1912 College Football All-America Team
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The 1912 College Football All-America team consists of American football
players selected to the College Football All-America Team
s selected by various organizations in 1912. The organizations that chose the teams included Collier's Weekly
selected by Walter Camp
, Leslie's Weekly, and the New York Evening Telegram
.
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 1912. 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...
, Leslie's Weekly, and the New York Evening Telegram
New York World-Telegram
The New York World-Telegram, later known as the New York World-Telegram and Sun, was a New York City newspaper from 1931 to 1966.-History:...
.
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... - RE = Robert Edgren
- WJM = W.J. MacBeth
- ASH = Alfred S. Harvey of the Milwaukee Free Press
- TC = Tommy Clark
- PHD = Parke H. DavisParke H. DavisParke Hill Davis was an American football player, coach and historian who retroactively named the national championship teams in American college football from the 1869 through the 1932 seasons. He also named co-national champions at the conclusion of the 1933 season...
(Princeton's representative on the intercollegiate rules committee) - PW = Glenn S. "Pop" Warner
- TET = Trenton Evening Times
- Bold - Consensus All-American
- 1 - First Team Selection
- 2 - Second Team Selection
- 3 - Third Team Selection
Ends
- Samuel M. FeltonSam FeltonSamuel M. Felton was an American football and baseball player. He was an All-American end for Harvard University in 1912. After graduating from Harvard, Felton declined a record offer to play Major League Baseball for Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics....
, Harvard (WC–1; RE-1; WJM-1; ASH-1; PHD-1; TET-1) - Douglas Bomeisler, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC–1; RE-1; WJM-1; TC-1; PHD-1; PW-1; TET-1)
- Miller PontiusMiller PontiusMiller Hall Pontius was an All-American football tackle and end for the Michigan Wolverines from 1911 to 1913. He also played baseball with coach Branch Rickey and pitcher George Sisler while a student at the University of Michigan. He later served as an assistant football coach at Michigan and...
, Michigan (ASH-1) - 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; PW-1) - Joseph Hoeffel, Wisconsin (WC-2)
- Russell "Busty" Ashbaugh, Brown (WC-3; TC - 1)
- Jordan, Bucknell (WC-3)
Tackles
- Wesley T. "Moose" EnglehornWesley EnglehornWesley Theodore "Moose" Englehorn was an American football player and coach. Born in Spokane, Washington, Englehorn first gained fame as a football player for Spokane High School. While he was a junior in high school, he was reportedly recruited by Princeton University to come east to play...
, Dartmouth (WC–1; RE-1; TC-1; PHD-1; PW-1) - Robert P. "Bob" ButlerBob ButlerBob "Butts" Butler was an American football player who played at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In 1915, Butler was recruited by Jack Cusack, manager of the Canton Bulldogs, to bolster his roster against the rival Massillon Tigers. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in...
, Wisconsin (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC–1; ASH-1) - Bob Storer, Harvard (RE–1; WJM-1; TC-1; PW-1; TET-1)
- Joe GuyonJoe GuyonJoseph Napoleon Guyon was a professional American football player in the National Football League...
, Carlisle (College Football Hall of Fame) (WJM–1) - Rudy Probst, Syracuse (WC-2)
- Jim TrickeyJim TrickeyJames "Jim" Trickey was an American football player for the University of Iowa. In 1912, he was selected as an All-American at the tackle position.-Biography:...
, Iowa (WC-2; ASH - 1) - Clark ShaughnessyClark ShaughnessyClark Daniel Shaughnessy was an American football coach and innovator. He is sometimes called the "father of the T formation", although that system had previously been used as early as the 1880s. Shaughnessy did, however, modernize the obsolescent T formation to make it once again relevant in the...
, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3) - 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-3) - Phillips, Princeton (PHD–1; TET-1)
Guards
- Stanley B. PennockStan PennockStanley Bagg "Bags" Pennock was an American football player. He was selected as a first-team All-American at the guard position three consecutive years while leading Harvard University to three undefeated seasons from 1912 to 1914. He was killed in 1916 in an explosion at a chemical plant in New...
, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC–1; RE-1; ASH-1; TC-1; PHD-1; PW-1; TET-1) - W. John Logan, Princeton (WC–1; ASH-1)
- 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) (WC-3; PHD-1; PW-1) - Rip Shenk, Princeton (RE–1; TET-1)
- Carroll T. Cooney, Yale (WC-2; WJM - 1)
- Howe, Navy (TC – 1)
- Kulp, Brown (WC-2)
- Bennett, Dartmouth (WC-3)
Centers
- Hank Ketcham, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame (WC–1; RE-1; WJM-1; ASH-1; TC-1; PW-1; TET-1)
- Benson, Lafayette (PHD–1)
- Parmenter, Harvard (WC-2)
- Bluthenthal, Princeton (WC-3)
Quarterbacks
- George CrowtherGeorge Crowther (American football)George M. "Kid" Crowther was an American football player. He was named the consensus All-American at quarterback in 1912.-Biography:...
, Brown (WC–1; WJM-1) - Eddie GilletteEddie GilletteEdmund "Eddie" Gillette was an American football player and coach. He played halfback and quarterback for the University of Wisconsin and was selected as an All-American at the quarterback position in 1912.-Biography:...
, Wisconsin (ASH-1; TC-1) - Pat Pazetti, Lehigh (WC-2; PHD-1; PW-1)
- Everett BaconEverett BaconC. Everett "Ev" Bacon was an American football quarterback in college. He was also a star athlete in baseball, basketball, tennis, and golf....
, Wesleyan (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; RE-1) - Gardner, Harvard (TET-1)
Halfbacks
- Charles E. BrickleyCharles BrickleyCharles Edward Brickley was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the Johns Hopkins University in 1915, at Boston College from 1916 to 1917, and at Fordham University in 1920 with Joseph DuMoe as co-coach, compiling a career college football record of 22–9...
, Harvard (WC–1; RE-1; WJM-1; ASH-1; TC-1; PHD-1; PW-1; TET-1 [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; RE-1; WJM-1; ASH-1; TC-1; PHD-1 [fb]; PW-1; TET-1) - Dave MoreyDave MoreyDavid Beale Morey was an American football and baseball player, coach of a number of sports, and college athletics administrator. He was an All-American football player for Dartmouth College in 1912 and a professional baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1913...
, Dartmouth (WC-2; WJM-1 [guard]) - Nelson NorgrenNelson NorgrenNelson H. Norgren was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. As a coach, he led the University of Utah to a national AAU basketball championship in 1916...
, Chicago (WC-2) - Lewie HardageLewie HardageLewis Woodford Hardage was an American college football player and college football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma from 1932 to 1934, compiling a record of 11–12–4. Hardage was later the head baseball coach at the University of...
, Vanderbilt (WC-3) - Hobart Amory Hare "Hobey" BakerHobey BakerHobart Amory Hare "Hobey" Baker was an American amateur athlete of the early twentieth century. Regarded as the first American star in ice hockey, he was also an accomplished football player. Born into a prominent family from Philadelphia, he enrolled at Princeton University in 1910...
, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; PHD-1; TET-1)
Fullbacks
- 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–1) - Wallace "Butch" De Witt, Princeton (RE–1)
- 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-2; WJM-1) - Spencer Armstrong Pumpelly, Yale (WC-3)
- Ray EichenlaubRay EichenlaubRay "Iron Eich" Eichenlaub was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1972....
, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (ASH-1) - Huntington "Tack" HardwickHuntington HardwickHuntington Reed "Tack" Hardwick was an American football player. He played at the halfback and end positions for Harvard University and was selected as a unanimous first-team All-American in 1914...
, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (TC-1) - Mauthe, Penn State (PW-1)