1894 College Football All-America Team
Encyclopedia
The 1894 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-American
s for the 1894 college football season
, as selected by Casper Whitney for Harper's Weekly
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
from 1891-1896.
College Football All-America Team
The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions. The original usage of the term All-America seems to have been to the 1889 College Football All-America Team selected by Casper Whitney and published in This...
s for the 1894 college football season
1894 college football season
The 1894 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Penn, Princeton, and 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.
Key
- WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation
- CW = Casper Whitney, published in Harper's Weekly magazine.
- LES = Leslie's Weekly by John D. Merrill
- Bold = Consensus All-American
Ends
- Frank HinkeyFrank HinkeyFrank 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; LES) - Charles "The Miracle Man" Gelbert, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC; CW; LES)
Tackles
- Bert WatersBert WatersBertram 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; CW; LES) - Langdon LeaLangdon Lea-See also:* 1893 College Football All-America Team* 1894 College Football All-America Team* 1895 College Football All-America Team*List of Michigan Wolverines head football coaches-External links:*...
, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC; CW) - Anson M. Beard, Yale (LES)
Guards
- Art WheelerArt WheelerArt 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) - William "Wild Bill" Hickock, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC; CW)
- Mackie, Harvard (LES)
- Wharton, Penn (LES)
Quarterback
- George AdeeGeorge AdeeGeorge Townsend Adee was an American football player and tennis official. Born in Stonington, Connecticut, Adee attended Yale University where he was the quarterback of the school's football team. In 1894, he was selected as one of eleven players named to the 1894 College Football All-America...
, Yale (WC; CW) - Wrenn, Harvard (LES)
Halfbacks
- Alden KnipeAlden KnipeAlden Arthur Knipe was an American football player and coach. He served as the sixth head football coach at the University of Iowa from 1892–1894, compiling a record of 30–11–4. Knipe was also the first head head baseball coach at Iowa, coaching two seasons from 1900 to 1901...
, Penn (WC; CW; LES) - George BrookeGeorge Brooke (American football)George Haydock Brooke was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a fullback at Swarthmore College from 1889 to 1892 and at the University of Pennsylvania from 1893 to 1895...
, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC; CW; LES)