The 1920 College Football All-America team is composed of

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players who were selected as

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ns by various organizations and writers that chose

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s in 1920. The four selectors recognized by the

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as "official" for the 1920 season are (1)

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 ...

(WC), whose selections were published in ''

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''; (2) ''

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'' magazine; (4) the

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, a news service operated by the Hearst newspapers; and (3) the Frank Menke syndicate (FM). Additional notable selectors who chose All-American teams in 1920 included

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 ...

(WE) of the ''

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'', the

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(UP), and ''

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'' (NYT).

Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1920, the NCAA recognizes four All-America selectors as "official" for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which official and other first-team designations they received.

All-Americans of 1920

Ends

Chuck Carney Charles Roslyn Carney (August 25, 1900 – September 5, 1984) was an American football and basketball player. Carney was born in Chicago in 1900. He enrolled at the University of Illinois where he excelled in both football and basketball. H ...

, Illinois (College Football Hall of Fame) (INS-2; WC-1; UP-1; WE-1; NEA-1; LP-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 (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1, LP-1 s T *

Luke Urban Louis John "Luke" Urban (March 22, 1898 – December 7, 1980) was an American multi-sport athlete and coach. He played four seasons of professional American football in the National Football League and two years of Major League Baseball with the ...

, Boston College (FM; FW; WC-2; LP-1; NYT) * Armant Legendre, Princeton (FW; INS-1; WC-2; UP-3; WE-1; LP-2) * Eddie Anderson, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (UP-1; NEA-2) *Frank Weston, Wisconsin (FM; INS-3; UP-2; WE-2; NEA-2; LP-2) *

Harold Muller Harold Powers "Brick" Muller (June 12, 1901 – May 17, 1962) was a professional football player-coach for the Los Angeles Buccaneers during their only season in the National Football League in 1926. He was also an American track and fi ...

, California (WC-3; NEA-1) *

Roger Kiley Roger Joseph Kiley (October 23, 1900 – September 6, 1974) was an American football player and later a United States federal judge, United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Education and career B ...

, Notre Dame (INS-1) *

Bird Carroll Elmer Ellsworth "Bird" Carroll was a professional football player during the early years of the National Football League (NFL) with the Canton Bulldogs. He attended Washington & Jefferson College. Caroll won NFL championships with the Canton B ...

, Washington & Jefferson (NYT) * Lester Belding, Iowa (WE-2; INS-2) * Eddie Ewen, Navy (WC-3) * Clarence Swanson, Nebraska (College Football Hall of Fame) (INS-3) * Cyril E. Myers, Ohio State (UP-3)

Tackles

* Stan Keck, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) (FM; FW; WC-1; UP-1; WE-1; NEA-1; LP-1; INS-1; NYT) * Ralph Scott, Wisconsin (WC-1; NEA-2) * Bertrand Gulick, Syracuse (INS-1; UP-1; NYT) * Robert Minturn Sedgwick, Harvard (FW; INS-2) *

Tillie Voss Walter Clarence "Tillie" Voss (March 28, 1897 – December 14, 1975) was an American football tackle who played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). During his time with the Green Bay Packers, Voss, along with Frank Hanny Frank ...

, Detroit (WC-3; WE-1) *

Gus Sonnenberg Gustave Adolph Sonnenberg (March 6, 1898 – September 9, 1944) was an American football player and professional wrestler of German descent and World Heavyweight Champion. As a wrestler, he was National Wrestling Association world heavyweight ch ...

, Dartmouth (WE-2; UP-3; NEA-1; LP-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-2) *

Dan McMillan Dan McMillan (June 29, 1898 – October 22, 1975) was an American football player. McMillan was a prominent tackle for the USC Trojans football teams of the University of Southern California for two seasons until his sporting career was interrupt ...

, Cal (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2) *

Frank Coughlin Francis Edward Coughlin (February 28, 1896 – September 8, 1951) was an American football player and coach. Biography War and college football During World War I, Coughlin served in the United States Navy aboard a minesweeper. After the war, ...

, Notre Dame (WE-2; INS-2) * Thomas V. Dickens, Yale (WC-3; UP-2; INS-3) * Roy Smoot, Oklahoma (NEA-2) *

Tad Wieman Elton Ewart "Tad" Wieman (October 4, 1896 – December 26, 1971) was an American football collegiate player, coach and athletic director. He played football for the University of Michigan from 1915 to 1917 and 1920 under head coach Fielding H. Yo ...

, Michigan (LP-2) * Clyde W. King, Navy (UP-3; INS-3) *

Russ Stein Russell Frederick Stein (April 21, 1896 – May 28, 1970) was an American football player. He was born in Warren, Ohio. After high school, Stein attended Washington & Jefferson College. While in College he was the captain of Washington & Jeffer ...

, Washington & Jefferson (UP-2)

Guards

* Tim Callahan, Yale (INS-1; WC-1; UP-1) * Tom Woods, Harvard (FW; INS-2; WC-1; UP-2; NEA-2; NYT) *

Iolas Huffman Iolas Melitus Huffman (February 4, 1898 – November 12, 1989) was an American football and baseball player. He was a first-team All-American football player for Ohio State in 1920 and 1921. He was also the captain of the 1920 Buckeyes foot ...

, Ohio State (FM; LP-1) * Percy W. Griffiths, Penn State (FW; INS-1; UP-1; NEA-1; WE-2) *James Randolph Tolbert, Harvard (FM; NEA-1; WE-1) * Charles McGuire, Chicago (FM; INS-3) * John Acosta, Yale (NEA-2; UP-2; WE-1) * Harold Hess, Penn State (NYT) * Edward E. Wilkie, Navy (WC-2; UP-3) * Fritz Breidster, Army (WC-3; WE-2) * Dean Trott, Ohio State (WC-3) *

Dummy Lebey Christian David "Dummy" Lebey (July 16, 1896 – December 27, 1959) was a college football player. Georgia Tech Lebey was a prominent guard for John Heisman and William Alexander's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of T ...

, Georgia Tech (LP-2) * George Hartong, Chicago (LP-2) *

John L. Taylor John Lampkin Taylor (March 7, 1805 – September 6, 1870) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio for four terms from 1847 to 1855. Biography Born in Stafford County, near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Taylo ...

, Ohio State (INS-2) * Albert W. T. Mohr, Illinois (INS-3)

Centers

Herb Stein Herbert Alfred Stein (March 27, 1898 – October 25, 1980) was an American football player. He later made his professional debut in the National Football League in 1922 with the Buffalo All-Americans. He played for Buffalo, Toledo Maroons, ...

, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (FM; WC-1; WE-2) *

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 (FW; INS-1; WC-2 UP-1; NEA-2; NYT) *

Polly Wallace Leigh Allen "Polly" Wallace (February 10, 1898 – February 9, 1971) was an American football player, wrestler and wrestling coach. Wallace graduated from Oklahoma City High School in 1916, where he played football and basketball. He then played ...

, Ames (WE-1) * Jack Depler, Illinois (NEA-1) *

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, Dartmouth (WC-2; UP-2; INS-2) *Charles Frederick Havemeyer, Harvard (WC-3) * George Bunge, Wisconsin (LP-1; UP-3 * Andy Nemecek, Ohio State (LP-2) *William Day, Nebraska (INS-3) * Jack Heaphy, Boston College (UP-3)

Quarterbacks

Donold Lourie Donold B. Lourie (August 22, 1899 – January 15, 1990) was an American businessman, government official, and college football player. He served for many years as the president of the Quaker Oats Company, and held various other executive positions ...

, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) (INS-1; WC-1; UP-1; NEA-2; LP-1; NYT) *

Bo McMillin Alvin Nugent "Bo" McMillin (January 12, 1895 – March 31, 1952) was an American football player and coach at the collegiate and professional level. He played college football at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, where he was a three-tim ...

, Centre (College Football Hall of Fame) (FW; INS-3; WC-2; UP-2; WE-1; NEA-1; LP-2 b * Benny Boynton, Williams (INS-2; FM; WC-3; WE-2; INS-2) *

Hoge Workman Harry Hallworth "Hoge" Workman (September 25, 1899 – May 20, 1972) was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball and a player-coach in the National Football League. Listed at 5' 11", 170 lb., Workman batted and threw right-handed. A nativ ...

, Ohio State (LP-2) *

Aubrey Devine Aubrey Alvin "Aub" Devine (November 21, 1897 – December 15, 1981) was an American football and basketball player, coach, and lawyer. He was the quarterback for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes football team from 1919 to 1921. He was selected as ...

, Iowa (UP-3)

Halfbacks

Gaylord Stinchcomb Gaylord Roscoe "Pete" Stinchcomb (June 24, 1895 – August 24, 1973) was an American football player. He played quarterback and halfback at Ohio State University where he was selected as an All-American in 1920. He later played professional f ...

, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (INS-2; FM; WC-1; WE-1; NEA-2; LP-1) * Charley Way, Penn State (WC-1; UP-1; INS-1) * Tom Davies, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (FM; FW; INS-2; WC-2; UP-1; WE-2; NYT) * Phil White, Oklahoma (NEA-1) * Hinkey Haines, Penn State (WC-3; WE-2; NEA-2) *

Jimmy Leech Jimmy Leech (April 13, 1897 – August 16, 1951) was an American college football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1956. Leech starred on the undefeated 1920 VMI Keydets football team, leading the nation in scorin ...

, Virginia Military Institute (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; UP-3) * George Owen, Harvard (INS-3) George_Gipp

Fullbacks

George Gipp George Gipp (February 18, 1895 – December 14, 1920), nicknamed "The Gipper", was a college football player at the University of Notre Dame under head coach Knute Rockne. Gipp was selected as Notre Dame's first Walter Camp All-American, and ...

, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (FM; FW; INS-1 b WC-1; LP-1 b NEA-1 b UP-1; WE-1 b * Arnold Horween, Harvard (INS-1; WC-3; LP-2; NEA-1; WE-1) * Walter French, Army (FW; INS-3; WC-2; UP-2; LP-2 b * Hank Garrity, Princeton (WC-2 b UP-2; LP-1; NYT b * Jim Robertson, Dartmouth (UP-2 NYT) *

Jack Crangle Walter Francis "Jack" Crangle (June 8, 1899 – August 31, 1944) was an American football fullback. He played college football for the University of Illinois and was selected as an All-American in 1920 and 1921. He was a member of Illinois' Big ...

, Illinois (UP-2; WE-2; NEA-2; INS-2) *

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 (UP-3 b INS-3) * Fred Strauss, Penn (UP-3)

Key

NCAA recognized selectors for 1920 * WC = Walter Camp * FW = ''

'' magazine * INS =

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, selected by Jake Velock * FM = Frank Menke Syndicate,

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 ...

(sporting editor King Features Syndicate)''ESPN College Football Encyclopedia'', p. 1154 Other selectors * UP = Henry L. Farrell, United Press Staff Correspondent * WE = Walter Eckersall, of the ''Chicago Tribune'' * NEA = Newspaper Association of America, by Dean Snyder * LP = Lawrence Perry, "acknowledged authority on college sports," for the Consolidated Press * NYT = ''The New York Times''1921 Official NCAA Football Guide Bold = Consensus All-American * 1 – First-team selection * 2 – Second-team selection * 3 – Third-team selection

References

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