1926 All-America college football team

Official list of the best college football players of 1926 August 2023 25em 1926 All-America college football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid All-America college football team 1926 college football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 1924 1925 ← → 1927 1928 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). 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. Name Position School Number Official OtherFrank WickhorstTackleNavy6/6AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEA, UPBE, CP, CEP, HF, LP, NYS, RG, WC, WEHerb JoestingFullbackMinnesota5/6AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEABE, CP, ES, LP, NYS, RG, WC, WEBud BoeringerCenterNotre Dame5/6AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEABE, CP, ES, LP, NYS, RG, WC, WEMort KaerHalfbackUSC5/6AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEABE, CP, NYS, RG, WC, WEBernie ShivelyGuardIllinois5/6AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEABE, WC, WEHarry ConnaughtonGuardGeorgetown4/6AP, COL, NEA, UPBE, CP, ES, HF, LP, NYS, RG, WEBenny FriedmanQuarterbackMichigan4/6AP, COL, INS, NEABE, CP, ES, HF, LP, NYS, RG, WEBennie OosterbaanEndMichigan4/6AAB, COL, NEA, UPBE, CEP, ES, WC, WEVic HansonEndSyracuse4/6AP, COL, INS, UPES, HF, LP, NYS, WERalph BakerHalfbackNorthwestern2/6AP, COLCP, LP, NYS, WEBud SpragueTackleArmy1/6APCP, CEP All-American selections for 1926 Ends Bennie Oosterbaan, Michigan (CFHOF) (AAB-1; AP-3; COL-1; NEA; UP; CEP-1; WC-1; BE-1; RG-2; ES-1; WE-1) Vic Hanson, Syracuse (CFHOF) (AAB-2; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; UP; CP-2; NYS-1; BE-2; HF-1; LP-1; RJW-2; RG-2; DW-1; ES-1; WE-1) Hal Broda, Brown (AAB-3; AP-2; INS-2; UP; CP-1; NYS-1; BE-3; HF-1; LP-2; RWJ-3; RG-1; ES-2; WE-2) Hoyt Winslett, Alabama (AAB-2; AP-1; INS-1; NEA; CP-2; NYS-2; BE-1; LP-1, RWJ-2; ES-2; WE-3; CP-1) Ted Shipkey, Stanford (AAB-1; AP-2; INS-2; WC-1; NYS-2; BE-2; LP-2; RG-1; WE-2) Carl Bacchus, Missouri (AAB-3; AP-3; BE-3; RWJ-3) Cal Hubbard, Geneva (INS-3; RG-3; CEP-1) Ed Lindenmeyer, Missouri (INS-3) George Thayer, Penn (WE-3) Charles Born, Army (RG-3) Tackles Frank Wickhorst, Navy (AAB-1; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; UP; CP-1; WC-1; NYS-1; BE-1; HF-1; LP-1; RG-1; WE-1; CEP-1) Bud Sprague, Army (AP-1; CP-1; RG-3; CEP-1; LP-2) Lloyd Yoder, Carnegie Tech (CFHOF) (AAB-1; AP-3; INS-2; CP-2; WC-1) Lon Stiner, Nebraska (AAB-2; INS-1; RWJ-2; ES-2) Robert Johnson, Northwestern (NEA; BE-1; RG-1; WE-2) Alfred "Al" Lassman, NYU (AAB-3; UP; BE-3; HF-1; RWJ-3; RG-2; ES-1; WE-2) Orland Smith, Brown (AP-3; COL-1; LP-1; NYS-2; WE-1) Spike Nelson, Iowa (AP-2; CP-2; NYS-1; BE-2; LP-2; RG-3) Theodore "Tiny" Roebuck,Theodore "Tiny" Roebuck American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame August 30, 2014 http://americanindianathletichalloffame.com/theodoreroebuck.php March 7, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160307105401/http://www.americanindianathletichalloffame.com/theodoreroebuck.php usurped Haskell (AAB-2; RWJ-2) Jim Dixon, Oregon State (AAB-3; INS-2; RWJ-3) D. Thomas Eddy, Navy (AP-2; NYS-2; ES-2) Fred Pickhard, Alabama (BE-2) Jesse Hibbs, USC (BE-3) Howard D. Cothran, Lafayette (RG-2; WE-3) Leo Raskowski, Ohio State (INS-3; ES-1; WE-3) Ed Kevorkian, Brown (INS-3) Guards Bernie Shively, Illinois (CFHOF) (AAB-1; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; CP-2; WC-1; BE-1; RG-2; WE-1) Harry Connaughton, Georgetown (AAB-2; AP-1; COL-1; INS-2; NEA; UP; CP-1; NYS-1; BE-1; HF-1; LP-1; RWJ-2; RG-1; ES-1; WE-1) Ed Hess, Ohio State (AAB-2; AP-2; INS-2; CP-1; NYS-2; BE-2; HF-1; LP-2; RWJ-2; RG-1; ES-1; WE-2; CEP-1) Edwin Hayes, Ohio State (UP) Fred H. Swan, Stanford (AAB-3; AP-3; INS-3; CP-2; RWJ-3; ES-2; CEP-1; LP-2) Herbert Sturhahn, Yale (CFHOF) (AAB-1; AP-3; WC-1; NYS-2; BE-3; ES-2; LP-1; RG-3; WE-2) Ted "Butter" Gorrell, USC (AAB-3; RWJ-3) Emerson Carey, Cornell (AP-2; RWJ-2; WE-3; RG-3) Ernest Schmidt, Army (NYS-1; BE-2) Orland Smith, Brown (INS-1; BE-3; RG-2) Frank Mayer, Notre Dame (INS-3) John H. Lovette, Michigan (WE-3) Centers Bud Boeringer, Notre Dame (AAB-1; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; CP-1; WC-1; NYS-1; BE-1; LP-1; RG-1; ES-1; WE-1) John J. Butler, Penn (AP-2; INS-3; UP; CP-2; BE-2; HF-1; RG-2; ES-2; WE-2) Jeff Cravath, USC (AAB-2; INS-2; RWJ-2) Larry Bettencourt, St. Mary's (CA) (CFHOF) (AAB-3; RWJ-3) Pollock Wallace, Oklahoma (AP-3) Alex Klein, Ohio State (BE-3) Maurice Daly, Army (NYS-2) Robert Reitsch, Illinois (RG-3; WE-3) Joseph Truskowski, Michigan (LP-2) Quarterbacks Benny Friedman, Michigan (CFHOF) (AAB-2; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; CP-1; NYS-1; BE-1; HF-1; LP-1; RWJ-2; RG-1; ES-1; WE-1) Bill Spears, Vanderbilt (CFHOF) (AAB-3 [as hb]; AP-2; INS-2; NYS-2; BE-2; LP-2; RWJ-3 [as hb]) Bill Kelly, Montana (CFHOF) (AP-2 [as hb]; BE-3 [as hb]; CP-2; RG-2; WE-3) Roy Randall, Brown (AAB-1; WC-1) Butch Meeker, Washington State (WE-2) George Guttormsen, Washington (AP-3; INS-3) Gerald Mann, SMU (CFHOF) (AAB-3; BE-3; RWJ-3) Dan Caulkins, Princeton (RG-3) Halfbacks Mort Kaer, USC (CFHOF) (AAB-1; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; CP-1; WC-1; NYS-1; BE-1; RG-1; ES-2 [as qb]; WE-1) Ralph Baker, Northwestern (CFHOF) (AAB-2; AP-1; COL-1; INS-2; CP-1; NYS-1; BE-2; LP-1; RWJ-2; RG-2; ES-2; WE-1) Harry Wilson, Army (AAB-1; AP-2; INS-1; NEA; CP-2; WC-1; ES-1) Tom Hamilton, Navy (UP; HF-1; RG-3; WE-2) Marty Karow, Ohio State (UP; AP-2; INS-3; CP-2; BE-3; HF-1; LP-2; RG-2; ES-2; WE-3) Frank Kirkleski, Lafayette (AAB-3; AP-3; RWJ-3) Charles Rogers, Penn (AP-3; INS-3; UP; HF-1; RG-1; WE-2) Chester "Cotton" Wilcox, Purdue (NYS-2; LP-2; RG-3; BE-2) George Bogue, Stanford (BE-3; WE-3) Christie Flanagan, Notre Dame (AAB-2; CP-2; RWJ-2; RG-2; ES-1) Dave Mishel, Brown (INS-2) George Wilson, Lafayette (INS-3; BE-1; NYS-2) Dick Hyland, Stanford (LP-1) Fullbacks Herb Joesting, Minnesota (CFHOF) (AAB-1; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; BE-1; CP-1; ES-1; NYS-1; RG-1; LP-1; WC-1; WE-1) Bill Amos, Washington & Jefferson (AAB-2; INS-2; BE-2; RWJ-2; WE-2) Mayes McLain, Haskell (AAB-3; RWJ-3) Ty Rauber, Washington & Lee (AP-3) Harry O'Boyle, Notre Dame (LP-2 [hb]; NYS-2) Henry H. Caldwell, Navy (ES-2) Tiny Lewis, Northwestern (RG-3; WE-3) Key Bold – Used for (1) consensus All-AmericansFootball Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf and (2) first-team selections by an official selector CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame inductee 1 – First-team selection 2 – Second-team selection 3 – Third-team selection Official selectors AAB = All-American Board, team selected by three coaches: Knute Rockne (Notre Dame), Glenn "Pop" Warner (Stanford), and Tad Jones (Yale)Warner, Rockne and Jones Choose All-American Team The Courier Journal December 19, 1926 77 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6919163/warner_rockne_and_jones_choose/ Newspapers.com AP = Associated Press, based on AP polling of "more than 100 coaches and critics"Middle West Given The Lion's Share in All-American Selections The Huntington Press Indiana December 5, 1926 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6918271/middle_west_given_the_lions_share_in/ Newspapers.com UP = United PressOctober 2016 COL = Collier's Weekly as selected by Grantland Rice with cooperation from ten coaches: Glenn Warner (Stanford), Robert Zuppke (Illinois), G.C. Woodruff (Georgia), Knute Rockne (Notre Dame), Wallace Wade (Alabama), Captain J.J. McEwan (Oregon), W.A. Alexander (Ga. Tech.), Howard Jones (So. Calif.), E.P. Madigan (St. Mary's, Calif.), and Dan McGuigan (Vanderbilt).Seven of West In Rice's All-America The Shreveport Times December 7, 1926 13 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6920606/seven_of_west_in_rices_allamerica/ Newspapers.com Collier's All America The Shreveport Times December 7, 1926 13 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6920620/colliers_all_america/ Newspapers.com INS = International News Service, selected by Davis WalshWalsh Picks Cornhusker Captain On All-American The Lincoln Star November 30, 1926 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6918722/walsh_picks_cornhusker_captain_on/ Newspapers.com NEA = Newspaper Enterprise AssociationOctober 2016 Other selectors BE = Billy EvansEvans, Billy Billy Evans' All-America The Daily Mail (Hagerstown, MD) December 3, 1926 14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6918884/billy_evans_all_america/ Newspapers.com CP = Central Press Association, based on a poll conducted by Norman Brown of over 400 newspapers, each of which conducted its own election in which fans voted for the All-American team; Central Press reported compiling a million votes.Over One Million Fans Picked This Real All-American Eleven Wilmington Morning News December 13, 1926 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6918663/over_one_million_fans_picked_this_real/ Newspapers.com CEP = Charles E. Parker for the New York World News ServiceParker's All-American Football Selections The Pittsburgh Post November 28, 1926 33 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6919492/parkers_allamerican_football/ Newspapers.com ES = Ed SullivanEd Sullivan Another All-American Team; N.Y. Scribe Has Swan, Kaer On It; Everybody Now Trying Hand At It Oakland Tribune 1926-12-07 HF = Henry Farrell of the United PressFarrell Puts Three Big Ten Men on First All-American The Indianapolis News November 22, 1926 18 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6918393/farrell_puts_three_big_ten_men_on_first/ Newspapers.com LP = Lawrence PerryFive Western Stars Get Place On Perry's All America Team St. Louis Post-Dispatch December 12, 1926 19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6921008/five_western_stars_get_place_on_perrys/ Newspapers.com NYS = New York SunNew York Sun Picks 6 Westerners, Five From East On All-Star Team The News Herald (PA) November 27, 1926 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6920515/new_york_sun_picks_6_westerners_five/ Newspapers.com RG = Red GrangeFour Easterners on Grange's All America The Shreveport Times Louisiana December 1, 1926 13 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6920146/four_easterners_on_granges_all_america/ Newspapers.com WC = Walter Camp Football FoundationWalter Camp Football Foundation http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards// dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090330065940/http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards 2009-03-30 WE = Walter EckersallThese Players Honored by Eckersall with Places on All-America Team Detroit Free Press December 12, 1926 29Kaer On Eckersall's All-American Eleven Los Angeles Times December 12, 1926 34 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6919376/kaer_on_eckersalls_allamerican_eleven/ Newspapers.com See also 1926 All-Big Ten Conference football team 1926 All-Eastern football team 1926 All-Missouri Valley Conference football team 1926 All-Pacific Coast football team 1926 All-Southern college football team References 30em All-America team Category:All-America college football teams