The 1939 College Football All-America team is 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 New York Sun Nile Kinnick was awarded the 1939 Heisman Trophy, and five players were selected to all or nearly all of the All-American teams by the various selectors, including Kinnick, Michigan halfback Tom Harmon and Nile Kinnick , USC Trojans guard Harry Smith , Texas A&M fullback John Kimbrough , and Cornell tackle Nick Drahos . Between them, Tennessee's guards Ed Molinski and Bob Suffridge were also picked to every major All-American team. The University of Tennessee was the only school with more than one consensus All-American, with Molinski, Suffridge, and quarterback George Cafego all winning the honor.
Consensus All-Americans [ ] The chart below reflects the published point total from the United Press poll (___ 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 1938 Heisman Trophy voting.
All-American selections for 1939 [ ] Key [ ] Bold = Consensus All-American
1 - First Team Selection
2 - Second Team Selection
3 - Third Team Selection Ends [ ] Esco Sarkkinen (AP-2; UP-1; CO-1; CP-1; NEA-1; NYS-1; NW-1; WC-1) Ken Kavanaugh (AP-2; UP-1; CP-2; INS-1; NW-1) William "Bud" Kerr , Notre Dame (AP-1; UP-2; CP-2; INS-2; NEA-1; NYS-2; WC-1) Ralph Wenzel , Tulane (UP-3; CP-1; NYS-1) Paul Severin , North Carolina (AP-1; UP-3; NEA-2) Harlan Gustafson , Penn (AP-3; INS-1) Frank Ivy , Oklahoma (AP-3; CO-1) Hal Newman , Alabama (NEA-2) Erwin Prasse , Iowa (UP-2; CP-3) Bob Ison , Georgia (CP-3; NEA-3; NYS-2) Bob Nowaskey , George Washington (NEA-3) Bill Annahu , Santa Clara (INS-2) Tackles [ ] Nick Drahos (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; CP-1; INS-1; NEA-1; WC-1; NW-1) Harley McCollum (AP-1; CP-3; INS-2; NEA-1) Harry Stella , Army (AP-2; UP-1; INS-1; NW-1) Joe Boyd , Texas A&M (AP-3; UP-2; CO-1; CP-2; NEA-2; NYS-1) Gilford Duggan , Oklahoma (UP-2; CP-1; INS-2; NEA-3; NYS-1) Lee Artoe , California (AP-2) Edward Coon , North Carolina State (NEA-2; NYS-2) Win Pederson , Minnesota (AP-3; UP-3) Mike Enich , Iowa (NEA-3) Gaspar, Southern California (UP-3)
Bob Tierney , Princeton (CP-2) James Reeder , Illinois (NYS-2; WC-1) Guards [ ] Harry Smith (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; CP-1; INS-1; NEA-1; NYS-1; WC-1; NW-1) Ed Molinski (AP-1; UP-2; CO-1; CP-3; NEA-1; WC-1) Bob Suffridge , Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (UP-1; CP-1; INS-1; NEA-3; NYS-1; NW-1) Marshall Robnett , Texas A&M (AP-2; UP-3) Jim Turner, Holy Cross (UP-3; CP-2; INS-2; NYS-2)
Eberle Schultz , Oregon State (AP-3; CP-3; NYS-2) Brewer, Illinois (UP-2)
Warren Alfson , Nebraska (AP-2) Robert Waldorf , Missouri (NEA-2) Tom O'Boyle , Tulane (NEA-2) Allen Johnson , Duke (INS-2) Jack Sommers , UCLA (CP-2) Frank Ribar , Duke (AP-3) Joseph Enzler , Portland (NEA-3) Carl Nery , Duquesne (CP-3) Centers [ ] John Schiechl (AP-1; UP-2; CO-1; CP-1; INS-2; NEA-1; NYS-2; WC-1) John Haman , Northwestern (UP-1; CP-3; INS-1; NW-1) Turner, Hardin-Simmons (NEA-3; NYS-1)
Robert Nelson , Baylor (AP-2) Frank Finnerman , Cornell (AP-3; NEA-2) Carey Cox , Alabama (CP-2) Archie Kodros , Michigan (UP-3) Quarterbacks [ ] George Cafego (INS-1; UP-1; CP-2; NEA-2 [fb]; NW-1) Paul Christman , Missouri (AP-2; UP-2; CO-1; CP-2; INS-2; NEA-1; NYS-2; WC-1) Jimmy McFadden , Clemson (AP-1) Walt Matuszczak, Cornell (NYS-1)
Don Scott , Ohio State (AP-3; UP-3; CP-3; NEA-2) George Stirnweiss , North Carolina (CP-2; NEA-3) Halfbacks [ ] Tom Harmon (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; CP-1; INS-1; NEA-3; NYS-1 [fb]; WC-1; NW-1) Nile Kinnick (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; CP-1; INS-1; NEA-1; NYS-1; WC-1; NW-1) Banks McFadden , Clemson (College Football Hall of Fame) (UP-3; CO-1 [fb]; CP-3; NEA-1) George McAfee , Duke (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-2; CP-2; NEA-2; NYS-1) Kenny Washington , UCLA (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-2; CP-3; INS-2; NEA-2; NYS-2) Grenny Lansdell , Southern California (AP-3; CP-1) Jim Lelanne , North Carolina (INS-2) Beryl Clark , Oklahoma (INS-2) Hoffman, Southern California (NYS-2)
Jack Crain , Texas (AP-3) Richard Cassiano , Pitt (UP-3; NEA-3) Fullbacks [ ] John Kimbrough (AP-1; UP-1; CP-1; INS-1; NEA-1; NYS-2; WC-1; NW-1) Milt Piepul, Notre Dame (UP-2)
Dom Principe , Fordham (AP-3; UP-3; CP-3; NEA-3) Notes [ ]
↑ "The 1939 A.P. All America". San Antonio Express. 1939-12-09. ↑ "U.P. Team Lists Kinnick As Best". Brainerd Daily Dispatch. 1939-11-29. ↑ Walter Johns (1939-12-10). "South Dominates Captains' All-American". Wisconsin State Journal. ↑ "All America Is Picked By Colliers". Wisconsin State Journal. 1939-12-09. ↑ "Kimbrough Named To INS All America Team". Port Arthur News. 1939-11-24. ↑ "N.Y. Sun Picks All American". Modesto Bee And News-Herald. 1939-12-02. ↑ Harry Grayson (1939-11-28). "NEA Picks All America Eleven: Nile Kinnick Named Back of Season". Ironwood Daily Globe.↑ "Walter Camp Football Foundation All-American Selections" . Walter Camp Football Foundation. http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards/ .↑ "Newsweek Picks Super Eleven". Wisconsin State Journal. 1939-12-09.
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