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1918 All-America college football team
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The 1918 All-America college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-America college football teams selected by various organizations for the 1918 college football season.
All-Americans of 1918
Ends
thumb|upright=.6|Paul Robeson.
Paul Robeson, Rutgers (WC-1; MS; TM-1)
Bill Fincher, Georgia Tech (MS; TM-1, WC-2)
Robert Hopper, Penn (WC-1; MS; TM-2)
William E. Harrington, Pittsburgh (TM-2)
Josh Weeks, Brown (WC-2)
Joe Schwarzer, Syracuse (WC-3)
John Tressel, Washington & Jefferson (WC-3)
Tackles
thumb|140px|Joe Guyon.
Pete Henry, Washington & Jefferson (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2; MS; TM-1)
Leonard Hilty, Pittsburgh (WC-1; TM-2)
Lou Usher, Syracuse (WC-1; TM-2)
Joe Guyon, Georgia Tech (MS)
Pard Larkin, Swarthmore (TM-1)
John Ripple, North Carolina A&M (WC-2)
Angus Goetz, Michigan (WC-3)
James Neylon, Penn (WC-3)
Guards
Doc Alexander, Syracuse (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; TM-1)
Lyman Perry, Navy (WC-1; MS; TM-1)
Jake Stahl, Pittsburgh (WC-2; TM-2)
Alfred Neuschaefer, Rutgers (TM-2)
Tommy Scaffe, Navy (WC-2)
Fred Huggins, Brown (WC-3)
Walter A. Gordon, California (WC-3)
Centers
thumb|upright=.75|Bum Day.
Bum Day, Georgia Tech (WC-1)
Jack Depler, Illinois (WC-2; MS)
Thomas Sterck, Washington & Jefferson (TM-1)
Sam Arthur, Navy (TM-2)
Tim Callahan, Princeton (WC-3)
Quarterbacks
Frank Murrey, Princeton (WC-1; MS)
Willard Ackley, Syracuse (WC-3; TM-1)
Bill Ingram, Navy (TM-2)
Robb, California (WC-2)
Halfbacks
thumb|upright=.6|Tom Davies.
Tom Davies, Pittsburgh (WC-1; MS; TM-1)
Wolcott Roberts, Navy (WC-1; MS)
Katy Easterday, Pittsburgh (TM-1)
Buck Flowers, Georgia Tech (WC-2 [fb]; TM-2)
Skip Gougler, Pittsburgh (TM-2)
Frankie Frisch, Fordham (WC-2)
Gus Eckberg, Minnesota (WC-3)
Frank Kelley, Rutgers (WC-3)
Fullbacks
Frank Steketee, Michigan (WC-1; TM-2)
George McLaren, Pittsburgh (WC-2 [hb]; MS; TM-1)
William Butler, Navy (WC-3)
Key
NCAA recognized selectors for 1918
WC = Walter CampCamp's All American: Football Dean Names Three Teams from Last Season's Records The New York Times 1918-12-31 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/12/31/97058136.pdf PDF for Collier's: The National Weekly
MS = Frank Menke Syndicate, by Frank G. MenkeESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1153
Other selectors
TM = Robert "Tiny" Maxwell, of the Philadelphia Public LedgerRobert W. Maxwell Alexander and Ackley Placed on First All-American Team by Bob Maxwell Syracuse Herald 1918-12-19
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
1918 All-Big Ten Conference football team
1918 All-Pacific Coast football team
References
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Further reading
Walter Camp, "The All-America Team: Annual Review of the Football Season" with "The All-Service Team: Football Stars of Camp, Cantonment, and Station," Collier's: The National Weekly, Jan. 4, 1919, pp. 13, 32, 60, 62 and Jan. 11, 1919, pp. 8, 26.
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