The 1923 All-Pro Team consists of

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

players chosen by various selectors as the best players at their positions for the All-Pro team of the

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...

(NFL) for the

1923 NFL season The 1923 NFL season was the fourth regular season of the National Football League. For the first time, all of the clubs that were considered to be part of the NFL fielded teams. The new teams that entered the league were the Duluth Kelleys, the ...

. Tackle

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 ...

of the

Canton Bulldogs The Canton Bulldogs were a professional American football team, based in Canton, Ohio. They played in the Ohio League from 1903 to 1906 and 1911 to 1919, and the American Professional Football Association (later renamed the National Football Leag ...

and quarterback Paddy Driscoll of the

Chicago Cardinals The professional American football team now known as the Arizona Cardinals previously played in Chicago, Illinois, as the Chicago Cardinals from 1898 to 1959 before relocating to St. Louis, Missouri, for the 1960 through 1987 seasons. Roots ca ...

were the only two players unanimously selected as first-team All-Pros by all known selectors. Two African-American players won All-Pro honors: ends Inky Williams of the

Hammond Pros The Hammond Pros from Hammond, Indiana played in the National Football League from 1920 to 1926 as a traveling team. History The Pros were established by local businessman Paul Parduhn and Dr. Alva Young. Young, a boxing promoter and owner of ...

and Duke Slater of the

Rock Island Independents The Rock Island Independents were a professional American football team, based in Rock Island, Illinois, from 1907 to 1926. The Independents were a founding National Football League franchise. They hosted what has been retrospectively designated ...

Selectors and key

For the 1923 season, there are four known selectors of All-Pro Teams. They are: GB = The '' Green Bay Press-Gazette'' compiled first, second, and third teams, based on polling of sports writers from the ''Green Bay Press-Gazette'', ''Racine Times Call'', ''Pittsburgh Post'', ''Racine Journal News'', ''Pittsburgh Gazette Times'', ''Milwaukee Wisconsin News'', ''Duluth News Tribune'', ''Rock Island Argus'', ''Akron Times'', ''Cleveland News'', ''Canton Repository'', ''Ohio State Journal'', ''Dayton Journal'', ''Minnesota Daily Star'', and ''St. Louis Times''. The results of the above poll were simultaneously published in the ''Rock Island Argus'', ''Ohio State Journal'', and ''Canton Repository''. CE = '' Collyer's Eye'' was a Chicago sports journal. Its All-Pro teams (a first and second team) were selected by E. G. Brands. VD = Vince Dolan, sports editor of the ''Canton Daily News'' picked first- and second-team All-Pro teams. Dolan's picks were published in the ''Canton Daily News'' on December 16, 1923. Dolan also gave "honorable mention" recognition to players below his first and second team. The 11 players named to Dolan's first team included seven members of the undefeated 1923 Canton Bulldogs team that won the 1923 NFL championship. GC = Guy Chamberlin (GC), player and head coach of the

, selected a 32-player All-Pro team that was published on December 16, 1923, in the ''Canton Daily News''. Chamberlin's selections did not divide players into first, second, and third teams. Out of the 32 players selected by Chamberlin, 11 were his teammates on the Canton Bulldogs. Chamberlin did not, however, select himself as an All-Pro. Players who were selected as first-team All-Pros by two of the above selectors are displayed in bold typeface. Players who have been inducted into the

Pro Football Hall of Fame The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame for professional American football, located in Canton, Ohio. Opened on September 7, , the Hall of Fame enshrines exceptional figures in the sport of professional football, including players, coach ...

Selectors and key

Selections by position

Ends

Tackles

Guards

Centers

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

Fullbacks

References