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University of Minnesota Athletics
First-Team All-Americans
5/21/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football
| First-Team All-Americans | |||
| Year | Name | Position | All-American service |
| 1903 | Fred Schact | Tackle | AP |
| 1904 | Moses Strathern | End | AP |
| 1909 | Johnny McGovern | Quarterback | Walter Camp, Look Magazine |
| 1910 | James Walker | Tackle | Walter Camp, Look Magazine |
| 1913 | Clark Shaughnessy | Fullback | AP |
| Lorin Solon | End | AP | |
| 1914 | Lorin Solon | End | AP |
| 1915 | Bert Baston | End | Walter Camp, Look Magazine, AP |
| Bernie Bierman | Fullback | AP | |
| Merton Dunningan | Guard | AP | |
| 1916 | Bert Baston | End | Walter Camp, AP |
| C.I. Long | Quarterback | AP | |
| 1917 | George Hauser | Tackle | AP |
| 1923 | Ray Ecklund | End | AP |
| Earl Martineau | Halfback | Walter Camp, Look Magazine, AP | |
| 1926 | Herb Joesting | Fullback | AP, Look Magazine |
| 1927 | Herb Joesting | Fullback | AP |
| Harold Hanson | Guard | AP | |
| 1928 | George Gibson | Guard | AP, Look Magazine |
| Kenneth Haycraft | End | AP, Look Magazine | |
| 1929 | Bronko Nagurski | Fullback/Tackle | AP, Look Magazine |
| 1931 | Clarence Munn | Guard | AP, UPI, Look Magazine |
| 1933 | Frank Larson | End | UPI, Collier's Weekly/Grantland Rice, Look Magazine |
| Francis Lund | Halfback | AP, United Press, Liberty | |
| 1934 | Frank Larson | End | AP, Collier's Weekly/Grantland Rice, Look Magazine |
| Francis Lund | Halfback | AP, Collier's Weekly/Grantland Rice, Liberty, Walter Camp, Look Magazine | |
| Bill Bevan | Guard | Collier's Weekly/Grantland Rice, Liberty, Look Magazine | |
| Bob Tenner | End | UPI | |
| 1935 | "Bud" Wilkinson | Guard | Grantland Rice, AP |
| Ed Widseth | Tackle | Walter Camp, UPI, Liberty, Hearst, New York World Telegram | |
| Dick Smith | Tackle | AP, UPI, New York World Telegram, Look Magazine | |
| 1936 | Ed Widseth | Tackle | Collier's /Grantland Rice, AP, INS, NEA, New York Sun, Look Magazine, New York Morning Telegram, Hearst, UPI, Paramount News |
| 1937 | Ray King | End | Walter Camp, Look Magazine |
| Andy Uram | Fullback | AP | |
| 1938 | Francis Twedell | Guard | AP, UPI |
| 1940 | Urban Odson | Tackle | Liberty |
| George Franck | Halfback | Walter Camp, Collier's, AP, UPI, Look Magazine | |
| 1941 | Bruce Smith | Halfback | Walter Camp, INS, Time Life, AP, UPI, Look Magazineq |
| Dick Wildung | Tackle | Walter Camp, INS, Time Life, AP, UPI | |
| 1942 | Dick Wildung | Tackle | Walter Camp, AP, Stern, Collier's/Grantland Rice, Look Magazine |
| 1943 | Bill Daley | Fullback | Collier's/Grantland Rice, AP |
| Herb Hein | End | AP | |
| 1948 | Leo Nomellini | Tackle/Guard | Walter Camp, AP, Collier's/Grantland Rice, The Sporting News, INS, Look Magazine, FWAA, AFCA |
| 1949 | Leo Nomellini | Tackle/Guard | Walter Camp, AP, Look Magazine, AFCA |
| Clayton Tonnemaker | Center | Walter Camp, AP, Collier's/Grantland Rice, Look Magazine, FWAA, AFCA | |
| 1952 | Paul Giel | Halfback | AP, Look Magazine, FWAA |
| 1953 | Paul Giel | Halfback | Walter Camp, AP, Look Magazine, FWAA, AFCA |
| 1954 | Bob McNamara | Halfback/Fullback | AP, Look Magazine, FWAA |
| 1956 | Bob Hobert | Tackle | AP, Look Magazine, FWAA |
| 1960 | Tom Brown | Guard | Walter Camp, AP, Coach & Athlete, The Sporting News, NEA, UPI, AFCA, Look Magazine, New York News, ABC-TV, FWAA |
| 1961 | Sandy Stephens | Quarterback | Walter Camp, AP, UPI, The Sporting News, AFCA, FWAA |
| Bobby Bell | Tackle | AP, Look Magazine, FWAA, AFCA | |
| 1962 | Bobby Bell | Tackle | Walter Camp, Look Magazine, AFCA, UPI, The Sporting News, TV Guide, FWAA, Williamson National Football Rating System, Coach & Athlete, CBS-TV, NEA |
| 1963 | Carl Eller | Tackle | Walter Camp, UPI, AP, TV Guide, Look Magazine, The Sporting News, CBS-TV, Time Magazine, New York News, FWAA, AFCA |
| 1965 | Aaron Brown | End | AP, Look Magazine, UPI, Collier's/Grantland Rice, FWAA |
| 1967 | Bob Stein | End | Walter Camp, AP, UPI, FWAA |
| 1968 | Bob Stein | End | Walter Camp, AP, UPI, FWAA |
| 1971 | Doug Kingsriter | End | Bob Hope, AP |
| 1997 | Lamanzer Williams | Defensive End | College Football Writers Association, FWAA |
| 1998 | Tyrone Carter | Strong Safety | Football News, The Sports Network |
| 1999 | Tyrone Carter | Strong Safety | Walter Camp, AP, The Sporting News, CBS Sportsline, AFCA, CollegeFootballNews.com, FWAA |
| Ben Hamilton | Center | AP, The Sporting News, CBS Sportsline | |
| 2000 | Ben Hamilton | Center | Walter Camp, Football News, AFCA |
| Preston Gruening | Punter | Football News | |
| 2004 | Greg Eslinger | Center | FWAA, SI.com |
| Mark Setterstrom | Guard | Rivals.com | |
| 2005 | Greg Eslinger | Center | AP, Walter Camp, AFCA, FWAA, Rivals.com, SI.com |
| Laurence Maroney | Running Back | Rivals.com | |
| 2006 | Matt Spaeth | Tight End | AP |
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