1922 All-America college football team

Official list of the best college football players of 1922 August 2023 25em 1922 All-America college football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid All-America college football team 1922 college football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 1920 1921 ← → 1923 1924 The 1922 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 1922. The only selector recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1922 season is Walter Camp, whose selections were published in Collier's Weekly. Additional selectors who chose All-American teams in 1922 included: Athletic World magazine, selected by 214 coaches; Norman E. Brown, sports editor of the Central Press Association; the New York Tribune, selected by Ray McCarthy with advice from Grantland Rice and William B. Hanna; Walter Eckersall, of the Chicago Tribune; Frank G. Menke; and Billy Evans, who polled 200 sports editors. Iowa quarterback Gordon Locke was the only player chosen as a first-team All-American by all 10 selectors referenced herein. Locke led the undefeated 1922 Iowa Hawkeyes to a 6–0 win over Yale, which had never before lost to a team from the "West". After returning by train from Yale, Locke scored Iowa's only touchdown in an 8–7 win over Illinois. Cornell back Eddie Kaw was chosen as a first-team All-American by 9 of the 10 selectors, and he also had more votes (122) than any other player in the All-America survey conducted by the Romelke Press Clipping Bureau, based on votes of "nearly every important pressman who has picked an All-American team." Consensus All-Americans For the year 1922, the NCAA recognizes only Walter Camp's selections as "official" for purposes of its consensus determinations. Accordingly, the NCAA's consensus All-America team mirrors Camp's selections. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received. Name Position School Official Other Number - total Romelke pointsGordon LockeQuarterbackIowaWCAW, BE, FH, FM, LP, NB, NYT, RO, WE10/10111Eddie KawHalfbackCornellWCAW, BE, FH, FM, LP, NB, RO, WE9/10122Herb TreatTacklePrincetonWCBE, FM, LP, NB, RO, WE7/1096Harry KipkeHalfbackMichiganWCAW, BE, LP, NB, WE6/1099Paul G. GoebelEndMichigan--AW, BE, LP, NB, NYT, RO6/1067Harold MullerEndCaliforniaWCAW, BE, FM, NB, WE6/10RO-3Frank SchwabGuardLafayetteWCAW, BE, RO, WE5/1094George OwenDespite receiving the second most All-America points out of all players at all positions in the Romelke survey, George Owen was not selected by Camp and is therefore not recognized by the NCAA as a consensus All-American.HalfbackHarvard--BE, FH, RO WE4/10113Mike GulianDespite receiving the most All-America points out of all tackles in the Romelke survey, Mike Gulian was not selected by Camp and is therefore not recognized by the NCAA as a consensus All-American.TackleBrown--AW, BE, LP, RO4/1097Howdy GrayDespite receiving the most All-America points out of all ends in the Romelke survey, neither Howdy Gray nor Paul G. Goebel were selected by Camp and are therefore not recognized by the NCAA as a consensus All-American.EndPrinceton--BE, FH, LP, RO4/1093Edgar GarbischCenterArmyWCBE, NB, NYT, RO4/1078Fritz BreidsterBecause he was not chosen by Camp, this is not recognized as a consensus All-American.GuardArmy--AW, BE, FM, WE4/1076Charles BuellQuarterbackHarvard--AW, BE, NB, RO4/1058John Webster ThomasFullbackChicagoWCBE, NYT3/1065Paul MinickDespite receiving the second highest total points out of all guards in the Romelke survey, Paul Minick was not selected by Camp and is therefore not recognized by the NCAA as a consensus All-American.GuardIowa--NB, RO2/1093Charles HubbardGuardHarvardWC--1/1054Wendell TaylorEndNavyWC--1/10RO-4John ThurmanTacklePennWC--1/10NR Dissatisfaction with Camp's selections By 1922, there was growing dissatisfaction with relying on the selections of the aged Walter Camp, who was perceived as being biased to Eastern players and who saw only a small number of games each year.Ross Tenney Much Dissatisfaction Over Camp's All-American Team: Football Dean Is Accused of Favoring East; Walter Camp Soundly Scored For 'Poorest Teams Ever Foisted Upon Public' The Des Moines Capital 1922-12-31 Among the major selectors in 1922, Camp was alone in naming several Eastern players as first-team All-Americans, including Harvard guard Charles Hubbard, Navy end Wendell Taylor, and Penn tackle John Thurman. A syndicated columnist from Ohio accused Camp of favoritism:"We print with apologies the All-American football teams selected by Walter Camp. We print them because Walter picks them and for years [we] have been accustomed to regard Camp's choices as official. But in our opinion Camp's teams this year are positively the poorest that the dean of football critics has ever foisted upon the public. For we find Camp drifting unquestionably back into the old rut of letting his eastern feelings dominate his selections. It is a positive travesty upon All-American selections to have six members of the first team honor teams chosen from the eastern Big Three—Harvard, Yale and Princeton . . . Camp should begin once more to see the light or the first thing he knows folks will forget the halo with which he has been for years blessed in the opinion of football followers." Notable omissions from Camp's 1922 squad included halfback George Owen who received the second most All-America points out of all players at all positions in the Romelke survey discussed below. Likewise, ends Paul G. Goebel and Howdy Gray received the most votes at their position in the Romelke survey, but were not selected by Camp. Romelke approach An alternate attempt at developing a consensus All-America team was developed in 1922 by the Romelke Press Clipping Bureau. Romelke assembled a consensus All-American team based on its compilation of the votes of "nearly every important pressman who has picked an All-American team."Michigan Proves A Favorite: Consensus Vote of Sports Writers Shows Wolverines Have Most Men Picked Los Angeles Times 1922-12-27 In addition to naming players to five All-American teams based on the consensus voting, Romelke also compiled the total number of votes compiled by each school and ranked how the schools ranked in the voting. The team statistics compiled by Romelke showed the following schools receiving the highest vote count. School Votes Names of members Michigan 385 Harry Kipke (99), Paul Goebel (67), Bernard Kirk (66), Stanley Muirhead (51), Irwin Uteritz (30), Oliver Aas (29), Franklin Cappon (23) Iowa 345 Gordon Locke (111), Paul Minnick (93), John C. Heldt (69), George Thompson (39), Max Kadesky (33) Chicago 268 McMillen (83), Ralph King (66), John Webster Thomas (65), Harold Fletcher (64) Princeton 259 Herb Treat (96), Howdy Gray (93), Pink Baker (38), Mel Dickinson (25) Army 254 Edgar Garbisch (78), Fritz Breidster (76), George Smythe (48), Denis J. Mulligan (31), William H. Wood (23) Cornell 239 Eddie Kaw (122), Leonard C. Hanson (64), George Pfann (33) Harvard 227 George Owen (113), Charles Buell (58), Charles Hubbard (54) Wisconsin 211 Marty Below (57), Shorty Barr (55), Gus Tebell (51), Rollie Williams (47) Lafayette 133 Frank Schwab (94), Bots Brunner (30) Brown 97 Mike Gulian (97) All-Americans of 1922 Ends Harold Muller, California (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; AW-1; WE-1; NB-1; LP-2; BE; FM-1; RO-3) Wendell Taylor, Navy (WC-1; RO-4) Bernard Kirk, Michigan (WC-2; NYT-1; WE-1; NB-2; LP-2; BE; FH-1; RO-2) Paul G. Goebel, Michigan (NYT-1; NB-1; AW-1; LP-1; BE; RO-1) Howdy Gray, Princeton (WE-2; LP-1; BE; FH-1; RO-1) Lynn Bomar, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2; WE-3 [tackle]; BE; FM-1) Red Roberts, Centre (AW-1 [tackle]; WE-2; FM-2; BE; RO-5) Gus Tebell, Wisconsin (NYT-2; WE-3; BE; RO-3) Herb Kopf, Washington & Jefferson (WC-3; RO-5) Max Kadesky, Iowa (WC-3; NB-2; FH-2; RO-4) Lee Spillers, Washington & Jefferson (WE-3) Ray Eklund, Minnesota (FM-2) Steve Pulaski, Wisconsin (NYT-2) Warren S. Parr, Navy (FH-2; RO-2) Charlie Berry, Lafayette (BE) Tackles thumb|180x180px|John Thurman of Penn. John Thurman, Penn (WC-1; WE-3) Herb Treat, Princeton (WC-1; WE-1; NB-1; LP-1; BE; FM-1; RO-1) Mike Gulian, Brown (WC-3; AW-1; WE-2; NB-2; LP-1; BE; RO-1) Bub Weller, Nebraska (WE-1; BE; FM-2; FH-1) Marty Below, Wisconsin (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; NYT-1; WE-2; NB-1; RO-2) Leonard C. Hanson, Cornell (NB-2; BE; FH-1; RO-2) Leonard Smith, Wisconsin (NYT-1) Gus Sonnenberg, Detroit (FM-1) Pappy Waldorf, Syracuse (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2) Lloyd "Pudge" Neidlinger, Dartmouth (WC-2) Leo Kriz, Iowa (NYT-2) George Thompson, Iowa (NYT-2; RO-4) Graham Penfield, Northwestern (LP-2; BE; RO-3) Stanley Muirhead, Michigan (LP-2; RO-4) Russ Meredith, West Virginia (BE; FM-2) John Spellman, Brown (FH-2) Denis J. Mulligan, Army (FH-2; RO-5) Tiny McMahon, Penn State (BE) Joe Bennett, Georgia (BE) Harold Fletcher, Chicago (RO-3) Harland "Pink" Baker, Princeton (RO-5) Guards thumb|175px|Charles Hubbard of Harvard. Charles Hubbard, Harvard (WC-1; WE-2; LP-2; RO-3) Frank Schwab, Lafayette (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; AW-1; WE-1; BE; RO-1) Fritz Breidster, Army (AW-1; WE-1; BE; FM-1; RO-2) Paul Minick, Iowa (WC-2; NB-1; LP-2; FH-2; RO-1) Jim McMillen, Illinois (WC-3; NYT-2; WE-2; NB-2; BE; FH-1; RO-2) Harry Cross, Yale (WC-2; NB-1; FM-2; RO-5) Lloyd Pixley, Ohio State (NYT-1; FM-2; RO-3) Oscar Davis, Georgia Tech (LP-1; BE) Ed Degree, Notre Dame (FM-1) Joe Pondelik, Chicago (LP-1) Thomas Long, Ohio State (NYT-1) Leo Calland, USC (WE-3) Joe Bedenk, Penn State (WE-3) Joe Setron, West Virginia (WC-2; BE) Mel Dickinson, Princeton (WC-3; NB-2) Jack Sack (born Jacob Bernard Sacklowsky), Pittsburgh (BE; RO-4) Webster Clarke, California (BE) Roy Miller, Illinois (NYT-2) Phillip Cruikshank, Yale (FH-1) Jim Welsh, Colgate (FH-2; RO-4) Centers thumb|right|178x178px|Ed Garbisch of Army. Edgar Garbisch, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; NYT-1; NB-1; BE; RO-1) Charley Bowser, Pittsburgh (WE-1; BE; FM-1; RO-2) John C. Heldt, Iowa (WE-3; LP-2; BE; FH-1; RO-3) Dudley DeGroot, Stanford (AW-1) Frank Culver, Syracuse (LP-1) Ralph King, Chicago (WE-2; FM-2; RO-4) Carl Peterson, Nebraska (WC-3) Winslow Lovejoy, Yale (NB-2; BE) John Heaphy, Boston College (BE) Newsh Bentz, Penn State (BE) Oliver Aas, Minnesota (BE; RO-5) Ed Kubale, Centre (BE) Al Crook, Washington & Jefferson (FH-2) Quarterbacks Gordon Locke, Iowa (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; NYT-1; AW-1 [fb]; WE-1; NB-1 [hb]; LP-1 [fb]; BE [fb]; FM-1 [hb]; FH-1; RO-1 [fb]) Charles Buell, Harvard (AW-1; WE-2; NB-1; BE; FH-2; RO-1) Irwin Uteritz, Michigan (WC-3; WE-3; FM-1; RO-5) George Smythe, Army (WC-2; BE; RO-4) George Pfann, Cornell (College Football Hall of Fame) (BE; FM-2; RO-3) Herb Covington, Centre (NB-2; BE) Hoge Workman, Ohio State (NYT-2) Shorty Barr, Wisconsin (RO-2) Charles Darling, Boston College (BE) Jimmy Robertson, Carnegie Tech (BE) Oliver Kuhn, Vanderbilt (BE) Matt "Matty" Brennan, Lafayette (BE) Halfbacks thumb|155x155px|Harry Kipke of Michigan. Harry Kipke, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; NYT-2; AW-1; WE-1; NB-1; LP-1 [qb]; BE; RO-2) Eddie Kaw, Cornell (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; AW-1; WE-1; NB-1 [fb]; LP-1; BE; FM-1; FH-1 [fb]; RO-1) George Owen, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2; WE-1 [fb]; NB-2; LP-2 [fb]; BE [FB]; FH-1; RO-1) Earl Martineau, Minnesota (NYT-1; WE-2; LP-2 [qb]; BE; FM-2; RO-3 [fb]) Otis C. McCreery, Minnesota (NYT-1) Jack Cleaves, Princeton (FH-1) Nick Nardacci, West Virginia (WE-2; BE) Leonard "Bots" Brunner, Lafayette (BE; FM-1; RO-3) Ralph Edward Jordan, Yale (WC-3; WE-3; NB-2; RO-3) Stephen Barchet, Navy (WC-3) Donald Nichols, California (BE) Rollie Williams, Wisconsin (BE; RO-2; WE-3) Arch Nesbit, California (FH-2) Jonathan Miller, Penn (FH-2) Harry Wilson, Penn State (RO-4) Fullbacks thumb|301x301px|John Thomas of Chicago. John Webster Thomas, Chicago (WC-1; NYT-1; NB-2; LP-2; BE; RO-2) Paul Castner, Notre Dame (WC-3; LP-1; BE; RO-5) Duke Morrison, California (WC-2 [hb]; WE-2; LP-2 [hb]; BE; FM-2; RO-4 [hb]) Franklin Cappon, Michigan (WE-3; NYT-2 [hb]; FH-2; RO-5 [hb]) Red Barron, Georgia Tech (WC-2; BE [hb]; FM-2 [hb]) William H. Wood, Army (BE; RO-5 [hb]) Chick Hartley, Nebraska (BE) John H. Fletcher, Georgia (BE) Merrill Taft, Wisconsin (NYT-2) Orville Hewitt, Pittsburgh (RO-4) Key NCAA recognized selector for 1922 WC = Collier's Weekly as selected by Walter CampChampionship Locke At Quarter on Camp's First Team Iowa City Press-Citizen 1922-12-26 Other selectors AW = Athletic World magazine, selected by 214 coachesSome Team! The Lima News 1922-12-13 NYT = New York Tribune, selected by Ray McCarthy of the New York Tribune with advice from Grantland Rice and William B. Hanna. McCarthy selected his ends, guards, tackles and halfbacks in pairs from a single team.M'Carthy Picks Them In Pairs The Newark Advocate 1922-12-05 WE = Walter Eckersall, of the Chicago TribuneAll-American Eleven Composed from Stars of Ten Institutions Salt Lake Tribune 1922-12-24 NB = Norman E. Brown, sports editor of the Central Press AssociationNorman E. Brown Below Wins Place on 'All-American' Eleven Selected by Prominent Sports Writer: Harry Kipke Named as Year's Best All-Round Man Capital Times Madison, WI 1922-12-08 LP = Lawrence PerryLawrence Perry All-America Selection Discloses Unusual Number of Great Backs: Perry Observed Them San Antonio Light 1922-12-17 BE = Billy Evans National Honor Roll, as culled from the selections of 200 sports editors, include eight players at each position.Billy Evans Big Ten Given Eleven Places on Honor Roll: Kirk, Kirke and Goebel Named The Lima News 1922-12-13 FM = Frank G. MenkeFrank G. Menke Frank G. Menke All-American Grid Selections The Lincoln Star 1922-12-11 FH = Fred A. Hayner, sports writer of the Chicago Daily NewsLocke Made Captain of All-American Team By Chicago Critic -- Heldt Gets Center Des Moines Capital 1922-12-14 RO = Romelke Press Clipping Bureau, based on votes of "nearly every important pressman who has picked an All-American team." 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 1922 All-Big Ten Conference football team 1922 All-Eastern football team 1922 All-Pacific Coast football team 1922 All-Southern college football team 1922 All-Western college football team References 30em All-America team Category:All-America college football teams