The 1897 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as

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1897 college football season The 1897 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Penn and Yale as having been selected national champions. Conference and program changes Conference establishments * ...

, as selected by

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had selected the ''Harper's Weekly'' All-American Team from 1891 to 1896, but Whitney was on a world's sports tour during the 1897 season, and Camp therefore substituted for Whitney.

All-American selections for 1897

Key

* WC =

for ''Harper's Weekly'' * OUT = ''Outing Magazine'' * NYS = ''New York Sun'' * LES = ''

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

Ends

Garrett Cochran Garrett Cochran (August 26, 1876 – July 8, 1918) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Princeton University from 1894 to 1897 at the end position, and was twice named to the College Football All-America Team. ...

, Princeton (WC-1; OUT-1; NYS-1; LES-1) *

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, Yale (WC-1; OUT-2; NYS-2; LES-2) *

Sam Boyle Samuel Alexander Boyle Jr. (November 28, 1876 – October 30, 1923) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the Virginia Military Institute (1898–1899), Pennsylvania State University (1899), ...

, Penn (WC-2; OUT-1; LES-1) * William McKeever, Cornell (WC-2) * John Babcock Moulton, Harvard (WC-3; NYS-1) * Lyndon S. Tracy, Cornell (WC-3) * Norman Cabot, Harvard (NYS-2; LES-2) * Craig, Princeton (NYS-2) * Josiah J. Hazen, Yale (OUT-2)

Tackles

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 (WC-1; OUT-1; NYS-1; LES-1) *

John H. Outland John Henry Outland (March 17, 1871 – March 24, 1947) was an American football player and coach. He played football at Penn College in Oskaloosa, Iowa, the University of Kansas, and the University of Pennsylvania. He was twice named an All-Ame ...

, Penn (Namesake of the

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and College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; LES-1) * James O. Rodgers, Yale (WC-2; OUT-1; NYS-2; LES-2) * Wallace B. Scales, Army (WC-2; NYS-2) *

Art Hillebrand Arthur Ralph Thomas "Doc" Hillebrand (March 9, 1876 – December 14, 1941) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He played college football as a tackle for Princeton University. Hillebrand served as head football coach at the ...

, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; OUT-2; NYS-1) *

Malcolm Donald Malcolm Donald (1877–1949) was an American lawyer, eugenicist, white nationalist, and a founder of the Pioneer Fund. He graduated Harvard College (where he played footballStaff report (October 8, 1899). ATHLETICS AT HARVARD.; Malcolm Donald Sa ...

, Harvard (WC-3) * S. M. Goodman, Penn (OUT-2) * Chester Odiorne Swain, Harvard (LES-2)

Guards

Truxtun Hare Thomas Truxtun Hare (October 12, 1878 – February 2, 1956) was an American Olympic medalist who competed in track and field and the hammer throw. He also played football with the University of Pennsylvania and was selected first-team All- ...

, Penn (WC; HW; NYS-1; LES-2) *

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, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC; HW; NYS-2; LES-1) * Charles Chadwick, Yale (WC-2; OUT-2; LES-1) *

Charles Rinehart Charles Ramsay Rinehart (December 31, 1875 – October 30, 1933) was an American football player, engineer and businessman. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1964. He played high school football at Phillipsburg High School ...

, Lafayette (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2; OUT-1) * George Winthrop Bouve, Harvard (WC-3; OUT-1; NYS-1; LES-2) *

Josiah McCracken Josiah Calvin McCracken (March 30, 1874 – February 15, 1962) was an American football player and track and field athlete. Early life: football and track achievements McCracken, nicknamed Joe, was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee. His earlie ...

, Penn (WC-3; OUT-2) * Edwards, Princeton (NYS-2)

Centers

Allan Doucette Allan E. Doucette (c. 1872 – January 8, 1901) was an All-American football player. He played at the center position for Harvard University and was selected for the 1897 College Football All-America Team. Doucette graduated from Harvard as ...

, Harvard (WC-1; OUT-2; NYS-1; LES-2) * George Cadwalader, Yale (WC-2; OUT-1; LES-1) *

Pete Overfield Peter Delome Overfield (April 12, 1874 – July 1, 1959) was an All-American and professional football player, federal judge and rancher. Overfield played center for the University of Pennsylvania and was a first-team All-American in 1898 and 18 ...

, Penn (WC-3)

Quarterbacks

Charles de Saulles Charles A. de Saulles (November 22, 1876 – July 17, 1962) was an All-American football player. He played quarterback for Yale University and was selected for the 1897 College Football All-America Team. All-American football player A nativ ...

, Yale (WC-1; NYS-1; LES-1) * George Young, Cornell (WC-2; OUT-1) * John Baird, Princeton (WC-3; OUT-2; NYS-1

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LES-2) *

Leon Kromer Leon Benjamin Kromer (June 25, 1876 – September 6, 1966) was a United States Army officer and American football coach. From 1934 to 1938, Major General Kromer was the Chief of U. S. Cavalry. He served as the head football coach at the Unite ...

, Army (NYS-2) * David Weeks, Penn (NYS-2)

Halfbacks

Benjamin Dibblee Benjamin Harrison Dibblee (July 8, 1876 – November 11, 1945) was an American college football player and coach. He played halfback for Harvard University from 1896 to 1898, and was a consensus All-American in 1897 and 1898. Dibblee served as ...

, Harvard (WC-1; OUT-1; NYS-1; LES-2) *

Addison Kelly Addison W. "King" Kelly (c. 1875 – March 23, 1942) was an American football and baseball player, coach of football, and stockbroker. He played college football and college baseball at Princeton University, from which he graduated in 1898. In 18 ...

, Princeton (WC-1; OUT-1; NYS-2; LES-2) *

Dave Fultz David Lewis Fultz (May 29, 1875 – October 29, 1959) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He played Major League Baseball as a center fielder in the National League with the Philadelphia Phillies (1898–1899) and Baltimore ...

, Brown (WC-2; OUT-2; NYS-1; LES-1) * William F. Nesbitt, Army (WC-2) * William Bannard, Princeton (WC-3; NYS-2) * George B. Walbridge, Lafayette (WC-3) * Charles T. Dudley, Yale (OUT-2; NYS-2)

Fullbacks

* John Minds, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; OUT-1; NYS-2; LES-1) *

Malcolm McBride Malcolm Lee McBride (August 22, 1878 – December 21, 1941) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Yale University as a halfback and fullback, and was selected as an All-American in 1898 and 1899. McBrid ...

, Yale (WC-2; NYS-2; LES-2) * Powell Wheeler, Princeton (WC-3; LES-1) * Edward G. Bray, Lafayette (OUT-2)

References

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