1947 College Football All-America Team

The 1947 College Football All-America team was composed of college football players selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers. The organizations choosing the teams included: the United Press, the Associated Press, Collier's Weekly, the International News Service (the wire service operated by the Hearst newspapers), and the Football Writers Association of America. The individuals selected to the most All-American teams were Notre Dame quarterback (and Heisman Trophy winner) Johnny Lujack and Michigan halfback Bob Chappuis.

Consensus All-Americans
The chart below reflects the published point total from the UP poll (2,211 points possible), and also reflects the number of polls in which the leading candidates were selected as a first-team All-American, and their point total in the 1947 Heisman Trophy voting.

Key

 * AP = Associated Press
 * UP = United Press
 * PO = Saturday Evening Post, selected by the American Football Coaches Association
 * CO = Collier's Weekly, selected by Grantland Rice
 * NEA = NEA Sports Syndicate, based on a consensus of coaches, scouts, officials, opposing players, and "others qualified to judge players and accurately weigh their value."
 * INS = INS (Hearst) newspaper syndicate
 * CP = Central Press Association, selected with the assistance of the nation's football captains.
 * WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation
 * FW=Football Writers Association of America.

Bold = Consensus All-American


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

Ends

 * Paul Cleary, Southern California (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-2; CO-1; NEA-1; CP-1; INS-1; FW-1)
 * Bill Swiacki, Columbia (AP-1; UP-1; PO-1; CO-1; NEA-1; CP-2; INS-1; WC-1)
 * Barney Poole, Mississippi (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-1; PO-1; NEA-2; CP-1; INS-3; WC-1; FW-2)
 * Leon Hart, Notre Dame (FW-1)
 * Bob Mann, Michigan (AP-2; UP-3; NEA-3; CP-3)
 * Ike Owens, Illinois (AP-2; NEA-2; CP-3; INS-2; FW-3)
 * Len Ford, Michigan (Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-2; CP-2)
 * Tom Fears, UCLA (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (UP-3; NEA-3; INS-2; FW-2)
 * Banard Hafen, Utah (INS-3)
 * Max Bumgardner, Texas (FW-3)

Tackles

 * Bob Davis, Georgia Tech (AP-1; UP-2; PO-1; CO-1; NEA-1; CP-1; INS-1; FW-1)
 * George Connor, Notre Dame (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-1; PO-1; CO-1; NEA-2; CP-2; INS-3; WC-1)
 * John Ferraro, Southern California (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-1; NEA-2; CP-1; INS-2; WC-1; FW-2)
 * Richard Harris, Texas (AP-1; CP-3; INS-3; FW-3)
 * Zygmont Czarobski, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-3; NEA-1; CP-3; INS-1; FW-2)
 * Malachi Mills, VMI (AP-2)
 * George Savitski, Penn (UP-2; FW-1)
 * Bruce Hilkene, Michigan (NEA-3)
 * Goble Bryant, Army (CP-2; FW-3)
 * Phil O'Reilly, Purdue (INS-2)
 * Alex Agase, Illinois (College Football Hall of Fame) (UP-3)

Guards

 * William Fischer, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; NEA-1; CP-1; INS-2; FW-1)
 * Joe Steffy, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-1; PO-1; CO-1; NEA-1; CP-1; INS-1; WC-1; FW-1)
 * Steve Suhey, Penn State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-3; CO-1; NEA-2; CP-3; INS-1)
 * Leo Nomellini, Minnesota (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-2; NEA-2; CP-2; INS-2)
 * Rod Franz, California (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; PO-1; CP-2; INS-3; WC-1; FW-2)
 * Knox Ramsey, William & Mary (UP-2; NEA-3 [tackle])
 * Mike Dimitro, UCLA (AP-3; INS-3; FW-3)
 * J.W. Magee, Rice (NEA-3)
 * Jon Baker, California (NEA-3)
 * Howard Brown, Indiana (CP-3)
 * Dominic Tomasi, Michigan (UP-3)
 * Herbert Siegert, Illinois (FW-2)
 * Bill Healy, Georgia Tech (FW-3)

Centers

 * Chuck Bednarik, Pennsylvania (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; PO-1; NEA-2; CP-2; INS-1; WC-1; FW-3)
 * Dick Scott, Navy (AP-2; UP-2; CO-1; NEA-1; CP-1; INS-2; FW-1)
 * Jay Rhodemyre, Kentucky (AP-3)
 * George Strohmeyer, Notre Dame (UP-3; NEA-3)
 * John Rapacz, Oklahoma (CP-3; INS-3)
 * J. T. White, Michigan (FW-2)

Quarterbacks

 * Johnny Lujack, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; PO-1; CO-1; NEA-1; CP-1; INS-1; WC-1; FW-1)
 * Charlie Conerly, Mississippi (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-2; NEA-1; CP-2; INS-1; FW-1)
 * Bobby Layne, Texas (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-1; NEA-2; CP-1; INS-2; FW-1)

Backs

 * Bob Chappuis, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; PO-1; CO-1; NEA-1; CP-1; INS-1; WC-1; FW-1)
 * Doak Walker, Southern Methodist (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; PO-1; NEA-1; CP-1; INS-1; WC-1; FW-2)
 * Ray Evans, Kansas (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; CO-1; NEA-3; CP-3; INS-2; FW-3)
 * Bump Elliott, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-2; PO-1; NEA-3; CP-2; INS-3; FW-2)
 * Tony "Skip" Minisi, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-2; CO-1; NEA-3; CP-3; INS-3; WC-1; FW-2)
 * Harry Gilmer, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-2; NEA-2; CP-2; INS-2; FW-2)
 * Charlie "Choo Choo" Justice, North Carolina (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-3; NEA-2; CP-3; INS-3)
 * Clyde Scott, Arkansas (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; CP-3; INS-3)
 * Jack Cloud, William & Mary (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3)
 * George Taliaferro, Indiana (College Football Hall of Fame) (NEA-2)
 * Don Doll, Southern California (NEA-3; FW-3)
 * Elwyn Rowan, Army (CP-2)
 * Jake Leicht, Oregon (INS-2)
 * Terry Brennan, Notre Dame (UP-3; FW-3)
 * Harry Szulborski, Purdue (FW-3)