1927 All-Pro Team
1927 All-Pro Team |
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All-Pro |
1927 NFL season |
Selectors |
Green Bay Press-Gazette(poll) Chicago Tribune(Wilfrid Smith) Jack Reardon (official) LeRoy Andrews(Cleveland Bulldogs) Ralph Scott(New York Yankees) |
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The1927 All-Pro Teamconsists ofAmerican footballplayers chosen by various selectors at the end as the best players at their positions for theAll-Proteam of theNational Football League(NFL) for the1927 NFL season.Selectors for the 1927 season included theGreen Bay Press-Gazettepoll and theChicago Tribune.[1]
Selectors and key
[edit]For the 1927 season, there are five known selectors of All-Pro Teams. They are:
GB = A poll conducted by theGreen Bay Press-Gazetteidentified first and second teams. The selections were based on polling of league managers and reporters.[2][3]
CT = TheChicago Tribuneselected byWilfrid Smith[1][2]
JR = Jack Reardon, a game official from New York[2]
LA =LeRoy Andrews,head coach of theCleveland Bulldogs[2]
RS =Ralph Scott,head coach of the New York Yankees. Scott chose separate teams of "power" (RS-P) and "clever" (RS-C) players.[2]
Players selected by three of the five selectors as first-team All-Pros are displayed in bold typeface. Players who have been inducted into thePro Football Hall of Fameare designated with a "†" next to their names.
Selections by position
[edit]Ends
[edit]Player | Team | Selector(s) |
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LaVern Dilweg | Green Bay Packers | CT-1, GB-1, LA-1, RS-C |
Cal Hubbard | New York Giants | GB-1, JR, RS-P |
Ray Flaherty | New York Yankees | JR, RS-C |
Carl Bacchus | Cleveland Bulldogs | CT-1 |
Chuck Corgan | New York Giants | LA-1 |
Tillie Voss | Chicago Bears | RS-P |
Eddie Lynch | Providence Steam Roller | GB-2 |
George Kenneally | Pottsville Maroons | GB-2 |
Tackles
[edit]Player | Team | Selector(s) |
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Bub Weller | Chicago Cardinals | JR, RS-P |
Gus Sonnenberg | Providence Steam Roller | GB-1 |
Ed Weir | Frankford Yellow Jackets | GB-1 |
Century Milstead | New York Giants | GB-2, CT-1 |
Joe Kozlowsky | Providence Steam Roller | CT-1 |
Duke Slater | Chicago Cardinals | GB-2, LA-1 |
Ed Healey | Chicago Bears | LA-1 |
Dick Stahlman | New York Giants | RS-C |
Link Lyman | Chicago Bears | RS-C |
Guards
[edit]Player | Team | Selector(s) |
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Mike Michalske | New York Yankees | CT-1, GB-1, RS-C |
Steve Owen | New York Giants | GB-1, JR [T], LA-1, RS-P [T] |
Jim McMillen | Chicago Bears | CT-1, RS-P |
Jack Fleischman | Providence Steam Roller | JR |
Harry Connaughton | Frankford Yellow Jackets | JR |
Milt Rehnquist | Cleveland Bulldogs | GB-2, LA-1 |
Hec Garvey | New York Giants | RS-P |
Al Nesser | New York Giants | RS-C |
Al Graham | Dayton Triangles | GB-2 |
Centers
[edit]Player | Team | Selector(s) |
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Clyde Smith | Columbus Tigers | GB-1, LA-1, RS-C |
George Trafton | Chicago Bears | GB-2, CT-1, JR, RS-P |
Quarterbacks
[edit]Player | Team | Selector(s) |
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Benny Friedman | Cleveland Bulldogs | CT-1, GB-1, JR, LA-1, RS-C |
Ben Jones | Chicago Cardinals | RS-P |
Halfbacks
[edit]Player | Team | Selector(s) |
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Paddy Driscoll | Chicago Bears | CT-1, GB-1 |
Verne Lewellen | Green Bay Packers | CT-1, GB-1, JR, LA-1 |
Bill Senn | Chicago Bears | GB-2, LA-1 |
Tony Latone | Pottsville Maroons | RS-P |
Wildcat Wilson | Providence Steam Roller | RS-P |
Red Grange | New York Yankees | RS-C |
Hinkey Haines | New York Giants | GB-2 [QB], RS-C |
Eddie Tryon | New York Yankees | GB-2 |
Fullbacks
[edit]Player | Team | Selector(s) |
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Ernie Nevers | Duluth Eskimos | GB-1, JR [HB], LA-1, RS-C |
Jack McBride | New York Giants | GB-2, CT-1, JR |
Barney Wentz | Pottsville Maroons | RS-P |
References
[edit]- ^ab"1927 NFL All-Pros".Pro-Football-Reference.com.Sports Reference LLC.RetrievedOctober 29,2017.
- ^abcdeJohn Hogrogian (1983)."All-Pros of 1927"(PDF).Coffin Corner.Pro Football Researchers.
- ^"Two Packers On All-American '11': Lewellen at Half; Dilweg for End Job".Green Bay Press-Gazette.December 16, 1927. p. 17.