The 1931 All-Eastern football team consists of American football players chosen by various selectors as the best players at each position among the Eastern colleges and universities during the 1931 college football season.
Four players were named to the first team by the Associated Press, United Press, and Central Press Association. They were quarterback Barry Wood of Harvard; end John Orsi of Colgate; guard Jim Zyntell of Holy Cross; and center Ralph Daugherty of Pittsburgh.
All-Eastern selections
Quarterbacks Barry Wood, Harvard (AP-1, UP-1, CP) Bill Morton, Dartmouth (AP-2, UP-2) Helitt, Columbia (UP-3)
Halfbacks Bart Viviano, Cornell (AP-1, UP-1) Jim Murphy, Fordham (AP-2, UP-2, CP) Albie Booth, Yale (AP-1) Ray Stecker, Army (UP-1) Joe Moran, Syracuse (CP) Bill McCall, Dartmouth (AP-2, UP-3) John Crickard, Harvard (UP-2) John Grossman, Rutgers (UP-3)
Fullbacks Clarke Hinkle, Bucknell (AP-1, UP-1) Carl Perina, Penn (AP-2, UP-2, CP) John Ferraro, Cornell (UP-3)
Ends John Orsi, Colgate (AP-1, UP-1, CP) Paul Riblett, Penn (AP-1, UP-1) Herster Barres, Yale (CP, UP-2) James Cavalieri, Holy Cross (AP-2, UP-2) Cristobal Martinez-Zorilla, Cornell (AP-2, UP-3) Joseph Hugret, NYU (UP-3)
Tackles John Price, Army (AP-1, UP-1, CP) Jess Quatse, Pittsburgh (UP-1, CP) James MacMurdo, Pittsburgh (AP-1, UP-2) Irad Hardy, Harvard (AP-2, UP-2) Howard Colehower, Penn (AP-2, UP-3) Rick Concannon, NYU (UP-3)
Guards Jim Zyntell, Holy Cross (AP-1, UP-1, CP) Henry Myerson, Harvard (AP-1, UP-2) Stephen Grenda, Columbia (UP-1) Bill Hoffman, Dartmouth (CP) Milton Summerfelt, Army (AP-2, UP-3) Trice, Army (AP-2, UP-2) Maurice Dubofsky, Georgetown (UP-3)
Centers Ralph Daugherty, Pittsburgh (AP-1, UP-1, CP) William McDuffee, Columbia (AP-2, UP-2) George Chalmers, NYU (UP-3)
Key AP = Associated Press UP = United Press CP = Central Press Association, selected by the football captains of the Eastern teams
See also 1931 College Football All-America Team
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