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The
Football Writers Association of America
(
FWAA) is one of the organizations whose
College Football All-America
Team is recognized by the NCAA. The organization also selects
the
Eddie Robinson
Coach of the Year, the
Bronko
Nagurski Trophy winner, the
Outland
Trophy winner, the
Grantland
Rice Award winner, a freshman All-America team, and weekly
defensive player of the week, as well as developing
scholarship programs and surveys for better
working conditions. Since 1954, the association has awarded the
Grantland Rice Trophy to the
college football team they choose to be the National
Champion.
Overview
The FWAA, composed of approximately 850 sports writers from both
print and Internet media outlets, strives for better working
conditions for sports writers in college football press boxes, and
deals with access issues to college athletes and coaches.
Celebrating its 66th year, the Football Writers Association of
America consists of the men and women across North America who
cover college football for a living. The membership includes
journalists, broadcasters and publicists, as well as key executives
in all the areas that involve the game. The FWAA works to govern
areas that include game day operations, major awards and an
All-America team. The FWAA also sponsors scholarships for aspiring
writers and an annual writing contest.
All-America Committees
The Football Writers Association of America All-America Committee
selects the 25-man All-America Team and the winners of the Bronko
Nagurski and Outland trophies. In the spring, the committee selects
the FWAA All-America Watch List and the watch lists for both of the
FWAA's major player awards. The FWAA has chosen an All-America Team
annually since the 1944 season; it is the second longest
continuously-published team in major college football.
2009 Committee
2008 Committee
2007 Committee
2006 Committee
Bert McGrane Award Winners
Presented to a member of the FWAA for "outstanding contribution to
the organization".
1974 Charley Johnson,
Minneapolis Star
1975 Wilfrid Smith,
Chicago Tribune
1976 Paul Zimmerman,
Los Angeles Times
1977 Dick Cullum,
Minneapolis Tribune
1978 Wilbur Evans, Cotton Bowl Athletic
Association
1979 Tom Siler,
Knoxville News-Sentinel
1980 Maury White,
Des Moines Register
1981 Fred Russell,
Nashville Banner
1982 Furman Bisher,
Atlanta Journal
1983 John Mooney,
Salt Lake Tribune
1984 Si Burick, Dayton News
1985 Blackie Sherrod,
The Dallas Morning News
1986 Raymond Johnson,
Nashville Tennessean
1987 Tim Cohane,
Look
Magazine
1988 Dave Campbell, Waco Tribune Herald
1989 Jim Brock, Cotton Bowl Athletic
Association
1990 Jack Hairston,
Gainesville Sun
1991 Murray
Olderman,
Newspaper
Enterprise Association
1992 Volney Meece,
The Daily Oklahoman
1993 Bob Hentzen, Topeka Capital Journal
1994 Edgar Allen, Nashville Journal
1995 Dick Herbert,
Raleigh News &
Observer
1996 Bob Hammel, Bloomington Herald-Times
1997 Bill Lumpkin,
Birmingham Post-Herald
1998 Don Bryant,
University of Nebraska
1999 Field Scovell, Cotton Bowl Athletic
Association
2000 Jimmie McDowell, All-American Football
Foundation
2001 Edwin Pope,
Miami
Herald
2002 Orville Henry,
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
2003 Dan Foster, Greenville News
2004 Pat Harmon,
Cincinnati Post
2005 Steve Richardson, FWAA Executive
Director
2006 John Junker,
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
2007 Mark Blaudschun,
Boston Globe
2008 Claude Felton, University of Georgia
2009 Tony Barnhart, Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
All-Time Teams
Selected by the Football Writers Association of America for the
centennial year of college football in 1969. An Early Era team was
chose that featured Jim Thorpe, a modern team (1919-68) and a
Quarter-Century team that was chosen in 1994, 25 years ofter the
college football centennial celebration.
1969-1994 All-America Team
Offense
C –
Dave Rimington,
Nebraska
G -
John Hannah,
Alabama
G –
Dean Steinkuhler,
Nebraska
T –
Bill Fralic, Pittsburgh
T – Jerry
Sisemore, Texas
TE – Keith Jackson, Oklahoma
WR – Anthony Carter, Michigan
WR –
Jerry Rice, Mississippi
Valley
QB –
John Elway, Stanford
RB –
Tony Dorsett,
Pittsburgh
RB –
Herschel Walker, University of
Georgia
K – Tony Franklin, Texas A&M
KR –
Johnny Rogers,
Nebraska
Defense
DE –
Lee Roy Selmon, Oklahoma
DE – Jack
Youngblood, Florida
DT –
Steve Emtman,
Washington
DT –
Randy White,
Maryland
LB –
Hugh Green,
Pittsburgh
LB –
Lawrence Taylor, North
Carolina
MLB –
Mike Singletary, Baylor
DB –
Deion Sanders, Florida
State
DB –
Ronnie Lott, Southern
California
DB –
Jack Tatum, Ohio State
DB –
Kenny Easley, UCLA
P-
Ray Guy – Southern Mississippi
1919-1968 Modern Era All-America Team
E –
Bennie Oosterbaan,
Michigan
E –
Don Hutson, Alabama
L –
Bronko Nagurski, Minnesota
L –
Bruiser Kinard, Mississippi
L –
Jim Parker, Ohio
State
L –
Bob Suffridge, Tennessee
C –
Mel Hein, Washington State
B –
Sammy Baugh, Texas Christian
B –
Jay Berwanger, Chicago
B –
Ernie Nevers, Stanford
B –
Red Grange, Illinois
1869-1918 Early Era All-America Team
E –
Frank Hinkey, Yale
E –
Huntington Hardwick,
Harvard
T –
Josh Cody, Vanderbilt
T –
Wilbur Henry, Washington and
Jefferson
G –
Pudge Heffelfinger,Yale
G –
Truxton Hare, Pennsylvania
C –
Germany Schulz, Michigan
B –
Jim Thorpe, Carlisle
B –
Elmer Oliphant, Purdue
B –
Willie Heston, Michigan
B –
Walter Eckersall, Chicago
Awards Sponsored
Currently the FWAA sponsors seven awards and those are affiliated
with the
National College
Football Awards Association (NCFAA).
Notes
- FWAA > Awards at www.sportswriters.net
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