The 1936 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 1936. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1936 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).

Consensus All-Americans For the year 1936, 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.

Name Position School Number Official OtherLarry KelleyEndYale9/9AAB, AP, COL, INS, LIB, NANA, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCGaynell TinsleyEndLSU9/9AAB, AP, COL, INS, LIB, NANA, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCSam FrancisFullbackNebraska9/9AAB, AP, COL, INS, LIB, NANA, NEA, SN, UPWCEd WidsethTackleMinnesota9/9AAB, AP, COL, INS, LIB, NANA, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCAce ParkerHalfbackDuke7/9AAB, AP, INS, LIB, NANA, SN, UPCP, WCSteve ReidGuardNorthwestern6/9AAB, COL, LIB, NANA, NEA, SNWCSammy BaughQuarterbackTCU6/9COL, INS, NANA, NEA, SN, UPCPRay BuividHalfbackMarquette6/9AP, COL, LIB, NANA, NEA, SNCPMax StarcevichGuardWashington5/9AAB, AP, COL, INS, UPCP, WCAve DaniellTacklePittsburgh4/9AP, COL, NEA, UPCPMike BasrakCenterDuquesne4/9AAB, AP, INS, LIBCP, WCAlex WojciechowiczCenterFordham3/9COL, NEA, SN--

All-American selections for 1936 Ends Larry Kelley, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; LIB-1; NANA; NEA-1; SN; UP-1; CP-1; WC-1) Gaynell Tinsley, LSU (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; LIB-1; NANA; NEA-1; SN; UP-1; CP-1; WC-1) Matt Patanelli, Michigan (AP-3; CP-2) Andy Bershak, North Carolina (AP-2) Merle Wendt, Ohio State (AP-2; INS-3) Joe O'Neill, Notre Dame (CP-2) Bill Daddio, Pittsburgh (AP-3; INS-3) Johnny Kovatch, Northwestern (INS-2) Jim Benton, Arkansas (INS-2) Maurice Patt Carnegie Tech

Tackles Ed Widseth, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; LIB-1; NANA; NEA-1; SN; UP-1; CP-1; WC-1) Ave Daniell, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; UP-1; CP-1; INS-2) Frank Kinard, Mississippi (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-3; INS-1; WC-1) Red Chesbro, Colgate (LIB-1) Charles Toll, Princeton (AP-2) Charley Hamrick, Ohio State (AP-2; INS-3) Bill Moss, Tulane (CP-2) Ed Franco, Fordham (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; CP-2; SN; NANA) Clarence Strange, LSU (INS-2) Chuck Bond, Washington (INS-3)

Guards Max Starcevich, Washington (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; UP-1; CP-1; WC-1) Steve Reid, Northwestern (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-3; COL-1; LIB-1; NANA; NEA-1; SN; CP-2; WC-1; INS-2) Joe Routt, Texas A&M (AP-1; LIB-1, INS-2) Bill Glassford, Pittsburgh (AP-3; INS-1; CP-2; NANA) John Lautar, Notre Dame (UP-1; INS-3) Alex Drobnitch, Denver (NEA-1) Art White, Alabama (AP-2; CP-1; SN; INS-3) Nathaniel Pierce, Fordham (AP-2)

Centers Alex Wojciechowicz, Fordham (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (COL-1; NEA-1; SN; CP-2) Mike Basrak, Duquesne (AAB; AP-1; INS-1; LIB-1; CP-1; WC-1) Bob Herwig, California (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; NANA; UP-1; INS-2) Walter Gilbert, Auburn (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; INS-3)

Quarterbacks Sammy Baugh, TCU (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2 [hb]; COL-1; INS-1 [hb]; NANA; NEA-1 [hb]; SN; UP-1; CP-1) Ed Goddard, Washington State (second pick in the 1937 NFL draft) (AP-3; NEA-1; UP-1; CP-2; INS-2) Clint Frank, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; COL-1 [hb]; INS-3) Franny Murray, Penn (AP-2)

Halfbacks Ace Parker, Duke (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; INS-1; LIB-1 [qb]; SN; NANA; UP-1; CP-1 [fb]; WC-1) Ray Buivid, Marquette (AP-1; COL-1; LIB-1; NANA; NEA-1; SN; CP-1; INS-2) Nello Falaschi, Santa Clara (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB [qb]; AP-3; INS-1; WC-1; AA) Don Heap, Northwestern (CP-1) Kent Ryan, Utah State (AAB; WC-1) Andy Uram, Minnesota (AP-2; CP-2; SN; INS-2) Joe Riley, Alabama (CP-1; INS-2) Jimmie Cain, Washington (LIB-1) Philip Dickens, Tennessee (AP-3) Bill Osmanski, Holy Cross (INS-3) Byron Haines, Washington (INS-3)

Fullbacks Sam Francis, Nebraska (College Football Hall of Fame) (first pick in the 1937 NFL draft) (AAB; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; LIB-1; NANA; NEA-1; LIB-1; UP-1; CP-2; WC-1) Cecil Isbell, Purdue (AP-2) John Handrahan, Dartmouth (AP-3) Bill Kurlish, Penn (INS-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 = Associated Press COL = Collier's Weekly INS = International News Service LIB = Liberty magazine, "the All-Players All-American eleven, as announced by the editors of Liberty magazine" NANA = North American Newspaper Alliance NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association SN = The Sporting News UP = United Press

Other selectors CP = Central Press Association: "In the sixth annual Captains' All-American, selected by more than 50 gridiron leaders of important universities and colleges throughout the United States, the East is represented at three positions." WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation

See also 1936 Little All-America college football team 1936 All-Big Six Conference football team 1936 All-Big Ten Conference football team 1936 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team 1936 All-SEC football team

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