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1919 All-America college football team

Official list of the best college football players of 1919

Summary

Official list of the best college football players of 1919

The 1919 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 1919. The two selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1919 season are (1) Walter Camp (WC), whose selections were published in Collier's Weekly; and (2) the Frank Menke syndicate (MS).

Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1919, the NCAA recognizes only two selectors as "official" for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.

Name	Position	School	Official	Other	Total
Bob Higgins	End	Penn State	MS, WC	DJ, RE	4/4
Wilbur Henry	Tackle	Wash. & Jeff.	MS, WC	DJ, RE	4/4
Chic Harley	Halfback	Ohio State	MS, WC	DJ, RE	4/4
Eddie Casey	Halfback	Harvard	MS, WC	DJ, RE	4/4
Ira Rodgers	Fullback	West Virginia	MS, WC	DJ, RE	4/4
Belford West	Tackle	Colgate	MS, WC	RE	3/4
Heinie Miller	End	Penn	WC	DJ	2/4
Doc Alexander	Guard	Syracuse	MS, WC	--	2/4
Swede Youngstrom	Guard	Dartmouth	MS, WC	--	2/4
Red Weaver	Center	Centre	WC	DJ	2/4
Benny Boynton	Quarterback	Williams	MS	DJ	2/4
Charles Carpenter	Center	Wisconsin	MS	--	1/4
Bo McMillin	Quarterback	Centre	WC	--	1/4

All-Americans of 1919

Ends

Bob Higgins, Penn State (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1; DJ-1)
Heinie Miller, Penn (WC-1; DJ-1)
Lester Belding, Iowa (MS)
Frank Weston, Wisconsin (WC-2)
Joseph DuMoe, Lafayette (WC-2)
Earl Blaik, Army (WC-3)
Red Roberts, Centre (WC-3)
Dick Reichle, Illinois (RE-1)
Bernard Kirk, Notre Dame (DJ-2)
Paul Meyers, Wisconsin (DJ-2)

Tackles

Pete Henry, Washington & Jefferson (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1 [g]; DJ-1)
Belford West, Colgate (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1; DJ-2)
William Grimm, Washington (WC-2)
Burt Ingwersen, Illinois (WC-2)
Duke Slater, Iowa (WC-3)
Josh Cody, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; DJ-1)
Hoffman, Ohio (RE-1)
Joseph Murphy, Dartmouth (DJ-2)

Guards

Doc Alexander, Syracuse (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; DJ-2)
Swede Youngstrom, Dartmouth (WC-1; MS; DJ-2)
Fred Denfeld, Navy (WC-2)
Jack Depler, Illinois (WC-2)
Charles Arthur Clark, Harvard (WC-3)
Lloyd Pixley, Ohio State (WC-3; DJ-1)
Robert Sedgwick, Harvard (RE-1)
Pup Phillips, Georgia Tech (DJ-1)

Centers

Red Weaver, Centre (WC-1; DJ-1)
Charles Carpenter, Wisconsin (MS)
Russ Bailey, West Virginia (WC-2)
Tim Callahan, Yale (WC-3)
Bum Day, Georgia (DJ-2)
Harry J. Robertson, Syracuse (RE-1)

Quarterbacks

Bo McMillin, Centre (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; DJ-2)
John Strubing, Princeton (WC-2)
Benny Boynton, Williams (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; MS; DJ-1)
James Bradshaw, Nevada (RE-1)

Halfbacks

Chic Harley, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; DJ-1)
Eddie Casey, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1; DJ-1)
Murray Trimble, Princeton (WC-2; RE-1)
Arnold Oss, Minnesota (WC-2)
Bill Steers, Oregon (WC-3)
Hank Gillo, Colgate (WC-3; DJ-2)
Bodie Weldon, Lafayette (DJ-2)

Fullbacks

Ira Rodgers, West Virginia (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1; DJ-1)
Jim Braden, Yale (WC-2)
Jim Robertson, Dartmouth (WC-3; DJ-2)

Key

Bold = Consensus All-American

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

Official selectors

WC = Walter Camp
MS = Frank Menke Syndicate, by Frank G. Menke

Other selectors

RE = Reno Evening Gazette, selected by "W.P. Hahn, football expert of national note who is now located in Reno"
DJ = Dick Jemison

References

(2016). "Football Award Winners". National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
(1919-12-13). "Walter Camp's All-American Team". Fitchburg Daily Sentinel.
''ESPN College Football Encyclopedia'', p. 1153
(1919-12-05). "All-American Team Picked by Hahn for Gazette". Reno Evening Gazette.
(May 2006). "All-America Addendum". College Football Historical Society Newsletter.

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