The 1938 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 1938. The nine selectors recognized by the

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as "official" for the 1938 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) ''

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'' magazine, (7) the

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(NEA), (8) ''

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'', and (9) the ''

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''. Four players were unanimous All-Americans on all of the major All-American teams: TCU quarterback (and 1938

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winner)

Davey O'Brien Robert David O'Brien (June 22, 1917 – November 18, 1977) was an American football quarterback. He played college football at Texas Christian University (TCU) and professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the Philadelphia Eagle ...

, Pittsburgh fullback

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, Michigan guard

Ralph Heikkinen Ralph Isaac "Hike" Heikkinen (May 14, 1917 – January 12, 1990) was an All-American guard for the University of Michigan Wolverines football team from 1936 to 1938. He was a unanimous All-American in 1938, the first player from the Gogebic Rang ...

and Notre Dame tackle

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Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1938, the NCAA recognizes nine published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.

All-American selections for 1938

Ends

Jerome H. Holland Jerome Heartwell "Brud" Holland (January 9, 1916 – January 13, 1985) was an American university president and diplomat. He was the first African American to play football at Cornell University, and was chosen as an All American in 1937 and 1938 ...

, Cornell (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; NEA-2; NW; SN; ID-1) *

Bowden Wyatt Clarence Bowden Wyatt (October 4, 1917 – January 21, 1969) was an American football player and coach. Wyatt played college football at the University of Tennessee and was later the head football coach at three schools, the University of Wyomin ...

, Tennessee (AAB; AP-2; CO-1; NEA-2; NYS-1) *

Waddy Young Walter Roland Young (September 14, 1916 – January 9, 1945) was a professional football player who later served in World War II. Football career Young was the first consensus All-American football player out of the University of Oklahoma. ...

, Oklahoma (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; CP-1; CO-1; NEA-1; NYS-1; WC-1; INS; LIB; NW; ID-1; DT; PW) * Earl Brown, Notre Dame (AAB; AP-2; NEA-3; WC-1; LIB; ID-2; DT) *

Bill Daddio Louis William Daddio (April 26, 1916 – July 5, 1989) was an American football player, coach, and scout. He was an All-American at end at the University of Pittsburgh and played with the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) ...

, Pittsburgh (UP-1; SN; AP-3) *

John Wysocki John Wysocki (c. 1916 – September 23, 1965) was an American football player who played for Villanova University from 1936 to 1938 and was selected as a consensus All-American at the end position in both 1937 and 1938. Wysocki first gained n ...

, Villanova (UP-1; CP-1; NEA-1; ID-2; PW) *

Howard Weiss Howard William Weiss (October 12, 1917 – November 12, 1997) was an American football fullback. He was drafted in the third round of the 1939 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions and played two seasons with the team. Later he played with the Milwau ...

, Wisconsin (NEA-2 ullback INS; ID-1 alfback * John Shirk, Oklahoma (NEA-3) *Sam Boyd, Baylor (AP-3)

Tackles

, Notre Dame (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; CP-1; CO-1; NEA-1; NYS-1; WC-1; INS; LIB; NW; SN; ID-1; DT; PW); * Alvord Wolff, Santa Clara (AP-1; UP-1; NEA-1; INS; NW; SN; ID-2; PW) * William McKeever, Cornell (CO-1; DT; AP-3) * A. Sidney Roth, Cornell (AP-2 uard CO-1, (NYS-1) uard * I. B. Hale, TCU (AP-2; NEA-2; LIB; ID-1) * Bo Russell, Auburn (AP-2) *

Bob Voigts Werner Robert Voigts (March 29, 1916 – December 7, 2000) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Northwestern University from 1947 to 1954, compiling a record of 33–39–1. Voigts led ...

, Northwestern (AAB; WC-1) *

Joe Delaney Joe Alton Delaney (; October 30, 1958 – June 29, 1983) was an American football running back who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL). In his two seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs, Delaney set four franchise records ...

, Holy Cross (NEA-3; NYS-1) *

Steve Maronic Steven Jesse Maronic (May 13, 1917 – May 7, 1980) was an American football player. He played college football at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and professionally for two season in the National Football League (NFL) with the ...

, North Carolina (NEA-2; CP-1; AP-3) * Eddie Gatto, LSU (ID-2) *

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, Texas A&M (NEA-3)

Guards

, Michigan (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; CP-1; CO-1; NEA-1; NYS-1; WC-1; INS; LIB; NW; SN; ID-2; DT; PW) *

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, Iowa State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; NEA-1; LIB; ID-2) *

Bob Suffridge Robert Lee Suffridge (March 17, 1916 – March 3, 1974) was an American football player in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at the University of Tennessee, where he was later inducted into the ...

, Tennessee (UP-1; NEA-2; AP-3) * Frank Twedell, Minnesota (AP-2; NEA-2; INS; SN; ID-1; PW) * Harry Smith, USC (AAB; NEA-3; WC-1; NW; DT) *

Gus Zitrides Gregory George "Gus" Zitrides (April 4, 1915 – January 27, 1987) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Brown University for one season, in 1950, compiling a record of 1–8. Zitrides also spen ...

, Dartmouth (CP-1; ID-1) *Matt Landry, Rice (NEA-3) *Vaughn Lloyd, BYU (AP-3)

Centers

Ki Aldrich Charles Collins "Ki" Aldrich (June 1, 1916 – March 12, 1983) was an American football player. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1960. Early life Aldrich was born in Rogers, Texas and attended Temple High School in T ...

, TCU (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; NEA-2; NYS-1; NW; SN; ID-2; DT) *

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, Duke (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-2; CP-1; NEA-1; WC-1; INS; LIB; PW) *

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, UCLA (AP-3) *Charles Brock, Nebraska (NEA-3; ID-1)

Quarterbacks

, TCU (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; CP-1; CO-1; NEA-1; NYS-1; WC-1; INS; LIB; NW; SN; ID-2; DT; PW) *

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, Columbia (AP-2; SN) *

George Cafego George Cafego (August 29, 1915 – February 9, 1998) was an American football player and coach of football and baseball. He played college football at the University of Tennessee, earning varsity letters 1937 - 1939, and professionally in the N ...

, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; CP-1; NEA-1; LIB; ID-1; DT; PW) * Grenny Lansdell, USC (NEA-2) *Everett Kischer, Iowa State (NEA-3)

Halfbacks

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, Dartmouth (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-3; CO-1; NEA-1; NYS-1; WC-1; INS; LIB; NW; ID-2; PW) *

Vic Bottari Vic Bottari (December 21, 1916 – January 6, 2003) was an American football player. Bottari, nicknamed "Vallejo Vic" attended the University of California, Berkeley and starred as a halfback, leading the Golden Bears to a win in the 1938 Rose ...

, California (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-2; CP-1; CO-1; NEA-2; WC-1; NW; SN; ID-1; DT) * Parker Hall, Ole Miss (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; NYS-1) * John Pingel, Michigan State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; NEA-2; INS; DT) *

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, Duke (UP-1) *

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, Baylor (AP-2) * Merl Condit, Carnegie Tech (ID-2) *

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, Holy Cross (ID-2) *

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, Oklahoma (NEA-3) *

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, Missouri (NEA-3) *Warren Brunner, Tulane (AP-3) *Paul Shu, VMI (AP-3) *

, Wisconsin (AP-3)

Fullbacks

, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; CP-1; CO-1; NEA-1; NYS-1; WC-1; INS; LIB; NW; SN; ID-1; PW) * John McLaughry, Brown (NEA-3)

Key

Bold = Consensus All-American * -1 – First-team selection * -2 – Second-team selection * -3 – Third-team selection

Official selections

* AAB = All-America Board * AP =

* CO = ''

'', selected by

* INS = International News Service * LIB = ''Liberty'' magazine * NEA = NEA Sports Syndicate * NW = ''Newsweek'' * SN = Sporting News * UP =

Other selections

* CP =

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, selected by the captains of more than 50 football teams across the country * DT = ''Detroit Times'' by J.R. Gnau * ID = Irving Dix * NYS = ''New York Sun'' * WC =

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* AR = Albert Richard * PW = Paul Williamson

References

{{College Football All-America Teams

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College Football All-America Teams