1916 College Football All-America Team Explained

The 1916 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans for the 1916 college football season. The only selectors for the 1916 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, the International News Service (INS), a newswire founded by William Randolph Hearst, and the Frank Menke Syndicate. Although not recognized by the NCAA, many other sports writers, newspapers, and coaches selected All-America teams in 1916. They include the United Press, Walter Eckersall (for the Chicago Daily Tribune), Paul Purman, Fielding H. Yost, and The Boston Post.

All-Americans of 1916

Ends

• Bert Baston, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; UP-1; INS-1; WE-1; PP-1; FY-1; BP-1; MS)
• James P. Herron, Pittsburgh (WC-2; INS-2; WE-1; MS)
• Charles Comerford, Yale (INS-1; BP-1)
• George Clark Moseley, Yale (WC-1; WE-2; FY-2)
• Heinie Miller, Penn (WC-2; LP-1; FY-1)
• Richard Harte, Harvard (INS-2; MON-1; FY-2)
• Clifford Carlson, Pitt (Basketball Hall of Fame) (PP-2)
• Tommy Whelan, Georgetown (PP-2)
• Charles Highley, Princeton (UP-2; LP-1)
• Stan Cofall, Notre Dame (UP-2; MS)
• Paul Eckley, Cornell (WE-2)
• Bob Higgins, Penn State (College Football Hall of Fame) (MON-1)
• Charles Atherton Coolidge, Harvard (WC-3)
• Graham Vowell, Tennessee (WC-3)

Tackles

• Belford West, Colgate (WC-1; UP-1; INS-1; WE-1; PP-2; LP-1; BP-1)
• Steamer Horning, Colgate (WC-1; WE-2; MS)
• William Lippard McLean, Princeton (MON-1; FY-1; BP-1)
• Artemus Gates, Yale (WC-2; UP-2; INS-2)
• DeVitalis, Brown (UP-1; PP-1)
• George Hauser, Minnesota (INS-1)
• Mark Farnum, Brown (INS-2; MON-1)
• Fred Becker, Iowa (WE-1)
• Louis Seagrave, Washington (WC-3 [g]; PP-1)
• Fred Gillies, Cornell (FY-1)
• Bob Karch, Ohio State (FM)
• Walter Herber Wheeler, Harvard (UP-2; LP-1; FY-2)
• Clarence Ward, Navy (WC-2)
• Earl Beacham, Tufts (PP-2)
• Lewis Little, Penn (FY-2)
• Frank A. R. Mayer, Minnesota (WE-2)
• John Beckett, Oregon (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3)
• Bob Ignico, Washington & Lee (WC-3)

Guards

• Clinton Black, Yale (WC-1; UP-1; INS-1; WE-1; MON-1; PP-1; LP-1; FY-1; BP-1; MS)
• Harrie Dadmun, Harvard (WC-1; UP-2; INS-2; WE-1; FY-1)
• Frank T. Hogg, Princeton (WC-2; PP-1; MS)
• Lawrence Fox, Yale (UP-1)
• Claude E. Thornhill, Pitt (INS-1)
• Charles Henning, Penn (FY-2; BP-1)
• Christopher Schlachter, Syracuse (MON-1)
• Charlie Bachman, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2; LP-1)
• Robert Lee Nourse, Princeton (WE-2; PP-2)
• Sinclair, Minnesota (PP-2)^[1]
• Monroe Good, Colgate (UP-2)
• Mason Barton, Colgate (INS-2)
• Arnold McInerney, Notre Dame (WE-2)
• Budge Garrett, Rutgers (WC-3)

Centers

• Bob Peck, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; UP-1; INS-1; WE-1; MON-1; PP-1; BP-1; MS)
• John McEwan, Army (WC-2; UP-2; INS-2; WE-2; PP-2)
• Alfred Gennert, Princeton (LP-1; FY-1)
• Fred Becker, Iowa (FY-2)
• Pup Phillips, Georgia Tech (WC-3)

Quarterbacks

• Oscar Anderson, Colgate (WC-1; UP-2; INS-1; BP-1; LP-1)
• Fritz Shiverick, Cornell (UP-1; INS-2; PP-1; FY-2)
• Bart Macomber, Illinois (College Football Hall of Fame) (WE-2; PP-2; FY-1)
• Cliff Sparks, Michigan (MON-1)
• James DeHart, Pitt (WE-1)
• Clair Purdy, Brown (WC-2)
• Irby Curry, Vanderbilt (WC-3)

Halfbacks

• Chic Harley, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; UP-1; INS-1; WE-1; PP-1; FY-1; BP-1)
• Fritz Pollard, Brown (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; UP-2; INS-2; WE-2; MON-1; PP-2; LP-1; BP-1; MS)
• Andy Hastings, Pittsburgh (UP-1; INS-1)
• Eddie Casey, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2; WE-2; PP-1; FY-2)
• Everett Strupper, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (PP-1 [e])
• John Maulbetsch, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (FY-1)
• Harry LeGore, Yale (WC-2; INS-2; WE-2 [fb]; PP-2; LP-1 [fb]; FY-2)
• Claire Long, Minnesota (FM)
• Paddy Driscoll, Northwestern (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; UP-2)
• Johnny Gilroy, Georgetown (WC-3)

Fullbacks

• Elmer Oliphant, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; UP-1; PP-1; INS-1; MON-1; LP-1 [hb]; BP-1; MS)
• Joe Berry, Penn (WC-2; UP-1 [e]; INS-2; WE-1 [hb]; MON-1; FY-1)
• Pudge Wyman, Minnesota (UP-2; WE-1; FY-2)
• Arnold Horween, Harvard (PP-2)
• McReaghy, Washington & Jefferson (WC-3)

Key

NCAA recognized selectors for 1916

• WC = Collier's Weekly as selected by Walter Camp^[2]
• INS = International News Service^[3]
• MS = Frank Menke Syndicate^[4]

Other selectors

• UP = United Press^[5]
• WE = Walter Eckersall, of the Chicago Daily Tribune^[6]
• FM = Frank G. Menke, former sporting editor of the International News Service (INS)
• MON = Monty, noted New York sports writer^[7]
• PP = Paul Purman, noted sports writer whose All-American team was syndicated in newspapers across the United States^[8]
• LP = Lawrence Perry, sporting editor of the New York Evening Post^[9]
• FY = Fielding H. Yost^[10]
• BP = The Boston Post, selected by Charles E. Parker, football expert of The Boston Post^[11]

Bold = Consensus All-American^[12]

• 1 – First-team selection
• 2 – Second-team selection
• 3 – Third-team selection

See also

• 1916 All-Big Ten Conference football team
• 1916 All-Eastern football team
• 1916 All-Pacific Coast football team
• 1916 All-Southern college football team
• 1916 All-Western college football team

Notes and References

1. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/cdn:@field(NUMBER+@band(ichicdn+s061042)) Photograph of Sinclair from Library of Congress
2. News: Three Colgate Men Picked By Camp for All-American Team. The Syracuse Herald. 1916-12-26.
3. News: Jack Velock . Have Hard Job Selecting All-American Team. Lima Times Democrat. 1916-12-04.
4. ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1152
5. News: H.C. Hamilton. West Men on United Press All-American. Des Moines Daily News. 1916-12-03.
6. News: Four Westerners On All-American: 1916 Selection Made by W. Eckersall. Daily Review. Decatur, IL. 1916-12-11.
7. News: Monty. All American is Selected by Monty: Talent Stands Out. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 1916-11-25.
8. News: Paul Purman. The News' Own All-American 1916 Football Team. Des Moines Daily News. 1916-12-02.
9. News: Lawrence Perry Picks All Stars. The Day. December 7, 1916.
10. News: Yost's 1916 All American. Mansfield News. 1916-12-27.
11. News: Here's All-American Eleven for 1916. The Times. Hammond, IN. 1916-12-05.
12. Web site: Football Award Winners. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. October 21, 2017. 6.