1930 All-America college football team


The 1930 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 1930. The seven selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1930 season are Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, the Associated Press, the United Press, the All-America Board, the International News Service, the Newspaper Enterprise Association, and the North American Newspaper Alliance.

Consensus All-Americans

Following the death of Walter Camp in 1925, there was a proliferation of All-American teams in the late 1920s. For the year 1930, the NCAA recognizes seven 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.
NamePositionSchoolNumberSelectors
Wes FeslerEndOhio State7/7AAB, AP, COL, INS, NANA, NEA, UP
Fred SingtonTackleAlabama7/7AAB, AP, COL, INS, NANA, NEA, UP
Ben TicknorCenterHarvard7/7AAB, AP, COL, INS, NANA, NEA, UP
Frank CarideoQuarterbackNotre Dame7/7AAB, AP, COL, INS, NANA, NEA, UP
Marchy SchwartzHalfbackNotre Dame5/7AP, INS, NANA, NEA, UP
Erny PinckertHalfbackUSC5/7AAB, AP, COL, NANA, NEA
Ted BeckettGuardCalifornia4/7AAB, COL, INS, NANA
Leonard MacalusoFullbackColgate4/7AP, COL, INS, UP
Barton KochGuardBaylor3/7COL, NANA, NEA
Frank BakerEndNorthwestern3/7AP, INS, UP
Milo LubratovichTackleWisconsin2/7NEA, UP

All-American selections for 1930

Ends

Wes Fesler, Ohio State Frank Baker, Northwestern

Tackles

Fred Sington, Alabama Milo Lubratovich, Wisconsin

Guards

Ted Beckett, California Barton Koch, Baylor

Centers

Ben Ticknor, Harvard

Quarterbacks

Frank Carideo, Notre Dame

Halfbacks

Marchy Schwartz, Notre Dame Erny Pinckert, USC

Fullbacks

Leonard Macaluso, Colgate

Key

Bold – Consensus All-American
  • -1 – First-team selection
  • -2 – Second-team selection
  • -3 – Third-team selection

NCAA official selectors

  • AAB = All America Board
  • AP = Associated Press: "To help settle the All-America argument, the Associated Press this year conducted the most comprehensive poll of expert opinion yet attempted. A total of 213 sports editors and writers scanning the gridiron activities in all sections of the country, contributed their selections after studying all the available information."
  • UP = United Press, "selected by the United Press sports staff in collaboration with leading coaches in every section of the country"
  • COL = Collier's Weekly, "picked annually by Grantland Rice and issued in the Collier's weekly magazine"
  • INS = International News Service, based not only on "the writer's personal observations but on the basis of reports from International News Service footballexperts from all parts of the country"
  • NEA = Newspaper Editors Association, chosen by the 33 members of the NEA Service National Bord of Football Coaches, Officials and Sports Writers
  • NANA = North American Newspaper Association

Other selectors