The 1933 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 1933. The eight selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1933 season are (1) the All-America Board, (2) the Associated Press (AP), (3) Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, (4) the International News Service (INS), (5) Liberty magazine, (6) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (7) the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA), and the United Press (UP).(The ESPN College Football Encyclopedia lists the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) as the eighth selector and does not include the NANA as a consensus selector. Both NANA and FWAA are included as consensus selectors in this article.) The only unanimous selections were center Chuck Bernard of Michigan and quarterback Cotton Warburton of USC.
Consensus All-Americans For the year 1933, 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 OtherChuck BernardCenterMichigan9/9AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NANA, NEA, UPCNS, CP, DJW, MP, NYS, WC, WDCotton WarburtonQuarterbackUSC9/9AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NANA, NEA, UPCNS, CP, DJW, MP, NYS, WC, WDJoe SkladanyEndPittsburgh8/9AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NANA, NEACNS, CP, DJW, NYS, WC, WDBill CorbusGuardStanford8/9AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NANA, NEACNS, CP, DJW, NYS, WC, WDGeorge SauerHalfbackNebraska8/9AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NANA, NEACNS, DJW, MP, WC, WDBeattie FeathersHalfbackTennessee7/9AAB, CO, FWAAA, INS, LIB, NANA, NEACNS, CP, DJW, NYS, WC, WD-1Fred CrawfordTackleDuke6/9AP, CO, INS, LIB, NANA, UPCNS, CP, MP, WDAaron RosenbergGuardUSC5/9AAB, CO, INS, NEA, UPCNS, MP, NYS, WC, WDDuane PurvisFullbackPurdue5/9AAB, CO, LIB, NANA, UPWC, WDFrancis WistertTackleMichigan4/9AAB, CO, FWAA, UPCNS, DJW, NYS, WCBill SmithBill Smith is not recognized by the NCAA as a consensus All-American even though he had three of nine first-team selections. Instead, Paul Geisler, who had two of nine first-team selections, is recognized as a consensus All-American at the end position.EndWashington3/9AAB, LIB, NANAMP, WCPaul GeislerEndCentenary2/9AP, UPWD
All-American selections for 1933 Ends Joe Skladany, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; FWAA; INS-1; LIB; NANA-1; NEA-1; UP-3; CNS; CP-1; DJW-1; NYS-1; WC-1; WD-1) Paul Geisler, Centenary (AP-1; CO-2; INS-2; UP-1; CP-3; WD-1) Bill Smith, Washington (AAB; AP-2; CO-3; INS-3; LIB; NANA-1; NEA-2; UP-2; MP-1; WC-1; WD-2) Ted Petoskey, Michigan (AP-2; CO-2; INS-1; NANA-2; UP-2; CP-1; MP-1) Frank Larson, Minnesota (CO-1; INS-2; NANA-2; NEA-1; CNS; NYS-1; WD-2) Edgar Manske, Northwestern (UP-1) Red Matal, Columbia (CO-3; FWAA; INS-3; CP-2; DJW-1) Jim Moscrip, Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame) (NANA-3; NEA-3; CP-2) Hugh Devore, Notre Dame (AP-3) Lester Borden, Fordham (AP-3) Fred Conrinus, St. Mary's (UP-3) Peter James Kopcsak, Army (CP-3) Clary Anderson, Colgate (NANA-3) Fitzhugh Lyons, Indiana University
Tackles Francis Wistert, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; CO-1; FWAA; INS-2; NANA-2; UP-1; CNS; CP-2; DJW-1; NYS-1; WC-1) Fred Crawford, Duke (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; CO-1; INS-1; LIB; NANA-1; UP-1; CNS; CP-1; MP-1; WD-1) Charles Ceppi, Princeton (AAB; AP-2; CO-3; FWAA; INS-1; LIB; NANA-1; NEA-2; UP-2; CP-1; DJW-1; WC-1; WD-2) Adolphe Schwammel, Oregon State (AP-1; INS-3; UP-3 [g]; MP-1) John Yezerski, St. Mary's (NEA-1) Charles Harvey, Holy Cross (AP-2; INS-2; UP-3; CP-2) Bud Jorgensen, St. Mary's (CO-2; INS-3; UP-2; NYS-1; WD-2) Art Buss, Michigan State (AP-3; CO-3; NEA-2) Cassius Gentry, Oklahoma (AP-3) Frank Walton, Pittsburgh (UP-3; NANA-3) Gail O'Brien, Nebraska (CP-3) George T. Barclay, North Carolina (AP-3 [g]; CP-3) Peter Mehringer, Kansas (CO-2) Lane, Princeton (NANA-2) Ted Rosequist, Ohio State (NANA-3)
Guards Bill Corbus, Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; FWAA; INS-1; LIB; NANA-1; NEA-1; UP-2; CNS; CP-1; DJW-1; NYS-1; WC-1; WD-1) Aaron Rosenberg, USC (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-2; CO-1; INS-1; NANA-2; NEA-1; UP-1; CNS; CP-3; MP-1; NYS-1; WC-1; WD-1) Zud Schammel, Iowa (AP-1; CO-2; LIB; NANA-1; INS-2; UP-1; CP-2; WD-2) Thomas Hupke, Alabama (AP-2; CO-3; INS-3; NANA-3; NEA-2; UP-2; CP-1; WD-2) Larry Stevens, USC (FWAA; INS-3; DJW-1) Harvey Jablonsky, Army (AP-3; UP-3; NANA-3; NEA-2; INS-2; CP-2) Bill Volok, Tulsa (CO-2) Joseph Gailus, Ohio State (CO-3; NANA-2; MP-1) Bunny Burzio, Carnegie Tech (CP-3)
Centers Chuck Bernard, Michigan (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; FWAA; INS-1; LIB; NANA-1; NEA-1; UP-1; CNS; CP-1; DJW-1; MP-1; NYS-1; WC-1; WD-1) Johnny Dell Isola, Fordham (UP-3; CO-2; NANA-2; INS-2; CP-2; WD-2) Lee Coats, UCLA (AP-2; NEA-2) Roy Oen, Minnesota (UP-2; INS-3) Larry Siemering, San Francisco (AP-3) Tal Maples, Tennessee (CP-3) Mike Vuchinich, Ohio State (CO-3) Howard Christie, California (NANA-3)
Quarterbacks Cotton Warburton, USC (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; FWAA; INS-1; LIB; NANA-1; NEA-1; UP-1; CNS; CP-1; DJW-1; MP-1; NYS-1; WC-1; WD-1) Cliff Montgomery, Columbia (AP-3; UP-2; INS-2; CP-3) Joe Laws, Iowa (CO-2; NANA-2; INS-3; DW-2) Paul Johnson, Army (AP-2; NEA-2) Manning Smith, Centenary (UP-3) Deke Brackett, Tennessee (CP-2) Bobby Grayson, Stanford (CO-3; NANA-2 [fb])
Halfbacks Beattie Feathers, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-2; CO-1; FWAA; INS-1; LIB; NANA-1; NEA-1; UP-2; CNS; CP-1; DJW-1; NYS-1; WC-1; WD-1) George Sauer, Nebraska (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; FWAA; INS-1; LIB; NANA-1 [fb]; NEA-1; CNS [fb]; CP-2; DJW-1; MP-1; WC-1; WD-1) Jack Buckler, Army (AP-1; CO-2; INS-2; NANA-2; NEA-1; UP-1; CNS; CP-1; MP-1; NYS-1; WD-2) Pug Lund, Minnesota (AP-1; CO-2; FWAA; INS-1; NANA-2; UP-2 [fb]; CP-1 [fb]; DJW-1; MP-1; WD-2 [fb]) Red Franklin, Oregon State (AP-3; CO-3; INS-3; NEA-2; UP-1; WD-2) Herman Everhardus, Michigan (COL-3; INS-2; NANA-3 [qb]; NEA-2) Ed Danowski, Fordham (CO-2 [fb]; INS-2 [fb]; NANA-3; UP-3) Doug Nott, Detroit (UP-2; CP-3) George Wilson, St. Mary's (AP-3; UP-3; CP-2) Dixie Howell, Alabama (CP-3) Garrett LeVan, Princeton (NANA-3)
Fullbacks Duane Purvis, Purdue (AAB; AP-2 [hb]; CO-1 [hb]; INS-3 [hb]; LIB; NANA-1 [hb]; UP-1; CP-2 [hb]; WC-1; WD-1 [hb]) Mike Mikulak, Oregon (AP-2; CO-3; INS-3; NANA-3; UP-3; NYS-1) Ralph Graham, Kansas State (NEA-2) Ralph Kercheval, Kentucky (AP-3; CP-3)
Key Bold – Consensus All-American -1 – First-team selection -2 – Second-team selection -3 – Third-team selection
NCAA recognized "official" selectors AAB = All-America Board AP = Associated Press CO = Collier's Weekly, selected by Grantland Rice INS = Hearst Consensus All-American Selections, selected through an all-season survey of 210 of the country's coaches, sports writers, football officials and observers for the International News Service LIB = Liberty magazine NANA = North American Newspaper Alliance NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association, selected by the NEA All-American Committee of coaches, including Jock Sutherland (Pitt), Noble Kizer (Purdue), Harry Mehre (Georgia), Bill Spaulding (UCLA), Ike Armstrong (Utah), Bo McMillin (Kansas State), and Fred Thomsen (Arkansas) UP = United Press
Other selectors CP = Central Press Association, as picked by football team captains NYS = New York Sun WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation DJW = Davis J. Walsh, sports editor of International News Service FWAA = Football Writers Association of American WD = Walter Dobbins, a consensus based on the selections of Collier's, the United Press, the Associated Press, the All America Board, the New York Sun, the North America Newspaper Alliance, and Hearst MP = Midweek Pictorial CNS = Consensus team based on combined selections of the United Press, Associated Press, NEA News Service and the Collier's Weekly team by Grantland Rice
See also 1933 All-Big Six Conference football team 1933 All-Big Ten Conference football team 1933 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team 1933 All-SEC football team 1933 All-Southwest Conference football team
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