The 1904 College Football All-America team is composed of various organizations that chose
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 ...
s that season. The organizations that chose the teams included ''
Collier's Weekly
''Collier's'' was an American general interest magazine founded in 1888 by Peter Fenelon Collier. It was launched as ''Collier's Once a Week'', then renamed in 1895 as ''Collier's Weekly: An Illustrated Journal'', shortened in 1905 to ''Colli ...
'' selected by
Walter Camp
Walter Chauncey Camp (April 7, 1859 – March 14, 1925) was an American football player, coach, and sports writer known as the "Father of American Football". Among a long list of inventions, he created the sport's line of scrimmage and the system ...
.
All-Americans of 1904
Ends
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Tom Shevlin
Thomas Leonard Shevlin (March 1, 1883 – December 29, 1915) was an American college football player and coach at Yale University and a businessman. He was a consensus All-American for three of his four years, selected a first-team All-American ...
, Yale (
College Football Hall of Fame
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)
(WC-1; CW-1; NYS-1; NYT; NYH; PR; NYET; PNA; PI)
*
Frederick A. Speik, Chicago
(CW-1)
*
Ralph Glaze
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, Dartmouth
(WC-3; CW-2; NYH; NYET)
*
Garfield Weede, Penn
(WC-2; NYS-1; PNA-1)
* Chester T. Neal, Yale
(NYS-2; NYT; PI)
* Thomas W. Hammond, Army
(NYS-2; PR)
*
Alexander Garfield Gillespie, Army
(WC-2)
*
Claude Rothgeb
Claude James Rothgeb (January 1, 1880 – July 5, 1944) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the Agricultural College of Colorado, now Colorado State University, from 1906 to ...
, Illinois
(WC-3; FL)
* Russ, Brown
(CW-2)
* James Bush, Wisconsin
(FL)
Tackles
*
James Hogan, Yale
(WC-1; CW-1; NYS-1; NYH; PR; NYET; PNA-1; PI; FL)
*
James Cooney, Princeton
(WC-1; CW-1; NYS-1; NYT; NYH; PR; NYET; PI)
*
Joe Curtis
John Spencer "Big Joe" Curtis (November 14, 1882 – January 29, 1972) was an American football player and coach. While playing for the University of Michigan, he was selected as a first-team All-Western tackle three consecutive years from 1904 t ...
, Michigan
(WC-2; FL)
* James R. Bloomer, Yale
(CW-2; NYS-2; NYT; PNA-1; FL ub
*
Tom Thorp
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* Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name)
Characters
* Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head''
* Tom Beck, a character ...
, Columbia
(WC-2; CW-2; NYS-2)
* Thomas Alexander Butkiewicz, Penn
(WC-3)
* Thomas B. Doe, Army
(WC-3)
Guards
*
Frank Piekarski, Penn
(WC-1; CW-1; NYS-1; NYT; NYH; PR; NYET; PNA-1; PI)
*
Joseph Gilman, Dartmouth
(WC-2; CW-1)
*
Ralph Kinney
Ralph Parsons Kinney Sr. (September 30, 1881 – July 1, 1956) was an American football player. He played college football for the Yale Bulldogs football team from 1902 to 1904 and was selected as a consensus All-American at the tackle position ...
, Yale
(WC-1; CW-2 NYS-2; NYT; PNA-1)
*
Roswell Tripp
Roswell Tripp (January 1884 – December 1962) was an American football player.
Tripp attended The Hill School at Pottstown, Pennsylvania, where he drew his attention for his talent as a football player. Tripp enrolled at the University of ...
, Yale
(WC-2; CW-2 NYS-1; NYH; NYET; PI)
* Short, Princeton
(WC-3; NYS-2; PR)
* Walton W. Thorp, Minnesota
(WC-3; FL)
*
Charles A. Fairweather, Illinois
(FL)
Centers
*
Arthur Tipton, Army
(WC-1; CW-1; NYS-1; NYH; PR)
* Clint Roraback, Yale
(WC-2; NYS-2; NYT; NYET; PNA-1; PI)
* Robert Grant Torrey, Penn
(WC-3; CW-2)
* John M. Haselwood, Illinois
(FL)
Quarterbacks
*
Vince Stevenson, Penn
(WC-1; NYS-2; NYT; PR; PNA-1; PI)
*
Foster Rockwell
Foster Haven Rockwell (August 15, 1880 – January 26, 1942) was an All-American football player and hotelier. A native of Vermont, Rockwell played football at Yale University and was selected as the quarterback on the 1902 College Football All-A ...
, Yale
(WC-2; CW-1; NYS-1; NYH; NYET)
*
Sigmund Harris
Sigmund "Sig" Harris (July 2, 1883 – November 8, 1964) was an American college football player. He was University of Minnesota's All-American quarterback in 1902–04, for powerful teams under Dr. Henry L. Williams. He was also a plucky, b ...
, Minnesota
(WC-3)
* Dillwyn Parrish Starr, Harvard
(CW-2)
Halfbacks
*
Daniel Hurley, Harvard
(WC-1; CW-1; NYS-1; NYT; PR; PNA-1; PI)
*
Willie Heston
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, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame)
(WC-1; NYET; FL)
* Lydig Hoyt, Yale
(WC-3; CW-2 b NYS-1; NYH; PR)
*
Jack Owsley, Yale
(NYS-2)
* Marshall Reynolds, Penn
(WC-2; NYS-2; NYT; PNA-1)
*
W. E. Metzenthin, Columbia
(NYH)
*
Jack Hubbard, Amherst (College Football Hall of Fame)
(WC-2; CW-2)
* James Vaughn, Dartmouth
(WC-3)
* W. C. Leavenworth, Yale
(PI)
* Frederick A. Prince, Army
(CW-2)
* Walter L. Foulke, Princeton
(FL ub
Fullbacks
*
Walter Eckersall
Walter Herbert "Eckie" Eckersall (June 17, 1883 – March 24, 1930) was an American college football player, official, and sportswriter for the ''Chicago Tribune''.
He played for the Maroons of the University of Chicago, and was elected to the ...
, Chicago (College Football Hall of Fame)
(WC-1 CW-1; FL b
*
Andy Smith, Penn
(WC-1; NYS-1; NYH; NYET; PNA-1; PI; FL b
*
Henry Torney, Army
(CW-1 b NYT; NYET)
*
Philip O. Mills, Harvard
(WC-2; NYS-2; PR)
*
John R. Bender, Nebraska
(WC-3)
*
Mark Catlin Sr., Chicago
(FL)
Key
NCAA recognized selectors for 1904
* WC = ''
Collier's Weekly
''Collier's'' was an American general interest magazine founded in 1888 by Peter Fenelon Collier. It was launched as ''Collier's Once a Week'', then renamed in 1895 as ''Collier's Weekly: An Illustrated Journal'', shortened in 1905 to ''Colli ...
'' as selected by
Walter Camp
Walter Chauncey Camp (April 7, 1859 – March 14, 1925) was an American football player, coach, and sports writer known as the "Father of American Football". Among a long list of inventions, he created the sport's line of scrimmage and the system ...
* CW =
Caspar Whitney
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for ''Outing'' magazine
Other selectors
* NYS = ''
New York Sun
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''
* NYT = ''
New York Tribune
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''
[
* NYH = '']New York Herald
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His ...
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* PR = ''New York Press''][
* NYET = ''New York Evening Telegram'']
* PNA = ''Philadelphia North American''
* PI = ''Philadelphia Inquirer''[
* FL = Fred Lowenthal, coach of the University of Illinois]
Bold = Consensus All-American
* 1 – First-team selection
* 2 – Second-team selection
* 3 – Third-team selection
See also
* 1904 All-Southern college football team
* 1904 All-Western college football team
References
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All-America Team
The All-America designation is an annual honor bestowed upon an amateur sports person from the United States who is considered to be one of the best amateurs in their sport. Individuals receiving this distinction are typically added to an All-Am ...
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