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The following were named First Team All-America (by either the American Football Coaches Association, Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, The Sporting News, Walter Camp Football Foundation, Sports Illustrated, Pro Football Weekly, ESPN, CBS Sports, College Football News, Rivals.com, or Scout.com) while playing American football at Penn State University:
[a] A player on the first team of every official selector is recognized as being a unanimous All-American. [2] Since 2002, the five selectors designated by the NCAA for this purpose are the Associated Press (AP), the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Sporting News , and the Walter ...
Only two players from "western" schools were first-team selections—quarterback Walter Eckersall from the University of Chicago and center William Thomas Dunn from Penn State. The only unanimous first-team All-American in 1906 was Yale end Bob Forbes.
Linemen Olu Fashanu and Chop Robinson earned All-America status for Penn State football.
2 All-American selections for 1962. Toggle All-American selections for 1962 subsection. 2.1 Ends. ... Dave Robinson, Penn State (AFCA-2, AP-1, NEA-1, FWAA, SN-2, Time)
Collier's Weekly, which began picking All-American football teams in 1888, had employed Grantland Rice to select its All-American team for 22 years. After Rice wrote a feature story about college football for Look magazine, Collier's replaced Rice in 1948, hiring eight college coaches (paying them $500 each) and billing them as the "Supreme Court of Football."
2 All-American selections for 1947. Toggle All-American selections for 1947 subsection. 2.1 Ends. ... Penn State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; CO; INS-1; ...
Winner: OL Nick Dawkins, Penn State. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: College Football Awards: Full list of winners for 2024 season. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement.