1919 College Football All-America Team
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The 1919 College Football All-America team consists of American football
players selected to the College Football All-America Team
s selected by various organizations for the 1919 college football season
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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 for the 1919 college football season
1919 college football season
The 1919 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing the Centre, Harvard, Illinois, Notre Dame, and Texas A&M as national champions.. Only Harvard and Illinois claim national championships for the 1919 season.-Conference...
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Key
- WC = Walter Camp
- 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"...
- RE = Reno Evening Gazette, selected by "W.P. Hahn, football expert of national note who is now located in Reno"
- DJ = Dick Jemison
- Bold - Consensus All-American
- 1 - First Team Selection
- 2 - Second Team Selection
- 3 - Third Team Selection
Ends
- Bob Higgins, Penn State (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1; DJ-1)
- Henry Miller, Penn (WC-1; DJ-1)
- Lester BeldingLester BeldingLester C. Belding was an American athlete and coach in football and track and field. He was the first football player from the University of Iowa to be named an All-American...
, Iowa (MS) - Weston, Wisconsin (WC-2)
- Joseph DuMoeJoseph DuMoe-References:...
, Lafayette (WC-2) - Earl "Red" BlaikEarl BlaikEarl Henry "Red" Blaik was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and United States Army officer. He served as the head football coach at Dartmouth College from 1934 to 1940 and at the United States Military Academy from 1941 to 1958, compiling a career college...
, Army (WC-3) - James "Red" RobertsRed Roberts (American football)James Madison "Red" Roberts was an American football player and coach in the United States. He played football for the Centre Praying Colonels in Danville, Kentucky. After college Roberts,played in the early National Football League for the Toledo Maroons and the Akron Pros. He also played in the...
, Centre (WC-3) - Reichle, Illinois (RE-1)
- Bernard KirkBernard KirkBernard "Bernie" C. Kirk was an American football player who played for Notre Dame in 1919 and for Michigan from 1921-1922. He was selected as an All-American at the end position in both 1921 and 1922...
, Notre Dame (DJ-2) - Meyers, Wisconsin (DJ-2)
Tackles
- 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...
(College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1 [g]; DJ-1) - Belford WestBelford WestDavid Belford West was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954.-External links:**...
, Colgate (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1; DJ-2) - Warren GrimmWarren GrimmLt. Warren O. "Wedge" Grimm , was born in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. An All-American at the University of Washington and an officer in the United States Army, he served with distinction as part of the American Expeditionary Force Siberia stationed in Russia in 1918-1919...
, Washington (WC-2) - Burt IngwersenBurt IngwersenBurton Aherns Ingwersen was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach of football and baseball. He served as the head football coach at the University of Iowa from 1924 to 1931, compiling a career college football record of 33–27–4...
, Illinois (WC-2) - Duke SlaterDuke SlaterFrederick Wayman "Duke" Slater was an American football player and one of the great black players of his era. Slater played for the University of Iowa in college and played professionally for ten years...
, Iowa (WC-3) - Josh CodyJosh CodyJoshua C. Cody was an American college athlete, head coach and athletics director. Cody was a native of Tennessee and an alumnus of Vanderbilt University, where he was a three-time All-American college football player...
, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; DJ-1) - Hoffman, Ohio (RE-1)
- Murphy, Dartmouth (DJ-2)
Guards
- Joe Alexander, Syracuse (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; DJ-2)
- Adolph "Swede" YoungstromSwede YoungstromAdolph Frederick "Swede" Youngstrom was a professional football player. Over the span of his career in the National Football League, Youngstrom played with the Buffalo All-Americans, Canton Bulldogs, Buffalo Bisons, Cleveland Bulldogs and the Frankford Yellow Jackets. He also served as a...
, Dartmouth (WC-1; MS; DJ-2) - D.N. Denfield, Navy (WC-2)
- Jack DeplerJack DeplerJohn Charles Depler was a professional football player with the Hammond Pros of the National Football League. He later served as a player-coach with the Orange Tornadoes, and became the founder and coach of the Brooklyn Dodgers of the NFL.Prior to his professional career, Depler played college...
, Illinois (WC-2) - Clark, Harvard (WC-3)
- Lloyd "Butch" Pixley, Ohio State (WC-3; DJ-1)
- Sedgwick, Harvard (RE-1)
- Phillips, Georgia Tech (DJ-1)
Centers
- James R. Weaver, Centre (WC-1; DJ-1)
- Charles Carpenter, Wisconsin (MS)
- Bailey, West Virginia (WC-2)
- Callahan, Yale (WC-3)
- Day, Georgia (DJ-2)
Quarterbacks
- Bo McMillinBo McMillinAlvin Nugent "Bo" McMillin was an American football player and coach, who served at both the collegiate and professional levels. He played college football at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, where was a three-time All-American at quarterback, and led the Centre Praying Colonels to a...
, Centre (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; DJ-2) - John Strubing, Princeton (WC-2)
- Benny Boynton, Williams (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; MS; DJ-1)
- Robertson, Syracuse (RE-1)
- James Bradshaw, Nevada (RE-1)
Halfbacks
- 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; MS; DJ-1) - Eddie CaseyEddie CaseyEdward Lawrence Casey was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Harvard University and was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1968...
, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1; DJ-1) - Murray Trimble, Princeton (WC-2; RE-1)
- Oas, Minnesota (WC-2)
- Bill Steers, Oregon (WC-3)
- Gillo, Colgate (WC-3; DJ-2)
- Weldon, Lafayette (DJ-2)
Fullbacks
- Ira RodgersIra Rodgers-External links:*...
, West Virginia (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1; DJ-1) - Braden, Yale (WC-2)
- J. Robertson, Dartmouth (WC-3; DJ-2)