1915 College Football All-America Team

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The 1915 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans for the 1915 college football season. The only selectors for the 1915 season who have been recognized as "official" by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) are Walter Camp, whose selections were published in Collier's Weekly , and the International News Service (INS), a newswire founded by William Randolph Hearst. [1]

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Although not recognized by the NCAA, many other sports writers, newspapers, and coaches selected All-America teams in 1915. They include Parke H. Davis, Walter Eckersall, and Fielding H. Yost.

All-Americans of 1915

Ends

Nebraska's Guy Chamberlain Guy Chamberlin.jpg
Nebraska's Guy Chamberlain

Tackles

Guards

Centers

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Cornell's Charley Barrett.

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

Fullbacks

Harvard's three-time All-American fullback Eddie Mahan was rated by Jim Thorpe as the best player he ever faced. Eddie Mahan.jpg
Harvard's three-time All-American fullback Eddie Mahan was rated by Jim Thorpe as the best player he ever faced.

Key

NCAA recognized selectors for 1915

Other selectors

Bold = Consensus All-American [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  2. "Camp Changes His All-America Team". Hamilton Daily Republican-News. December 30, 1915. (When Camp announced his team in mid-December, he placed Macomber on the first team and Oliphant on the second team. However, at the end of December 1915, Camp announced he was changing his selection to place Oliphant on the first team and Macomber on the second team.)
  3. "Covers Wide Scope In Choosing His All-American Gridironers". The Washington Post. December 5, 1915.
  4. "Eck Puts Him On All-American". La Crosse Tribune. December 6, 1915.
  5. Fielding H. Yost (December 4, 1915). "All-American Team of 1915 Strong and Brilliant In Any Style of Offensive Play". Fort Wayne News.
  6. "Monty Picks All-Star Team: Maulbetsch of Michigan Lands on Second Eleven; He is Only 'Westerner' to Be Honored by the Writer". Fort Wayne News. December 4, 1915.
  7. "Buck Mayer and Vandegraaaff Are Chosen for All-American". The Charlotte News. December 5, 1915. p. 10.
  8. Clark, Tommy (December 2, 1915). "The All American Eleven for Season of 1915". Passaic Daily Herald. Passaic, New Jersey. p. 3. Retrieved June 27, 2023 via newspapers.com.
  9. Damon Runyon (December 3, 1915). "Runyon Picks Oliphant and McEwan: Names Army Players on His "All" Team". El Paso Herald. p. 10.
  10. Herbert (November 24, 1915). ""Robbie" Picks an All-America Eleven". The New York Tribune. p. 14.
  11. "Navy Coach Picks All-America Team". The New York Tribune. December 1, 1915. p. 12.