The 1896 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans for the 1896 college football season, as selected by

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'' and the Walter Camp Football Foundation.

All-American selections for 1896

Key

* WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation * CW =

, published in ''Harper's Weekly'' magazine. * PI = ''Philadelphia Inquirer'' * NYW = ''The World'' of New York selected by Harry Beecher * LES = ''

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'' by W. T. Bull * Bold = Consensus All-American

Ends

* Norman Cabot, Harvard (WC-1; PI-1; NYW-1; LES-1) * Charles Gelbert, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; PI-1; LES-1 ack *

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, Princeton (NYW-1; LES-2) * Lyman M. Bass, Yale (LES-1) * Louis Hinkey, Yale (LES-2)

Tackles

* William W. Church, Princeton (WC-1; PI-1; NYW-1; LES-1) * Fred T. Murphy, Yale (WC-1; NYW-1; LES-1) *

Percy Haughton Percy Duncan Haughton (July 11, 1876 – October 27, 1924) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as head football coach at Cornell University from 1899 to 1900, at Harvard University from 1908 to 1916, and at Columbia ...

, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (PI-1; LES-2) * James O. Rodgers, Yale (LES-2)

Guards

* Charles Wharton, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; PI-1) * Wylie G. Woodruff, Penn (WC-1; PI-1; NYW-1; LES-1) * Shaw, Harvard (LES-2; NYW-1) * Edward Crowdis, Princeton (LES-1) * L. J. Uffenheimer, Penn (LES-2)

Centers

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, Princeton (WC-1; PI-1; NYW-1; LES-2) *

Burr Chamberlain Burr Clark "B. C." Chamberlain (August 21, 1877 – November 11, 1933) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Yale University from 1896 to 1898 at the center and tackle positions. Three times he was an All-Ame ...

, Yale (LES-1)

Quarterbacks

* Clarence Fincke, Yale (WC-1; PI-1; NYW-1; LES-1) * F. L. Smith, Princeton (LES-2)

Halfbacks

Edgar Wrightington Edgar Newcomb Wrightington (July 30, 1875 – October 31, 1945) was an American college football player and coach. He attended Harvard University, where he played as a halfback for the Harvard Crimson and was selected to the 1896 College Football ...

, Harvard (WC-1; PI-1; NYW-1) *

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, Princeton (WC-1; PI-1; NYW-1; LES-2) * John William Dunlop, Harvard (LES-1) * William Bannard, Princeton (LES-2)

Fullbacks

* John Baird, Princeton (WC-1; NYW-1; LES-1) * John Minds, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (PI-1) * Edward Newcomb Wrightington, Harvard (LES-2)

References

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