1938 All-Pro Team

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).

Team

Position	Player	Team	Selector(s)
Quarterback	Ace Parker	Brooklyn Dodgers	PFW-1, UP-1, INS-1, CE-2, NYDN-1
Quarterback	Ed Danowski	New York Giants	PFW-1, UP-1, INS-1, CE-1, NYDN-1
Quarterback	Sammy Baugh	Washington Redskins	PFW-2, UP-2, CE-2
Quarterback	Riley Smith	Washington Redskins	INS-2
Halfback	Byron White	Pittsburgh Pirates	PFW-1, UP-1, INS-1, CE-1, NYDN-2
Halfback	Cecil Isbell	Green Bay Packers	PFW-2, UP-2, INS-2, NYDN-2
Halfback	Tuffy Leemans	New York Giants	PFW-2, UP-2, CE-2, NYDN-2
Halfback	Ward Cuff	New York Giants	INS-2
Halfback	Lloyd Cardwell	Detroit Lions	NYDN-2
Fullback	Clarke Hinkle	Green Bay Packers	PFW-1, UP-1, INS-1, CE-1, NYDN-1
Fullback	Bill Shepherd	Detroit Lions	PFW-2, INS-2, CE-1, NYDN-1
Fullback	Ace Gutowsky	Detroit Lions	UP-2
Fullback	Johnny Drake	Cleveland Rams	CE-2
End	Don Hutson	Green Bay Packers	PFW-1, UP-1, INS-1, NYDN-1
End	Gaynell Tinsley	Chicago Cardinals	PFW-1, UP-2, INS-1, CE-1, NYDN-2
End	Bill Hewitt	Philadelphia Eagles	PFW-2, UP-1, INS-2, CE-1, NYDN-1
End	Joe Carter	Philadelphia Eagles	PFW-2, NYDN-2
End	Milt Gantenbein	Green Bay Packers	UP-2
End	Jim Poole	New York Giants	INS-2
End	Ed Klewicki	Detroit Lions	CE-2
End	Bill Smith	Chicago Cardinals	CE-2
Tackle	Ed Widseth	New York Giants	PFW-1, UP-1, INS-1, CE-1, NYDN-1
Tackle	Joe Stydahar	Chicago Bears	PFW-2, UP-1, INS-1, CE-2, NYDN-1
Tackle	Bruiser Kinard	Brooklyn Dodgers	PFW-1, UP-2, INS-2, NYDN-2
Tackle	Turk Edwards	Washington Redskins	PFW-2, CE-1, NYDN-2
Tackle	Conway Baker	Chicago Cardinals	UP-2
Tackle	Jack Johnson	Detroit Lions	INS-2
Guard	Dan Fortmann	Chicago Bears	PFW-1, UP-1, INS-1, CE-1, NYDN-1
Guard	Russ Letlow	Green Bay Packers	PFW-1, UP-2, INS-1, CE-1, NYDN-2
Guard	Johnny Dell Isola	New York Giants	PFW-2, INS-2, CE-2, NYDN-2
Guard	Orville Tuttle	New York Giants	PFW-2, UP-2, INS-2
Guard	Byron Gentry	Pittsburgh Pirates	UP-1
Guard	Les Olsson	Washington Redskins	NYDN-1
Guard	John Golemgeske	Brooklyn Dodgers	CE-2
Guard	Ross Carter	Chicago Cardinals	CE-2
Center	Mel Hein	New York Giants	PFW-2, UP-1, INS-1, NYDN-1
Center	Frank Bausch	Chicago Bears	PFW-1, UP-2, CE-1, NYDN-2
Center	Mike Basrak	Pittsburgh Pirates	INS-2
Center	Chuck Cherundolo	Cleveland Rams	CE-2

References

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. "1938 NFL All-Pros". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 3, 2017.