The 1932 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose All-America college football teams in 1932. The eight selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1932 season are (1) Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, (2) the Associated Press, (3) the United Press, (4) the All-America Board, (5) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA); (6) the International News Service (INS), (7) Liberty magazine, and (8) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA).
Consensus All-Americans For the year 1932, the NCAA recognizes eight 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.
Name Position School Number Official OtherPaul MossEndPurdue8/8AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UPCP, NYS, NYT, PD, PM, TR, WCHarry NewmanQuarterbackMichigan8/8AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UPCP, NYS, NYT, PD, PM, TR, WCJoe KurthTackleNotre Dame8/8AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UPCP, NYS, NYT, PM, TR, WCErnie SmithTackleUSC8/8AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UPCP, NYS, NYT, TR, WCWarren HellerHalfbackPittsburgh8/8AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UPCP, NYS, PM, TRMilton SummerfeltGuardArmy6/8AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, UPCP, NYS, NYT, TR, PD, PMJimmy HitchcockHalfbackAuburn6/8AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEANYT, WC, TR, PD, PMBill CorbusGuardStanford4/8AAB, CO, NEA, UPNYS, TR, WCDon ZimmermanHalfbackTulane4/8AP, CO, LIB, UPCP, NYTJoe SkladanyEndPittsburgh4/8FWAA, INS, NEA, UPTRLawrence ElyThe NCAA does not recognize Lawrence Ely as a consensus first-team All-American even though he had three official first-team designations; Clarence Gracey is recognized as the consensus center although he received only two first-team designations.CenterNebraska3/8AAB, AP, CONYSClarence GraceyCenterVanderbilt2/8LIB, UPNYT, PD, TR
All-American selections for 1932 Ends Paul Moss, Purdue (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-1; NYT-1; WC-1; FWAA; LIB; TR-1; PD; PM) Joe Skladany, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-2; FWAA; TR-1) Ted Petoskey, Michigan (UP-3; WC-1; AAB-1; INS-3; NYS-2) Jose Martinez-Zorilla, Cornell (AP-1) David Ariail, Auburn (NEA-2; CP-1) Richard T. King, Army (AP-2; UP-3; NEA-2; INS-2; NYS-1) Dave Nisbet, Washington (AP-3; CO-1; INS-2; LIB) Clary Anderson, Colgate (NEA-3; NYT-1) Frank Meadow, Brown (AP-3) Edwin Kosky, Notre Dame (UP-2) Virgil Rayburn, Tennessee (NYS-2) Red Matal, Columbia (UP-2; NEA-3; PM) Francis "Hands" Slavich, Santa Clara (INS-3) Sid Gillman, Ohio State (PD) Ivy Williamson, Michigan (CP-2) Ford Palmer, USC (CP-3) Madison Pruitt, TCU (CP-3)
Tackles Joe Kurth, Notre Dame (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-1; NYT-1; WC-1; FWAA; LIB; TR-1; PM) Ernie Smith, USC (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-2; NYT-1; WC-1; FWAA; LIB; TR-1; PD) Edward Krause, Notre Dame (AP-2; UP-3; NEA-2; INS-2; CP-2) Fred Crawford, Duke (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-2; CP-3) Raymond Brown, USC (AP-3; UP-3; NEA-2; INS-2; CP-3; NYS-1; PM) Howard Colehower, Penn (AP-3; UP-2; NEA-3; INS-3; CP-2) L. Brown, Brown (NEA-3) Ted Rosequist, Ohio State (INS-3) John Wilbur, Yale (NYS-2) Irad Hardy, Harvard (PD)
Guards Milton Summerfelt, Army (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-1; FWAA; NYT-1; TR-1; PD; PM) Bill Corbus, Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-1; CO-1; AAB-1; NEA-1; CP-2; NYS-1; WC-1; TR-1) Robert Smith, Colgate (AP-2; UP-2; AAB-1; NEA-2; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-2; WC-1; LIB; PD) Aaron Rosenberg, USC (College Football Hall of Fame) (UP-3; INS-2; FWAA; LIB) Johnny Vaught, TCU (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-2; INS-3; CP-3; NYT-1) Joseph Gailus, Ohio State (AP-2; UP-3; NEA-2; INS-2; CP-3; NYS-2; PM) Mike Steponovich, St. Mary's (AP-3; NEA-3) James Harris, Notre Dame (NEA-3) Greg Kabat, Wisconsin (INS-3) Thomas Hupke, Alabama (CP-2)
Centers Clarence Gracey, Vanderbilt (AP-2; UP-1; NEA-2; INS-2; NYS-2; NYT-1; TR-1, CP-3; LIB; PD) Lawrence Ely, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-2; CO-1; INS-3; NYS-1) Chuck Bernard, Michigan (AP-3; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-2; FWAA) Cap Oehler, Purdue (NEA-3) Tom Gilbane, Brown (CP-1) Art Krueger, Marquette (WC-1; PM; AAB-1) Joe Tormey, Pitt (UP-3)
Quarterbacks Harry Newman, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-1; NYT-1; WC-1; FWAA; LIB; TR-1; PD; PM) Cliff Montgomery, Columbia (AP-2; UP-3; INS-2; NYS-2) Felix Vidal, Army (AP-3) Bob Monnett, Michigan State (NEA-2) Robert Ramsay Chase, Brown (INS-3; CP-2; NYS-1 [fb]) Charles R. Soleau, Colgate (UP-2) William "Bill" Beasley, St. Mary's (CP-3)
Halfbacks Warren Heller, Pittsburgh (AP-1; UP-1; CO-1 [fb]; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-1; WC-1; FWAA; LIB; TR-1; PM) Jimmy Hitchcock, Auburn (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-2; CO-1; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-2; NYS-2; NYT-1; WC-1; FWAA; TR-1; PD; PM) Don Zimmerman, Tulane (AP-1 [fb]; UP-1; CO-1; NEA-3; INS-2; CP-1; LIB; NYT-1) Harrison Stafford, Texas (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2) George Sanders, Washington State (AP-2; UP-3; NEA-2; NYS-2) Beattie Feathers, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-3; INS-3) John Crickard, Harvard (AP-3) Gil Berry, Illinois (NEA-2; CP-3) Johnny Cain, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (INS-2; NEA-3) Whitey Ask, Colgate (INS-3) Robert Lassiter, Yale (PD) Bohn Hilliard, Texas (CP-2) Henry "Hank" Schaldach, California (CP-3)
Fullbacks Roy Horstmann, Purdue (UP-2; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-2; NYS-1 [hb]; NYT-1; WC-1; TR-1; PM) Frank Christensen, Utah (UP-1; NEA-3; CP-3) George Melinkovich, Notre Dame (UP-2 [halfback]; NEA-2; INS-2; LIB; PD) Jack Manders, Minnesota (CP-1; INS-3) Bart Viviano, Cornell (AP-2; NYS-2) Duane Purvis, Purdue (AP-3) Angelo Brovelli, St. Mary's (UP-3; NEA-3; FWAA)
Key Bold – Consensus All-American -1 – First-team selection -2 – Second-team selection -3 – Third-team selection
Official selectors AAB = All America Board selected by Christy Walsh in collaboration with Glenn Warner, W.A. Alexander, Jesse C. Harper, Edward L. Casey AP = Associated Press CO = Collier's Weekly, selected by Grantland Rice INS = INS (Hearst) newspaper syndicate LIB = Liberty magazine NANA = North American Newspaper Alliance NEA = NEA Sports Syndicate UP = United Press
Other selectors CP = Central Press Association, the captains' poll NYS = New York Sun WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation FWAA = Football Writers Association of America NYW = New York World-Telegram TR = Ted A. Ramsay, an attempt to create a consensus All-American team using the selections of the six most prominent selectors: the All-America Board, NEA, UP, AP, New York Sun and New York World. Three players, Moss, Kurth and Newman were unanimously selected by all six. PD = Parke H. Davis PM = Philip Martin
See also 1932 All-Big Six Conference football team 1932 All-Big Ten Conference football team 1932 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team 1930 All-Southern football team 1932 All-Southwest Conference football team
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