1927 All-America college football team

Official list of the best college football players of 1927 August 2023 25em 1927 All-America college football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid All-America college football team 1927 college football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 1925 1926 ← → 1928 1929 The 1927 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 1927. The seven selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1927 season are (1) Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice with cooperation from ten coaches, (2) the Associated Press, (3) the United Press, selected based on consensus among UP newspapers throughout the country and prominent football coaches, (4) the All-America Board, (5) the International News Service (INS), (6) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and (7) the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA). Consensus All-Americans Following the death of Walter Camp in 1925, there was a proliferation of All-American teams in the late 1920s. For the year 1927, the NCAA recognizes seven published 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. Michigan end Bennie Oosterbaan and Pittsburgh halfback Gibby Welch were the only players to be unanimously selected by all seven selectors as first-team All-Americans. Name Position School Number SelectorsBennie OosterbaanEndMichigan7/7AAB, AP, CO, INS, NANA, NEA, UPGibby WelchHalfbackPitt7/7AAB, AP, CO, INS, NANA, NEA, UPMorley DruryQuarterbackUSC6/7AAB, AP, CO, INS, NEA, UPClipper SmithGuardNotre Dame6/7AAB, AP, CO, INS, NEA, UPHerb JoestingFullbackMinnesota6/7AAB, AP, CO, INS, NEA, UPBill WebsterGuardYale5/7AAB, AP, INS, NANA, NEATom NashEndGeorgia4/7AAB, CO, INS, NANAJesse HibbsTackleUSC4/7AAB, INS, NANA, UPEd HakeTacklePenn3/7AP, NANA, UPLarry BettencourtCenterSt. Mary's3/7AAB, AP, INSJohn CharlesworthCenterYale3/7CO, NEA, UPRed CagleHalfbackArmy3/7AAB, CO, NANA All-American selections for 1927 Ends Bennie Oosterbaan, Michigan (CFHOF) (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; NANA; CP-1; CEP-1; HE-1; NYS-1; BE-1; LP-1; WE-1) Tom Nash, Georgia (AAB; AP-3; UP-3; COL-1; INS-1; NANA; CEP-3; HE-1; BE-3; LP-1; WE-1) Ivey Shiver, Georgia (AP-1; UP-1; NEA; CP-2; HE-2; INS-3; NYS-1; BE-1; LP-2) Dwight Fishwick, Yale (CP-1; WE-3) George Cole, Dartmouth (AP-2; CEP-3; HE-3; INS-2) Rags Matthews, TCU (CFHOF) (AP-2; INS-2; NYS-2; BE-3) Irvine Phillips, California (AP-3; CP-2) Stewart Scott, Yale (UP-2; BE-2) Charles Born, Army (UP-2; CEP-1; HE-2; INS-3; NYS-2; BE-2) Charlie Moeser, Princeton (HE-3; LP-2; WE-2) Matthews, SMU (CEP-2) Lou Jennings, Centenary (CEP-2) Joe Donchess, Pittsburgh (CFHOF) (WE-2) Charles Walsh, Notre Dame (UP-3) Ted Fleck, Kansas Aggies (WE-3) Tackles Jesse Hibbs, USC (AAB; AP-2; UP-1; INS-1; NANA; CP-1; CEP-2; HE-1; NYS-1; BE-2; LP-1; WE-1) Ed Hake, Penn (AP-1; UP-1; NANA; CP-2; CEP-3; HE-2; BE-3) Bud Sprague, Army (CFHOF) (AP-1; UP-2; INS-1; CP-1; HE-1) Bill Kern, Pittsburgh (INS-2; NEA; HE-2; NYS-2; BE-1) John Smith, Penn (AP-2; COL-1; LP-2; INS-3; WE-2) Leo Raskowski, Ohio State (AP-3; COL-1; NEA; HE-3; BE-1; CEP-1; LP-1; WE-1) Fred Pickhard, Alabama (UP-2; CP-2) Leo Nowack, Illinois (AP-3) George Perry, Army (LP-2; NYS-1; BE-2) Jap Douds, Washington & Jefferson (BE-3; CEP-1; HE-3; INS-2) Sidney Quarrier, Yale (AAB; UP-3; CEP-2; WE-2) James J. Fitzgerald, Tufts (UP-3) Alton C. Sprott, Texas A&M (INS-3; NYS-2; BE-3 [g]) Roy Randells, Nebraska (CEP-3) Fritz Coultrin, California (WE-3) Francis E. Lucas, Missouri (WE-3) Guards Bill Webster, Yale (AAB; AP-1; UP-2; INS-1; NEA; NANA; CP-1; CEP-1; HE-1; NYS-1; BE-1; LP-1; WE-1) Clipper Smith, Notre Dame (CFHOF) (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; CP-1; CEP-2; HE-1; NYS-1; BE-1; WE-1) Russ Crane, Illinois (COL-1; LP-2) Ray Baer, Michigan (AP-2; UP-2; CP-2; HE-2; INS-2; BE-2; WE-2) John Barnhill, Tennessee (AP-2) Hal Hanson, Minnesota (AP-3; UP-1; NANA; CP-2; CEP-1; HE-2; INS-3; NYS-2; BE-2; LP-1; WE-3) Gene Smith, Georgia (AP-3) William Wright, Washington (INS-2; NYS-2; BE-3; LP-2) John Roberts, Pittsburgh (WE-2) Justin Whitlock Dart, Northwestern (UP-3) R. Van I. Miller, Amherst (UP-3) Danny McMullen, Nebraska (INS-3) J. M. French, Princeton (HE-3) Seraphim Post, Stanford (HE-3) Raleigh Drennon, Georgia Tech (CEP-2; WE-3) Robert N. Miller, Missouri (CEP-3) E. G. Blake, Princeton (CEP-3) Centers Larry Bettencourt, St. Mary's (CFHOF) (AAB; AP-1; INS-1; CP-2; HE-1; NYS-1; BE-2; LP-2; WE-1) John Charlesworth, Yale (UP-1; COL-1; NEA; CP-1; HE-2; BE-1) Claude Grigsby, Georgetown (AP-2; HE-3) Ken Rouse, Chicago (AP-3; UP-3; WE-2) Robert Reitsch, Illinois (NANA; CEP-2; INS-3; NYS-2; BE-3; LP-1; WE-3) Charles Howe, Princeton (CEP-1) John McCreery, Stanford (UP-2) Elvin Butcher, Tennessee (CEP-3; INS-2) Quarterbacks Morley Drury, USC (CFHOF) (AAB; AP-1 [hb]; UP-1; COL-1; INS-1 [hb]; NEA; CP-1; CEP-1; HE-1; NYS-1; BE-1; LP-1; WE-1) Bill Spears, Vanderbilt (CFHOF) (AP-1; UP-2; INS-1; NANA; CP-2; CEP-2; HE-3; LP-2; WE-2) Harold Almquist, Minnesota (AP-3) Jack Connor, NYU (HE-2; INS-2; NYS-2; BE-2; LP-2) Gerald Mann, SMU (CFHOF) (BE-3) Frederick M. Ellis, Tufts (CEP-3) Dominic E. Engbarth, Texas Halfbacks Gibby Welch, Pittsburgh (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; NANA; CP-1; CEP-1; HE-1; NYS-1; BE-1; LP-1; WE-1) Red Cagle, Army (CFHOF) (AAB; AP-3; UP-3; COL-1; NANA; CEP-3; HE-2; WE-1) Christie Flanagan, Notre Dame (UP-1; NEA; CP-1; HE-3; INS-3; BE-1) Alton Marsters, Dartmouth (AP-2; UP-2; HE-3; INS-2; NYS-2; BE-2; CEP-1; LP-2; WE-2) Glenn Presnell, Nebraska (AP-2; UP-2; HE-2; INS-2; NYS-2; BE-2; CEP-2; LP-1; WE-2) Joel Hunt, Texas A&M (CFHOF) (AP-2 [qb]; INS-3 [qb]; BE-3; CEP-2; LP-2; WE-3 [qb]) Chuck Carroll, Washington (CFHOF) (AP-3) Louis Gilbert, Michigan (UP-3 [qb]; CP-2; BE-3; WE-3) Walter "Swede" Gebert, Marquette (UP-3; INS-3; LP-2) Bruce Caldwell, Yale (CP-2; HE-1; NYS-1; LP-2) Bob Nork, Georgetown (CEP-3) Johnny Roepke, Penn State (WE-3) Fullbacks Herb Joesting, Minnesota (CFHOF) (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; CP-1; CEP-3; HE-1; NYS-1; BE-1; LP-1; WE-1) Herdis McCrary, Georgia (AP-2; UP-2; CEP-1; HE-3; INS-2; WE-2) Bill Amos, Washington & Jefferson (AP-3; CEP-2; HE-2; BE-3) Mike Miles, Princeton (NANA; NYS-2; BE-2; WE-3) Pat Wilson, Washington (LP-2) Biff Hoffman, Stanford (INS-3; LP-2) Lou Tesreau, Washington (UP-3) Frank Briante, NYU (CP-2) Key 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 CFHOF – College Football Hall of Fame Official selectors AAB = All America BoardChristy Walsh All-America Board Honors Capt. Bob Smith of Colgate Syracuse Herald December 11, 1932 AP = Associated PressAssociated Press Team Democrat and Chronicle December 11, 1927 17 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6939195/associated_press_team/ Newspapers.com October 8, 2016 COL = Collier's Weekly as selected by Grantland Rice with assistance from well-known coaches, including Glenn Warner, Robert Zuppke, Knute Rockne and Dan McGuginGrantland Rice's All-American Grid Team Announced The Scranton Republican December 2, 1927 17 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6939906/grantland_rices_allamerican_grid_team/ Newspapers.com October 8, 2016 6 Westerners On Grantland Rice All-Stars Woodland Daily Democrat December 2, 1927 INS = International News Service selected by Davis Walsh, INS sports editorAll Sections Are Represented in Walsh's All-America Team for 1927 St. Louis Star November 29, 1927 19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6939937/all_sections_are_represented_in_walshs/ Newspapers.com October 8, 2016 NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association NANA = North American Newspaper Alliance UP = United Press, selected based on consensus among UP newspapers throughout the country and prominent football coachesFrank Getty Welch Picked on United Press All-America Team The Pittsburgh Press November 25, 1927 51 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6939612/welch_picked_on_united_press/ Newspapers.com October 8, 2016 Other selectors BE = Billy Evans with the assistance of "100 of the leading football experts of the country"Billy Evans Billy Evans' All-America The Enquirer and Evening News December 1, 1927 14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6939876/billy_evans_all_america/ Newspapers.com October 8, 2016 CP = Central Press Association, billed as the "Real" All-American team with selections based on fan input with cooperation from "hundreds of newspapers throughout the country"Norman E. Brown Fans Choose All-American Grid Team in Extensive Newspaper Poll Statesman Journal Salem, OR December 10, 1927 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6939790/fans_choose_allamerican_grid_team_in/ CEP = Charles E. Parker for the New York Evening TelegramGibby Welch Named Again On Star Team The Pittsburgh Press December 4, 1927 18 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6939678/gibby_welch_named_again_on_star_team/ Newspapers.com October 8, 2016 HE = Hearst newspapers, consensus selection of more than 100 sports writers and editors at the Hearst newspapersHow About These For All-American Elevens? San Antonio Light December 4, 1927 LP = Lawrence PerryLawrence Perry Famous Sports Writer Sees Twenty-Nine Teams In Action Harrisburg (PA) Telegraph December 10, 1927 13 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6939851/famous_sports_writer_sees_twentynine/ Newspapers.com October 8, 2016 NYS = New York Sun "based on a canvas of 129 college teams throughout the country by the Sun's representatives" with gold watches being given to the members of the first elevenNew York Sun Selects Team The Decatur (IL) Revie Decatur, IL November 26, 1927 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6942074/new_york_sun_selects_team/ Newspapers.com October 9, 2016 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 EckersallThree Big Ten Players Are Retained By Eckersall On All-America Eleven Detroit Free Press December 11, 1927 19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5216069/eckersalls_allamerican_elevens/ Newspapers.com October 8, 2016 See also 1927 All-Big Ten Conference football team 1927 All-Missouri Valley Conference football team 1927 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team 1927 All-Southern football team 1927 All-Western college football team References 2 All-America team Category:All-America college football teams