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1934 College Football All-America Team
The 1934 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 in 1934. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1934 season are (1) ''Collier's Weekly'', as selected by Grantland Rice, (2) the Associated Press (AP), (3) the United Press (UP), (4) the All-America Board (AAB), (5) the International News Service (INS), (6) ''Liberty'' magazine, (7) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (8) the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA), and (9) the ''Sporting News'' (SN). No player was the unanimous choice of all nine selectors. Quarterback Bobby Grayson of Stanford and fullback Pug Lund of Minnesota led the group with first-team designations from eight of the nine official selectors. Dixie Howell of Alabama and Chuck Hartwig of Pittsburgh each received six official first-team designations. Consensus All-Americans Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
College Football All-America Team
The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best college football players in the United States at their respective positions. The original use of the term '' All-America'' seems to have been to the 1889 College Football All-America Team selected by Caspar Whitney and published in ''This Week's Sports''. Football pioneer Walter Camp also began selecting All-America teams in the 1890s and was recognized as the official selector in the early years of the 20th century. NCAA recognition As of 2024, the College Football All-America Team is composed of the following College Football All-American first teams chosen by the following selector organizations: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), ''Sporting News'' (''TSN'', from its historic name of ''The Sporting News''), ''Sports Illustrated'' (''SI''), ''The Athletic'' (Athletic), ''USA Today'' (U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sporting News
''The Sporting News'' is a website and former magazine publication owned by Sporting News Holdings, which is a U.S.-based sports media company formed in December 2020 by a private investor consortium. It was originally established in 1886 as a print magazine. It became the dominant American publication covering baseball, acquiring the nickname "The Bible of Baseball". From 2002 to February 2022, it was known simply as ''Sporting News''. In December 2012, ''The Sporting News'' ended print publication and shifted to a digital-only publication. It currently has editions in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Japan. History Early history *March 17, 1886: ''The Sporting News'' (''TSN''), founded in St. Louis by Alfred H. Spink, a director of the St. Louis Browns (NL), St. Louis Browns baseball team, publishes its first edition. The weekly newspaper sells for 5 cents. Baseball, horse racing and professional wrestling received the most coverage in the first issue. Meanwhile, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jack Robinson (American Football)
John Joseph Robinson, Jr. (April 20, 1913 – December 27, 1971) was an American football player. A native of Huntington, New York, he played college football at the center position at the University of Notre Dame and was a consensus selection on the 1934 College Football All-America Team. He was the son of New York State Assembly member John J. Robinson. Robinson was born into an affluent family from Long Island, New York and owned race horses during the time he was at Notre Dame. In his later years, Robinson had his legs amputated due to blood clots. He also had a heart attack in September 1970 and was hospitalized at the Nassau Hospital. He died on December 27, 1971, of another heart attack at his home in Garden City, New York Garden City is a village located in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 23,272 at the time of the 2020 census. The Incorporated Village of Garden City is primarily located within the Town of Hempstea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Darrell Lester (center)
Darrell George Lester (April 29, 1914 – July 30, 1993) was an American professional football player who was a center for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He was a two-time All-American playing college football for the TCU Horned Frogs in the 1930s. A native of Jacksboro, Texas, Lester was not only a great football player at Texas Christian University. He earned nine varsity letters in all, also playing center on the Horned Frogs' basketball team and pitching for their baseball team. It was football, though, where Lester made his mark. He was the first player in Southwest Conference history to be named consensus All-American twice, earning that honor in both 1934 and 1935. He is the only Horned Frog to be named a two-time consensus All-American. He was a captain on the 1935 team, and along with Sammy Baugh led the Frogs to a 12–1 record and a Sugar Bowl victory over LSU. His successor at center for TCU was Ki Aldrich, who was himself a tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Buzz Borries
Fred "Buzz" Borries (December 13, 1911 – January 3, 1969) was an American college football player who played halfback for the Navy Midshipmen football team of the U.S. Naval Academy from 1932 to 1934. Borries was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and attended Lapeer High School in Louisville. As a junior halfback for the Navy Midshipmen in 1933, he scored the Midshipmen's sole touchdown to give Navy a 7–0 victory over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish; it was Navy's first victory in the Navy–Notre rivalry series in seven years. In 1934, he helped Navy score its first victory over the Army Black Knights football team since 1921. Against Army, Borries carried the ball 36 times and set up Slade Cutter's field goal for Navy to win 3–0. He was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American following his 1934 senior season and received the Naval Academy Athletic Association sword during graduation ceremonies. The sword is presented to the midshipman of the graduating clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bob Reynolds (American Football, Born 1914)
Robert O'Dell "Horse" Reynolds (March 30, 1914 – February 8, 1994) was an American football player and businessman in radio and professional sports. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and is the only player ever to play in every minute of three consecutive Rose Bowl games (1934–1936). Reynolds was an All-American Tackle (American football), tackle who played for Stanford University from 1933 to 1935. After two years in the National Football League (NFL) with the Detroit Lions, Reynolds went into the broadcasting business and became general manager of the 50,000-watt KMPC radio station. He formed a partnership with Gene Autry in 1952 and served as the president of Golden West Broadcasting. He was also a founder, co-owner and president of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, California Angels Major League Baseball team from 1960 to 1975. Early years Reynolds was born and raised in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. He was a star athlete at Okmulgee High School before enrollin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bill Bevan
William Arnold Bevan, Sr. (March 26, 1913 – August 26, 1975) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Minnesota and was a consensus selection at the guard position on the 1934 College Football All-America Team. Biography He grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota, and graduated from St. Paul Central High School. He then enrolled at the University of Minnesota, where he was a member of the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team under head coach Bernie Bierman. He played at the guard position on Minnesota teams that were undefeated for two consecutive seasons from 1933 to 1934 and was one of four first-team All-Americans on the 1934 Minnesota team that has been recognized as Minnesota's first national championship team. He was a consensus first-team selection for the 1934 College Football All-America Team. He was also a boxer who won the Big Ten Conference boxing championship in the light heavyweight class. After leaving Minnesot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bill Lee (American Football)
William Earl Lee Sr. (August 19, 1911 – June 23, 1998) was an American football lineman who played collegiately for the Alabama Crimson Tide and professionally for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). For excellent play during his nine-year NFL career, Lee was named to the NFL's All-Decade Team of the 1930s by the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 2010. Biography Bill Lee was born August 19, 1911, in Eutaw, Alabama. Lee played in 82 career games while starting in 60 of them. He played in each game of his first two seasons with the Dodgers; after playing five games with the Dodgers, he was moved to the Green Bay Packers, where he played in four games. In his next four seasons, he played in every game of those seasons. He played in just one game of the 1942 season, when it was interrupted by the outbreak of World War II. After the war, Lee resumed his NFL career with the Packers, but saw action in just four games in 1946. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Frank Larson
Frank "Butch" Larson (May 30, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was an American gridiron football player and coach. He was a consensus first-team All-American at the end position at the University of Minnesota in 1934. He later served as the head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 1949 to 1950. A native of Duluth, Minnesota, Larson graduated from Denfeld High School. He then enrolled at the University of Minnesota where he played on undefeated Minnesota Golden Gophers football teams in 1933 and 1934. The 1934 team was recognized as the national champion, and Larson was a consensus selection at the end position on the 1934 College Football All-America Team. Larson received bachelor and master of arts degrees from Minnesota. From 1936 to 1941, he was a coach at Duluth Central High School. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Force and received nine battle stars. After the war, he coached the football team at Duluth Junior College. From 1949 to 1950, he was the head coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Don Hutson
Donald Montgomery Hutson (January 31, 1913 – June 26, 1997), nicknamed "the Alabama Antelope", was an American professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL). In the era of the one-platoon football, he played as an end and spent his entire 11-year career with the Green Bay Packers. Under head coach Curly Lambeau, Hutson led the Packers to four NFL Championship Games, winning three in 1936, 1939, and 1944. Hutson joined the Packers in 1935 and played 11 seasons before he retired in 1945. He led the league in receiving yards in seven separate seasons and led the league in receiving touchdowns in nine seasons. A talented safety on defense, he also led the NFL in interceptions in 1940. He is the only player to lead the league in receiving touchdowns and interceptions in the same season. Hutson was an eight-time All-Pro selection, a four-time All-Star, and was twice awarded the Joe F. Carr Trophy as the NFL Most Valuable Player. Hutson is consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jim Moscrip
James Henderson "Monk" Moscrip (September 17, 1913 – October 11, 1980) was an American professional football player who was an end for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Stanford University, then played two seasons professionally with the Lions. He is an inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame. Biography Born in Adena, Ohio, Moscrip attended The Kiski Prep School in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, before enrolling at Stanford University. Moscrip played as an end for the Stanford Indians football team (as it was then known) for the 1933 to 1935 seasons. Those teams were known as the "Vow Boys", as they vowed not to lose to USC. The Vow Boys teams did not lose a game to either USC or Cal, and went to three consecutive Rose Bowl Games, the January 1934 to January 1936 editions. Moscrip was named to the 1934 College Football All-America Team by multiple selectors, and was a consensus selection to the 1935 College Football All-A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chuck Hartwig
Chuck Crawford Hartwig (June 1, 1912 – September 15, 1950) was an American college football player. At six feet and 190 pounds, he was a native of West Virginia. He attended the University of Pittsburgh where he played at the guard position for the Pitt Panthers football team. He was a consensus first-team selection on the 1934 College Football All-America Team The 1934 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 in 1934. The nine selectors recognized by the .... He was later an assistant coach for the Panthers. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hartwig, Chuck 1912 births 1950 deaths American football guards Pittsburgh Panthers football coaches Pittsburgh Panthers football players All-American college football players Sportspeople from Wetzel County, West Virginia Coaches of American football from West Virginia Players of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
