1924 College Football All-America Team

Red Grange, "The Galloping Ghost", was 1924's only unanimous All-American.

The 1924 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 1924. The six selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1924 season are (1) Walter Camp, whose selections were published in Collier's Weekly, (2) Football World magazine (FW), (3) the All-America Board (AAB), (4) the International News Service (INS), (5) Liberty magazine, and (6) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA).

The only unanimous All-American in 1924 was halfback Red Grange of Illinois, known as "The Galloping Ghost" and who in 2008 was named by ESPN as the best college football player of all time. The consensus All-Americans recognized by the NCAA for 1924 also include tackle Ed Weir, who was later named the 19th best athlete in Nebraska history, and three of Notre Dame's legendary Four Horseman (halfback Jim Crowley, quarterback Harry Stuhldreher, and fullback Elmer Layden).

Consensus All-Americans[]

For the year 1924, the NCAA recognizes six All-American teams as "official" designations 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	Number	Official	Other
Red Grange	Halfback	Illinois	6/6	AAB, FW, INS, LIB, NEA, WC	ASM, BC, DW, LP, NB, WE
Ed Weir	Tackle	Nebraska	5/6	AAB, FW, INS, LIB, WC	ASB, BC, BE, DW, NB, WE
Harry Stuhldreher	Quarterback	Notre Dame	5/6	AAB, INS, LIB, NEA, WC	BE, DW, LP, NB, WE
Ed McGinley	Tackle	Penn	4/6	AAB, INS, NEA, WC	BE, DW
Edwin C. Horrell	Center	California	4/6	INS, LIB, NEA, WC	BE, DW, WE
Jim Crowley	Halfback	Notre Dame	4/6	AAB, FW, INS, NEA	ASM, BC, BE, DW, NB, WE
Jim Lawson	End	Stanford	3/6	AAB, FW, NEA	ASM, BE
Carl Diehl	Guard	Dartmouth	3/6	INS, LIB, NEA	BE, DW, NB
Joe Pondelik	Guard	Chicago	3/6	AAB, INS, LIB	DW, LP, WE
Elmer Layden	Fullback	Notre Dame	3/6	AAB, INS, LIB	DW, NB, WE
Henry Wakefield	End	Vanderbilt	2/6	INS, NEA	BC, BE, DW, LP, NB
Richard Luman	End	Yale	2/6	AAB, INS	DW, LP, WE
Henry Bjorkman^[1]	End	Dartmouth	2/6	LIB, WC	WE

All-Americans of 1924[]

Ends[]

Vanderbilt's Hek Wakefield was the South's lone consensus All-American.

Jim Lawson, Stanford (WC-2; AAB; FW; ASM-1; NEA; BE-1; DW-2; WE-2)
Richard Luman, Yale (AAB; INS; LP-1; BE-2; DW-1; WE-1)
Henry "Hek" Wakefield, Vanderbilt (WC-2; INS; NEA; LP-1; BE-1; NB-1; DW-1; WE-3; BC)
Charlie Berry, Lafayette (WC-1; ASM-2; DW-3)
Henry Bjorkman, Dartmouth (WC-1; ASM-2; LIB; NB-2; WE-1)
Clark Craig, Penn (NB-1)
Edmond Stout, Princeton (FW; ASM-1)
Hilary Mahaney, Holy Cross (WC-3; LIB; FW; BE-2; DW-2; WE-2)
Lowell Otte, Iowa (LP-2; DW-3; WE-3)
Cal Hubbard, Centenary (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (LP-2)
Frank Frazer, Army (WC-3)
Steve Pulaski, Wisconsin (NB-2)
Frank Rokusek, Illinois (NB-3; BC)
Shep Bingham, Yale (NB-3)
Frank Henderson, Cornell (ASM-3)
Clarence Muhl, Illinois (ASM-3)

Tackles[]

Ed Weir, Nebraska (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; AAB; FW; ASM-1; INS; LIB; LP-2; BE-2; NB-1; DW-1; WE-1; BC)
Ed McGinley, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; AAB; INS; NEA; BE-1; DW-1; WE-2)
Bob Beattie, Princeton (WC-2; NEA; BE-1; NB-2; DW-2; WE-1)
, Chicago (WC-3; FW; ASM-1; LIB; LP-1; DW-2; WE-2)
Johnny Joss, Yale (LP-1)
Mordecai Starobin, Syracuse (NB-1)
Tom Edwards, Michigan (LP-2)
John W. Hancock, Iowa (ASM-2; BE-2; NB-2; BC)
Pappy Waldorf, Syracuse (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2)
Zeke Wissinger, Pittsburgh (WC-3)
Jim Taylor, Georgia (NB-3)
Jules Prevost, Penn State (ASM-2; NB-3)
Norman Anderson, So. California (ASM-2; DW-3; WE-3)
Joe Bach, Notre Dame (DW-3)
Tex Cox, Minnesota (ASM-3)
Charles Van Dyne, Missouri (WE-3)

Guards[]

Carl Diehl, Dartmouth (INS; LIB; NEA; BE-1; DW-1; NB-1; WE-3)
Joe Pondelik, Chicago (WC-2; AAB; INS; ASM-2; LIB; LP-1; DW-1; WE-1)
Edliff Slaughter, Michigan (WC-1; LP-1; BE-2; NB-1; BC)
August W. Farwick, Army (AAB; NEA; ASM-2; BE-1; NB-2; DW-2; WE-1)
Alton Papworth, Penn (FW; ASM-1)
Walter Mahan, West Virginia (WC-3; BE-2)
Herbert Sturhahn, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) (DW-2)
Howard, Princeton (LP-2)
Charles Parsons, Northwestern (LP-2; WE-3)
George Abramson, Minnesota (WC-2; NB-2; WE-2; BC)
Bill Fleckenstein, Iowa (WC-3)
Bill Buckler, Alabama (NB-3)
William House, Penn State (NB-3)
Walt Godwin, Georgia Tech (DW-3)
Harry Ellinger, Army (DW-3)
Ralph Hills, Princeton (ASM-2)
Adolph Bieberstein, Wisconsin (ASM-3)

Centers[]

Edwin C. Horrell, California (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1 [g]; INS; ASM-3; LIB; NEA; BE-1; DW-1; WE-1)
Adam Walsh, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; LP-1; ASM-2; BE-2; NB-2; DW-2; WE-2; BC)
Edgar Garbisch, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; FW; ASM-1 [g]; NB-3; DW-3; WE-2 [g])
Winslow Lovejoy, Yale (WC-2; AAB; FW; ASM-1; NB-1; WE-3)
Shorty Propst, Alabama (LP-2)

Quarterbacks[]

Harry Stuhldreher, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; AAB; INS; ASM-2; LIB; NEA; LP-1; BE-1; NB-1; DW-1; WE-1)
Eddie Dooley, Dartmouth (FW; ASM-1; BE-2; DW-2; WE-2)
Charles Darling, Boston College (LIB [hb]; NB-2)
Tod Rockwell, Michigan (BC)
, Iowa (LP-2; NB-3; WE-3)
Jacob Slagle, Princeton (WC-2)
Skippy Stivers, Idaho (WC-3)
Al Bloodgood, Nebraska (ASM-3)
Herb Covington, Centre (DW-3)

Halfbacks[]

Red Grange, Illinois (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; AAB; FW; ASM-1; INS; LIB; NEA; LP-1 [fb]; BE-1; NB-1; DW-1; WE-1; BC)
, Dartmouth (Liberty- LH behind Red Grange)
Jim Crowley, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2 [fb]; AAB; FW; ASM-1; INS; NEA; BE-1; NB-1; DW-1; WE-1; BC)
Walter Koppisch, Columbia (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; BE-2; NB-2; DW-2)
Ralph Baker, Northwestern (LP-1; BE-2; NB-3; DW-2; WE-2)
Ducky Pond, Yale (WC-2; NEA; ASM-2; NB-2; DW-3; WE-3; BE-1 [FB])
Don Miller, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (DW-3)
Clarence Schutte, Minnesota (LP-2)
Wildcat Wilson, Washington (WC-2)
Heinie Benkert, Rutgers (ASM-2)
Herb Steger, Michigan (ASM-3)
Harry Wilson, Army (ASM-3)
Tut Imlay, California (WC-3)
Jackson Keefer, Brown (WC-3)
Gil Reese, Vanderbilt (NB-3)
Hust Stockton, Gonzaga (WE-2)
Rudolph Bahr, Purdue (WE-3)

Fullbacks[]

Elmer Layden, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; INS; LIB; LP-2 [hb]; NB-1; DW-1; WE-1)
Homer Hazel, Rutgers (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; FW; ASM-1; NB-3; BC)
Doug Wycoff, Georgia Tech (ASM-3; LP-1 [hb]; NB-2; DW-2; WE-3)
Jack McBride, Syracuse (BE-2; DW-3; WE-2)
John Webster Thomas, Chicago (LP-2)
Red Strader, St. Mary's (WC-3)
Austin "Five Yards" McCarty, Chicago (ASM-2)

Key[]

NCAA recognized selectors for 1924

WC = Collier's Weekly as selected by Walter Camp^[2]
AAB = All-America Board^[3]
FW = Football World magazine^[3]
INS = International News Service^[3]
LIB = Liberty magazine^[3]
NEA = Newspaper Editors Association^[3]

Other selectors

ASM = All-Sports Magazine, selected from a combined vote of 312 prominent football coaches, officials and sport writers in all sections of the country, "representing the opinions of the best informed critics in all parts of the country, appear in the December number of All-Sports Magazine."^[4]^[5]
NB = Norman E. Brown^[6]
LP = Lawrence Perry^[7]
BE = Billy Evans^[8]
DW = Davis J. Walsh, sports editor of the International News Service^[9]
WE = Walter Eckersall for the Chicago Tribune^[10]
BC = Bruno Crenna^[11]

Bold = Consensus All-American^[12]

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

References[]

^ Three ends each received first-team designations from two official selectors. Two of the three, Henry Wakefield and Richard Luman, are recognized by the NCAA as consensus All-Americans. The third, Henry Bjorkman, does not presently receive such recognition from the NCAA.
^ "Walter Camp Slights Big Three In Naming All-America Eleven: Football Expert Neglects To Name Princeton, Harvard or Yale Man on His First Team". Appleton Post-Crescent. 1924-12-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1156
^ "Lawson Named For Post On All-American". Oakland Tribune. 1924-12-07.
^ "Handcock Honored on All-American By 'All-Sports'". Iowa City Press-Citizen. 1924-12-05.
^ Norman E. Brown (1924-12-08). "Brown Picks All-American Team for the Journal". Hamilton Evening Journal.
^ Lawrence Perry (1923-12-14). "Lawrence Perry's All-American Teams Announced". Oakland Tribune.
^ "Evans Names Hancock On Second All-American". Iowa City Press-Citizen. 1924-12-11.
^ "Davis Walsh Designates His All-American Teams". The Coshocton Tribune. 1924-12-15.
^ "WALTER ECKERSALL'S ALL-AMERICAN ELEVEN HONORS NOTRE DAME". The Washington Post. 1924-12-15.
^ "More Selections of Big Ten Elevens: And Bruno Crenna Makes His Pick Of An All American Team, Too". Ironwood Daily Globe. 1924-11-29.
^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017.

[1] Three ends each received first-team designations from two official selectors. Two of the three, Henry Wakefield and Richard Luman, are recognized by the NCAA as consensus All-Americans. The third, Henry Bjorkman, does not presently receive such recognition from the NCAA.

[2] "Walter Camp Slights Big Three In Naming All-America Eleven: Football Expert Neglects To Name Princeton, Harvard or Yale Man on His First Team". Appleton Post-Crescent. 1924-12-30.

[ESPN-3] ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1156

[4] "Lawson Named For Post On All-American". Oakland Tribune. 1924-12-07.

[5] "Handcock Honored on All-American By 'All-Sports'". Iowa City Press-Citizen. 1924-12-05.

[6] Norman E. Brown (1924-12-08). "Brown Picks All-American Team for the Journal". Hamilton Evening Journal.

[7] Lawrence Perry (1923-12-14). "Lawrence Perry's All-American Teams Announced". Oakland Tribune.

[8] "Evans Names Hancock On Second All-American". Iowa City Press-Citizen. 1924-12-11.

[9] "Davis Walsh Designates His All-American Teams". The Coshocton Tribune. 1924-12-15.

[10] "WALTER ECKERSALL'S ALL-AMERICAN ELEVEN HONORS NOTRE DAME". The Washington Post. 1924-12-15.

[11] "More Selections of Big Ten Elevens: And Bruno Crenna Makes His Pick Of An All American Team, Too". Ironwood Daily Globe. 1924-11-29.

[AW-12] "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017.

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v t 1924 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
Backfield	QB Harry Stuhldreher HB Jim Crowley HB Red Grange FB Elmer Layden
Line	E Jim Lawson E Richard Luman E Henry Wakefield T Ed McGinley T Ed Weir G Carl Diehl G Joe Pondelik C Edwin C. Horrell