The 1934 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 1934. The nine selectors recognized by the

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as "official" for the 1934 season are (1) ''

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'', as selected by

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, (2) the

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(AP), (3) the

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

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(INS), (6) ''

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'' magazine, (7) the

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(NEA), (8) the

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(NANA), and (9) the ''

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'' (SN). No player was the unanimous choice of all nine selectors. Quarterback

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of Stanford and fullback

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of Minnesota led the group with first-team designations from eight of the nine official selectors.

Dixie Howell Millard Fleming "Dixie" Howell (November 24, 1912 – March 2, 1971) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He played college football as a halfback at the University of Alabama from 1932 to 1934 and with the Washington Redskin ...

of Alabama and Chuck Hartwig of Pittsburgh each received six official first-team designations.

Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1934, 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 1934

Ends

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 a ...

, Alabama (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; COL; INS-1; LIB-1; NANA-2; UP-1; CSW-2; NYS-1; WC-1) *

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 coac ...

, Minnesota (AP-1; COL; NANA-1; NEA-1; SN; CP-1; NYS-1) *

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, ...

, Stanford (AAB; AP-2; LIB-1; NANA-2; NEA-1; UP-1; SN; CP-1; WC-1) * Joseph Bogdanski, Colgate (AP-3; NANA-1) * Merle Wendt, Ohio State (INS-1) * Lester Borden, Fordham (AP-2) *

Willis Ward Willis Franklin Ward (December 28, 1912 – December 30, 1983) was an American track and field athlete, college football player, lawyer, and judge who was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1981. Ward was the Mic ...

, Michigan (CSW-2) *

Larry Kelley Lawrence Morgan Kelley (May 30, 1915 – June 27, 2000) was an American football end who played for the Yale Bulldogs football program from 1934 to 1936. He was the captain of the 1936 Yale Bulldogs football team that compiled a 7–1 record ...

, Yale (AP-3)

Tackles

* Bill Lee, Alabama (AP-1; COL; LIB-1; NANA-1; SN) * Bob Reynolds, Stanford (AP-1; COL; INS-1; NANA-1; NYS-1) * James Steen, Syracuse (AP-2; LIB-1; UP-1; CP-1) * Slade Cutter, Navy (AP-3; NEA-1; SN) * George Maddox, Kansas State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; WC-1) * Clyde Carter, SMU (UP-1) * Cassius "Cash" Gentry, Oklahoma (NEA-1; CSW-2) *

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, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (INS-1) * George Theodoratus, Washington State (NEA-1) * Joseph Ferrara, Columbia (AP-2) * Charles Galbreath, Illinois (AP-3) *

Phil Bengtson John Phillip Bengtson (July 17, 1913 – December 18, 1994) was an American football player and coach. He was a longtime assistant coach in college football and the National Football League (NFL), chiefly remembered as the successor to Vince Lo ...

, Minnesota (NANA-2) * Charley Hamrick, Ohio State (NANA-2) * Charles "Buzz" Harvey, Holy Cross (CSW-2)

Guards

* Chuck Hartwig, Pittsburgh (AAB; AP-1; INS-1; LIB-1; NANA-1; SN; CP-1; NYS-1; WC-1) *

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 Footba ...

, Minnesota (AP-2; COL; LIB-1; NANA-1; SN; UP-1) * Regis Monahan, Ohio State (AAB; AP-2; NEA-1; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1 WC-1; CSW-2) * George T. Barclay, North Carolina (AAB AP-1; COL; NEA-1; WC-1; CSW-2) * Charles Mucha, Washington (AP-3; NANA-2) * Ken Ormiston, Pittsburgh (AP-3; INS-1; NYS-1) * Jac Weller, Princeton (NANA-2)

Centers

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, Notre Dame (AAB; AP-2; NANA-1; CSW-2; WC-1) * Darrell Lester, TCU (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; INS-1; NYS-1) *

George Shotwell George C. Shotwell was an American college football center who played for the Pittsburgh Panthers. He was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American in 1934. Early life George C. Shotwell was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He attende ...

, Pittsburgh (COL; NANA-2; UP-1; CP-1) *

Elmer Ward Elmer Henry "Bear" Ward (October 13, 1912 – March 26, 1996) was an American football player. Ward was born in Willard, Utah, and attended Box Elder High School in Brigham City, Utah. He then enrolled at Utah State Agricultural College wher ...

, Utah State (NEA-1) * Ellmore Patterson, Chicago (LIB-1) * Elwood Kalbaugh, Princeton (SN) * Franklin Meier, Nebraska (AP-3)

Quarterbacks

, Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB b AP-1; COL; NEA-1; INS-1 b NANA-1; SN; UP-1; CP-1 b NYS-1; WC-1) * Arleigh Williams, California (AP-2; INS-1) * Ed Goddard, Washington State (LIB-1) * Miller Munjas, Pittsburgh (AP-3; NANA-2)

Halfbacks

, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB b AP-2; INS-1; LIB-1; NANA-1; NEA-1; UP-1; CP-1; CSW-2; WC-1) * Buzz Borries, Navy (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; COL; NANA-2; SN; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1) * Bill Wallace, Rice (AP-1; COL) *

Bob "Bones" Hamilton Robert Alexander "Bones" Hamilton (September 8, 1912 – April 1, 1996) was an American gridiron football player, best known for playing college football for Stanford University. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1972. Biogr ...

, Stanford (LIB-1) *

Jay Berwanger John Jacob "Jay" Berwanger (March 19, 1914 – June 26, 2002) was an American college football player and referee. In 1935, Berwanger was the first recipient of the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, renamed the Heisman Trophy the following year. A ...

, Chicago (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-2; WC-1) * Harry Shuford SMU (NEA-1) *

Duane Purvis Duane Purvis (November 13, 1912 – March 18, 1989) was an American college football player and track and field athlete. A native of Mattoon, Illinois, Purvis played halfback and fullback for the Purdue Boilermakers from 1932 to 1934. He was se ...

, Purdue (NANA-2; SN) * Richard Heekin, Ohio State (AP-3) * Claude Simons, Jr., Tulane (AP-3) * Jack Buckler, Army (CSW-2)

Fullbacks

, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB b AP-1; COL; INS-1 b LIB-1; NANA-1 b1; SN; UP-1; NYS-1 b WC-1) *

Izzy Weinstock Isadore "Izzy" Weinstock (June 27, 1913 – September 26, 1997) was an American professional football player. Weinstock attended James M. Coughlin High School in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and the University of Pittsburgh. He played college foo ...

, Pittsburgh (AP-2; NANA-1; NEA-1; CSW-2) *

Stan Kostka Stanislaus Clarence Kostka (July 8, 1912 – February 3, 1997) was an American football player and coach. He played college football with the Oregon Webfoots for a season, then he transferred to the Minnesota Golden Gophers and was a member of ...

, Minnesota (NANA-2; NYS-1; CSW-2) * David Smukler, Temple (AP-3)

Key

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

Official selectors

* AAB = All-America Board * AP =

: "Alan J. Gould, Associated Press general sports editor, selected the Associated Press All-America football team. He was assisted by his staff of writers all over the country, sports editors of member papers, and eading coaches whose co-operation he sought." * COL = ''

'' as selected by

* NEA =

* INS =

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selected by Davis Walsh * LIB = ''

'' magazine: "Fifteen hundred and forty Intercollegiate players from 93 major universities voted, according to Norman L. Sper who conducted the selection for Liberty" * NANA =

, selected "by four famous coaches: Andy Kerr, of Colgate; Dan E. McGugin, of Vanderbilt; James Phelan, of Washington; and

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, of Detroit." * SN = The ''

'' * UP =

Other selectors

* CP =

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* CSW = College Sports Writers * NYS = ''

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'' * WC =

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References

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