1919 College Football All-America Team
| 1919 College Football All-America Team |
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| 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[edit]
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[edit]
Ends[edit]
- Bob Higgins, Penn State (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1; DJ-1)
- Heinie Miller, Penn (WC-1; DJ-1)
- Lester Belding, Iowa (MS)
- Frank Weston, Wisconsin (WC-2)
- Joseph DuMoe, Lafayette (WC-2)
- Earl Blaik, Army (WC-3)
- Red Roberts, Centre (WC-3)
- Dick Reichle, Illinois (RE-1)
- Bernard Kirk, Notre Dame (DJ-2)
- Paul Meyers, Wisconsin (DJ-2)
Tackles[edit]
- Pete Henry, Washington & Jefferson (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1 [g]; DJ-1)
- Belford West, Colgate (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1; DJ-2)
- William Grimm, Washington (WC-2)
- Burt Ingwersen, Illinois (WC-2)
- Duke Slater, Iowa (WC-3)
- Josh Cody, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; DJ-1)
- Hoffman, Ohio (RE-1)
- Joseph Murphy, Dartmouth (DJ-2)
Guards[edit]
- Doc Alexander, Syracuse (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; DJ-2)
- Swede Youngstrom, Dartmouth (WC-1; MS; DJ-2)
- Fred Denfeld, Navy (WC-2)
- Jack Depler, Illinois (WC-2)
- Charles Arthur Clark, Harvard (WC-3)
- Lloyd Pixley, Ohio State (WC-3; DJ-1)
- Robert Sedgwick, Harvard (RE-1)
- Pup Phillips, Georgia Tech (DJ-1)
Centers[edit]
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- Red Weaver, Centre (WC-1; DJ-1)
- Charles Carpenter, Wisconsin (MS)
- Russ Bailey, West Virginia (WC-2)
- Tim Callahan, Yale (WC-3)
- Bum Day, Georgia (DJ-2)
- Harry J. Robertson, Syracuse (RE-1)
Quarterbacks[edit]
- 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)
Halfbacks[edit]
- 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)
- Murray Trimble, 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
Bold = Consensus All-American[1]
- 1 – First-team selection
- 2 – Second-team selection
- 3 – Third-team selection
Official selectors[edit]
- WC = Walter Camp[2]
- MS = Frank Menke Syndicate, by Frank G. Menke[3]
Other selectors[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 1919 All-Big Ten Conference football team
- 1919 All-Eastern football team
- 1919 All-Pacific Coast football team
- 1919 All-Southern college football team
- 1919 All-Western college football team
References[edit]
- ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- ^ "Walter Camp's All-American Team". Fitchburg Daily Sentinel. December 13, 1919.
- ^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1153
- ^ "All-American Team Picked by Hahn for Gazette". Reno Evening Gazette. December 5, 1919.
- ^ "All-America Addendum" (PDF). College Football Historical Society Newsletter. May 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 13, 2010. Retrieved March 5, 2010.