Football Writers Association of America

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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.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] 2008 All-America Committee

[edit] 2007 All-America Committee

[edit] 2006 All-America Committee

[edit] Awards Sponsored

Currently the FWAA sponsors seven awards and those are affiliated with the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA).

[edit] Bert McGrane Award Winners

Presented to a member of the FWAA for "outstanding contribution to the organization".[1]

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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[2]

[edit] 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[3]

[edit] 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[4]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ FWAA > Awards at www.sportswriters.net
  2. ^ "Writers Cite Best of the Best". Syracuse Herald American. 1994-10-30. http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=29544778&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=2. Retrieved on 2009-02-11. 
  3. ^ "Grange, Nagurski get most votes". Columbus Daily Telegram. 1969-09-17. http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=51844922&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=9. Retrieved on 2009-02-11. 
  4. ^ "Thorpe Rates Tops In List Of Early Grid". Fresno Bee. 1969-09-16. http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=44066940&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=7. Retrieved on 2009-02-11. 

[edit] External links

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