The 1929 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1929. The seven selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1929 season are (1) Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, (2) the Associated Press, (3) the United Press, (4) the All-America Board, (5) the International News Service (INS), (6) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and (7) the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).
Following the death of Walter Camp in 1925, there was a proliferation of All-American teams in the late 1920s. For the year 1929, the NCAA recognizes seven published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. Only two players, Notre Dame quarterback Frank Carideo and Pittsburgh end Joe Donchess, were unanimous first-team selections on all seven of the NCAA-recognized teams. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.
Joe Donchess, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-1; NYS-1; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1; WT)
Wes Fesler, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-2; NEA-2; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-2; NYP-2; DW-2; WT)
Francis Tappaan, USC (AP-2; UP-1; NEA-1; INS-2; NANA-1; CP-2; NYS-2; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-2)
Wear Schoonover, Arkansas (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-2; COL-1; INS-3; NYS-1; DW-3; LP-1)
Robert Tanner, Minnesota (NEA-2; NYP-2; DW-1)
Vernon Smith, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; NEA-3)
Paul L. Bates, Western Maryland (UP-3)
Tom Churchill, Oklahoma (UP-3; NEA-3)
Frank Baker, Northwestern (AP-3; NANA-2)
Dale Van Sickel, Florida (College Football Hall of Fame) (CP-2)
Mitchell, Davis & Elkins (DW-3)
Norton, California (INS-2; NANA-3)
Muller, Stanford (INS-3)
Herster Barres, Yale (NANA-2)
Tom Conley, Notre Dame (NANA-3)
Bronko Nagurski, Minnesota (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-1; CP-1 [fb]; NYS-1; NYP-1 [fb]; DW-2 [fb]; LP-1)
Elmer Sleight, Purdue (AP-1; UP-2; COL-1; INS-1; NANA-2; CP-1; NYS-1; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1; WT)
Marion Hammon, SMU (UP-1; NYS-2; DW-2)
George Ackerman, St. Mary’s (NYP-2; AAB-1; DW-1)
Forrest Douds, Washington & Jefferson (AP-3; UP-2; NEA-2; INS-2; CP-1; WT)
Fred Sington, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-2 [g]; INS-2 [g]; NYP-1; DW-2 [g])
Ray Richards, Nebraska (NEA-1; DW-3)
Lou Gordon, Illinois (NEA-2; NANA-1)
Samuel Wakeman, Cornell (AP-2; UP-3; NEA-3; INS-2; NANA-2; CP-2; NYP-2; DW-3)
Ted Twomey, Notre Dame (AP-2; UP-3; INS-3; DW-2)
John Utz, Penn (CP-2)
Huntington, Colgate (NYS-2)
Shields, Oregon (NEA-3)
Barfield, Princeton (NANA-3)
Blimp Bowstrom, Navy (NANA-3)
Jack Cannon, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-3; CP-2; NYS-1; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1; WT)
Ray Montgomery, Pittsburgh (AP-2; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-2; NYS-2; AAB-1; DW-1)
Bert Schwarz, California (AP-1; UP-2; INS-3; NYS-1; DW-2; LP-1)
Wade Greene, Yale (AP-2; CP-1; WT)
Russ Crane, Illinois (CP-1)
Mike Brumbelow, TCU (UP-3; NEA-3; DW-3)
Fred Roberts, Iowa (UP-3)
John B. Law, Notre Dame (AP-3)
Ray Farris, North Carolina (AP-3; NEA-2)
Nate Barragar, USC (INS-2; CP-2; DW-3)
Gibson, Colgate (NYP-2)
Luby DiMeolo, Pitt (INS-3 [t]; NYP-2)
Bull Brown, Vanderbilt (NYS-2; NANA-1)
Thomas A. Driscoll, Stanford (NEA-2)
Paul Schwegler, Washington (College Football Hall of Fame) (NEA-3)
Henry J. Anderson, Northwestern (INS-3; NANA-1)
Weir, Illinois (NANA-2)
Charles Humber, Army (NANA-3)
Ben Ticknor, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-3; INS-1; NANA-1; CP-2; NYS-1; NYP-1 [g]; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1; WT)
Roy Riegels, California (AP-2; NEA-1; INS-3; CP-1)
Walter Heinecke, Stanford (UP-2; NANA-3; NYS-2; DW-2)
Tony Slano, Fordham (AP-3; UP-3; NEA-2; NANA-2; NYP-1)
Tim Moynihan, Notre Dame (NYP-2)
Marvin Jonas, Utah (DW-3)
Frank Carideo, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1; NANA-1; CP-1; NYS-1; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1; WT)
Alton Marsters, Dartmouth (AP-2; INS-1 [hb]; NANA-1; CP-2; NYS-1 [hb]; NYP-2)
Glen Harmeson, Purdue (UP-3; INS-3; NEA-3 [fb])
Albie Booth, Yale (AP-3; INS-3 [hb]; NYS-2; NYP-1 [hb]; DW-3 [hb])
Saunders, USC (NEA-3; NANA-3)
Barry Wood, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (INS-2; NANA-2; NYP-2)
Red Cagle, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-2 [qb]; COL-1; NEA-2 [qb]; INS-2; NANA-2; CP-2; NYS-2; NYP-2; AAB-1; DW-1; WT)
Gene McEver, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-1; NEA-1; NANA-1; CP-1; NYP-2; DW-3)
Willis Glassgow, Iowa (UP-2; COL-1; NEA-1; NYS-1; DW-3 [fb]; LP-1)
Toby Uansa, Pitt (AP-1; UP-3; NEA-2; INS-2; NANA-3; CP-1; WT)
Bill Banker, Tulane (AP-3; UP-3 [fb]; NEA-2; INS-3; NYP-1; AAB-1; DW-1; LP-1)
Merle Hufford, Washington (UP-1)
Fred "Stud" Stennett, St. Mary's (UP-2)
Cy Leland, TCU (UP-3)
Benny Lom, California (AP-3; NEA-2 [fb]; NANA-2)
Lloyd Brazil, Detroit (NEA-3; INS-3 [fb]; DW-2 [qb])
Dick Boyle, St. Mary's (NEA-3)
Wittmer, Princeton (NANA-3)
Ralph Welch, Purdue (AP-2 [hb]; UP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; INS-1 [hb]; NANA-1; CP-2 [hb]; NYS-2 [hb]; AAB-1; DW-2 [hb])
Pug Parkinson, Pitt (AP-2; UP-2; INS-1; NANA-2; NYS-1; NYP-2; DW-2 [hb]; LP-1; WT)
Tony Holm, Alabama (AP-1; INS-2)
Earl "Powerhouse" Pomeroy, Utah (AP-3; DW-1)
C. Russell Bergherm, Northwestern (NANA-3; CP-2; NYS-2)
Bold – Consensus All-American recognized by NCAA
-1 – First-team selection
-2 – Second-team selection
-3 – Third-team selection
AAB = All-America Board of Football, consisting of Knute Rockne, "Pop" Warner, Tad Jones and W.A. Alexander
AP = Associated Press, based on a nationwide opinion poll of 215 experts, including "newspaper sports editors and writers, Associated Press staff observers, officials and coaches in every section of the country."
UP = United Press, "named by the United Press with the assistance and advice of more than 200 coaches, officials and experts from every part of the country"
COL = Collier's Weekly as selected by Grantland Rice
NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association selected as follows: "In the selection of these All-America players, the opinions of more than 100 coaches and football writers have been confidentially consulted."
INS = International News Service (later merged with UP to form UPI), based on "popular vote among sport writers and coaches, representing every major section of the country"; voters included Damon Runyon, Ford Frick, Tom Thorp, Dick Hylund, John Heisman, and Bill Corum
NANA = North American Newspaper Alliance, selected by four noted coaches, Dan McGugin, Howard Jones, Bob Zuppke, and Bill Roper
CP = Central Press Association, "selected by the readers of hundreds of client newspapers of the Central Press Association"
NYS = New York Sun
NYP = New York Post
DW = Davis Walsh of the International News Service
LP = Lawrence Perry: "Lawrence Perry selected his 1929 All-America football team after traveling many thousands of miles and watching most of the country's leading teams in play or practice"
WT = Washington Times
