The 1892 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as the best players at their respective positions for the 1892 college football season

1892 college football season

The 1892 college football season had a clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Yale as national champions....

, as selected by Casper Whitney for Harper's Weekly

Harper's Weekly

Harper's Weekly was an American political magazine based in New York City. Published by Harper & Brothers from 1857 until 1916, it featured foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays on many subjects, and humor...

and the Walter Camp Football Foundation. Whitney began publishing his All-America Team in 1889, and his list, which was considered the official All-America Team, was published in Harper's Weekly

Harper's Weekly

Harper's Weekly was an American political magazine based in New York City. Published by Harper & Brothers from 1857 until 1916, it featured foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays on many subjects, and humor...

from 1891-1896. Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...

 student and football center

Center (American football)

Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense...

 William H. Lewis

William H. Lewis

William Henry Lewis was an African-American pioneer in athletics, politics and law. He was the first African-American college football player, the first in the sport to be selected as an All-American, the first to be appointed as an Assistant United States Attorney, the first to become a member...

 became the first African-American to be selected as an All-American in 1892, an honor he would receive again in 1893.

Key

• WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation
• CW = Casper Whitney, published in Harper's Weekly magazine.
• Bold = Consensus All-American

Ends

• Frank Hinkey
  Frank Hinkey
  Frank Augustus Hinkey was an American football player. He was notable for being one of only three college football players in history to be named a four-time All-America. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.Born in Tonawanda, New York, he attended DeVeaux College and...
  
  , Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC, CW)
• Frank Hallowell
  Frank Hallowell
  Frank W. Hallowell was an All-American football player. He played at the end position for Harvard University and was twice selected as an All-American, in 1890 and 1892. He was also a center fielder on Harvard's baseball team....
  
  , Harvard (WC, CW)

Tackles

• Alexander Hamilton Wallis
  Alexander Hamilton Wallis
  Alexander Hamilton Wallis was an All-American football player. He played tackle for Yale University from 1890–1892 and was selected as an All-American in 1892....
  
  , Yale (WC, CW)
• Marshall Newell
  Marshall Newell
  Marshall "Ma" Newell was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1957.-Early years:...
  
  , Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC, CW)

Guards

• Art Wheeler
  Art Wheeler
  Art Wheeler was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1969....
  
  , Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC, CW)
• Bert Waters
  Bert Waters
  Bertram Gordon "Bert" Waters was an All-American football player and coach for Harvard University. He was selected as a College Football All-American in both 1892 and 1894 ....
  
  , Harvard (WC)

Centers

• William H. Lewis
  William H. Lewis
  William Henry Lewis was an African-American pioneer in athletics, politics and law. He was the first African-American college football player, the first in the sport to be selected as an All-American, the first to be appointed as an Assistant United States Attorney, the first to become a member...
  
  , Harvard (first African-American All-American) (WC, CW)

Quarterback

• Philip King, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC, CW)

Halfbacks

• Vance McCormick, Yale (WC, CW)
• Harry Thayer
  Harry Thayer (American football)
  Harry Chapman Thayer was an All-American football player. He played halfback and fullback for the University of Pennsylvania from 1891–1892 and was chosen for the 1892 College Football All-America Team. After playing fullback for Penn in 1891, Thayer completed his undergraduate studies...
  
  , Penn (WC, CW)

Fullbacks

• Charles Brewer
  Charley Brewer (fullback)
  Charley Brewer was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.-See also:* 1895 College Football All-America Team...
  
  , Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC, CW)