1915 All-America college football team

Official list of the best college football players of 1915 August 2023 25em 1915 All-America college football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid All-America college football team 1915 college football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 1913 1914 ← → 1916 1917 The 1915 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans for the 1915 college football season. The only selectors for the 1915 season who have been recognized as "official" by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) are Walter Camp, whose selections were published in Collier's Weekly, and the International News Service (INS), a newswire founded by William Randolph Hearst. Although not recognized by the NCAA, many other sports writers, newspapers, and coaches selected All-America teams in 1915. They include Parke H. Davis, Walter Eckersall, and Fielding H. Yost. All-Americans of 1915 Ends thumb|right|140px|Nebraska's Guy Chamberlain Murray Shelton, Cornell (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; FM-2; MON-2; PD-1; TC-1; DR; ER) Guy Chamberlin, Nebraska (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WE-1; FM-1; PD-1) Bert Baston, Minnesota (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; WE-2) Bob Higgins, Penn State (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2; WE-2; FM-1; FY-1; MON-1; TC-1; JI) Jack "Red" Lamberton, Princeton (WE-1; FY-1) Fred Heyman, Washington & Jefferson (WC-3; MON-1) George Squier, Illinois (WC-3; FM-2) Ernest William Soucy, Harvard (MON-2; DR; ER; JI) James P. Herron, Pittsburgh (WC-2) Tackles Howard "Cub" Buck, Wisconsin (WC-2; WE-1; FM-1; FY-1; PD-1; TC-1) Joseph Gilman, Harvard (WC-1; WE-1; FY-1; MON-2; TC-1; DR; ER; JI) Earl Abell, Colgate (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; WE-2; FM-2; MON-1) Maurice M. Witherspoon, W&J (FM-1) Mark Farnum, Brown (MON-1; ER) Laurens Shull, Chicago (died in WWI) (FM-2) Alex Weyand, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; MON-2) William T. Van de Graaff, Alabama (WC-2; PD-1) Nelson "Pie" Way, Yale (DR; JI) John B. McAuliffe, Dartmouth (WE-2) Josh Cody, Vanderbilt (WC-3) Guards Clarence Spears, Dartmouth (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; WE-1; FM-1; FY-1; MON-1; PD-1; TC-1; DR; ER) Harold White, Syracuse (WE-2; FM-1; MON-2; TC-1; JI) Chris Schlachter, Syracuse (WC-1; WE-2; FY-1; ER)thumb|140px|right|Pitt center Bob Peck with Hall of Fame football coach "Pop" Warner Clinton Black, Yale (WC-2; MON-1; DR) Freeman Fitzgerald, Notre Dame (FM-2; PD-1) Pat Dunnigan, Minnesota (WE-1; FM-2) Budge Garrett, Rutgers (MON-2) Frank T. Hogg, Princeton (WC-2; JI) Harrie Holland Dadmun, Harvard (WC-3) Baby Taylor, Auburn (WC-3) Centers Bob Peck, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; FM-1; MON-1; PD-1; TC-1; JI) Gib Cool, Cornell (WC-2; WE-1; FM-2; FY-1; ER) John McEwan, Army (WC-3; MON-2; DR) John Wesley "Jack" Watson, Illinois (WE-2) thumb|140px|Cornell's Charley Barrett. Quarterbacks Charley Barrett, Cornell (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; WE-1; FM-1; FY-1; MON-1; PD-1; TC-1; DR; ER; JI [hb]) Guy Williamson, Pittsburgh (JI) Donald Clarke Watson, Harvard (WC-2) Pete Russell, Chicago (WC-3; WE-2; FM-2) Miller, Columbia (MON-2) Halfbacks Richard King, Harvard (WC-1; WE-2; FY-1) Bart Macomber, Illinois (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1) Elmer Oliphant, Army (WC-1;Camp Changes His All-America Team Hamilton Daily Republican-News 1915-12-30 (When Camp announced his team in mid-December, he placed Macomber on the first team and Oliphant on the second team. However, at the end of December 1915, Camp announced he was changing his selection to place Oliphant on the first team and Macomber on the second team.) MON-1; DR) Eugene Mayer, Virginia (FM-1; PD-1) Bernie Bierman, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (WE-1; FM-2 [fb]) Neno DaPrato, Michigan State (FM-1) Dave Tibbott, Princeton (WC-2; WE-1; FY-1) Red Wilkinson, Syracuse (WE-2 [fb]; MON-1; ER) Fritz Shiverick, Cornell (DR) R. B. "Dick" Rutherford, Nebraska (FM-2) Andy Hastings, Pittsburgh (FM-2) John Maulbetsch, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (WE-2; MON-2; TC-1) Johnny Gilroy, Georgetown (MON-2) Anderson, Colgate (TC-1) Herman Abraham, Oregon State (WC-3) Fullbacks thumb|right|140px|Harvard's three-time All-American fullback Eddie Mahan was rated by Jim Thorpe as the best player he ever faced. Eddie Mahan, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; WE-1; FM-1; FY-1; MON-1; PD-1 [hb]; TC-1; DR; ER; JI) Edward H. Driggs, Princeton (PD-1) Howard Parker Talman, Rutgers (WC-2; MON-2) Punk Berryman, Penn State (WC-3; ER [hb]; JI [hb]) Key NCAA recognized selectors for 1915 WC = Collier's Weekly as selected by Walter Camp FM = Frank G. Menke, Sporting Editor of the International News ServiceCovers Wide Scope In Choosing His All-American Gridironers The Washington Post 1915-12-05 Other selectors WE = Walter Eckersall, of the Chicago TribuneEck Puts Him On All-American La Crosse Tribune 1915-12-06 FY = Fielding Yost, coach of the University of MichiganFielding H. Yost All-American Team of 1915 Strong and Brilliant In Any Style of Offensive Play Fort Wayne News 1915-12-04 MON = Monty, New York sports writer MontyMonty Picks All-Star Team: Maulbetsch of Michigan Lands on Second Eleven; He is Only 'Westerner' to Be Honored by the Writer Fort Wayne News 1915-12-04 PD = Parke H. DavisBuck Mayer and Vandegraaaff Are Chosen for All-American The Charlotte News December 5, 1915 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10111599/buck_mayer_and_vandegraaaff_are_chosen/ TC = Tommy Clarkhttps://www.newspapers.com/article/passaic-daily-herald-the-all-american-el/127180154/ Tommy Clark The All American Eleven for Season of 1915 Passaic Daily Herald Passaic, New Jersey 3 December 2, 1915 June 27, 2023 newspapers.com DR = Damon Runyon. At the end of the 1915 season, Runyon noted the difficulty in picking an All-America team when most of those doing so had only seen a fraction of the players. Accordingly, Runyon chose not to call his list and All-America team, instead calling it his All-"Guys-We've-Seen" team.Runyon Picks Oliphant and McEwan: Names Army Players on His "All" Team Damon Runyon El Paso Herald December 3, 1915 10 ER = Eddie N. Robinson, head coach of the Brown Bears football team."Robbie" Picks an All-America Eleven Herbert The New York Tribune November 24, 1915 14 JI = Jonas H. Ingram, head coach of the Navy football team.Navy Coach Picks All-America Team The New York Tribune December 1, 1915 12 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 1915 All-Big Ten Conference football team 1915 All-Southern college football team 1915 All-Western college football team References All-America team Category:All-America college football teams