1924 All-America college football team

Official list of the best college football players of 1924 August 2023 25em 1924 All-America college football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid All-America college football team 1924 college football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 1922 1923 ← → 1925 1926 right|thumb|200px|Red Grange, "The Galloping Ghost", was 1924's only unanimous All-American. The 1924 All-America college football team wasd composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose All-America college football teams in 1924. The six selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1924 season are: (1) Walter Camp, whose selections were published in Collier's Weekly, (2) Football World magazine (FW), (3) the All-America Board (AAB), (4) the International News Service (INS), (5) Liberty magazine, and (6) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA). The only unanimous All-American in 1924 was halfback Red Grange of Illinois, known as "The Galloping Ghost" and who in 2008 was named by ESPN as the best college football player of all time. The consensus All-Americans recognized by the NCAA for 1924 also include tackle Ed Weir, who was later named the 19th best athlete in Nebraska history, and three of Notre Dame's legendary Four Horseman (halfback Jim Crowley, quarterback Harry Stuhldreher, and fullback Elmer Layden). Consensus All-Americans For the year 1924, 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. Name Position School Number Official OtherRed GrangeHalfbackIllinois6/6AAB, FW, INS, LIB, NEA, WCASM, BC, DW, LP, NB, WEEd WeirTackleNebraska5/6AAB, FW, INS, LIB, WCASB, BC, BE, DW, NB, WEHarry StuhldreherQuarterbackNotre Dame5/6AAB, INS, LIB, NEA, WCBE, DW, LP, NB, WEEd McGinleyTacklePenn4/6AAB, INS, NEA, WCBE, DWEdwin C. HorrellCenterCalifornia4/6INS, LIB, NEA, WCBE, DW, WEJim CrowleyHalfbackNotre Dame4/6AAB, FW, INS, NEAASM, BC, BE, DW, NB, WEJim LawsonEndStanford3/6AAB, FW, NEAASM, BECarl DiehlGuardDartmouth3/6INS, LIB, NEABE, DW, NBJoe PondelikGuardChicago3/6AAB, INS, LIBDW, LP, WEElmer LaydenFullbackNotre Dame3/6AAB, INS, LIBDW, NB, WEHenry WakefieldEndVanderbilt2/6INS, NEABC, BE, DW, LP, NBRichard LumanEndYale2/6AAB, INSDW, LP, WEHenry BjorkmanThree ends each received first-team designations from two official selectors. Two of the three, Henry Wakefield and Richard Luman, are recognized by the NCAA as consensus All-Americans. The third, Henry Bjorkman, does not presently receive such recognition from the NCAA.EndDartmouth2/6LIB, WCWE All-Americans of 1924 Ends thumb|213x213px|Vanderbilt's Hek Wakefield was the South's lone consensus All-American. Jim Lawson, Stanford (WC-2; AAB; FW; ASM-1; NEA; BE-1; DW-2; WE-2) Richard Luman, Yale (AAB; INS; LP-1; BE-2; DW-1; WE-1) Henry "Hek" Wakefield, Vanderbilt (WC-2; INS; NEA; LP-1; BE-1; NB-1; DW-1; WE-3; BC) Charlie Berry, Lafayette (WC-1; ASM-2; DW-3) Henry Bjorkman, Dartmouth (WC-1; ASM-2; LIB; NB-2; WE-1) Clark Craig, Penn (NB-1) Edmond Stout, Princeton (FW; ASM-1) Hilary Mahaney, Holy Cross (WC-3; LIB; FW; BE-2; DW-2; WE-2) Lowell Otte, Iowa (LP-2; DW-3; WE-3) Cal Hubbard, Centenary (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (LP-2) Frank Frazer, Army (WC-3) Steve Pulaski, Wisconsin (NB-2) Frank Rokusek, Illinois (NB-3; BC) Shep Bingham, Yale (NB-3) Frank Henderson, Cornell (ASM-3) Clarence Muhl, Illinois (ASM-3) Tackles Ed Weir, Nebraska (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; AAB; FW; ASM-1; INS; LIB; LP-2; BE-2; NB-1; DW-1; WE-1; BC) Ed McGinley, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; AAB; INS; NEA; BE-1; DW-1; WE-2) Bob Beattie, Princeton (WC-2; NEA; BE-1; NB-2; DW-2; WE-1) Frank Gowdy, Chicago (WC-3; FW; ASM-1; LIB; LP-1; DW-2; WE-2) Johnny Joss, Yale (LP-1) Mordecai Starobin, Syracuse (NB-1) Tom Edwards, Michigan (LP-2) John W. Hancock, Iowa (ASM-2; BE-2; NB-2; BC) Pappy Waldorf, Syracuse (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2) Zeke Wissinger, Pittsburgh (WC-3) Jim Taylor, Georgia (NB-3) Jules Prevost, Penn State (ASM-2; NB-3) Norman Anderson, So. California (ASM-2; DW-3; WE-3) Joe Bach, Notre Dame (DW-3) Tex Cox, Minnesota (ASM-3) Charles Van Dyne, Missouri (WE-3) Guards Carl Diehl, Dartmouth (INS; LIB; NEA; BE-1; DW-1; NB-1; WE-3) Joe Pondelik, Chicago (WC-2; AAB; INS; ASM-2; LIB; LP-1; DW-1; WE-1) Edliff Slaughter, Michigan (WC-1; LP-1; BE-2; NB-1; BC) August W. Farwick, Army (AAB; NEA; ASM-2; BE-1; NB-2; DW-2; WE-1) Alton Papworth, Penn (FW; ASM-1) Walter Mahan, West Virginia (WC-3; BE-2) Herbert Sturhahn, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) (DW-2) Howard, Princeton (LP-2) Charles Parsons, Northwestern (LP-2; WE-3) George Abramson, Minnesota (WC-2; NB-2; WE-2; BC) Bill Fleckenstein, Iowa (WC-3) Bill Buckler, Alabama (NB-3) William House, Penn State (NB-3) Walt Godwin, Georgia Tech (DW-3) Harry Ellinger, Army (DW-3) Ralph Hills, Princeton (ASM-2) Adolph Bieberstein, Wisconsin (ASM-3) Centers Edwin C. Horrell, California (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1 [g]; INS; ASM-3; LIB; NEA; BE-1; DW-1; WE-1) Adam Walsh, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; LP-1; ASM-2; BE-2; NB-2; DW-2; WE-2; BC) Edgar Garbisch, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; FW; ASM-1 [g]; NB-3; DW-3; WE-2 [g]) Winslow Lovejoy, Yale (WC-2; AAB; FW; ASM-1; NB-1; WE-3) Shorty Propst, Alabama (LP-2) Quarterbacks Harry Stuhldreher, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; AAB; INS; ASM-2; LIB; NEA; LP-1; BE-1; NB-1; DW-1; WE-1) Eddie Dooley, Dartmouth (FW; ASM-1; BE-2; DW-2; WE-2) Charles Darling, Boston College (LIB [hb]; NB-2) Tod Rockwell, Michigan (BC) Leland Parkin, Iowa (LP-2; NB-3; WE-3) Jacob Slagle, Princeton (WC-2) Skippy Stivers, Idaho (WC-3) Al Bloodgood, Nebraska (ASM-3) Herb Covington, Centre (DW-3) Halfbacks Red Grange, Illinois (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; AAB; FW; ASM-1; INS; LIB; NEA; LP-1 [fb]; BE-1; NB-1; DW-1; WE-1; BC) Bob Red Hall, Dartmouth (Liberty- LH behind Red Grange) Jim Crowley, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2 [fb]; AAB; FW; ASM-1; INS; NEA; BE-1; NB-1; DW-1; WE-1; BC) Walter Koppisch, Columbia (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; BE-2; NB-2; DW-2) Ralph Baker, Northwestern (LP-1; BE-2; NB-3; DW-2; WE-2) Ducky Pond, Yale (WC-2; NEA; ASM-2; NB-2; DW-3; WE-3; BE-1 [FB]) Don Miller, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (DW-3) Clarence Schutte, Minnesota (LP-2) Wildcat Wilson, Washington (WC-2) Heinie Benkert, Rutgers (ASM-2) Herb Steger, Michigan (ASM-3) Harry Wilson, Army (ASM-3) Tut Imlay, California (WC-3) Jackson Keefer, Brown (WC-3) Gil Reese, Vanderbilt (NB-3) Hust Stockton, Gonzaga (WE-2) Rudolph Bahr, Purdue (WE-3) Fullbacks Elmer Layden, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; INS; LIB; LP-2 [hb]; NB-1; DW-1; WE-1) Homer Hazel, Rutgers (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; FW; ASM-1; NB-3; BC) Doug Wycoff, Georgia Tech (ASM-3; LP-1 [hb]; NB-2; DW-2; WE-3) Jack McBride, Syracuse (BE-2; DW-3; WE-2) John Webster Thomas, Chicago (LP-2) Red Strader, St. Mary's (WC-3) Austin "Five Yards" McCarty, Chicago (ASM-2) Key NCAA recognized selectors for 1924 WC = Collier's Weekly as selected by Walter CampWalter Camp Slights Big Three In Naming All-America Eleven: Football Expert Neglects To Name Princeton, Harvard or Yale Man on His First Team Appleton Post-Crescent 1924-12-30 AAB = All-America Board FW = Football World magazine INS = International News Service LIB = Liberty magazine NEA = Newspaper Editors AssociationESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1156 Other selectors ASM = All-Sports Magazine, selected from a combined vote of 312 prominent football coaches, officials and sport writers in all sections of the country, "representing the opinions of the best informed critics in all parts of the country, appear in the December number of All-Sports Magazine."Lawson Named For Post On All-American Oakland Tribune 1924-12-07Handcock Honored on All-American By 'All-Sports' Iowa City Press-Citizen 1924-12-05 NB = Norman E. BrownNorman E. Brown Brown Picks All-American Team for the Journal Hamilton Evening Journal 1924-12-08 LP = Lawrence PerryLawrence Perry Lawrence Perry's All-American Teams Announced Oakland Tribune 1923-12-14 BE = Billy EvansEvans Names Hancock On Second All-American Iowa City Press-Citizen 1924-12-11 DW = Davis J. Walsh, sports editor of the International News ServiceDavis Walsh Designates His All-American Teams The Coshocton Tribune 1924-12-15 WE = Walter Eckersall for the Chicago TribuneWALTER ECKERSALL'S ALL-AMERICAN ELEVEN HONORS NOTRE DAME The Washington Post 1924-12-15 BC = Bruno CrennaMore Selections of Big Ten Elevens: And Bruno Crenna Makes His Pick Of An All American Team, Too Ironwood Daily Globe 1924-11-29 Bold = Consensus All-AmericanFootball Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf 1 – First-team selection 2 – Second-team selection 3 – Third-team selection See also 1924 All-Big Ten Conference football team 1924 All-Eastern football team 1924 All-Pacific Coast football team 1924 All-Southern college football team References 2 All-America Team Category:All-America college football teams