1919 College Football All-America Team

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1919 College Football All-America Team
College Football All-America Team
1919 college football season
1917 1918 ← → 1920 1921

The 1919 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1919. The two selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1919 season are (1) Walter Camp (WC), whose selections were published in Collier's Weekly; and (2) the Frank Menke syndicate (MS).

Consensus All-Americans[]

For the year 1919, the NCAA recognizes only two selectors as "official" for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.

Name Position School Official Other Total
Bob Higgins End Penn State MS, WC DJ, RE 4/4
Wilbur Henry Tackle Wash. & Jeff. MS, WC DJ, RE 4/4
Chic Harley Halfback Ohio State MS, WC DJ, RE 4/4
Eddie Casey Halfback Harvard MS, WC DJ, RE 4/4
Ira Rodgers Fullback West Virginia MS, WC DJ, RE 4/4
Belford West Tackle Colgate MS, WC RE 3/4
Heinie Miller End Penn WC DJ 2/4
Doc Alexander Guard Syracuse MS, WC -- 2/4
Swede Youngstrom Guard Dartmouth MS, WC -- 2/4
Red Weaver Center Centre WC DJ 2/4
Benny Boynton Quarterback Williams MS DJ 2/4
Charles Carpenter Center Wisconsin MS -- 1/4
Bo McMillin Quarterback Centre WC -- 1/4

All-Americans of 1919[]

Ends[]

Tackles[]

Pete Henry.

Guards[]

Centers[]

Bo McMillin.

Quarterbacks[]

  • Bo McMillin, 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)
  • James Bradshaw, Nevada (RE-1)
Chic Harley.

Halfbacks[]

  • Chic Harley, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; DJ-1)
  • Eddie Casey, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1; DJ-1)
  • , Princeton (WC-2; RE-1)
  • Arnold Oss, Minnesota (WC-2)
  • Bill Steers, Oregon (WC-3)
  • Hank Gillo, Colgate (WC-3; DJ-2)
  • Bodie Weldon, Lafayette (DJ-2)

Fullbacks[]

  • Ira Rodgers, West Virginia (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1; DJ-1)
  • Jim Braden, Yale (WC-2)
  • Jim Robertson, Dartmouth (WC-3; DJ-2)

Key[]

Bold = Consensus All-American[1]

  • 1 – First-team selection
  • 2 – Second-team selection
  • 3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors[]

Other selectors[]

  • RE = Reno Evening Gazette, selected by "W.P. Hahn, football expert of national note who is now located in Reno"[4]
  • DJ = Dick Jemison[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  2. ^ "Walter Camp's All-American Team". Fitchburg Daily Sentinel. 1919-12-13.
  3. ^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1153
  4. ^ "All-American Team Picked by Hahn for Gazette". Reno Evening Gazette. 1919-12-05.
  5. ^ "All-America Addendum" (PDF). College Football Historical Society Newsletter. May 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
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