The 1936 All-Pro Team consisted of American football players chosen by various selectors for the All-Pro team of the National Football League (NFL) for the 1936 NFL season. Teams were selected by, among others, the NFL coaches (NFL),[1] the United Press (UP),[2] Collyer's Eye (CE),[3] and the Chicago Daily News (CDN).[3]
Four players were selected for the first team by all four selectors: Detroit Lions quarterback Dutch Clark; Boston Redskins halfback Cliff Battles; Chicago Bears end Bill Hewitt; and Green Bay Packers guard Lon Evans. Three others were selected for the first team by three selectors: Chicago Bears fullback Bronko Nagurski; Boston Redskins tackle Turk Edwards; and New York Giants center Mel Hein.
Team
edit| Position | Player | Team | Selector(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterback | Dutch Clark | Detroit Lions | NFL-1, UP-1, CE-1, CDN-1 |
| Quarterback | Arnie Herber | Green Bay Packers | NFL-2, CE-2, CDN-1 |
| Quarterback | Riley Smith | Boston Redskins | NFL-2 |
| Quarterback | Bernie Masterson | Chicago Bears | CDN-2 |
| Halfback | Cliff Battles | Boston Redskins | NFL-1, UP-1, CE-1, CDN-1 |
| Halfback | Tuffy Leemans | New York Giants | NFL-1, UP-2 [quarterback], CE-1, CDN-2 |
| Halfback | Ernie Caddel | Detroit Lions | NFL-2, CDN-2 |
| Halfback | Beattie Feathers | Chicago Bears | UP-2, CE-2 |
| Halfback | George Grosvenor | Chicago Cardinals | UP-2 |
| Halfback | Ralph Kercheval | Brooklyn Dodgers | CE-2 |
| Fullback | Bronko Nagurski | Chicago Bears | NFL-2, UP-1, CE-1, CDN-1 |
| Fullback | Clarke Hinkle | Green Bay Packers | NFL-1, UP-1 |
| Fullback | Ace Gutowsky | Detroit Lions | UP-2, CE-2, CDN-2 |
| End | Bill Hewitt | Chicago Bears | NFL-1, UP-1, CE-1, CDN-1 |
| End | Milt Gantenbein | Green Bay Packers | NFL-2, UP-1, CE-2, CDN-1 |
| End | Don Hutson | Green Bay Packers | NFL-1, UP-2, CE-1, CDN-2 |
| End | Bill Smith | Chicago Cardinals | NFL-2, UP-2 |
| End | Joe Carter | Philadelphia Eagles | CE-2, CDN-2 |
| Tackle | Turk Edwards | Boston Redskins | NFL-1, UP-1, CDN-1 |
| Tackle | Ernie Smith | Green Bay Packers | NFL-1, UP-1 |
| Tackle | Joe Stydahar | Chicago Bears | NFL-2, UP-2, CE-1, CDN-2 |
| Tackle | George Christensen | Detroit Lions | NFL-2, CDN-1 |
| Tackle | Jack Johnson | Detroit Lions | CE-1 |
| Tackle | Armand Niccolai | Pittsburgh Pirates | UP-2 |
| Tackle | Jim MacMurdo | Philadelphia Eagles | CE-2 |
| Tackle | Ade Schwammel | Green Bay Packers | CE-2 |
| Tackle | Bill Lee | Brooklyn Dodgers | CDN-2 |
| Guard | Lon Evans | Green Bay Packers | NFL-1, UP-1, CE-1, CDN-1 |
| Guard | Ox Emerson | Detroit Lions | NFL-1, UP-1, CE-2 |
| Guard | George Rado | Pittsburgh Pirates | CE-1, CDN-2 |
| Guard | Bree Cuppoletti | Chicago Cardinals | NFL-2, UP-2, CDN-1 |
| Guard | Dan Fortmann | Chicago Bears | NFL-2, UP-2 |
| Guard | Ed Kahn | Boston Redskins | CE-2 |
| Guard | Les Olsson | Boston Redskins | CDN-2 |
| Center | Mel Hein | New York Giants | NFL-1, UP-2, CE-1, CDN-1 |
| Center | Frank Bausch | Boston Redskins | NFL-2, UP-1, CE-2 |
| Center | Ed Kawal | Chicago Bears | CDN-2 |
References
edit- ^ "Place Four Packers On Honor Grid Team: Earl Clark and Don Hutson Each Get 43 of 45 Points For All-Pro Team". Wausau Daily Record-Herald. December 19, 1936. p. 10.
- ^ "Four Packers Picked On Pro All-Star Eleven: Dutch Clark Regarded As Greatest Pro". The Sheboygan (WI) Press. December 18, 1936. p. 14.
- ^ a b "1936 NFL All-Pros". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 1, 2017.