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1892 College Football All-America Team
The 1892 College Football All-America team was composed of college football players who were selected as the best players at their respective positions for the 1892 college football season, as selected by Caspar Whitney for ''Harper's Weekly'' and the Walter Camp Football Foundation. Whitney began publishing his All-America Team in 1889, and his list, which was considered the official All-America Team, was published in ''Harper's Weekly'' from 1891 to 1896. Harvard Law School student and football center William H. Lewis became the first African-American to be selected as an All-American in 1892, an honor he would receive again in 1893. All-American selections for 1892 Key * WC = Walter Camp * CW = Caspar Whitney, published in ''Harper's Weekly'' magazine. * Bold = Consensus All-American Ends * Frank Hinkey, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC, CW) * Frank Hallowell, Harvard (WC, CW) Tackles * Alexander Hamilton Wallis, Yale (WC, CW) * Marshall Newell, Harvard (College Footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Football All-America Team
The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best college football players in the United States at their respective positions. The original use of the term ''All-America'' seems to have been to the 1889 College Football All-America Team selected by Caspar Whitney and published in ''This Week's Sports''. Football pioneer Walter Camp also began selecting All-America teams in the 1890s and was recognized as the official selector in the early years of the 20th century. NCAA recognition As of 2009, the College Football All-America Team is composed of the following College Football All-American first teams: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), ''The Sporting News'' (''TSN''), ''Sports Illustrated'' (''SI''), ''Pro Football Weekly'' (''PFW''), ESPN, CBS Sports (CBS), ''College Football News'' (''CFN''), ProFootballFocus (PFF), Rivals.com, and Scout.c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Hallowell
Frank Walton Hallowell (August 12, 1870 – June 1, 1933) was an All-American football player and coach. He played at the end position for the Harvard Crimson football team of Harvard University, and was twice selected as an All-American, in 1890 and 1892. He was also a center fielder on Harvard's baseball team. Playing career Football Hallowell played end for the Harvard football team from 1889 to 1892. In 1890, a newspaper profile of the Harvard team noted that Hallowell's play on defense was not yet up to his offense:"Hallowell, at the right end, is showing up fairly well. He still allows himself to be drawn in toward the center and is apt to overrun his man. A more thorough study of his position will enable him to direct his efforts to a better advantage. He has yet to learn that a man in his position must be as able to gain ground as to prevent others from gaining it." Despite the criticism of his defense, Hallowell played well enough on offense to be picked as one of two end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Thayer (American Football, Born 1873)
Harry Chapman Thayer (December 31, 1873 – August 4, 1936) was an All-American football player. He played halfback and fullback for the Penn Quakers football team of the University of Pennsylvania from 1891 to 1892, and was chosen for the 1892 College Football All-America Team. After playing fullback for Penn in 1891, Thayer completed his undergraduate studies. He returned to Penn in the fall of 1892 as a post-graduate student at the Wharton School of Business The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ( ; also known as Wharton Business School, the Wharton School, Penn Wharton, and Wharton) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League research university in .... was during his post-graduate work the Thayer was selected as an All-American. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Thayer, Harry 1873 births 1936 deaths 19th-century players of American football American football fullbacks American football halfbacks Penn Quakers football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vance McCormick
Vance Criswell McCormick (June 19, 1872 – June 16, 1946) was an American politician and prominent businessman from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He served as mayor of Harrisburg from 1902 to 1905 and as United States Democratic National Committee chairman from 1916 to 1919. He was appointed chair of the American delegation at the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, under President Woodrow Wilson. Biography McCormick was born in 1872 to Henry McCormick and Annie Criswell. He attended Harrisburg Academy and Phillips Andover before completing a civil engineering course at Yale University. McCormick graduated from Yale's Sheffield Scientific School in 1893, and was given an honorary MA degree by the university in 1907. While at Yale he was a member of St. Anthony Hall. A born athlete and leader, he became captain of the class football and baseball teams his freshman year and was on the university football team his junior and senior years. Vance was named to Walter Camp's All American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charley Brewer
Charley Brewer may refer to: *Charley Brewer (fullback) (1873–1958), Harvard fullback 1892–1895 * Charles Brewer (American football), Texas quarterback 1953–1955 *Charlie Brewer Charlie Brewer (born November 26, 1998) is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent. He was most recently a member of the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He previously played for the Baylor Bears, U ..., American football quarterback See also * Charles Brewer (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Brewer, Charley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip King (American Football)
Philip King (March 16, 1872 – January 7, 1938) was an American football player, coach, and lawyer. He played quarterback for the Princeton Tigers football team of Princeton University from 1890 to 1893, and was selected to the College Football All-America Team in 1891, 1892, and 1893. After his playing days, he served as the head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1896 to 1902 and again in 1905, and at Georgetown University in 1903, compiling a career college football record of 73–14–1. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1962. Early life King, who was Jewish, was born in Washington, D.C. Coaching career At Wisconsin, King compiled a 66–11–1 (.853) record. The Badgers had four nine-win seasons during his tenure. King's 1896 and 1897 teams won the first two football championships of the Big Ten Conference, then known as the Western Conference. King's 1901 Wisconsin team went 9–0, outscored its opponents 317– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Waters
Bertram Gordon Waters (October 9, 1871 – October 9, 1930) was an American football player and coach. He played college football for Harvard University from 1892 to 1894 and was selected as an All-American in 1892 (as a guard) and again in 1894 (as a tackle). Waters served as the head football coach for Harvard in 1896. Football player A native of Boston, Waters attended the Boston Latin School before enrolling at Harvard. At Harvard, Waters played for the football team from 1891 to 1894. He played nearly every position on the football team, including tackle, guard, and halfback. Waters was selected as captain of the Harvard football team in 1893. He was also selected as an All-American at the guard position in 1892 and at the tackle position in 1894. In November 1893, ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' reported that the 5-foot 11-inch, 180-pound Waters was the strongest player on the Harvard team and, with the exception of Marshall Newell, the best-developed. Waters played in the 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Wheeler
Arthur Ledlie Wheeler (May 12, 1872 – December 20, 1917) was an American college football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1969. A severely injured Wheeler was historically photographed along with two other Princeton University students from the aftermath of a snowball fight A snowball fight is a physical game in which balls of snow are thrown with the intention of hitting somebody else. The game is similar to dodgeball in its major factors, though typically less organized. This activity is primarily played during ... in 1893. Personal life and death Wheeler was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1872 to Andrew and Sarah Caroline Wheeler. Wheeler died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 20, 1917, aged 45. References External links 1893 Princeton university snowball fight 1872 births 1917 deaths 19th-century players of American football All-American college football players American football guards College Footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marshall Newell
Marshall "Ma" Newell (April 2, 1871 – December 24, 1897) was an American football player and coach, "beloved by all those who knew him" and nicknamed "Ma" for the guidance he gave younger athletes. After his sudden and early death, Harvard University's Newell Boathouse (Harvard University), Newell Boathouse was built in his memory. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1957. At Harvard Newell was the son of Samuel Newell, a prominent lawyer, and grew up on a farm near Great Barrington, Massachusetts, in the Berkshire Hills. He enrolled at Phillips Exeter Academy in 1887 and graduated in 1890. He attended Harvard University, where he became an All-American football player for the Harvard Crimson football team. Nicknamed "Ma" Newell, he played Tackle (gridiron football position), right tackle for the Harvard football team from 1890 to 1893. Newell stood 5 feet, 10 inches, weighed approximately 170 pounds, and played every minute of every game for Harvard fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Hamilton Wallis
Alexander Hamilton Wallis (March 28, 1872 – July 25, 1959) was an American college football player. He played tackle for the Yale Bulldogs football team of Yale University from 1890 to 1892, and was selected as an All-American in 1892. Wallis was the son of Hamilton Wallis, a prominent lawyer of East Orange, New Jersey. He had a brother, Nathan C. Wallis and a sister, Emeline Waldron Wallis, who married James Carr Dunn of London, England London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major s .... Though Wallis was a lineman, he was a frequent ball carrier for Yale. In November 1892, an article reported that Wallis was running with the ball in his old form, getting off to a quick start, "hitting the line hard and tackling equally hard." References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wallis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Hinkey
Frank Augustus Hinkey (December 23, 1870 – December 30, 1925) was an American college football player and coach. He was notable for being one of only three college football players in history to be named a four-time consensus All-American. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951. Early years Born in Tonawanda, New York, he attended DeVeaux College and Phillips Andover. Yale University While attending Yale University, he played for the Yale Bulldogs football team for four years, was captain his junior and senior years, and each year was named to the College Football All-America Team. One writer claims "when all-time ends are named, Hinkey invariably heads the list." He graduated from Yale University in 1895 and was a member of Psi Upsilon and Skull and Bones. Business career He ran several businesses, including zinc smelting plants in Kansas and Illinois, and worked with fellow Yale teammate and All-American Frank Butterworth at a brokerage. He was head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1892 College Football Season
The 1892 college football season was the season of American football played among colleges and universities in the United States during the 1892–93 academic year. The 1892 Yale Bulldogs football team, led by head coach Walter Camp, compiled a perfect 13–0 record, outscored opponents by a total of 429 to 0, and has been recognized as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis. Yale's 1892 season was part of a 37-game winning streak that began at the end of the 1890 season and continued into the 1893 season. All eleven players selected by Caspar Whitney and Walter Camp to the 1892 All-America college football team came from the Big Three (Yale, Harvard, and Princeton). The selections included center William H. Lewis, the first African-American All-American. Five of the honorees have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: quarterback Philip King, fullback C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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