1970_College_Football_All-America_Team

1970 College Football All-America Team

1970 College Football All-America Team

Official list of the best college football players of 1970

The 1970 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 1970. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes six selectors as "official" for the 1970 season. They are: (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (2) the Associated Press (AP), (3) the Central Press Association (CP), (4) Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (5) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and (6) the United Press International (UPI).[1]

AP, UPI, NEA, and Central Press were all press organizations that polled writers and players. FWAA was also a poll of writers,[2] as was the Walter Camp Foundation.[3] The AFCA[4] was a poll of college coaches. The Sporting News and Time polled football scouts and coaches.[5][6] AP, UPI, NEA, Central Press, and The Sporting News chose both first and second teams. AP, UPI, NEA, and Central Press also listed numerous honorable mentions.

Consensus All-Americans

The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans for the year 1970 and displays which first-team designations they received.

More information Name, Position ...

Offense

Ends

  • Tom Gatewood, Notre Dame (AFCA, CP-1 [end], FWAA [end], NEA-1, UPI-1 [end], FN, WC)
  • Elmo Wright, Houston (AP-1, FWAA [end], NEA-1, UPI-2 [end], FN, PFW, Time, TSN)
  • Ernie Jennings, Air Force (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1 [end], FWAA [flanker], NEA-2, UPI-1 [end], FN)
  • Chuck Dicus, Arkansas (AFCA, CP-2 [end], NEA-2, FN, WC)
  • J. D. Hill, Arizona State (PFW, Time, TSN)
  • Terry Beasley, Auburn (AP-2, CP-2 [end], NEA-2 [tight end], UPI-2 [end], FN)
  • Cotton Speyrer, Texas (WC)
  • Bob Newland, Oregon (AP-2)

Tight ends

Tackles

  • Dan Dierdorf, Michigan (AFCA, AP-1, CP-2, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, PFW, Time, WC)
  • Bobby Wuensch, Texas (AFCA, AP-2, CP-1, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, WC)
  • Bob Newton, Nebraska (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-2 [guard], UPI-2, FN)
  • Vernon Holland, Tenn State (PFW, Time, TSN)
  • Marv Montgomery, USC (Time, TSN)
  • Larron "Larry" Jackson, Missouri (AP-2, NEA-2, UPI-2)
  • Worthy McClure, Mississippi (CP-2, NEA-2)

Guards

  • Chip Kell, Tennessee (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI, FN, WC)
  • Larry DiNardo, Notre Dame (AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI, FN, TSN, WC)
  • Hank Allison, San Diego St. (AP-2, NEA-1, PFW, Time, TSN)
  • Mike Sikich, Northwestern (CP-2, UPI-2)
  • Gary Venturo, Arizona St. (CP-2, UPI-2)

Centers

Quarterbacks

  • Jim Plunkett, Stanford (AFCA, AP-2, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI, FN, Time, TSN, WC)
  • Joe Theismann, Notre Dame (AP-1, CP-2, NEA-2, UPI-2, FN)

Running backs

Defense

Ends

Tackles

  • Rock Perdoni, Georgia Tech (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-1, FN, TSN, WC)
  • Dick Bumpas, Arkansas (AP-1, NEA-1 [end])
  • Tom Neville, Yale (CP-2, WC)
  • Bruce James, Arkansas (FWAA)
  • Joe Ehrmann, Syracuse (UPI-1)
  • Jim Poston, South Carolina (CP-1)
  • Win Headley, Wake Forest (NEA-1)
  • Mel Long, Toledo (NEA-1)
  • David Rolley, Kentucky (NEA-2)
  • Dave Walline, Nebraska (UPI-2)
  • Today Smith, USC (UPI-2)
  • Craig Hanneman, Oregon St. (AP-2)
  • John Sage, LSU (AP-2)
  • Bob Bell, Cincinnati (CP-2)

Middle guards

  • Jim Stillwagon, Ohio State (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1 [guard], FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1 [linebacker], FN, WC)
  • Henry Hill, Michigan (AP-2 [guard], CP-1 [guard], NEA-2 [MG])
  • George Smith, Nebraska (CP-2 [guard])
  • Roger Roitsch, Rice (CP-2 [guard])

Linebackers

Backs

Special teams

Kickers

Punters

  • Marv Bateman, Utah (FWAA [kicker], TSN)
  • Jim McCann, Arizona State (PFW)

Key

  • Bold – Consensus All-American[8]
  • -1 – First-team selection
  • -2 – Second-team selection
  • -3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors

Other selectors

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 3. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Football Writers Association of America All-American Team". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved March 24, 2009.
  3. [3]
    "Walter Camp Foundation All-American Teams". Archived from the original on March 30, 2009. Retrieved March 24, 2009.
  4. [4]
    American Football Coaches Association: All-America Teams Archived 2009-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
  5. [5]
    Sporting News All-America Teams Archived 2009-02-27 at the Wayback Machine
  6. [6]
    TIME'S All-America Team: Prime Prospects For the Pros December 28, 1970.
  7. [7]
    This column lists the number of selectors choosing the player as a first-team All-American as follows: official selectors/other selectors/total selectors.
  8. [8]
    "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 10. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  9. [9]
    "Theisman Edges Heisman Winner". Gazette Telegraph. December 10, 1970.
  10. [10]
    "Central Press Captains' 1970 All-American Team". Evening Herald of Shenandoah. November 30, 1970.
  11. [11]
    "FWAA All-America Since 1944" (PDF). Football Writers Association of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  12. [12]
    "3 Buckeyes on NEA All-American". The Times-Recorder. November 29, 1970.
  13. [13]
    "All-American UPI Football Selections". Daily Independent Journal. December 1, 1970.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 1970_College_Football_All-America_Team, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.