page_title: List of Pittsburgh Panthers football All-Americans
section_title: All-time Pitt All-American selections
hierarchical_section_title: List of Pittsburgh Panthers football All-Americans / All-time Pitt All-American selections
caption_attribution_description: Joe WaltonPitt football season. Walton led the Panthers to a Sugar Bowl in 1955 and the Gator Bowl in 1956.
context_page_description: This list of Pittsburgh Panthers football All-Americans includes those members of the Pittsburgh Panthers football team who have received All-American honors from one or more selector organizations. The Pittsburgh Panthers, commonly referred to as the Pitt Panthers, represent the University of Pittsburgh in the sport of American football, and they compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
  Several selector organizations release annual lists of their All-America teams after each college football season, honoring the best players at each position. Selector organizations include football analysts, television networks, publications, media wire services, sports writers' associations, and coaches' associations. Traditionally, several of the selectors have recognized two or more tiers of All-Americans, referred to as the first team, second team, third team and honorable mentions.
  The NCAA currently recognizes the All-America teams of five selector organizations to determine "consensus All-Americans" and "unanimous All-Americans" in college football.
caption: Joe Walton was both a First Team Athletic and Academic All-American in 1956
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