The 1913 College Football All-America team is composed of

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players who were selected as All-Americans for the 1913 college football season. The only two selectors who have been recognized as "official" selectors by the

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(NCAA) for the 1913 season are

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and the

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(INS). Camp's All-America Team was published in ''

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''. The INS was founded in 1909 by

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, and its sports editor

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selected the INS All-America team. Other sports writers, newspapers, coaches selecting All-America teams in 1913 included ''

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'',

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, and Parke H. Davis.

Consensus All-Americans

In its official record book, the NCAA designates players who were selected by ''either'' Camp or INS as "consensus" All-Americans. Using this criteria, the NCAA recognizes 15 as "consensus" All-Americans for the 1913 season. The consensus players are identified in bold on the main list below ("All-Americans of 1913"). Camp and INS unanimously selected the following seven players as All-Americans: *

Charles Brickley Charles Edward Brickley (November 24, 1891 – December 28, 1949) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the Johns Hopkins University in 1915, at Boston College from 1916 to 1917, and at Fordham Univer ...

, fullback for Harvard. Brickley later became a player and coach in the early years of professional football. He was the coach of the

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in the first year of play in the

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. In 1928, he was convicted on four counts of larceny and bucketing orders from customers of his stock brokerage firm. * John "Babe" Brown, guard for Navy. Brown was inducted into the

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in 1951 as part of the first group of inductees. During

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, Admiral John Brown oversaw submarine operations in the South Pacific. He later served as athletics director at the

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. * James Craig, halfback for Michigan. Craig was also one of the best hurdlers in the country, breaking the world indoor record in the high hurdles in 1911 and winning the intercollegiate championship in the low hurdles in 1912. His older brother,

Ralph Craig Ralph Cook Craig (June 21, 1889 – July 21, 1972) was an American track and field athlete. He was the winner of the sprint double at the 1912 Summer Olympics.100 and 200-meter events at the 1912 Olympics. *

Paul Des Jardien Paul Raymond "Shorty" Des Jardien (August 24, 1893 – March 7, 1956) was an American football, baseball and basketball player. He played for the University of Chicago where he was selected as the first-team All-American center in both 1913 a ...

, center for Chicago. At six feet, five inches in height, but weighing only 190 pounds, Des Jardien was nicknamed "Shorty." He led the 1913

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team to an undefeated 7–0 record and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955. Des Jardien was a multi-sport star who also briefly played professional baseball as a pitcher for the

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in 1916. * Robert Hogsett, end for Dartmouth. Hogsett was the captain of the 1913

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team that compiled a 7–1–0 record and outscored opponents 218 to 79, including victories over Princeton and Penn. *

Eddie Mahan Edward William Mahan (January 19, 1892 – July 22, 1975) was an American football player. While playing halfback for Harvard, Mahan was selected as a first-team All-American three consecutive years from 1913 to 1915. He was widely regarded as ...

, halfback for Harvard. Mahan was selected as a first-team All-American three consecutive years from 1913 to 1915. He was widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the first 50 years of the sport and was named by

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as the greatest football player of all time. In 1951, Mahan was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as part of the first group of inductees. * Louis A. Merrilat, end for Army. Merrilat was a first-team All-American in both 1913 and 1914. He was severely wounded by airplane machine gun fire during

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, but went on to play in the NFL as a 33-year-old rookie in 1925. He later became a soldier of fortune, training Iran's Persian Guard, working with the Chinese Army in the 1930s, and serving in the

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All-Americans of 1913

Ends

* Robert Hogsett, Dartmouth (WC–1; INS-1; MFP-2; SBH-1; TET-1) * Louis A. Merrilat, Army (WC–1; INS-1; PHD-1; SBH-1; TET-1) * W. H. Fritz, Cornell (WC–2; FY-1) *

Huntington Hardwick Huntington Reed "Tack" Hardwick (October 15, 1892 – June 26, 1949) was an American football player. He played at the halfback and end positions for Harvard University and was selected as a unanimous first-team All-American in 1914. He was e ...

, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC–2) *

Lorin Solon Lorin Solon (March 1, 1892 – March 1967) was an All-American football player who played at the end and fullback positions for the University of Minnesota. Solon was the Gophers' "surest ground gainer, its best goal kicker, a great defense play ...

, Minnesota (WC–3; INS-2; MFP-1; FY-1) *

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, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC–3; HW-2; MFP-2) * Huntington, Chicago (INS-2) * Benjamin F. Avery, Yale (MFP-1; TT-1) * Hube Wagner, Pitt (PHD-1; TT-2) * Francis Joseph O'Brien, Harvard (TT-1) * K. P. Gilchrist, Navy (TT-2)

Tackles

Miller Pontius Miller Hall Pontius (April 17, 1891 – November 5, 1960) was an American football player and investment banker Investment banking pertains to certain activities of a financial services company or a corporate division that consist in advisory- ...

, Michigan (INS-1; MFP-2; FY-1; PHD-1; TT-1) *

Harold Ballin Harold Roy Ballin (October 16, 1893 – December 25, 1979) was an American football player and coach. He played at the tackle position for Princeton University from 1912 to 1914 and was a consensus first-team All-American in both 1913 and 1914. ...

, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC–1; INS-2; FY-1; PHD-1; TT-1; SBH-1; TET-1) *

Bud Talbott Nelson Strobridge "Bud" Talbott (June 10, 1892 – July 6, 1952) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach of the Dayton Triangles of the "Ohio League" and later a charter member of the National Football League (NFL) ...

, Yale (WC–1; MFP-2; TET-1) * Harvey Hitchcock, Harvard (INS-1) *

Bob Butler Bob "Butts" Butler (April 4, 1891 – December 17, 1959) was an American football player who played at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In 1915, Butler was recruited by Jack Cusack, manager of the Canton Bulldogs, to bolster his roster ag ...

, Wisconsin (WC–2; HW-1; MFP-1; SBH-1; TT-2) *

Alex Weyand Alexander Mathias "Babe" Weyand (January 10, 1892 – May 10, 1982) was an American football player, Olympic Games, Olympian, United States Army, Army Officer (armed forces), officer and sports historian. He was elected to the College Football H ...

, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC–2) *

Vic Halligan Victor H. Halligan (November 22, 1892 – March 10, 1973) was an American football player. He played for the University of Nebraska from 1912 to 1914 and was the first All-American football player to be selected from the Nebraska Cornhuskers f ...

, Nebraska (WC–3) *

Robert Treat Paine Storer Robert Treat Paine Storer (April 17, 1893 – February 5, 1962) was an American football player for Harvard University. In 1912, he scored Harvard's first touchdown against Yale since 1901 and was selected as a first-team All-American at the t ...

, Harvard (WC–3; INS-2; MFP-1; TT-2)

Guards

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, Navy (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; INS-1; MFP-1; PHD-1; TT-1; SBH-1; TET-1) *

Stan Pennock Stanley Bagg "Bags" Pennock (June 15, 1892 – November 27, 1916) was an American football player. He was selected as a first-team All-American at the guard position three consecutive years while leading Harvard University to three undefeated sea ...

, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC–1; MFP-2; FY-1; TT-1; TET-1) Stanley_

* Ray Keeler, Wisconsin (INS-1; MFP-2) *

Elmer Busch Elmer Eugene "Pete" Busch (June 1, 1889 – January 14, 1949) was a professional football player with the Oorang Indians of the National Football League in 1922. He was a Native American member of the Pomo tribe. He played his college footbal ...

, Carlisle (WC–2) *

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, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC–2; INS-2) * Howard Parker Talman, Rutgers (WC–3; PHD-1) *

, Army (College Football Hall of Fame)(WC–3; INS-2) * John S. Pendleton, Yale (MFP-1) * Jimmie Munns, Cornell (WC-3 ackle FY–1; TT-2; SBH-1) * Albert Journeay, Penn (TT-2)

Centers

, Chicago (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC–1; HW-1; INS-1; TT-2) * William Marting, Yale (WC–2; MFP-2; PHD-1) * George C. Paterson, Michigan (WC–3; MFP-1) * Pete Garlow, Carlisle (INS-2; SBH-1) * Walter Simpson, Penn (FY–1) *

, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) (TT-1; TET-1)

Quarterbacks

* Ellery Huntington, Jr., Colgate (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC–1; PHD-1) *

Gus Dorais Charles Emile "Gus" Dorais (July 2, 1891 – January 3, 1954) was an American football player, coach, and athletic administrator. Dorais played college football at the University of Notre Dame, where he was an All-American in 1913 at quarterback ...

, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (HW-2; INS-1; MFP-1; TT-1; SBH-1; TET-1) *

Tommy Hughitt Tommy Hughitt (born Ernest Fredrick Hughitt; December 27, 1892 – December 27, 1961) was a Canadian-American National Football League utility player, coach, referee and politician. He was also an All-American quarterback for the University ...

, Michigan (MFP-2; FY-1) * Alexander D. Wilson, Yale (WC–2; TT-2) * Shorty Miller, Penn State (WC–3) * Paul Russell, Chicago (HW-1; INS-2) *

Vernon Prichard Major General Vernon Edwin "Prich" Prichard (January 25, 1892 − July 10, 1949) was an American football quarterback and United States Army officer. He played college football with Army and was selected as a first-team All-American in 1914. He b ...

, Army (HW-2)

Halfbacks

* James B. Craig, Michigan (WC–1; HW-1; INS-1; MFP-1; FY-1; TT-1; SBH-1; TET-1) *

, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1 b INS–1; MFP-1; TT-2; SBH-1 b TET-1) *

Johnny Spiegel John E. Spiegel was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Spiegel played at the halfback position for Washington & Jefferson College from 1913 to 1914. ...

, Washington & Jefferson (WC–2) *

Joe Guyon Joseph Napoleon "Big Chief" Guyon (Anishinaabe: ''O-Gee-Chidah'', translated as "Big Brave"; November 26, 1892 – November 27, 1971) was an American Indian from the Ojibwa tribe (Chippewa) who was an American football and baseball player and co ...

, Carlisle (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC–2; INS-2; PHD-1; TT-1) *

Hobey Baker Hobart Amory Hare "Hobey" Baker (January 15, 1892 – December 21, 1918) was an American amateur athlete of the early twentieth century. Considered the first American star in ice hockey by the Hockey Hall of Fame, he was also an accomplished Ame ...

, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC–3; MFP-2) *

Nelson Norgren Nelson H. Norgren (September 10, 1891 – December 31, 1974) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. As a coach, he led the University of Utah to a national AAU basketball championship in 1916. He later served as t ...

, Chicago (WC–3; INS-2; MFP-2; FY-1) *

Bob McWhorter Robert Ligon McWhorter (June 4, 1891 – June 29, 1960) played football and baseball at the University of Georgia. Early years McWhorter attended Gordon Military College in Barnesville, Georgia. He played football and baseball there under coac ...

, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (PHD-1) *

Elmer Oliphant Elmer Quillen "Catchy" or "Ollie" Oliphant (July 9, 1892 – July 3, 1975) was an American football, basketball and track player and coach. He is one of the great scorers in college football history, credited with a total of 435 points in his coll ...

, Purdue (College Football Hall of Fame) (TT-2)

Fullbacks

, Harvard (WC-1 b INS–1; MFP-1; FY-1; PHD-1; TT-1; SBH-1 b TET-1) *

Ray Eichenlaub Raymond James "Ray" "Iron Eich" Eichenlaub (July 15, 1892 – November 9, 1949) was an American college football player who was a fullback for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team of the University of Notre Dame. He received All-American ...

, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC–2; INS-2; MFP-2; TT-2) *

Lawrence Whitney Lawrence "Larry" Atwood Whitney (February 2, 1891 – April 24, 1941) was an American athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Career Whitney graduated from Worcester Academy in 1911, where he lettered in baseball and basketball ...

, Dartmouth (WC–3) *

George E. Julian George Edward "Carp" Julian (February 6, 1893 – May 9, 1977) was an American football player. He played at the Fullback (American football), fullback position at Michigan Agricultural College (MAC), now known as Michigan State University, from ...

, Michigan State (MFP–2)

Key

NCAA recognized selectors for 1913 * WC = ''

'' as selected by

* INS =

, sporting editor of the

International News Service The International News Service (INS) was a U.S.-based news agency (newswire) founded by newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst in 1909.

Other selectors * HW = ''

'', as selected by football critic Herman Reed * MFP = Milwaukee Free Press * FY =

, head coach at the University of Michigan * PHD = Parke H. Davis, Princeton's representative on the football rules committee, in the ''

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'' * TT =

Tom Thorp Tom or TOM may refer to: * 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 ...

, former captain of Columbia football team and head football coach at Fordham University * SBH = S. B. Hunt in the ''Newark Sunday Call'' * TET = '' Trenton Evening-Times'', selected by a "well known gridiron critic whose name is withheld by special request" Bold = Consensus All-American * 1 – First-team selection * 2 – Second-team selection * 3 – Third-team selection

References

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