1947 All-Eastern football team

The 1947 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 1947 college football season.

All-Eastern selections Backs Frank R. Burns, Rutgers (AP-1, INS-1 [qb]) Skip Minisi, Penn (AP-1, INS-1 [hb]) Elwyn Rowan, Army (AP-1, INS-1 [fb]) Gene Rossides, Columbia (AP-1) Ferd Nadherny, Yale (AP-2, INS-1 [hb]) Jeff Durkota, Penn State (AP-2) Norman Dawson, Cornell (AP-2) Thomas Gannon, Harvard (AP-2)

Ends Bill Swiacki, Columbia (AP-1, INS-1) Bill Iannicelli, Franklin & Marshall (AP-1) Sam Tamburo, Penn State (INS-1) Dale Armstrong, Dartmouth (AP-2) Tom Finical, Princeton (AP-2)

Tackles Richard E. Shimshak, Navy (AP-1, INS-1) Bill Lilienthal, Villanova (AP-1) George Savitsky, Penn (INS-1) Ernie Stautner, Boston College (AP-2) Edmund Kulakowski, West Virginia (AP-2)

Guards Steve Suhey, Penn State (AP-1, INS-1) Joe Steffy, Army (AP-1, INS-1) Ben Coren, West Chester (AP-2) Norman Iacuele, Brown (AP-2)

Centers Chuck Bednarik, Penn (AP-1, INS-1) Dick Scott, Navy (AP-2)

Key AP = Associated Press INS = International News Service

See also 1947 College Football All-America Team

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