The 1931 All-Pacific Coast football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific Coast teams for the 1931 college football season. The organizations selecting teams in 1934 included the Associated Press (AP),[1] the Newspaper Enterprise Association,[2] and the United Press (UP).[3]
All-Pacific Coast selections
Quarterback
- Gaius Shaver, USC (AP-1; UP-1)
- Orville Mohler, USC (NEA-1)
Halfbacks
- Bud Toscani, St. Mary's (AP-1; UP-1)
- Erny Pinckert, USC (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
- Merle Hufford, Washington (NEA-1)
Fullback
- Ralston "Rusty" Gill, California (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1)
Ends
- Ralph Stone, California (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1)
- Leonard Wellendorf, UCLA (AP-1)
- Ray Sparling, USC (UP-1)
- Garrett Arbelbide, USC (NEA-1)
Tackles
- Paul Schwegler, Washington (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
- Ernie Smith, USC (AP-1)
- Bill Morgan, Oregon (UP-1)
- Turk Edwards, Washington State (NEA-1) (College and Pro Football Halls of Fame)
Guards
- Johnny Baker, USC (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
- Bill Fisher, St. Mary's (AP-1; UP-1)
- Bill Corbus, Stanford (NEA-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
Centers
- Stan Williamson, USC (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1)
Key
AP = Associated Press[1]
NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association, "picked by votes of sports writers on western NEA Service newspapers"[2]
UP = United Press[3]
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by at least two of the AP, NEA and UP
See also
References
- ^ a b "Trojans Place Five Men on All-Pacific Coast Eleven". The Monroe (LA) News-Star. December 3, 1931. p. 7.
- ^ a b "Presenting NEA's All-Coast Conference Football Team". Santa Cruz News. December 2, 1931. p. 8.
- ^ a b "Southern California Places Five on All-Coast Team". Ames (Iowa) Daily Tribune-Times. December 3, 1931. p. 6.