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.
All-American selections for 1947 [ ]
Key [ ]
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)
Notes [ ]
↑ "Midwest Places Three Backs On AP All-American Squad: Lujack, Evans and Chappuis On First Team". Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. 1947-12-03.
↑ "Offensive Brilliance Pays Off On UP All-American: Midwestern Zone Leads With Four Players on Team". Journal (Western Nevada). 1947-11-27.
↑ Al Warren (1947-12-17). "Patrolling the Sport Highway with Al Warren". The Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner.
↑ "Collier's Grid Team Announced". The Times Recorder (Zanesville, OH). 1947-12-05.
↑ Harry Grayson (1947-11-). "Lujack Is Only Unanimous Choice For NEA's 1947 All-America". Middlesboro, Ky., Daily News.
↑ Lawton Carver (1947-12-04). "Johnny Lujack Unanimous INS All-American Grid Selection". The Daily Courier (Connellsville, PA).
↑ Walter L. Johns (1947-12-01). "Midwest Gains Edge On CP All-American: Nation's Grid Captains Help Select Honor Eleven". The Era (Bradford, PA).
↑ "Walter Camp Football Foundation All-American Selections" . Walter Camp Football Foundation. http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards/ .
↑ http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf
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