The 1929 College Football All-America team is composed of

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players who were selected as

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ns by various organizations and writers that chose

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s in 1929. The seven selectors recognized by the

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as "official" for the 1929 season are (1) ''

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'', as selected by

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, (2) the

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, (3) the

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, (4) the All-America Board, (5) the

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(INS), (6) the

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(NEA), and (7) the

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(NANA).

Consensus All-Americans

Following the death of

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in 1925, there was a proliferation of All-American teams in the late 1920s. For the year 1929, the NCAA recognizes seven published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. Only two players, Notre Dame quarterback

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and Pittsburgh end

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, were unanimous first-team selections on all seven of the NCAA-recognized teams. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.

All-American selections for 1929

Ends

, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-1; NYS-1; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1; WT) *

Wes Fesler Wesley Eugene Fesler (June 29, 1908 – July 30, 1989) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach of football and basketball. He was a three-sport athlete at Ohio State University and a consensus first-team selection to ...

, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-2; NEA-2; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-2; NYP-2; DW-2; WT) *

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, USC (AP-2; UP-1; NEA-1; INS-2; NANA-1; CP-2; NYS-2; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-2) *

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, Arkansas (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-2; COL-1; INS-3; NYS-1; DW-3; LP-1) * Robert Tanner, Minnesota (NEA-2; NYP-2; DW-1) * Vernon Smith, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; NEA-3) * Paul L. Bates,

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(UP-3) *

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, Oklahoma (UP-3; NEA-3) * Frank Baker, Northwestern (AP-3; NANA-2) *

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, Florida (College Football Hall of Fame) (CP-2) * Mitchell, Davis & Elkins (DW-3) * Norton, California (INS-2; NANA-3) * Muller, Stanford (INS-3) * Herster Barres, Yale (NANA-2) * Tom Conley, Notre Dame (NANA-3)

Tackles

Bronko Nagurski Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski (November 3, 1908 – January 7, 1990) was a Canadian-born professional American football player in the National Football League (NFL), renowned for his strength and size. Nagurski was also a successful professional w ...

, Minnesota (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-1; CP-1 b NYS-1; NYP-1 b DW-2 b LP-1) *

Elmer Sleight Elmer Noble "Red" Sleight (1907 - August 9, 1978) was an All-American football player. Sleight was born in 1907 in Morris, Illinois, and attended Morris High School. He played at the tackle position for the Purdue University Boilermakers from ...

, Purdue (AP-1; UP-2; COL-1; INS-1; NANA-2; CP-1; NYS-1; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1; WT) * Marion Hammon, SMU (UP-1; NYS-2; DW-2) * George Ackerman, St. Mary’s (NYP-2; AAB-1; DW-1) * Forrest Douds, Washington & Jefferson (AP-3; UP-2; NEA-2; INS-2; CP-1; WT) *

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, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-2 INS-2 NYP-1; DW-2 *

Ray Richards Raymond William Richards (July 16, 1906 – September 18, 1974) was an American football player and coach on both the college and professional levels, including head coach for the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). Richard ...

, Nebraska (NEA-1; DW-3) * Lou Gordon, Illinois (NEA-2; NANA-1) * Samuel Wakeman, Cornell (AP-2; UP-3; NEA-3; INS-2; NANA-2; CP-2; NYP-2; DW-3) * Ted Twomey, Notre Dame (AP-2; UP-3; INS-3; DW-2) * John Utz, Penn (CP-2) * Huntington, Colgate (NYS-2) * Shields, Oregon (NEA-3) * Barfield, Princeton (NANA-3) * Blimp Bowstrom, Navy (NANA-3)

Guards

* Jack Cannon, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-3; CP-2; NYS-1; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1; WT) * Ray Montgomery, Pittsburgh (AP-2; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-2; NYS-2; AAB-1; DW-1) * Bert Schwarz, California (AP-1; UP-2; INS-3; NYS-1; DW-2; LP-1) * Wade Greene, Yale (AP-2; CP-1; WT) *

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, Illinois (CP-1) *

Mike Brumbelow Lester Michael Brumbelow (July 13, 1906 – August 11, 1977) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He played football and basketball for Texas Christian University from 1927 to 1929 and was the captain and most valuable player ...

, TCU (UP-3; NEA-3; DW-3) *

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, Iowa (UP-3) * John B. Law, Notre Dame (AP-3) *

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, North Carolina (AP-3; NEA-2) *

Nate Barragar Nathan Robert Barragar (June 3, 1907 – August 10, 1985) was an American collegiate and professional football player. Biography Barragar was the only son of Nathaniel Hawthorne Barragar (1872–1943), a clergyman, and Olive Jan (Littleton) Barr ...

, USC (INS-2; CP-2; DW-3) * Gibson, Colgate (NYP-2) * Luby DiMeolo, Pitt (INS-3 NYP-2) * Bull Brown, Vanderbilt (NYS-2; NANA-1) * Thomas A. Driscoll, Stanford (NEA-2) *

Paul Schwegler Paul Anthony Schwegler (May 22, 1907 – December 7, 1980) was an American gridiron football player and actor, best known for playing college football at the University of Washington during 1929–1931. He was inducted to the College Football Hall ...

, Washington (College Football Hall of Fame) (NEA-3) * Henry J. Anderson, Northwestern (INS-3; NANA-1) * Weir, Illinois (NANA-2) * Charles Humber, Army (NANA-3)

Centers

Ben Ticknor Benjamin Holt Ticknor (January 9, 1909 – September 12, 1979) was an American college football player. He was a prominent center for the Harvard Crimson, known especially for his play on defense. He was captain of the 1930 team. Harvard did not ...

, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-3; INS-1; NANA-1; CP-2; NYS-1; NYP-1 AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1; WT) *

Roy Riegels Roy "Wrong Way" Riegels (April 4, 1908 – March 26, 1993) played for the University of California, Berkeley American football, football team from 1927 to 1929. His wrong-way run in the 1929 Rose Bowl is often cited as the worst blunder in the his ...

, California (AP-2; NEA-1; INS-3; CP-1) * Walter Heinecke, Stanford (UP-2; NANA-3; NYS-2; DW-2) * Tony Slano, Fordham (AP-3; UP-3; NEA-2; NANA-2; NYP-1) * Tim Moynihan, Notre Dame (NYP-2) * Marvin Jonas, Utah (DW-3)

Quarterbacks

, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-1; CP-1; NYS-1; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1; WT) * Alton Marsters, Dartmouth (AP-2; INS-1 b NANA-1; CP-2; NYS-1 b NYP-2) *

Glen Harmeson Glen W. Harmeson (March 9, 1908 – June 23, 1983) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Lehigh University (1934–1941), Wabash College (19 ...

, Purdue (UP-3; INS-3; NEA-3 b *

Albie Booth Albert James "Albie" Booth (February 1, 1908 – March 1, 1959) was an American football player. He was a star at Yale University from 1929 to 1931, and was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1966. Booth, at only tall and , was kno ...

, Yale (AP-3; INS-3 b NYS-2; NYP-1 b DW-3 b * Saunders, USC (NEA-3; NANA-3) * Barry Wood, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (INS-2; NANA-2; NYP-2)

Halfbacks

* Red Cagle, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-2 b COL-1; NEA-2 b INS-2; NANA-2; CP-2; NYS-2; NYP-2; AAB-1; DW-1; WT) *

Gene McEver Eugene Tucker McEver (September 15, 1908 – July 12, 1985) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Tennessee, where he was an All-American halfback. McEver served as the head football coach ...

, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-1; NEA-1; NANA-1; CP-1; NYP-2; DW-3) *

Willis Glassgow Willis Allen "Bill" Glassgow (April 21, 1907 – November 1, 1959) graduated from Shenandoah Iowa high school. Willis was an American football player and attorney. He played halfback for the University of Iowa from 1927 to 1929, was selected ...

, Iowa (UP-2; COL-1; NEA-1; NYS-1; DW-3 b LP-1) * Toby Uansa, Pitt (AP-1; UP-3; NEA-2; INS-2; NANA-3; CP-1; WT) *

Bill Banker Willis Burton "Bill" Banker (April 4, 1907 – September 25, 1985) was an American college football player and one-time vice president of Pinnacle Oil Co. His younger brother Buddy Banker was also an athlete. Tulane University Banker was a promi ...

, Tulane (AP-3; UP-3 b NEA-2; INS-3; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1) * Merle Hufford, Washington (UP-1) * Fred "Stud" Stennett, St. Mary's (UP-2) * Cy Leland, TCU (UP-3) *

Benny Lom Benjamin Lom (June 29, 1906 – June 29, 1984) was an American college football player who played for three seasons for the University of California, Berkeley Golden Bears, and was best known for his attempt to stop his own teammate Roy Rieg ...

, California (AP-3; NEA-2 b NANA-2) *

Lloyd Brazil Francis Lloyd Brazil (April 24, 1906 – April 3, 1965) was an American athlete, coach and athletic director at the University of Detroit for 38 years. He played Halfback (American football), halfback for the University of Detroit American footbal ...

, Detroit (NEA-3; INS-3 b DW-2 b * Dick Boyle, St. Mary's (NEA-3) * Wittmer, Princeton (NANA-3)

Fullbacks

Ralph Welch W. Ralph "Pest" Welch (January 13, 1907 – September 15, 1974) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Washington from 1942 to 1947, compiling a record of 27–20–3. Welch led his 1943 Wash ...

, Purdue (AP-2 b UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1 b NANA-1; CP-2 b NYS-2 b AAB-1; DW-2 b * Pug Parkinson, Pitt (AP-2; UP-2; INS-1; NANA-2; NYS-1; NYP-2; DW-2 b LP-1; WT) * Tony Holm, Alabama (AP-1; INS-2) * Earl "Powerhouse" Pomeroy, Utah (AP-3; DW-1) * C. Russell Bergherm, Northwestern (NANA-3; CP-2; NYS-2)

Key

Selectors recognized by NCAA

Other selectors

References

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