1932 All-America college football team
The 1932 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 1932. The eight selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1932 season are Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, the Associated Press, the United Press, the All-America Board, the Football Writers Association of America ; the International News Service, Liberty magazine, and the Newspaper Enterprise Association.
Consensus All-Americans
For the year 1932, 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 | Other |
| Paul Moss | End | Purdue | 8/8 | AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UP | CP, NYS, NYT, PD, PM, TR, WC |
| Harry Newman | Quarterback | Michigan | 8/8 | AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UP | CP, NYS, NYT, PD, PM, TR, WC |
| Joe Kurth | Tackle | Notre Dame | 8/8 | AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UP | CP, NYS, NYT, PM, TR, WC |
| Ernie Smith | Tackle | USC | 8/8 | AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UP | CP, NYS, NYT, TR, WC |
| Warren Heller | Halfback | Pittsburgh | 8/8 | AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, LIB, NEA, UP | CP, NYS, PM, TR |
| Milton Summerfelt | Guard | Army | 6/8 | AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, UP | CP, NYS, NYT, TR, PD, PM |
| Jimmy Hitchcock | Halfback | Auburn | 6/8 | AAB, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA | NYT, WC, TR, PD, PM |
| Bill Corbus | Guard | Stanford | 4/8 | AAB, CO, NEA, UP | NYS, TR, WC |
| Don Zimmerman | Halfback | Tulane | 4/8 | AP, CO, LIB, UP | CP, NYT |
| Joe Skladany | End | Pittsburgh | 4/8 | FWAA, INS, NEA, UP | TR |
| Lawrence Ely | Center | Nebraska | 3/8 | AAB, AP, CO | NYS |
| Clarence Gracey | Center | Vanderbilt | 2/8 | LIB, UP | NYT, PD, TR |
All-American selections for 1932
Ends
- Paul Moss, Purdue
- Joe Skladany, Pittsburgh
- Ted Petoskey, Michigan
- Jose Martinez-Zorilla, Cornell
- David Ariail, Auburn
- Richard T. King, Army
- Dave Nisbet, Washington
- Clary Anderson, Colgate
- Frank Meadow, Brown
- Edwin Kosky, Notre Dame
- Virgil Rayburn, Tennessee
- Red Matal, Columbia
- Francis "Hands" Slavich, Santa Clara
- Sid Gillman, Ohio State
- Ivy Williamson, Michigan
- Ford Palmer, USC
- Madison Pruitt, TCU
Tackles
- Joe Kurth, Notre Dame
- Ernie Smith, USC
- Edward Krause, Notre Dame
- Fred Crawford, Duke
- Raymond Brown, USC
- Howard Colehower, Penn
- L. Brown, Brown
- Ted Rosequist, Ohio State
- John Wilbur, Yale
- Irad Hardy, Harvard
Guards
- Milton Summerfelt, Army
- Bill Corbus, Stanford
- Robert Smith, Colgate
- Aaron Rosenberg, USC
- Johnny Vaught, TCU
- Joseph Gailus, Ohio State
- Mike Steponovich, St. Mary's
- James Harris, Notre Dame
- Greg Kabat, Wisconsin
- Thomas Hupke, Alabama
Centers
- Clarence Gracey, Vanderbilt
- Lawrence Ely, Nebraska
- Chuck Bernard, Michigan
- Cap Oehler, Purdue
- Tom Gilbane, Brown
- Art Krueger, Marquette
- Joe Tormey, Pitt
Quarterbacks
- Harry Newman, Michigan
- Cliff Montgomery, Columbia
- Felix Vidal, Army
- Bob Monnett, Michigan State
- Robert Ramsay Chase, Brown
- Charles R. Soleau, Colgate
- William "Bill" Beasley, St. Mary's
Halfbacks
- Warren Heller, Pittsburgh
- Jimmy Hitchcock, Auburn
- Don Zimmerman, Tulane
- Harrison Stafford, Texas
- George Sanders, Washington State
- Beattie Feathers, Tennessee
- John Crickard, Harvard
- Gil Berry, Illinois
- Johnny Cain, Alabama
- Whitey Ask, Colgate
- Robert Lassiter, Yale
- Bohn Hilliard, Texas
- Henry "Hank" Schaldach, California
Fullbacks
- Roy Horstmann, Purdue
- Frank Christensen, Utah
- George Melinkovich, Notre Dame
- Jack Manders, Minnesota
- Bart Viviano, Cornell
- Duane Purvis, Purdue
- Angelo Brovelli, St. Mary's
Key
Bold – Consensus All-American- -1 – First-team selection
- -2 – Second-team selection
- -3 – Third-team selection
Official selectors
- AAB = All America Board selected by Christy Walsh in collaboration with Glenn Warner, W.A. Alexander, Jesse C. Harper, Edward L. Casey
- AP = Associated Press
- CO = Collier's Weekly, selected by Grantland Rice
- INS = INS newspaper syndicate
- LIB = Liberty magazine
- NANA = North American Newspaper Alliance
- NEA = NEA Sports Syndicate
- UP = United Press
Other selectors
- CP = Central Press Association, the captains' poll
- NYS = New York Sun
- WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation
- FWAA = Football Writers Association of America
- NYW = New York World-Telegram
- TR = Ted A. Ramsay, an attempt to create a consensus All-American team using the selections of the six most prominent selectors: the All-America Board, NEA, UP, AP, New York Sun and New York World. Three players, Moss, Kurth and Newman were unanimously selected by all six.
- PD = Parke H. Davis
- PM = Philip Martin