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fHanson Places On Little All-America Football ElevenAs a fitting finale to his three year meteoric career as the backfield ace of the North Dakota State college Bison, Fritz Hanson, 145 pounds of dynamic speed who has blazed his way over the gridiron trails, indelibly stamped his name on football records when he won a halfback position on the little all-American football eleven chosen by the Associate Press. Eleven different schools were represented on this list with Hanson being the only man picked from the North Central conference.The object of this innovation of selecting a little all-American is in order to give the small college players a chance to receive their undoubtedly deserved recognition. As was pointed out by the Associated Press this bunch of gridders needn’t take a back seat for the big all-America and boasts some of the finest footballers in the past decade intheir ranks. Most of the names don’t t mean anything to people outside of their own particular section, yet allhave shown national potentialitieswhen pitted against big-time competition,Hanson was as fast a back as the country has seen this season. In 1 the Minnesota fracas he was a constant threat and broke loose for several good gains. He was the only man in the country to counter against the Sioux from NDU. He scored three times on Texas Tech and twice on Oklahoma City University. His presence in the lineup was the signal for the defense to spread and as a consequence weakened the center of the line, a fact which was shown in the yardage the other backs piled up through the middle. He was the spark of the entire team and when forced from the contest his loss exhibited itself in the spirit of his teammates.Paul Miller, South Dakota State, who led the North Central conference in scoring and was third high man in the United States, receivedhonorable mention for the little all-(American outfit.i'rn r*. o ro a cfq lt;tr* r? cr ? a b era c a* cr.rr -i 3 lt;aru v sr zn r/i ^ m ^
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Fargo Spectrum
Fargo, North Dakota, US
Fri, Dec 14, 1934
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