1919 College Football All-America Team

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 HigginsEndPenn StateMS, WCDJ, RE4/4
Wilbur HenryTackleWash. & Jeff.MS, WCDJ, RE4/4
Chic HarleyHalfbackOhio StateMS, WCDJ, RE4/4
Eddie CaseyHalfbackHarvardMS, WCDJ, RE4/4
Ira RodgersFullbackWest VirginiaMS, WCDJ, RE4/4
Belford WestTackleColgateMS, WCRE3/4
Heinie MillerEndPennWCDJ2/4
Doc AlexanderGuardSyracuseMS, WC--2/4
Swede YoungstromGuardDartmouthMS, WC--2/4
Red WeaverCenterCentreWCDJ2/4
Benny BoyntonQuarterbackWilliamsMSDJ2/4
Charles CarpenterCenterWisconsinMS--1/4
Bo McMillinQuarterbackCentreWC--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)
  • Harry J. Robertson, Syracuse (RE-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)
  • 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

  • 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

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. 1919-12-04.
  5. ↑ "All-America Addendum" (PDF). College Football Historical Society Newsletter. May 2006.
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