1926 All-America college football team

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The 1926 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose All-America college football teams in 1926. The six selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1926 season are (1) Collier's Weekly , as selected by Grantland Rice with cooperation from ten coaches, (2) the Associated Press, based on polling of "more than 100 coaches and critics", (3) the United Press, (4) the All-America Board, selected by Knute Rockne (Notre Dame), Glenn "Pop" Warner (Stanford), and Tad Jones (Yale), (5) the International News Service (INS), and (6) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA).

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Other notable selectors included Billy Evans, the Central Press Association, the New York Sun , and Walter Eckersall.

Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1926, the NCAA recognizes six All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.

NamePositionSchoolNumberOfficialOther
Frank Wickhorst TackleNavy6/6AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEA, UPBE, CP, CEP, HF, LP, NYS, RG, WC, WE
Herb Joesting FullbackMinnesota5/6AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEABE, CP, ES, LP, NYS, RG, WC, WE
Bud Boeringer CenterNotre Dame5/6AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEABE, CP, ES, LP, NYS, RG, WC, WE
Mort Kaer HalfbackUSC5/6AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEABE, CP, NYS, RG, WC, WE
Bernie Shively GuardIllinois5/6AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEABE, WC, WE
Harry Connaughton GuardGeorgetown4/6AP, COL, NEA, UPBE, CP, ES, HF, LP, NYS, RG, WE
Benny Friedman QuarterbackMichigan4/6AP, COL, INS, NEABE, CP, ES, HF, LP, NYS, RG, WE
Bennie Oosterbaan EndMichigan4/6AAB, COL, NEA, UPBE, CEP, ES, WC, WE
Vic Hanson EndSyracuse4/6AP, COL, INS, UPES, HF, LP, NYS, WE
Ralph Baker HalfbackNorthwestern2/6AP, COLCP, LP, NYS, WE
Bud Sprague TackleArmy1/6APCP, CEP

All-American selections for 1926

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Official selectors

Other selectors

See also

References

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