1947 All-Eastern football team

The 1947 All-Eastern football team consists of American football players chosen by various selectors as the best players at each position among the Eastern colleges and universities during the 1947 college football season.

All-Eastern selections

Backs

• Frank R. Burns, Rutgers (AP-1)
• Gene Rossides, Columbia (AP-1)
• Skip Minisi, Penn (AP-1)
• Elwyn Rowan, Army (AP-1)
• Jeff Durkota, Penn State (AP-2)
• Norman Dawson, Cornell (AP-2)
• Ferd Nadherny, Yale (AP-2)
• Thomas Gannon, Harvard (AP-2)

Ends

• Bill Swiacki, Columbia (AP-1)
• Bill Iannicelli, Franklin & Marshall (AP-1)
• Dale Armstrong, Dartmouth (AP-2)
• Tom Finical, Princeton (AP-2)

Tackles

• Richard E. Shimshak, Navy (AP-1)
• Bill Lilienthal, Villanova (AP-1)
• Ernie Stautner, Boston College (AP-2)
• Edmund Kulakowski, West Virginia (AP-2)

Guards

• Steve Suhey, Penn State (AP-1)
• Joe Steffy, Army (AP-1)
• Ben Coren, West Chester (AP-2)
• Norman Iacuele, Brown (AP-2)

Centers

• Chuck Bednarik, Penn (AP-1)
• Dick Scott, Navy (AP-2)

Key

• AP = Associated Press^[1]

See also

• 1947 College Football All-America Team

References