1929 College Football All-America Team
The 1929 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 1929. The seven selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1929 season are Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, the Associated Press, the United Press, the All-America Board, the International News Service, the Newspaper Enterprise Association, and the North American Newspaper Alliance.
Consensus All-Americans
Following the death of Walter Camp in 1925, there was a proliferation of All-American teams in the late 1920s. For the year 1929, the NCAA recognizes seven published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. Only two players, Notre Dame quarterback Frank Carideo and Pittsburgh end Joe Donchess, were unanimous first-team selections on all seven of the NCAA-recognized teams. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.| Name | Position | School | Number | Selectors First-team selections |
| Frank Carideo | Quarterback | Notre Dame | 7/7 | AP, UP, COL, NEA, INS, NANA, AAB |
| Joe Donchess | End | Pittsburgh | 7/7 | AP, UP, COL, NEA, INS, NANA, AAB |
| Bronko Nagurski | Tackle/Fullback | Minnesota | 6/7 | AP, UP, COL, NEA, INS, NANA |
| Jack Cannon | Guard | Notre Dame | 6/7 | AP, UP, COL, NEA, INS, AAB |
| Ben Ticknor | Center | Harvard | 6/7 | AP, UP, COL, INS, NANA, AAB |
| Ralph Welch | Fullback | Purdue | 6/7 | UP, COL, NEA, INS , NANA, AAB |
| Ray Montgomery | Guard | Pittsburgh | 5/7 | UP, COL, NEA, INS, AAB |
| Elmer Sleight | Tackle | Purdue | 4/7 | AP, COL, INS, AAB |
| Francis Tappaan | End | USC | 4/7 | UP, NEA, NANA, AAB |
| Red Cagle | Halfback | Army | 3/7 | AP, COL, AAB |
| Gene McEver | Halfback | Tennessee | 3/7 | UP, NEA, NANA |
| Wes Fesler | End | Ohio State | 2/7 | AP, INS |
All-American selections for 1929
Ends
- Joe Donchess, Pittsburgh
- Wes Fesler, Ohio State
- Francis Tappaan, USC
- Wear Schoonover, Arkansas
- Robert Tanner, Minnesota
- Vernon Smith, Georgia
- Paul L. Bates, Western Maryland
- Tom Churchill, Oklahoma
- Frank Baker, Northwestern
- Dale Van Sickel, Florida
- Mitchell, Davis & Elkins
- Norton, California
- Muller, Stanford
- Herster Barres, Yale
- Tom Conley, Notre Dame
Tackles
- Bronko Nagurski, Minnesota
- Elmer Sleight, Purdue
- Marion Hammon, SMU
- George Ackerman, St. Mary’s
- Forrest Douds, Washington & Jefferson
- Fred Sington, Alabama
- Ray Richards, Nebraska
- Lou Gordon, Illinois
- Samuel Wakeman, Cornell
- Ted Twomey, Notre Dame
- John Utz, Penn
- Huntington, Colgate
- Shields, Oregon
- Barfield, Princeton
- Blimp Bowstrom, Navy
Guards
- Jack Cannon, Notre Dame
- Ray Montgomery, Pittsburgh
- Bert Schwarz, California
- Wade Greene, Yale
- Russ Crane, Illinois
- Mike Brumbelow, TCU
- Fred Roberts, Iowa
- John B. Law, Notre Dame
- Ray Farris, North Carolina
- Nate Barragar, USC
- Gibson, Colgate
- Luby DiMeolo, Pitt
- Bull Brown, Vanderbilt
- Thomas A. Driscoll, Stanford
- Paul Schwegler, Washington
- Henry J. Anderson, Northwestern
- Weir, Illinois
- Charles Humber, Army
Centers
- Ben Ticknor, Harvard
- Roy Riegels, California
- Walter Heinecke, Stanford
- Tony Slano, Fordham
- Tim Moynihan, Notre Dame
- Marvin Jonas, Utah
Quarterbacks
- Frank Carideo, Notre Dame
- Alton Marsters, Dartmouth
- Glen Harmeson, Purdue
- Albie Booth, Yale
- Saunders, USC
- Barry Wood, Harvard
Halfbacks
- Red Cagle, Army
- Gene McEver, Tennessee
- Willis Glassgow, Iowa
- Toby Uansa, Pitt
- Bill Banker, Tulane
- Merle Hufford, Washington
- Fred "Stud" Stennett, St. Mary's
- Cy Leland, TCU
- Benny Lom, California
- Lloyd Brazil, Detroit
- Dick Boyle, St. Mary's
- Wittmer, Princeton
Fullbacks
- Ralph Welch, Purdue
- Pug Parkinson, Pitt
- Tony Holm, Alabama
- Earl "Powerhouse" Pomeroy, Utah
- C. Russell Bergherm, Northwestern
Key
- Bold – Consensus All-American recognized by NCAA
- -1 – First-team selection
- -2 – Second-team selection
- -3 – Third-team selection
Selectors recognized by NCAA
- AAB = All-America Board of Football, consisting of Knute Rockne, "Pop" Warner, Tad Jones and W.A. Alexander
- AP = Associated Press, based on a nationwide opinion poll of 215 experts, including "newspaper sports editors and writers, Associated Press staff observers, officials and coaches in every section of the country."
- UP = United Press, "named by the United Press with the assistance and advice of more than 200 coaches, officials and experts from every part of the country"
- COL = Collier's Weekly as selected by Grantland Rice
- NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association selected as follows: "In the selection of these All-America players, the opinions of more than 100 coaches and football writers have been confidentially consulted."
- INS = International News Service, based on "popular vote among sport writers and coaches, representing every major section of the country"; voters included Damon Runyon, Ford Frick, Tom Thorp, Dick Hylund, John Heisman, and Bill Corum
- NANA = North American Newspaper Alliance, selected by four noted coaches, Dan McGugin, Howard Jones, Bob Zuppke, and Bill Roper
Other selectors
- CP = Central Press Association, "selected by the readers of hundreds of client newspapers of the Central Press Association"
- NYS = New York Sun
- NYP = New York Post
- DW = Davis Walsh of the International News Service
- LP = Lawrence Perry: "Lawrence Perry selected his 1929 All-America football team after traveling many thousands of miles and watching most of the country's leading teams in play or practice"
- WT = Washington Times