1972 Little All-America college football team

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1972 Little All-America college football team
Little All-America college football team
1972 NAIA football season, 1972 NCAA College Division football season
1971 ← → 1973

The 1972 Little All-America college football team, also known as the College Division All-America football team, is composed of college football players from small colleges and universities who were selected by the Associated Press (AP) as the best players at each position. For 1972, the AP selected three teams, each team having separate offensive and defensive platoons.[1]

First team

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Position Player Team
Offense
QB Bob Biggs UC Davis
RB Jimmy Edwards Northeast Louisiana
Billy "White Shoes" Johnson Widener
Mike Deutsch North Dakota
WR Roger Carr Louisiana Tech
TE James Moore McNeese State
T David Taylor Catawba
Robert Woods Tennessee State
G Gary Kipling South Dakota
Curtis Wester East Texas State
C Bob Daigle Southwest Texas State
Defense
DE Joe Carpone Delaware
Barney Chavous South Carolina State
DT Gary "Big Hands" Johnson Grambling
Elex Price Alcorn A&M
LB Waymond Bryant Tennessee State
Stan Cherry Morgan State
Brian Kelley Cal Lutheran
Jim Youngblood Tennessee Tech
DB Mike Amos Cal Poly
Steve Dennis Grambling
Bruce Polen William Penn

Second team

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Position Player Team
Offense
QB Joe Carpone Delaware
RB Don Aleksiweicz Hobart
Johnny Baker Ouachita Baptist
Kenneth Parks East Texas State
WR Tim George Carson–Newman
TE Ron Mayo Morgan State
T Bracey Bonham North Carolina Central
Paul Krause Central Michigan
G David Nollner Western Kentucky
Bob Poss Indiana State
C Mark Walsh Illinois Benedictine
Defense
DE Ed "Too Tall" Jones Tennessee State
Archie Pearmon Northeastern Oklahoma State
DT Dennis Johnson Delaware
Bill Kollar Montana State
LB Ron Klawitter Wittenberg
Steve Nelson North Dakota State
Larry Rawlinson McNeese State
Steve Yates Western Carolina
DB Mike Holmes Texas Southern
Doug Jones Cal State Northridge
Don Walker Central State (OH)

Third team

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Position Player Team
Offense
QB Kim McQuilken Lehigh
RB Harold Hill Glassboro State
Chuck Markey Central Michigan
Phil Pope Middlebury
WR Chuck Cornell Bridgeport
TE Bill Schlegel Lehigh
T Stan Durant Bucknell
Connie Wassink Northwestern (IA)
G Joe Kotval Buena Vista
Marc Crevier Ashland
C Mike Evanson North Dakota State
Defense
DE Harvey Martin East Texas State
Tom Ramsey Northern Arizona
DT Fred Dean Louisiana Tech
Mike Samples Drake
LB Wiley Epps Kentucky State
Mike Leidy Hampden–Sydney
Ken Pettus Newberry
Gary Weaver Fresno State
DB Dave Balmeri IUP
Phil Borlas Fresno State
Tom Rezzuti Northeastern

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "UC Davis QB Is Little All-American". Santa Cruz Sentinel. December 6, 1972. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
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