1916 College Football All-America Team
| 1916 College Football All-America Team |
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| College Football All-America Team |
| 1916 college football season |
| 1914 1915 ← → 1917 1918 |
The 1916 College Football All-America team is composed of
Collier's Weekly, the International News Service (INS), a newswire founded by William Randolph Hearst, and the Frank Menke Syndicate.[1]
Although not recognized by the NCAA, many other sports writers, newspapers, and coaches selected All-America teams in 1916. They include the
United Press, Walter Eckersall (for the Chicago Daily Tribune), Paul Purman, Fielding H. Yost, and The Boston Post
.
All-Americans of 1916
Ends
- Bert Baston, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; UP-1; INS-1; WE-1; PP-1; FY-1; BP-1; MS)
- James P. Herron, Pittsburgh (WC-2; INS-2; WE-1; MS)
- Charles Comerford, Yale (INS-1; BP-1)
- George Clark Moseley, Yale (WC-1; WE-2; FY-2)
- Heinie Miller, Penn (WC-2; LP-1; FY-1)
- Richard Harte, Harvard (INS-2; MON-1; FY-2)
- Clifford Carlson, Pitt (Basketball Hall of Fame) (PP-2)
- Tommy Whelan, Georgetown (PP-2)
- Charles Highley, Princeton (UP-2; LP-1)
- Stan Cofall, Notre Dame (UP-2; MS)
- Paul Eckley, Cornell (WE-2)
- Bob Higgins, Penn State (College Football Hall of Fame) (MON-1)
- Charles Atherton Coolidge, Harvard (WC-3)
- Graham Vowell, Tennessee (WC-3)
Tackles
- Belford West, Colgate (WC-1; UP-1; INS-1; WE-1; PP-2; LP-1; BP-1)
- Steamer Horning, Colgate (WC-1; WE-2; MS)
- William Lippard McLean, Princeton (MON-1; FY-1; BP-1)
- Artemus Gates, Yale (WC-2; UP-2; INS-2)
- DeVitalis, Brown (UP-1; PP-1)
- George Hauser, Minnesota (INS-1)
- Mark Farnum, Brown (INS-2; MON-1)
- Fred Becker, Iowa (WE-1)
- Louis Seagrave, Washington (WC-3 [g]; PP-1)
- Fred Gillies, Cornell (FY-1)
- Bob Karch, Ohio State (FM)
- Walter Herber Wheeler, Harvard (UP-2; LP-1; FY-2)
- Clarence Ward, Navy (WC-2)
- Earl Beacham, Tufts (PP-2)
- Lewis Little, Penn (FY-2)
- Frank A. R. Mayer, Minnesota (WE-2)
- John Beckett, Oregon (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3)
- Bob Ignico, Washington & Lee (WC-3)
Guards
- Clinton Black, Yale (WC-1; UP-1; INS-1; WE-1; MON-1; PP-1; LP-1; FY-1; BP-1; MS)
- Harrie Dadmun, Harvard (WC-1; UP-2; INS-2; WE-1; FY-1)
- Frank T. Hogg, Princeton (WC-2; PP-1; MS)
- Lawrence Fox, Yale (UP-1)
- Claude E. Thornhill, Pitt (INS-1)
- Charles Henning, Penn (FY-2; BP-1)
- Christopher Schlachter, Syracuse (MON-1)
- Charlie Bachman, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2; LP-1)
- Robert Lee Nourse, Princeton (WE-2; PP-2)
- Sinclair, Minnesota (PP-2)[2]
- Monroe Good, Colgate (UP-2)
- Mason Barton, Colgate (INS-2)
- Arnold McInerney, Notre Dame (WE-2)
- Budge Garrett, Rutgers (WC-3)
Centers
Pop Warner
.- Bob Peck, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; UP-1; INS-1; WE-1; MON-1; PP-1; BP-1; MS)
- John McEwan, Army (WC-2; UP-2; INS-2; WE-2; PP-2)
- Alfred Gennert, Princeton (LP-1; FY-1)
- Fred Becker, Iowa (FY-2)
- Pup Phillips, Georgia Tech (WC-3)
Quarterbacks
- Oscar Anderson, Colgate (WC-1; UP-2; INS-1; BP-1; LP-1)
- Fritz Shiverick, Cornell (UP-1; INS-2; PP-1; FY-2)
- Bart Macomber, Illinois (College Football Hall of Fame) (WE-2; PP-2; FY-1)
- Cliff Sparks, Michigan (MON-1)
- James DeHart, Pitt (WE-1)
- Clair Purdy, Brown (WC-2)
- Irby Curry, Vanderbilt (WC-3)
Halfbacks
- Chic Harley, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; UP-1; INS-1; WE-1; PP-1; FY-1; BP-1)
- Fritz Pollard, Brown (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; UP-2; INS-2; WE-2; MON-1; PP-2; LP-1; BP-1; MS)
- Andy Hastings, Pittsburgh (UP-1; INS-1)
- Eddie Casey, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2; WE-2; PP-1; FY-2)
- Everett Strupper, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (PP-1 [e])
- John Maulbetsch, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (FY-1)
- Harry LeGore, Yale (WC-2; INS-2; WE-2 [fb]; PP-2; LP-1 [fb]; FY-2)
- Claire Long, Minnesota (FM)
- Paddy Driscoll, Northwestern (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; UP-2)
- Johnny Gilroy, Georgetown (WC-3)
Fullbacks
- Elmer Oliphant, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; UP-1; PP-1; INS-1; MON-1; LP-1 [hb]; BP-1; MS)
- Joe Berry, Penn (WC-2; UP-1 [e]; INS-2; WE-1 [hb]; MON-1; FY-1)
- Pudge Wyman, Minnesota (UP-2; WE-1; FY-2)
- Arnold Horween, Harvard (PP-2)
- McReaghy, Washington & Jefferson (WC-3)
Key
NCAA recognized selectors for 1916
- WC = Collier's Weekly as selected by Walter Camp[3]
- INS = International News Service[4]
- MS = Frank Menke Syndicate[5]
Other selectors
- UP = United Press[6]
- WE = Walter Eckersall, of the Chicago Daily Tribune[7]
- FM = Frank G. Menke, former sporting editor of the International News Service (INS)
- MON = Monty, noted New York sports writer[8]
- PP = Paul Purman, noted sports writer whose All-American team was syndicated in newspapers across the United States[9]
- LP = New York Evening Post[10]
- FY = Fielding H. Yost[11]
- BP = The Boston Post, selected by Charles E. Parker, football expert of The Boston Post[12]
Bold = Consensus All-American[1]
- 1 – First-team selection
- 2 – Second-team selection
- 3 – Third-team selection
See also
- 1916 All-Big Ten Conference football team
- 1916 All-Eastern football team
- 1916 All-Pacific Coast football team
- 1916 All-Southern college football team
- 1916 All-Western college football team
References
- ^ a b "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- ^ Photograph of Sinclair from Library of Congress
- ^ "Three Colgate Men Picked By Camp for All-American Team". The Syracuse Herald. December 26, 1916.
- ^ Jack Velock, ed. (December 4, 1916). "Have Hard Job Selecting All-American Team". Lima Times Democrat.
- ^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1152
- ^ H.C. Hamilton (December 3, 1916). "West Men on United Press All-American". Des Moines Daily News.
- ^ "Four Westerners On All-American: 1916 Selection Made by W. Eckersall". Daily Review. Decatur, IL. December 11, 1916.
- ^ Monty (November 25, 1916). "All American is Selected by Monty: Talent Stands Out". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
- ^ Paul Purman (December 2, 1916). "The News' Own All-American 1916 Football Team". Des Moines Daily News.
- ^ "Lawrence Perry Picks All Stars". The Day. December 7, 1916.
- ^ "Yost's 1916 All American". Mansfield News. December 27, 1916.
- ^ "Here's All-American Eleven for 1916". The Times. Hammond, IN. December 5, 1916.