The 1938 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 1938 NFL season. Teams were selected by, among others, the National Professional Football Writers Association (PFW),[1] the United Press (UP),[2] the International News Service (INS),[3] Collyer's Eye (CE),[4] and the New York Daily News (NYDN).[4]
Players displayed in bold were consensus first-team selections. Four players were selected for the first team by all five selectors: New York Giants halfback Ed Danowski; Green Bay Packers fullback Clarke Hinkle; New York Giants tackle Ed Widseth; and Chicago Bears guard Dan Fortmann. Another two were selected for the first team by four selectors: Brooklyn Dodgers quarterback Ace Parker (PFW, UP, INS, NYDN); Pittsburgh Pirates halfback Byron White (PFW, UP, INS, CE); and Green Bay Packers end Don Hutson (PFW, UP, INS, NYDN). Five players were selected for the first team by three selectors: Chicago Cardinals end Gaynell Tinsley (PFW, INS, CE); Philadelphia Eagles end Bill Hewitt (UP, CE, NYDN); Chicago Bears tackle Joe Stydahar (UP, INS, NYDN); Green Bay Packers guard Russ Letlow (PFW, INS, CE); and New York Giants center Mel Hein (UP, INS, NYDN).
Team
edit| Position | Player | Team | Selector(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterback | Ace Parker | Brooklyn Dodgers | PFW-1, UP-1, INS-1, CE-2, NYDN-1 |
| Quarterback | Ed Danowski | New York Giants | PFW-1, UP-1, INS-1, CE-1, NYDN-1 |
| Quarterback | Sammy Baugh | Washington Redskins | PFW-2, UP-2, CE-2 |
| Quarterback | Riley Smith | Washington Redskins | INS-2 |
| Halfback | Byron White | Pittsburgh Pirates | PFW-1, UP-1, INS-1, CE-1, NYDN-2 |
| Halfback | Cecil Isbell | Green Bay Packers | PFW-2, UP-2, INS-2, NYDN-2 |
| Halfback | Tuffy Leemans | New York Giants | PFW-2, UP-2, CE-2, NYDN-2 |
| Halfback | Ward Cuff | New York Giants | INS-2 |
| Halfback | Lloyd Cardwell | Detroit Lions | NYDN-2 |
| Fullback | Clarke Hinkle | Green Bay Packers | PFW-1, UP-1, INS-1, CE-1, NYDN-1 |
| Fullback | Bill Shepherd | Detroit Lions | PFW-2, INS-2, CE-1, NYDN-1 |
| Fullback | Ace Gutowsky | Detroit Lions | UP-2 |
| Fullback | Johnny Drake | Cleveland Rams | CE-2 |
| End | Don Hutson | Green Bay Packers | PFW-1, UP-1, INS-1, NYDN-1 |
| End | Gaynell Tinsley | Chicago Cardinals | PFW-1, UP-2, INS-1, CE-1, NYDN-2 |
| End | Bill Hewitt | Philadelphia Eagles | PFW-2, UP-1, INS-2, CE-1, NYDN-1 |
| End | Joe Carter | Philadelphia Eagles | PFW-2, NYDN-2 |
| End | Milt Gantenbein | Green Bay Packers | UP-2 |
| End | Jim Poole | New York Giants | INS-2 |
| End | Ed Klewicki | Detroit Lions | CE-2 |
| End | Bill Smith | Chicago Cardinals | CE-2 |
| Tackle | Ed Widseth | New York Giants | PFW-1, UP-1, INS-1, CE-1, NYDN-1 |
| Tackle | Joe Stydahar | Chicago Bears | PFW-2, UP-1, INS-1, CE-2, NYDN-1 |
| Tackle | Bruiser Kinard | Brooklyn Dodgers | PFW-1, UP-2, INS-2, NYDN-2 |
| Tackle | Turk Edwards | Washington Redskins | PFW-2, CE-1, NYDN-2 |
| Tackle | Conway Baker | Chicago Cardinals | UP-2 |
| Tackle | Jack Johnson | Detroit Lions | INS-2 |
| Guard | Dan Fortmann | Chicago Bears | PFW-1, UP-1, INS-1, CE-1, NYDN-1 |
| Guard | Russ Letlow | Green Bay Packers | PFW-1, UP-2, INS-1, CE-1, NYDN-2 |
| Guard | Johnny Dell Isola | New York Giants | PFW-2, INS-2, CE-2, NYDN-2 |
| Guard | Orville Tuttle | New York Giants | PFW-2, UP-2, INS-2 |
| Guard | Byron Gentry | Pittsburgh Pirates | UP-1 |
| Guard | Les Olsson | Washington Redskins | NYDN-1 |
| Guard | John Golemgeske | Brooklyn Dodgers | CE-2 |
| Guard | Ross Carter | Chicago Cardinals | CE-2 |
| Center | Mel Hein | New York Giants | PFW-2, UP-1, INS-1, NYDN-1 |
| Center | Frank Bausch | Chicago Bears | PFW-1, UP-2, CE-1, NYDN-2 |
| Center | Mike Basrak | Pittsburgh Pirates | INS-2 |
| Center | Chuck Cherundolo | Cleveland Rams | CE-2 |
References
edit- ^ "Sports Writers in League Cities Select All-Pro Grid Team of 1938". The Evening News (Harrisburg, PA). December 24, 1938. p. 8.
- ^ George Kirksey (December 7, 1938). "Whizzer, Gentry Are Chosen On United Press All-Pro Team". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 33.
- ^ Lawton Carver (December 6, 1938). "All-America Pro Team Out: Whizzer White at Halfback on White". The Kane (PA) Republican. p. 5.
- ^ a b "1938 NFL All-Pros". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2017.