1898 College Football All-America Team

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Penn guard Truxtun Hare also won the silver medal in the hammer throw in the 1900 Summer Olympics. Truxton Hare.jpg
Penn guard Truxtun Hare also won the silver medal in the hammer throw in the 1900 Summer Olympics.

The 1898 College Football All-America team is composed of American football players who were selected as the best players at their positions by various organizations that chose College Football All-America Teams that season. The organizations that chose the teams included Collier's Weekly selected by Walter Camp and the Syracuse Herald .

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The 1898 season marked the first time players from the west were named to the All-American teams. Michigan center William Cunningham and Chicago fullback Clarence Herschberger were the first two western players to receive the recognition. Prior to 1898, all of the prior All-America football teams had been selected from among five Ivy League teams – Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Penn, and Cornell. [1]

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Michigan's William Cunningham (pictured) and Chicago's Clarence Herschberger were the first two players from western schools to be named to the All-America team. William Cunningham (American footballer).jpg
Michigan's William Cunningham (pictured) and Chicago's Clarence Herschberger were the first two players from western schools to be named to the All-America team.

Bold = Consensus All-American [1]

All-Americans of 1898

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Gordon "Skim" Brown of Yale captained the 1900 Yale football team which was referred to as the "Team of the Century". Gordon Skim Brown.jpg
Gordon "Skim" Brown of Yale captained the 1900 Yale football team which was referred to as the "Team of the Century".

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Quarterbacks

Harvard quarterback Charles Dudley Daly later served as Boston's Fire Commissioner. Charles Dudley Daly close shot (American Football book).jpg
Harvard quarterback Charles Dudley Daly later served as Boston's Fire Commissioner.

Halfbacks

Clarence Herschberger of Chicago. Clarence Herschberger.jpg
Clarence Herschberger of Chicago.

Fullbacks

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