1937 All-Pro Team

The 1937 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 1937 NFL season. Teams were selected by, among others, the NFL coaches (NFL),[1] the International News Service (INS),[2] the United Press (UP),[3] Collyer's Eye (CE),[4] and the New York Daily News (NYDN).[4]

Four players were selected for the first team by all five selectors: Detroit Lions quarterback Dutch Clark; Green Bay Packers fullback Clarke Hinkle; Washington Redskins tackle Turk Edwards; and Chicago Bears guard George Musso. Three others were named to the first team by four selectors: Washington Redskins Sammy Baugh (NFL, INS, UP, NYDN; selected as a halfback); Chicago Cardinals end Gaynell Tinsley (NFL, UP, CE, NYDN); and Chicago Bears tackle Joe Stydahar (NFL, UP, CE, NYDN). Three more were selected by three selectors: Washington Redskins halfback Cliff Battles (NFL, INS, NYDN); Green Bay Packers end Don Hutson (INS, CE, NYDN); and New York Giants center Mel Hein (NFL, INS, NYDN).

  1. ^ "Hinkle, Evans Are All-Pro Selections: Three Redskins Are Chosen For Leading Eleven". Green Bay Press-Gazette. December 15, 1937. p. 17.
  2. ^ Davis J. Walsh (December 9, 1937). "Washington Places Three On INS All-America Pro Team". The Times Herald (Port Huron, MI). p. 17.
  3. ^ George Kirksey (December 14, 1937). "All-Pro Gridiron Squad Is Chosen By United Press". Green Bay Press-Gazette. p. 13.
  4. ^ a b "1937 NFL All-Pros". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 2, 2017.

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