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1926 All-America college football team

Official list of the best college football players of 1926

Summary

Official list of the best college football players of 1926

The 1926 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 1926. The six selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1926 season are (1) Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice with cooperation from ten coaches, (2) the Associated Press, based on polling of "more than 100 coaches and critics", (3) the United Press, (4) the All-America Board, selected by Knute Rockne (Notre Dame), Glenn "Pop" Warner (Stanford), and Tad Jones (Yale), (5) the International News Service (INS), and (6) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA).

Other notable selectors included Billy Evans, the Central Press Association, the New York Sun, and Walter Eckersall.

Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1926, the NCAA recognizes six 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.

Name	Position	School	Number	Official	Other
Frank Wickhorst	Tackle	Navy	6/6	AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEA, UP	BE, CP, CEP, HF, LP, NYS, RG, WC, WE
Herb Joesting	Fullback	Minnesota	5/6	AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEA	BE, CP, ES, LP, NYS, RG, WC, WE
Bud Boeringer	Center	Notre Dame	5/6	AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEA	BE, CP, ES, LP, NYS, RG, WC, WE
Mort Kaer	Halfback	USC	5/6	AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEA	BE, CP, NYS, RG, WC, WE
Bernie Shively	Guard	Illinois	5/6	AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEA	BE, WC, WE
Harry Connaughton	Guard	Georgetown	4/6	AP, COL, NEA, UP	BE, CP, ES, HF, LP, NYS, RG, WE
Benny Friedman	Quarterback	Michigan	4/6	AP, COL, INS, NEA	BE, CP, ES, HF, LP, NYS, RG, WE
Bennie Oosterbaan	End	Michigan	4/6	AAB, COL, NEA, UP	BE, CEP, ES, WC, WE
Vic Hanson	End	Syracuse	4/6	AP, COL, INS, UP	ES, HF, LP, NYS, WE
Ralph Baker	Halfback	Northwestern	2/6	AP, COL	CP, LP, NYS, WE
Bud Sprague	Tackle	Army	1/6	AP	CP, CEP

All-American selections for 1926

Ends

Bennie Oosterbaan, Michigan (CFHOF) (AAB-1; AP-3; COL-1; NEA; UP; CEP-1; WC-1; BE-1; RG-2; ES-1; WE-1)
Vic Hanson, Syracuse (CFHOF) (AAB-2; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; UP; CP-2; NYS-1; BE-2; HF-1; LP-1; RJW-2; RG-2; DW-1; ES-1; WE-1)
Hal Broda, Brown (AAB-3; AP-2; INS-2; UP; CP-1; NYS-1; BE-3; HF-1; LP-2; RWJ-3; RG-1; ES-2; WE-2)
Hoyt Winslett, Alabama (AAB-2; AP-1; INS-1; NEA; CP-2; NYS-2; BE-1; LP-1, RWJ-2; ES-2; WE-3; CP-1)
Ted Shipkey, Stanford (AAB-1; AP-2; INS-2; WC-1; NYS-2; BE-2; LP-2; RG-1; WE-2)
Carl Bacchus, Missouri (AAB-3; AP-3; BE-3; RWJ-3)
Cal Hubbard, Geneva (INS-3; RG-3; CEP-1)
Ed Lindenmeyer, Missouri (INS-3)
George Thayer, Penn (WE-3)
Charles Born, Army (RG-3)

Tackles

Frank Wickhorst, Navy (AAB-1; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; UP; CP-1; WC-1; NYS-1; BE-1; HF-1; LP-1; RG-1; WE-1; CEP-1)
Bud Sprague, Army (AP-1; CP-1; RG-3; CEP-1; LP-2)
Lloyd Yoder, Carnegie Tech (CFHOF) (AAB-1; AP-3; INS-2; CP-2; WC-1)
Lon Stiner, Nebraska (AAB-2; INS-1; RWJ-2; ES-2)
Robert Johnson, Northwestern (NEA; BE-1; RG-1; WE-2)
Alfred "Al" Lassman, NYU (AAB-3; UP; BE-3; HF-1; RWJ-3; RG-2; ES-1; WE-2)
Orland Smith, Brown (AP-3; COL-1; LP-1; NYS-2; WE-1)
Spike Nelson, Iowa (AP-2; CP-2; NYS-1; BE-2; LP-2; RG-3)
Theodore "Tiny" Roebuck, Haskell (AAB-2; RWJ-2)
Jim Dixon, Oregon State (AAB-3; INS-2; RWJ-3)
D. Thomas Eddy, Navy (AP-2; NYS-2; ES-2)
Fred Pickhard, Alabama (BE-2)
Jesse Hibbs, USC (BE-3)
Howard D. Cothran, Lafayette (RG-2; WE-3)
Leo Raskowski, Ohio State (INS-3; ES-1; WE-3)
Ed Kevorkian, Brown (INS-3)

Guards

Bernie Shively, Illinois (CFHOF) (AAB-1; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; CP-2; WC-1; BE-1; RG-2; WE-1)
Harry Connaughton, Georgetown (AAB-2; AP-1; COL-1; INS-2; NEA; UP; CP-1; NYS-1; BE-1; HF-1; LP-1; RWJ-2; RG-1; ES-1; WE-1)
Ed Hess, Ohio State (AAB-2; AP-2; INS-2; CP-1; NYS-2; BE-2; HF-1; LP-2; RWJ-2; RG-1; ES-1; WE-2; CEP-1)
Edwin Hayes, Ohio State (UP)
Fred H. Swan, Stanford (AAB-3; AP-3; INS-3; CP-2; RWJ-3; ES-2; CEP-1; LP-2)
Herbert Sturhahn, Yale (CFHOF) (AAB-1; AP-3; WC-1; NYS-2; BE-3; ES-2; LP-1; RG-3; WE-2)
Ted "Butter" Gorrell, USC (AAB-3; RWJ-3)
Emerson Carey, Cornell (AP-2; RWJ-2; WE-3; RG-3)
Ernest Schmidt, Army (NYS-1; BE-2)
Orland Smith, Brown (INS-1; BE-3; RG-2)
Frank Mayer, Notre Dame (INS-3)
John H. Lovette, Michigan (WE-3)

Centers

Bud Boeringer, Notre Dame (AAB-1; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; CP-1; WC-1; NYS-1; BE-1; LP-1; RG-1; ES-1; WE-1)
John J. Butler, Penn (AP-2; INS-3; UP; CP-2; BE-2; HF-1; RG-2; ES-2; WE-2)
Jeff Cravath, USC (AAB-2; INS-2; RWJ-2)
Larry Bettencourt, St. Mary's (CA) (CFHOF) (AAB-3; RWJ-3)
Pollock Wallace, Oklahoma (AP-3)
Alex Klein, Ohio State (BE-3)
Maurice Daly, Army (NYS-2)
Robert Reitsch, Illinois (RG-3; WE-3)
Joseph Truskowski, Michigan (LP-2)

Quarterbacks

Benny Friedman, Michigan (CFHOF) (AAB-2; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; CP-1; NYS-1; BE-1; HF-1; LP-1; RWJ-2; RG-1; ES-1; WE-1)
Bill Spears, Vanderbilt (CFHOF) (AAB-3 [as hb]; AP-2; INS-2; NYS-2; BE-2; LP-2; RWJ-3 [as hb])
Bill Kelly, Montana (CFHOF) (AP-2 [as hb]; BE-3 [as hb]; CP-2; RG-2; WE-3)
Roy Randall, Brown (AAB-1; WC-1)
Butch Meeker, Washington State (WE-2)
George Guttormsen, Washington (AP-3; INS-3)
Gerald Mann, SMU (CFHOF) (AAB-3; BE-3; RWJ-3)
Dan Caulkins, Princeton (RG-3)

Halfbacks

Mort Kaer, USC (CFHOF) (AAB-1; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; CP-1; WC-1; NYS-1; BE-1; RG-1; ES-2 [as qb]; WE-1)
Ralph Baker, Northwestern (CFHOF) (AAB-2; AP-1; COL-1; INS-2; CP-1; NYS-1; BE-2; LP-1; RWJ-2; RG-2; ES-2; WE-1)
Harry Wilson, Army (AAB-1; AP-2; INS-1; NEA; CP-2; WC-1; ES-1)
Tom Hamilton, Navy (UP; HF-1; RG-3; WE-2)
Marty Karow, Ohio State (UP; AP-2; INS-3; CP-2; BE-3; HF-1; LP-2; RG-2; ES-2; WE-3)
Frank Kirkleski, Lafayette (AAB-3; AP-3; RWJ-3)
Charles Rogers, Penn (AP-3; INS-3; UP; HF-1; RG-1; WE-2)
Chester "Cotton" Wilcox, Purdue (NYS-2; LP-2; RG-3; BE-2)
George Bogue, Stanford (BE-3; WE-3)
Christie Flanagan, Notre Dame (AAB-2; CP-2; RWJ-2; RG-2; ES-1)
Dave Mishel, Brown (INS-2)
George Wilson, Lafayette (INS-3; BE-1; NYS-2)
Dick Hyland, Stanford (LP-1)

Fullbacks

Herb Joesting, Minnesota (CFHOF) (AAB-1; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; BE-1; CP-1; ES-1; NYS-1; RG-1; LP-1; WC-1; WE-1)
Bill Amos, Washington & Jefferson (AAB-2; INS-2; BE-2; RWJ-2; WE-2)
Mayes McLain, Haskell (AAB-3; RWJ-3)
Ty Rauber, Washington & Lee (AP-3)
Harry O'Boyle, Notre Dame (LP-2 [hb]; NYS-2)
Henry H. Caldwell, Navy (ES-2)
Tiny Lewis, Northwestern (RG-3; WE-3)

Key

Bold – Used for (1) consensus All-Americans and (2) first-team selections by an official selector
CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame inductee
1 – First-team selection
2 – Second-team selection
3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors

AAB = All-American Board, team selected by three coaches: Knute Rockne (Notre Dame), Glenn "Pop" Warner (Stanford), and Tad Jones (Yale)
AP = Associated Press, based on AP polling of "more than 100 coaches and critics"
UP = United Press
COL = Collier's Weekly as selected by Grantland Rice with cooperation from ten coaches: Glenn Warner (Stanford), Robert Zuppke (Illinois), G.C. Woodruff (Georgia), Knute Rockne (Notre Dame), Wallace Wade (Alabama), Captain J.J. McEwan (Oregon), W.A. Alexander (Ga. Tech.), Howard Jones (So. Calif.), E.P. Madigan (St. Mary's, Calif.), and Dan McGuigan (Vanderbilt).
INS = International News Service, selected by Davis Walsh
NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association

Other selectors

BE = Billy Evans
CP = Central Press Association, based on a poll conducted by Norman Brown of over 400 newspapers, each of which conducted its own election in which fans voted for the All-American team; Central Press reported compiling a million votes.
CEP = Charles E. Parker for the New York World News Service
ES = Ed Sullivan
HF = Henry Farrell of the United Press
LP = Lawrence Perry
NYS = New York Sun
RG = Red Grange
WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation
WE = Walter Eckersall

References

"Theodore "Tiny" Roebuck". American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame.
(2016). "Football Award Winners". National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
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(December 5, 1926). "Middle West Given The Lion's Share in All-American Selections". The Huntington Press.
(December 7, 1926). "Seven of West In Rice's All-America". The Shreveport Times.
(December 7, 1926). "Collier's All America". The Shreveport Times.
(November 30, 1926). "Walsh Picks Cornhusker Captain On All-American". The Lincoln Star.
Evans, Billy. (December 3, 1926). "Billy Evans' All-America". The Daily Mail (Hagerstown, MD).
(December 13, 1926). "Over One Million Fans Picked This Real All-American Eleven". Wilmington Morning News.
(November 28, 1926). "Parker's All-American Football Selections". The Pittsburgh Post.
Ed Sullivan. (1926-12-07). "Another All-American Team; N.Y. Scribe Has Swan, Kaer On It; Everybody Now Trying Hand At It". Oakland Tribune.
(November 22, 1926). "Farrell Puts Three Big Ten Men on First All-American". The Indianapolis News.
(December 12, 1926). "Five Western Stars Get Place On Perry's All America Team". [[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]].
(November 27, 1926). "New York Sun Picks 6 Westerners, Five From East On All-Star Team". The News Herald (PA).
(December 1, 1926). "Four Easterners on Grange's All America". The Shreveport Times.
"Walter Camp Football Foundation".
(December 12, 1926). "These Players Honored by Eckersall with Places on All-America Team". Detroit Free Press.
(December 12, 1926). "Kaer On Eckersall's All-American Eleven". Los Angeles Times.

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