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 for the 1937 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.

Key

 * AP = Associated Press


 * UP = United Press, "selected by United Press sports writers, aided by 12 of the nation's foremost coaches"
 * COL = Collier's Magazine


 * INS = International News Service
 * NEA = Newspaper Editors Association
 * 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

Bold = Consensus All-American


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

Ends

 * Chuck Sweeney, Notre Dame (AP-1; UP-1; INS-3; CP-1)
 * Andy Bershak, North Carolina (AP-3; UP-2; COL-1; INS-3; NEA-1; CP-1; CE-1)
 * John Wysocki, Villanova (UP-1; INS-1; NEA-1; CP-3)
 * Raymond King, Minnesota ( UP-3; INS-1; CP-2; CE-1; WC-1)
 * Jerome H. Holland, Cornell (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; COL-1)
 * Perry Schwartz, California (WC-1)
 * Frank Souchak, Pittsburgh (UP-2; INS-2)
 * William Jordan, Georgia Tech (AP-2; INS-2)
 * Jim Benton, Arkansas (AP-3; CP-3)
 * Elmer Dohmann, Nebraska (CP-2)
 * Pete Smith, Oklahoma (AP-2)
 * Bill Daddio, Pittsburgh (UP-3)

Tackles

 * Ed Franco, Fordham (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; CP-1)
 * Tony Matisi, Pittsburgh (AP-1; UP-2; INS-2; CE-1; WC-1)
 * Frank "Bruiser" Kinard, Mississippi (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-1; INS-1; NEA-1; CE-1)
 * Ed Beinor, Notre Dame (UP-3; NEA-1; CP-3; WC-1)
 * Vic Markov, Washington (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; COL-1; INS-1)
 * Ryba, Alabama (INS-3; CP-1)
 * Fred Shirey, Nebraska (UP-2; INS-2)
 * John Mellus, Villanova (AP-2)
 * Kevorkian, Harvard (CP-2)
 * Edward Gatto, Louisiana State (AP-3)
 * Tipton, Alabama (UP-3)
 * Al Babartsky, Fordham (INS-3)
 * Ted Doyle, Nebraska (CP-3)

Guards

 * Joe Routt, Texas A&M (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; INS-2; NEA-1; CP-1; CE-1)
 * Leroy Monsky, Alabama (AP-1; UP-2; COL-1; INS-2; CP-2; WC-1)
 * Vard Stockton, California (UP-1; INS-1; NEA-1; CP-1)
 * Gust Zarnas, Ohio State (WC-1)
 * Phil Dougherty, Santa Clara (INS-1)
 * Hedwig, California (CE-1)
 * Frank Twedell, Minnesota (AP-2; UP-2; INS-3; CP-3)
 * Gregory Zitrides, Dartmouth (AP-3; INS-3)
 * Sivell, Auburn (AP-3; CP-2)
 * Albin Lezouski (AP-2)
 * Norman Buckner, Tulane (UP-3)
 * Steve Slivinski, Washington (UP-3)
 * Joe Nee, Harvard (CP-3)

Centers

 * Alex Wojciechowicz, Fordham (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-1; INS-1; CP-2; CE-1; WC-1)
 * Carl Hinkle, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-2; COL-1; INS-2; CP-1)
 * Charley Brock, Nebraska (NEA-1)
 * Bob Herwig, California (College Football Hall of Fame) (UP-3; INS-3)
 * Ki Aldrich, Texas Christian (College Football Hall of Fame) (First pick in the 1939 NFL Draft) (AP-2)
 * Elmore Hackney, Duke (INS-2)
 * Phil Doherty, Santa Clara (CP-3)

Quarterbacks

 * Clint Frank, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) ( AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA-1; CP-1; CE-1; WC-1)
 * Sid Luckman, Columbia (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (Second pick in the 1939 NFL Draft) (AP-3; UP-2)
 * Andy Puplis, Notre Dame (UP-3; CP-3)

Halfbacks

 * Marshall Goldberg, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1 [fb] ; COL-1; INS-1 [hb]; NEA-1; CP-1; CE-1; WC-1)
 * Byron "Whizzer" White, Colorado (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA-1; CP-1; CE-1)
 * Corbett Davis, Indiana (First pick in the 1938 NFL Draft) (INS-2 [fb]; CP-1WC-1)
 * Davey O'Brien, Texas Christian (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-3; CP-2 [qb])
 * John Pingel, Michigan State (College Football Hall of Fame) ( (AP-2; INS-3; CP-3)
 * William "Bullet Bill" Osmanski, Holy Cross (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; INS-2)
 * Bob MacLeod, Dartmouth (College Football Hall of Fame) ( (AP-3; CP-2)
 * Hugh Wolfe, Texas (UP-2)
 * Joseph Gray, Oregon State (AP-2)
 * James Allen McDonald, Ohio State (Second pick in the 1938 NFL Draft) (AP-3)
 * Vic Bottari, California (College Football Hall of Fame) ( (UP-3)
 * Andy Stopper, Villanova (INS-3)
 * William "Bullet Bill" Patterson, Baylor (CP-3)

Fullbacks

 * Sam Chapman, California (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; INS-2; CP-2 [fb]; WC-1)
 * Joe Kilgrow, Alabama (UP-2 [hb]; INS-1; CP-2 [hb])
 * George Karamatic, Gonzaga (UP-2; NEA-1)
 * Johnny "Jelly Belly" Meek, California (INS-3 [qb]; CE-1)
 * Cecil Isbell, Purdue (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-3; CP-3)
 * George "Pinky" Rohm, Louisiana State (INS-3)