1917 College Football All-America Team
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The 1917 College Football All-America team consists of American football
players selected to the College Football All-America Team
s selected by various organizations in 1917. 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 1917. 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... - WE = Walter EckersallWalter EckersallWalter "Eckie" Eckersall was an American football player, official, and sportswriter for the Chicago Tribune. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.-Early life:...
, of the Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneThe Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is... - JV = Jack VeiockJack VeiockEugene Ruppert "Jack" Veiock , sometimes known as "J.R.", was an American sportswriter and editor. He was the sporting editor of the International News Service from 1916 to 1921....
, International News Service (INS) sports editor - PP = Paul PurmanPaul PurmanPaul R. Purman was an American sportswriter. Purman had a lengthy career in journalism, but he is best known for his work in the years from 1916 to 1918 when his sports column was syndicated in hundreds of newspapers and he selected an annual All-America football team for the Newspaper Enterprise...
, noted sports writer whose All-American team was syndicated in newspapers across the United States - INS = International News Service
- NEA = Newspaper Editors Association
- MS = Frank Menke Syndicate, by Frank G. MenkeFrank G. MenkeFrank Grant Menke was an American newspaper reporter, author, and sports historian. He wrote for the Hearst Newspapers from 1912 to 1932 and his articles appeared daily in 300 newspapers across the country. He was billed by the Hearst syndicate as "America's Foremost Sport Writer"...
- Bold - Consensus All-American
- 1 - First Team Selection
- 2 - Second Team Selection
- 3 - Third Team Selection
Ends
- Charles Bolen, Ohio State (WC–1; MS; WE-1; JV-2; PP-1)
- Paul RobesonPaul RobesonPaul Leroy Robeson was an American concert singer , recording artist, actor, athlete, scholar who was an advocate for the Civil Rights Movement in the first half of the twentieth century...
, Rutgers (WC–2; MS; JV-2; PP-2) - Ernest H. Von Helmburg, Navy (WC–1; NEA; PP-1)
- Clifford CarlsonClifford CarlsonHenry Clifford "Doc" Carlson is a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee as the men's college basketball coach of his alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh, from 1922 to 1953...
, Pittsburgh (WE-1; JV-1) - Henry Miller, Penn (INS; JV-1)
- Hager, West Virginia (WC–2; PP-2)
- Carroll, W&J (WE-2)
- Siller, Pennsylvania (WE-2)
Tackles
- Alfred Cobb, Syracuse (WC–1; INS; NEA; WE-2; JV-1; PP-1)
- George HauserGeorge Hauser-External links:...
, Minnesota (WC–1; INS; NEA; WE-1; JV-1; PP-1) - Ernest Hubka, Nebraska (WC–2; JV-2; PP-2)
- Williams, Oregon (WC–2; JV-2; PP-2)
- Walker Carpenter, Georgia Tech (MS)
- Wilbur Henry, Washington & JeffersonWashington & Jefferson Presidents footballThe Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team represents Washington & Jefferson College in collegiate level football. The team competes in NCAA Division III and is affiliated with the Presidents' Athletic Conference...
(MS) - McCord, Georgia Tech (WE-1)
- Murphy, Dartmouth (WE-2)
Guards
- Dale Seis, Pittsburgh (WC-1; NEA; MS; PP-1)
- Frank CulverFrank CulverFrank Ward Culver was an All-American football player for the University of Michigan. A native of Detroit, Culver played for the Michigan Wolverines under Fielding H. Yost in 1917 and 1919. As a sophomore in 1917, he started three games at left tackle, four games at left guard, and one game at...
, Michigan (WC–1; NEA; JV-2; PP-1) - Gault, Georgia Tech (WE-1)
- Crabb, Brown (WE-1)
- Jock SutherlandJock SutherlandDr. John Bain "Jock" Sutherland, D.D.S., was an American football coach. He coached college football at Lafayette College and the University of Pittsburgh and professional football for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Steelers...
, Pitt (INS; JV-1) - Eugene Neeley, Dartmouth (INS; JV-1)
- Lane, California (WC–2; JV-2; PP-2)
- Dieter, Pennsylvania (WC–2; PP-2)
- C.G. Higgins, Chicago (MS; WE-2)
- U____, Northwestern (WE-2)
Centers
- Frank RydzewskiFrank RydzewskiFrank Xavier Rydzewski was a professional football player in the National Football League. He played seven seasons in the NFL with the Chicago Tigers , Cleveland Tigers , Hammond Pros , Chicago Cardinals , Chicago Bears , and Milwaukee Badgers...
, Notre Dame (WC–1; INS; NEA; JV-1; PP-1) - Russell Bailey, West Virginia (MS; WE-1; JV-2)
- Alex Wray, Pennsylvania (WC–2; PP-2)
- Oscar P. Lambert, Michigan (WE-2)
Quarterbacks
- Everett StrupperEverett StrupperGeorge Everett "Stroop" Strupper was an All-American football player. He played halfback for Georgia Tech from 1915 to 1917. Strupper overcame deafness resulting from a childhood illness and was selected as an All-American in 1917...
, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC–1; NEA; MS; JV-2 [hb]; PP-1) - Archie WestonArchie WestonArchie Bruce "Beak" Weston was an American football player who was a quarterback for the University of Michigan in 1917 and a halfback in 1919. He was selected as a first-team All-American in 1917 by Chicago Tribune sports editor Walter Eckersall.-Youth in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula:Weston was...
, Michigan (WE-1) - Benny Boynton, Williams (College Football Hall of Fame) (INS; MS; JV-1)
- Ingram, Navy (WC–2; JV-2 [hb]; PP-2)
- Brennan, Fordham (WE-2)
- Hill, Georgia Tech (JV-2)
Halfbacks
- Elmer OliphantElmer OliphantElmer Quillen Oliphant, nicknamed Catchie or Catchy, Olie or Ollie was an American football player.-High school:...
, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC–1; INS; NEA; MS; JV-1; PP-1) - Chic HarleyChic HarleyCharles William "Chic" Harley was one of the outstanding American football players of the first half of the 20th century and the player who first brought the Ohio State University football program to national attention. Harley was Ohio State's first consensus first-team All-America selection and...
, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC–1; INS; NEA; WE-1; JV-1; PP-1) - Joe GuyonJoe GuyonJoseph Napoleon Guyon was a professional American football player in the National Football League...
, Georgia Tech (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WC–2; PP-2) - "Scrubby" McCreight, Washington & JeffersonWashington & Jefferson Presidents footballThe Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team represents Washington & Jefferson College in collegiate level football. The team competes in NCAA Division III and is affiliated with the Presidents' Athletic Conference...
(WC–2; PP-2) - Hoffman, Cornell (WE-2)
- James J. Drummey, Tufts (WE-2)
Fullbacks
- Joseph Howard Berry, Jr., Pennsylvania (WC–1; NEA; WE-1; JV-2; PP-1)
- George "Tank" McLaren, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC–2; INS; MS; WE-1 [HB]; JV-1; PP-2)
- Bob KoehlerBob KoehlerRobert Adam Charles Koehler was an American football player who played fullback for seven seasons for the Decatur Staleys and the Chicago Cardinals....
, Northwestern (WE-2)