1937 All-Pacific Coast football team

The 1937 All-Pacific Coast football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific Coast teams for the 1937 college football season. The organizations selecting teams in 1937 included the Associated Press (AP), the International News Service (INS), and the United Press (UP).^[1]^[2]^[3]

The 1937 California Golden Bears football team, known as the "Thunder Team," won the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) championship with a 10-0-1 record, were ranked #2 in the final AP Poll, and defeated Alabama by a 13-0 score in the 1938 Rose Bowl. Six members of the 1937 California team received first-team honors from the AP, INS, or UP. The Cal honorees were quarterback Johnny Meek (AP, INS, UP), halfbacks Vic Bottari (INS, UP) and Sam Chapman (AP, INS, UP), end Perry Schwartz (AP, UP), guard Vard Stockton (AP, INS, UP), and center Bob Herwig (AP, INS, UP).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Three players from teams outside the PCC received first-team honors: fullback George Karamatic of the Gonzaga Bulldogs (AP), tackle Alvord Wolff of the Santa Clara Broncos (AP), and guard Dougherty of Santa Clara.^[1]^[2]

All-Pacific Coast selections

Sam Chapman, California (AP-1; INS-1; UP-1 [fullback])
Joe Gray, Oregon State (AP-1; INS-1 [fullback]; UP-1)
Vic Bottari, California (AP-2; INS-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
Popovich, Montana (AP-2; UP-2)
Kenny Washington, UCLA (UP-2)

Vard Stockton, California (AP-1; INS-1; UP-1)
Steve Slivinski, Washington (AP-1; UP-1)
Dougherty, Santa Clara (INS-1)
Evans, California (AP-2; UP-2)
Al Hoptowit, Washington State (AP-2; UP-2)

AP = Associated Press, "selected for the Associated Press by a committee of coaches and football experts"^[1]^[4]

INS = International News Service, based on ballots cast by "the region's top-notch coaches, officials and writers"^[2]

UP = United Press, "chosen by client sporting editors"^[3]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of at least two selectors from the AP, INS, and UP

1 2 3 4 "All Pacific Coast 1937". The Evening Record, Ellensburg, Washington. December 3, 1937. p. 8.
1 2 3 4 Harold Heroux (November 23, 1937). "Six Cal Stars On All-Coast". The San Bernardino Daily Sun. p. 17.
1 2 3 James A. Sullivan (December 1, 1937). "Six Golden Bears Named On United Press' All-Coast Team; V. Stockton, Capt.; Poll Is Taken From Sports Editors In Five West States". Santa Cruz Sentinel. p. 4.
↑ "Associated Press Selects Its All-Coast Eleven". The Bakersfield Californian. December 2, 1937. p. 23.

All-Pac-12 Conference football teams

Pacific Coast (region)	1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965

Pacific-8	1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977

Pacific-10	1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Pac-12	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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