1917 All-America college football team

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The 1917 All-America college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-America college football teams selected by various organizations in 1917. The selections were affected by the First World War. The Walter Camp Football Foundation lists no team in 1917. [1] Camp posted an All-Service team in Collier's Weekly , and other organizations posted All-American teams. Walter Eckersall accidentally picked two players from Tech High School in an attempt to give credence to the first consensus national champion from the south, Georgia Tech. [2] Walker Carpenter and Everett Strupper were the first two players from the Deep South ever selected All-American. [3]

Contents

All-Americans of 1917

Ends

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Charles Bolen.

Tackles

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Alf Cobb.

Guards

Centers

Quarterbacks

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Benny Boynton.

Halfbacks

Everett Strupper. Everett Strupper.jpg
Everett Strupper.

Fullbacks

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Chic Harley.

Key

NCAA recognized selectors for 1917

Other selectors

Bold = Consensus All-American [17]

See also

References

  1. Walter Camp Football Foundation Archived 2014-12-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Walter Eckersall's Famous 'Merkle'". The Miami News. January 6, 1942.
  3. Wiley Lee Umphlett (1992). Creating the Big Game: John W. Heisman and the Invention of American Football . Greenwood Publishing Group. p.  142. ISBN   9780313284045.
  4. "War and Football". Collier's Weekly. 60: 32. January 5, 1918.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Spalding's Football Guide
  6. 1 2 3 ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1150
  7. Jack Veiock (December 11, 1917). "Veiock's All-American Elevens for 1917 Season". Logansport Pharos-Reporter.
  8. Paul Purman (November 29, 1917). "East, West, South Give Stars To The Times-Tribune All-American Football Team For 1917 Season". Waterloo Times-Tribune.
  9. Paul Purman (November 29, 1917). "East, West, South Give Stars To The Sentinel All-American Football Team For 1917 Season". The Fort Wayne Sentinel.
  10. "East, West, South Give Stars To The Sheboygan Press All-American Team For 1917 Season". Sheboygan Press. November 30, 1917.
  11. "The East, West and South Give Greatest Stars To The News Special All-American Football Team For 1917 Season". Des Moines Daily News. November 29, 1917.
  12. "Purman's 1917 'All-American' Team". The Daily Alaska Dispatch. December 11, 1917.
  13. "Captain Hauser Picked for Team: Paul Purnam, Special Writer, Gives Tackle Position to Gopher Captain". The Duluth News Tribune. December 4, 1917.
  14. "East, West, South Give Stars to Purman's All-American Team". Albuquerque Morning Journal. December 3, 1917.
  15. "East West South Give Stars to the Herald All American Football Team for 1917 Season". Grand Forks Herald. November 30, 1917.
  16. ""All" Teams Picked By Walter Eckersall". Lincoln Daily Star. December 16, 1917.
  17. "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017.