-2)
 * Charley Hamrick, Ohio State (AP-2)
 * Moss, Tulane (CP-2)
 * Ed Franco, Fordham (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; CP-2)

Guards

 * Max Starcevich, Washington (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; INS-1; CP-1; WC-1)
 * Steve Reid, Northwestern (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; COL-1; NEA-1; LIB-1; CP-2; WC-1)
 * Joe Routt, Texas A&M (AP-1; LIB-1)
 * John Lautar, Notre Dame (UP-1)
 * Alex Drobnitch, Denver (NEA-1)
 * Art White, Alabama (AP-2; CP-1)
 * Nathaniel Pierce, Fordham (AP-2)
 * Bill Glassford, Pittsburgh (AP-3; INS-1; CP-2)

Centers

 * Alex Wojciechowicz, Fordham (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (COL-1; NEA-1; CP-2)
 * Mike Basrak, Duquesne (AP-1; INS-1; LIB-1; CP-1; WC-1)
 * Bob Herwig, California (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-1)
 * Walter Gilbert, Auburn (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3)

Quarterbacks

 * Sammy Baugh, TCU (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2 [hb]; UP-1; COL-1; INS-1 [hb]; NEA-1 [hb]; CP-1)
 * Ed Goddard, Washington State (Second pick in the 1937 NFL Draft) (AP-3; UP-1; NEA-1; CP-2)
 * Clint Frank, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; COL-1 [hb])
 * Falanche, Santa Clara (INS-1)
 * Franny Murray, Penn (AP-2)

Halfbacks

 * Ace Parker, Duke (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; INS-1; LIB-1 [qb]; CP-1 [fb]; WC-1)
 * Ray Buivid, Marquette (AP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; LIB-1; CP-1)
 * Nello Falaschi, Santa Clara (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; WC-1)
 * Don Heap, Northwestern (CP-1)
 * Kent Ryan, Utah State (WC-1)
 * Andy Uram, Minnesota (AP-2; CP-2)
 * Joe Riley, Alabama (CP-1)
 * Jimmie Cain, Washington (LIB-1)
 * Philip Dickens, Tennessee (AP-3)

Fullbacks

 * Sam Francis, Nebraska (College Football Hall of Fame) (First pick in the 1937 NFL Draft) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA-1; LIB-1; CP-2; WC-1)
 * Cecil Isbell, Purdue (AP-2)
 * John Handrahan, Dartmouth (AP-3)