The 1918 College Football All-America team consists of

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players selected to the

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s selected by various organizations for the 1918 college football season.

All-Americans of 1918

Ends

Paul Robeson Paul Leroy Robeson ( ; April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American bass-baritone concert artist, stage and film actor, professional American football, football player, and activist who became famous both for his cultural accomplish ...

, Rutgers (WC-1; MS; TM-1) *

Bill Fincher William Enoch Fincher (November 12, 1896 – July 17, 1978) was an American college football player and coach. He played the end and tackle positions for the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team of the Georgia Institute of Technology. ...

, Georgia Tech (MS; TM-1, WC-2) * Robert Hopper, Penn (WC-1; MS; TM-2) * William E. Harrington, Pittsburgh (TM-2) * Josh Weeks, Brown (WC-2) * Joseph Schwarzer, Syracuse (WC-3) * John Tressel, Washington & Jefferson (WC-3)

Tackles

Pete Henry Wilbur Francis "Pete" Henry (October 31, 1897 – February 7, 1952) was an American football player, coach, and athletic administrator. He was a charter inductee into both the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951 and the Pro Football Hall of Fam ...

, Washington & Jefferson (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2; MS; TM-1) *

Leonard Hilty Leonard Franklin Hilty (September 5, 1896 – January 9, 1978) was an American football player. He played college football for the University of Pittsburgh and was a consensus selection at the tackle position on the 1918 College Football All-Am ...

, Pittsburgh (WC-1; TM-2) * Lou Usher, Syracuse (WC-1; TM-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 ...

, Georgia Tech (MS) * Pard Larkin, Swarthmore (TM-1) *

John Ripple John Hollis "Gus" Ripple (October 25, 1897 – July 27, 1965) was a college football player. North Carolina A&M Ripple was a prominent tackle for the NC State Wolfpack of North Carolina A&M. One writer ranks Ripple as the fifth greatest pl ...

, North Carolina A&M (WC-2) *

Angus Goetz Angus Gerald "Gus" Goetz (July 6, 1897 – July 24, 1977) was an American football player who played four years with the Michigan Wolverines from 1917 to 1920. He also played professional football for the Buffalo All-Americans (1922) and the ...

, Michigan (WC-3) * James Neylon, Penn (WC-3)

Guards

Doc Alexander Joseph A. "Doc" Alexander (April 1, 1897 – September 12, 1975) was an American football player, who played center, tackle, guard, and end, and coach in the National Football League. Alexander was born in Silver Creek, New York, the son of Ru ...

, Syracuse (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; TM-1) * Lyman Perry, Navy (WC-1; MS; TM-1) *

Jake Stahl Garland "Jake" Stahl (April 13, 1879 – September 18, 1922) was an American first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball with the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, and New York Highlanders. Biography A graduate of the University of ...

, Pittsburgh (WC-2; TM-2) * Alfred Neuschaefer, Rutgers (TM-2) *

Tommy Scaffe Thomas Clarkson Scaffe (April 19, 1896 – September 26, 1970) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland from 1925 to 1926 and Wofford College in Spartanbu ...

, Navy (WC-2) *

Fred Huggins Frederick Anthony Huggins (March 6, 1899 – July 15, 1976) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island from 1921 to 1924, compiling a record of 15–15–2. Hug ...

, Brown (WC-3) *

Walter A. Gordon Walter Arthur Gordon (October 10, 1894 – April 2, 1976) was the first African American to receive a JD from University of California, Berkeley School of Law. He had an extremely long and varied career where he served as a police officer, lawye ...

, California (WC-3)

Centers

Bum Day Ashel Monroe Day (August 3, 1898 – January 30, 1988), nicknamed Bum Day, was an American college football player who was a center for both the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Georgia Bulldogs of the ...

, Georgia Tech (WC-1) * Jack Depler, Illinois (WC-2; MS) *

Thomas Sterck Thomas Richard Sterck (June 20, 1900 – September 1970) was an American football player. Sterck was born in 1900 and attended Peabody High School in Pittsburgh. He was a star athlete at Peabody, participating in football and track. He set the ...

, Washington & Jefferson (TM-1) * Sam Arthur, Navy (TM-2) * Tim Callahan, Princeton (WC-3)

Quarterbacks

Frank Murrey Frank Murrey was an American football player and track athlete. He played quarterback for Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College o ...

, Princeton (WC-1; MS) * Willard Ackley, Syracuse (WC-3; TM-1) *

Bill Ingram William Austin Ingram (June 14, 1898 – June 2, 1943) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at The College of William & Mary (1922), Indiana University (1923–1925), the United States Naval Academy (1 ...

, Navy (TM-2) * Robb, California (WC-2)

Halfbacks

* Tom Davies, Pittsburgh (WC-1; MS; TM-1) * Wolcott Roberts, Navy (WC-1; MS) *

Katy Easterday Roy Alexander "Katy" Easterday (June 29, 1894 – May 26, 1976) was an American football and basketball player, track and field athlete, coach, college athletics administrator, and dentist. He played at the halfback position for the Pittsburgh Pan ...

, Pittsburgh (TM-1) *

Buck Flowers Allen Ralph "Buck" Flowers, Jr. (March 26, 1899 – April 8, 1983) was an American college football player who was a halfback for the Davidson Wildcats football team of Davidson College in 1917 and for the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado footbal ...

, Georgia Tech (WC-2 b TM-2) *

Skip Gougler Roscoe A. "Skip" Gougler (August 11, 1894 – July 16, 1962) was an American football player and coach, dentist, and professor of dentistry. He played at the halfback and quarterback positions for the Pittsburgh Panthers football teams from 1914 t ...

, Pittsburgh (TM-2) *

Frankie Frisch Frank Francis Frisch (September 9, 1898—March 12, 1973), nicknamed "The Fordham Flash" or "The Old Flash", was an American Major League Baseball player and manager of the first half of the twentieth century. Frisch was a switch-hitting seco ...

, Fordham (WC-2) *

Gus Eckberg Gustav Anthony Ekberg (August 25, 1898 – September 23, 1952), sometimes spelled Gus Eckberg, was a professional American football fullback in the National Football League (NFL). He played in one game for the Cleveland Bulldogs The Clevelan ...

, Minnesota (WC-3) * Frank Kelley, Rutgers (WC-3)

Fullbacks

Frank Steketee Frank Wallder Steketee (April 26, 1900 – December 26, 1951) was an American football player. A native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Steketee played college football as a fullback and halfback for Fielding H. Yost's 1918, 1920, and 1921 Michigan ...

, Michigan (WC-1; TM-2) * George McLaren, Pittsburgh (WC-2 b MS; TM-1) * William Butler, Navy (WC-3)

Key

NCAA recognized selectors for 1918 * WC = Walter Camp * MS = Frank Menke Syndicate, by

Frank G. Menke Frank Grant Menke (October 10, 1885 – May 13, 1954) was an American newspaper reporter, author, and sports historian. He wrote for the Hearst Newspapers from 1912 to 1932 and his articles appeared daily in 300 newspapers across the country. He ...

Other selectors * TM = Robert "Tiny" Maxwell, of the ''Philadelphia Public Ledger'' Bold = Consensus All-American * 1 – First-team selection * 2 – Second-team selection * 3 – Third-team selection

References

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