PITTSBURGH — The Football Writers Association of America released its 75th Anniversary All-America Team on Thursday -- and Pittsburgh is well-represented.
The FWAA put together a first, second and third team of 25 players. To be considered for the 75th Anniversary All-America Team, a player had to previously be named an All-American.
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"This was one of the most fun, yet most difficult exercises I've had in life – next to parallel parking, that is," said FWAA 75th All-America Committee chairman Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman. "Truly, it was an exciting – if not impossible – task to find the best 75 college football players ever. Please save your hate mail, but feel free to weigh in and tell us how we messed up. And I'm sure we did, but no one should argue that it wasn't a great idea to honor the best who have ever played the game. Let the debating begin."
The University of Pittsburgh was represented by:
- WR Larry Fitzgerald (1st team)
- RB Tony Dorsett (2nd team)
- TE Mike Ditka (2nd team)
- OL Bill Fralic (2nd team)
- DE Hugh Green (2nd team)
In fact, Fitzgerald was one of only two players to play in the 21st century to make the first team. The other was Nebraska DT Ndamukong Suh.
Penn State University had only one player selected. Linebacker Jack Hamm was named to the third team.
In addition, former Steelers safety Troy Polamalu (USC) was named to the third team.
Nebraska led the list with six players on the three teams. Pitt and Ohio State each had five. Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas had four. Florida State, Michigan, Georgia and USC each had three players named to one of the teams.
Based on current conference alignment, the Big 10 has the most players to the make the list with 19. The ACC comes in second with 15.
The quarterbacks of the top two teams are both Heisman Trophy winners: Staubach and Tebow. Frazier was selected to the third team after leading Nebraska to back-to-back national titles and finishing runner-up in the Heisman Trophy his senior season.
All six of the running backs are Heisman Trophy winners.
Whenever there’s a list like this, there’s sure to be debate.
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