1911 College Football All-America Team
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The 1911 College Football All-America team consists of American football
players selected to the College Football All-America Team
s selected by various organizations in 1911. The organizations that chose the teams included Collier's Weekly
selected by Walter Camp
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American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
players selected to the College Football All-America Team
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 selected by various organizations in 1911. The organizations that chose the teams included Collier's Weekly
Collier's Weekly
Collier's Weekly was an American magazine founded by Peter Fenelon Collier and published from 1888 to 1957. With the passage of decades, the title was shortened to Collier's....
selected by Walter Camp
Walter Camp
Walter Chauncey Camp was an American football player, coach, and sports writer known as the "Father of American Football". With John Heisman, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Pop Warner, Fielding H. Yost, and George Halas, Camp was one of the most accomplished persons in the early history of American football...
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Key
- WC = Collier's WeeklyCollier's WeeklyCollier's Weekly was an American magazine founded by Peter Fenelon Collier and published from 1888 to 1957. With the passage of decades, the title was shortened to Collier's....
as selected by Walter CampWalter CampWalter Chauncey Camp was an American football player, coach, and sports writer known as the "Father of American Football". With John Heisman, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Pop Warner, Fielding H. Yost, and George Halas, Camp was one of the most accomplished persons in the early history of American football... - NYG = The New York GlobeThe New York GlobeThe New York Globe was a daily New York City newspaper published from 1904 to 1923, when it was bought and merged into the New York Sun.-History:...
- HL = "Football Honor List for 1911" selected by coaches from the East and West for publication in "Outing" magazine
- WSF = W.S. FarnsworthWilton S. FarnsworthWilton Simpson "Bill" Farnsworth was an American sports writer, editor, and boxing promoter. He worked for William Randolph Hearst's newspapers from 1904 to 1937. He was the sports editor of Hearst's New York Evening Journal or New York American from 1914 to 1937...
- HW = Dr. Henry L. WilliamsHenry L. WilliamsDr. Henry Lane Williams was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the United States Military Academy in 1891 and the University of Minnesota from 1900 to 1921, compiling a career college football record of 141–34–12...
, longtime coach at the University of Minnesota - CC = Charles ChadwickCharles Chadwick (athlete)Charles Chadwick was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.He was born in Brooklyn and died in Boston, Massachusetts....
, "former famous Yale guard" - BM = Baseball Magazine
- CSM = Christian Science Monitor
- SPS = Syracuse Post-Standard
- Bold - Consensus All-American
- 1 - First Team Selection
- 2 - Second Team Selection
- 3 - Third Team Selection
Ends
- Sanford White, Princeton (WC-1; NYG-1; WSF-1; HW-1; CC-1; HL; BM; CSM; SPS)
- Douglas Bomeisler, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; WSF-2; CC-1; HL)
- Stanfield WellsStanfield WellsStanfield Wells was an All-American football player for the University of Michigan Wolverines football team from 1909-1911. He was the first in a long line of All-Americans to come out of Massillon Washington High School, and was one of the pioneers of the forward pass...
, Michigan(WC-3 [hb]; NYG-1; HW-1; HL) - Smith, Harvard (WC-2; WSF-1; HL; BM; CSM)
- Dexter VeryDexter VeryDexter Very was an American football player. He started at right end for the Penn State Nittany Lions in every game from 1909 to 1912...
, Penn. State (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2; HL) - Daly, Dartmouth (WSF-2; HL)
- A. Harry Kallett, Syracuse (WC-3; SPS)
- Russell "Busty" Ashbaugh, Brown (WC-3)
- Frederick L. ConklinFrederick L. ConklinFrederick L. Conklin was an American football player and coach, medical doctor and naval officer. He played football for Fielding H. Yost's University of Michigan teams from 1909 to 1911 and was selected as an All-Western player in 1911. He spent 32 years as an officer in the U.S...
, Michigan (HL) - Oliver, Illinois (HL)
- Sampson Burd, Carlisle (HL)
Tackles
- Edward White, Princeton (WC-1; NYG-1; WSF-1; HW-1; CC-1; HL; BM; CSM; SPS)
- Leland DevoreLeland DevoreLeland Swarts Devore was an American football tackle and military officer. He played college football with Army and was selected as a first-team All-American in 1911....
, Army (WC-1; NYG-1) - Jim Scully, Yale (WC-2; WSF-2; CC-1; BM; SPS)
- Walter B. Elcock, Dartmouth (WSF-1)
- Frank, Minnesota (HW-1)
- Robert M. Littlejohn, Army (WSF-2)
- John H. Brown, Jr.John Brown (football)John H. "Babe" Brown, Jr. was an American football player and an Admiral in the United States Navy. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951. As a defender he helped the United States Naval Academy football team shut out seven opponents in 1913...
, Navy (College Football Hall of Fame), Navy (WC-3) - Sylvester V. Shonka, Nebraska (HL)
- Charles M. Rademacher, Chicago (HL; CSM)
- Greig, Swarthmore (HL)
- Rudy Probst, Syracuse (HL)
Guards
- Bob Fisher, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; WSF-1; CC-1; BM; CSM; SPS)
- Joseph DuffJoseph DuffJoseph Duff was an All-American football player and coach who was killed in action during World War I. Duff graduated from Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at Princeton University. He played guard for Princeton and was selected for Walter Camp's All-American eleven...
, Princeton (WC-1; WSF-1; CC-1; HL; CSM) - Alfred L. BuserAlfred L. BuserAlfred Leo "Al" Buser was an American football player and coach. Buser played college football for the University of Wisconsin, and was later the fourth head coach of the Florida Gators football team that represents the University of Florida.- Early years :Al Buser was born in Madison, Wisconsin...
, Wisconsin (WC-3 [t]; NYG-1; HL [t]) - Robinson, Minnesota (HW-1)
- Wakeman, Navy (HW-1)
- Howe, Navy (NYG-1)
- Scruby, Chicago (WC-2; HL)
- Elmer W. McDevitt, Yale (WC-2; WSF-2)
- Bebont, Penn State (WSF-2)
- Pomeroy T. Francis, Yale (WC-3; BM)
- Archibald V. Arnold, Army (WC-3; HL; CSM; SPS)
- Belting, Illinois (HL)
Centers
- Hank Ketcham, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; NYG-1; WSF-2; CC-1; HL; SPS)
- Blumenthal, Princeton (WC-2; WSF-1; HL; BM)
- Franklin C. SibertFranklin C. SibertFranklin Cummings Sibert was a United States Army general. During World War II, Sibert was originally the commander of the 6th Infantry Division but was promoted to command the X Corps of General Walter Krueger's US Sixth Army. His Corps took part in the landing operations of the Battle of Leyte...
, Army (HW-1) - Weems, Navy (WC-3)
- O'Brien, Iowa (HL)
Quarterbacks
- Art Howe, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; NYG-1; WSF-1; HW-1; CC-1; HL)
- Earl SpracklingEarl SpracklingWilliam Earl "Bill" Sprackling was an American football quarterback. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1964. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Sprackling was the quarterback for the Brown University football team in 1909, 1910, and 1911...
, Brown (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2; WSF-2; HL; BM) - John "Keckie" Moll, Wisconsin (HL; CSM; SPS)
- Capron, Minnesota (WC-3; HL)
- Gill, Indiana (HL)
- Morrison, Van. (HL)
- Fogg, Syracuse (HL)
Halfbacks
- Percy WendellPercy WendellPercy Langdon "Bullet" Wendell was an American football player and coach of football and basketball in the United States.-Biography:...
, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; NYG-1 [fb]; WSF-1; HW-1; CC-1; HL; BM; CSM; SPS [fb]) - Jim ThorpeJim ThorpeJacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe * Gerasimo and Whiteley. pg. 28 * americaslibrary.gov, accessed April 23, 2007. was an American athlete of mixed ancestry...
, Carlisle (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; WSF-2; CC-1; HL; BM; CSM; SPS) - Reuben Rosenwald, Minnesota (WC-2; NYG-1; HW-1; HL)
- Dalton, Navy (SPS)
- Walter C. Camp, Jr., Yale (WC-2; WSF-2; HL)
- Morey, Dartmouth (WC-2)
- James B. CraigJames B. CraigJames B. "Jimmy" Craig was an All American football halfback and quarterback who played with the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1911 to 1913. He was named an All-American in 1913...
, Michigan (HL) - Sauer, Chicago (HL)
- Elmer OliphantElmer OliphantElmer Quillen Oliphant, nicknamed Catchie or Catchy, Olie or Ollie was an American football player.-High school:...
,Purdue (HL) - Spiegel, Lafayette (HL)
- Costello, Georgetown (HL)
Fullbacks
- Jack DaltonJohn Dalton (football)John Dalton was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1970....
, Navy (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; NYG-1 [hb]; WSF-1 [hb]; CC-1; HL) - F. LeRoy MercerLeroy MercerDr. E. Leroy Mercer was a respected surgeon but was best-known for his college football career, while attending the University of Pennsylvania. In 1910, he led Penn to the eastern championship, and then served as the Quakers' captain for the next two seasons...
, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3 [hb]; WSF-1; HL; CSM) - Munck, Cornell (WC-2 [t]; BM)
- Jesse Philbin, Yale (WSF-1)
- Snow, Dartmouth (WSF-2)
- Hudson, Trinity (WC-3)
- Powell, Carlisle (HL)
- Dewitt, Princeton (HL)