1938 All-Pro Team

1938 All-Pro Team
All-Pro
1938 NFL season
Selectors
National Pro Football Writers Association
United Press
International News Service
Collyer's Eye
New York Daily News
1936 1937 ← → 1939 1940

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).

  1. ^ "Sports Writers in League Cities Select All-Pro Grid Team of 1938". The Evening News (Harrisburg, PA). December 24, 1938. p. 8.
  2. ^ George Kirksey (December 7, 1938). "Whizzer, Gentry Are Chosen On United Press All-Pro Team". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 33.
  3. ^ Lawton Carver (December 6, 1938). "All-America Pro Team Out: Whizzer White at Halfback on White". The Kane (PA) Republican. p. 5.
  4. ^ a b "1938 NFL All-Pros". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2017.