1889 All-America college football team

Official list of the best college football players of 1890 July 2021 25em 1889 All-America college football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid All-America college football team 1889 college football season border-top:1px #aaa solid → 1890 1891 The 1889 All-America college football team was the first All-America college football team. The team was selected by Caspar Whitney and published in This Week's Sports.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf The team selected by Whitney in 1889 marked the origin of the "All-America" teams that have since been picked in many collegiate sports. All eleven members of the 1889 All-America team played for either Harvard, Princeton, or Yale, then known as the "Big Three" of college football. Some sources indicate that Walter Camp assisted Whitney with the selection of the 1889 All-American team, while others indicate that Camp did not become involved in the selection process until some time in the 1890s. The first All-America team included Amos Alonzo Stagg (then a player for Yale), Pudge Heffelfinger (who later became the first professional football player), "Snake" Ames (who set a college scoring record with 730 points), Edgar Allan Poe (second cousin, twice removed of the writer of the same name), Arthur Cumnock (described as the greatest Harvard football player of all time in 1913), and Roscoe Channing (who later served with Theodore Roosevelt in the Rough Riders). Profiles of the 1889 All-America eleven right|150px|thumb|Yale end Amos Alonzo Stagg went on to become one of the sport's most successful coaches. thumb|right|150px|Yale guard Pudge Heffelfinger became the first professional football player in 1892. Amos Alonzo Stagg (1862–1965): Yale's All-American end, Stagg became football coach at the University of Chicago from 1892 to 1932 and the University of the Pacific from 1933 to 1946. Pudge Heffelfinger (1867–1954): Yale's guard, "Pudge" Heffelfinger was a native of Minnesota who was considered the greatest lineman of his time. Heffelfinger was paid $500 in 1892 to play for the Allegheny Athletic Association, making him the first professional football player.2109 Pudge Heffelfinger He was one of the charter inductees into the College Football Hall of Fame. Knowlton Ames (1868–1931): A native of Chicago, Princeton's All-America fullback "Snake" Ames set an unofficial collegiate scoring record in his time with 730 points, including 62 touchdowns and 176 points after touchdown. Ames is credited with being the first player to execute a fake punt and part of the first team to fully develop the "power sweep."2077 Knowlton Ames 2018-03-19 Ames moved west to coach Purdue University from 1891 to 1892. Hector Cowan (1863–1941): Princeton's tackle, "Hec" Cowan helped lead the 1889 Princeton team to a perfect 10–0 record. Pudge Heffelfinger later said of Cowan, "He had the strongest shoulders and arms I've ever been up against and his stubby legs drove like pistons when he carried the ball. Hector could carry a couple of tacklers on his back, yet he was plenty fast in the open."2078 Hector Cowan He later served as the coach at the University of Kansas from 1894 to 1896. Edgar Allan Poe (1871–1961): Princeton's quarterback, Poe was named after his relative and celebrated poet Edgar Allan Poe.Memories of the Poe brothers Princeton Weekly Bulletin 2003-10-13 http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/03/1013/2n.shtml("Edgar Allan Poe 1891 was quarterback and captain in his junior and senior years. He was named All-American in 1889.")Floyd Conner Football's Most Wanted, p. 47 Brassey's 2000 9781574883091 https://books.google.com/books?id=70WyLIsE5wcC After Princeton beat Harvard, 41–15, a Harvard man reportedly asked a Princeton alumnus whether Poe was related to the great Edgar Allan Poe. According to the story, "the alumnus looked at him in astonishment and replied, 'He is the great Edgar Allan Poe.'" Poe graduated Phi Beta Kappa and later served as the Attorney General of the State of Maryland from 1911 to 1915.Clayton Colman Hall Baltimore, pp. 691–692 1912 Lewis Historical Publishing Co. https://books.google.com/books?id=pPZom7xkp3gC Arthur Cumnock (1868–1930): Harvard's Cumnock was known as a fierce tackler and has been ranked by one author as perhaps the greatest player in that school's long football tradition.Harvard's Greatest LA84 Foundation http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv14/CFHSNv14n4i.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120612013614/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv14/CFHSNv14n4i.pdf 2012-06-12 Cumnock later went into the cotton mill business and was the treasurer of one of the largest corporations in New England. Roscoe Channing (1868–1961): Princeton's halfback Channing later served with Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the Spanish–American War. For many years, he was the President of Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company, a copper mining company in Flin Flon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Charles O. Gill (1868–1959): Yale's Gill later coached football at California in 1894,University of California Directory Sports Network http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot/teams/direct474.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110526010923/http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot%2Fteams%2Fdirect474.htm 2011-05-26 and at New Hampshire in 1908.Charles O. Gill Records by Year http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=868 College Football Data Warehouse December 1, 2007 August 15, 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20040815211511/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=868 dead Team lineup by position Ends Amos Alonzo Stagg, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) Arthur Cumnock, Harvard Tackles Hector Cowan, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) Charles O. Gill, Yale thumb|150px|right|Princeton fullback "Snake" Ames set an unofficial collegiate scoring record with 730 points, including 62 touchdowns and 176 goals after touchdown. Guards Pudge Heffelfinger, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) John Cranston, Harvard Center William George, Princeton Quarterback Edgar Allan Poe, Princeton Halfbacks Roscoe Channing, Princeton James P. Lee, Harvard Fullback Knowlton Ames, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) Gallery of 1889 All-Americans Substitutes Whitney additionally selected eight substitutes, divided into "in the line" and "behind the line" categories:The Harvard Crimson December 20, 1889 Fact and Rumor https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1889/12/20/fact-and-rumor-hour-examinations-will/ August 11, 2026 thecrimson.comWhitney Caspar W. Harper's Weekly December 15, 1894 Amateur Sport 1201 https://books.google.com/books?id=Y65CAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1201 In the line Hugh Janeway, Princeton Hiland Orlando Stickney, Harvard Ben "Sport" Donnelly, Princeton William Rhodes, Yale Behind the line Dudley Dean, Harvard Bernard Trafford, Harvard Jerry Black, Princeton Herbert McBride, Yale References All-America team Category:All-America college football teams