Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss a Tidbit from October 2022 concerning the first All-American team that included separate offensive and defensive teams. Two-platoon football arrived in 1945, but some teams continued playing single-platoon football for a few more years. The first two-platoon All-American team appeared with the NEA’s 1948 selections.
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