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All-American Sports Quiz

Test your knowledge about All-American designations across various sports and understand how these honors are bestowed at different levels of competition.

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1 At the high school level, noted All-America teams are selected by Parade magazine in football,[11] and the McDonald's restaurant chain in ________.

2 ________: The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) annually selects men's and women's lacrosse All-Americans, distinguished by first team, second team, third team, and honorable mention.

3 Swimming and ________: In NCAA Division I, athletes and relay teams who make the championship final (top eight) are considered First-Team All-Americans.

4 ________

5 As of 2009, the term is used in the U.S. ________ sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media.

6 The ________ 82nd Airborne Division was given the nickname "All-American" because its members came from all 48 U.S.

7 Outstanding professional players usually are referred to as "All-Stars", or, in the case of professional ________, "All-Pros': (as opposed to Pro Bowlers, who are selected by players, coaches, and fans to compete in Pro Bowl games).

8 states which, at that time, constituted the United States (Hawaii and ________ did not enter the union until 1959).

9 The term "all-American" is also colloquially used to describe stereotypically clean-cut, mainstream or conventional ________ people, particularly teenagers and young adults.

10 Since 2000, the ________ has sponsored its own annual All-American high school football competition.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • before he won a record seven short course off-road racing championships, Carl Renezeder was an All-American in water polo.
  • the All-American Wistert brothers Albert, Alvin and Whitey wore number 11 and played offensive tackle as University of Michigan Wolverines before being named to the College Football Hall of Fame.
  • Matt Wieters, the fifth pick in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft, was the third player in Georgia Tech history to earn first-team All-America honors twice.
  • Ernie Vick was an All-American football center while enrolled at the University of Michigan medical school even though his schoolwork did not allow him to practice with the team.
  • University of Michigan gymnast Beth Wymer won three consecutive NCAA championships in the uneven bars and was a first-team All-American in the all-around and balance beam.
  • Basil Hayden was not only the University of Kentucky's first All-American basketball player, but probably also its shortest.
  • center George Gregory led the Columbia Lions in 1930–31 to its first title in what was to become the Ivy League, and was later named as the first African American All-American basketball player.
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