1976 All-East football team

The 1976 All-East 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 1976 NCAA Division I football season.

The undefeated 1976 Pittsburgh Panthers football team won the national championship and placed 10 players on the All-Eastern first-team selections of the AP and UPI. Pitt running back Tony Dorsett also won the 1976 Heisman Trophy.

Offense

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Quarterback

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  • Leamon Hall, Army (AP-2, UPI-1)
  • Paul Michalko, Brown (AP-1)

Running backs

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Tight end

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Wide receivers

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  • Bob Farnham, Brown (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Steve Lewis, West Virginia (AP-1)
  • Mark Twitty, Rutgers (AP-2)
  • Harry Wilson, Dartmouth (AP-2)

Tackles

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  • George Reihner, Penn State (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Brad Benson, Penn State (AP-2, UPI-1)
  • John Hanhauser, Pitt (AP-1)
  • Pat Sullivan, Dartmouth (AP-2)

Guards

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  • Tom Brzoza, Pitt (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Steve Schindler, Boston College (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Steve Carfora, Yale (AP-2)
  • Pat Staub, Temple (AP-2)

Center

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  • Chuck Lodge, Villanova (AP-1)
  • John Pelusi, Pitt (UPI-1)
  • Michael Foley, Colgate (AP-2)

Defense

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Ends

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  • Nate Toran, Rutgers (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Cecil Johnson, Pitt (AP-1)
  • Byron Hemingway, Boston College (UPI-1)
  • Ron Crosby, Penn State (AP-2)
  • Chuck Schott, Army (AP-2)

Tackles

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Middle guard

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  • Al Romano, Pitt (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Jeff Sapp, Navy (AP-2)

Linebackers

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  • Kurt Allerman, Penn State (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Peter Cronan, Boston College (AP-2, UPI-1)
  • Bob Walls, Boston College (AP-1)
  • Doug Curtis, Colgate (AP-1)
  • Ken Culbertson, West Virginia (UPI-1)
  • Jim Hughes, Rutgers (AP-2)
  • Tom Joyce, Harvard (AP-2)

Defensive backs

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  • Gary Petercuskie, Penn State (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Bob Jury, Pitt (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Tim Moresco, Syracuse (AP-1, UPI-1)
  • Ed Backus, Columbia (AP-2)
  • Kelly Elias, Boston College (AP-2)
  • Henry Jenkins, Rutgers (AP-2)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Dorsett Leads Pitt Plunder Of All-East Votes". Observer-Reporter. December 15, 1976. p. D-4.
  2. ^ "Pitt Places Seven On All-East Team". York Daily Record. December 1, 1976. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.