The 1924 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 1924. The six selectors recognized by the

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as "official" for the 1924 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 ...

, whose selections were published in ''

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'', (2) ''

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'' magazine (FW), (3) the All-America Board (AAB), (4) the

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(INS), (5) ''

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'' magazine, and (6) the

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(NEA). The only unanimous All-American in 1924 was halfback

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, known as "The Galloping Ghost" and who in 2008 was named by

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as the best college football player of all time. The consensus All-Americans recognized by the NCAA for 1924 also include tackle

Ed Weir Samuel Edwin Weir (March 14, 1903 – May 15, 1991) was an American collegiate and professional football player. He was the first Nebraska Cornhuskers football player elected to the College Football Hall of Fame and is known as one of Nebraska ...

, who was later named the 19th best athlete in Nebraska history, and three of Notre Dame's legendary Four Horseman (halfback

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, and fullback

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Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1924, the NCAA recognizes six All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.

All-Americans of 1924

Ends

* Jim Lawson, Stanford (WC-2; AAB; FW; ASM-1; NEA; BE-1; DW-2; WE-2) * Richard Luman, Yale (AAB; INS; LP-1; BE-2; DW-1; WE-1) * Henry "Hek" Wakefield, Vanderbilt (WC-2; INS; NEA; LP-1; BE-1; NB-1; DW-1; WE-3; BC) *

Charlie Berry Charles Francis Berry (October 18, 1902 – September 6, 1972) was an American athlete and sports official who enjoyed careers as a catcher and umpire in Major League Baseball and as an end and official in the National Football League. His fath ...

, Lafayette (WC-1; ASM-2; DW-3) * Henry Bjorkman, Dartmouth (WC-1; ASM-2; LIB; NB-2; WE-1) *Clark Craig, Penn (NB-1) *Edmond Stout, Princeton (FW; ASM-1) * Hilary Mahaney, Holy Cross (WC-3; LIB; FW; BE-2; DW-2; WE-2) *Lowell Otte, Iowa (LP-2; DW-3; WE-3) *

Cal Hubbard Robert Calvin Hubbard (October 31, 1900 – October 17, 1977) was an American professional football player and Major League Baseball (MLB) umpire. After playing college football at Centenary College and Geneva College, Hubbard played in the N ...

, Centenary (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (LP-2) *Frank Frazer, Army (WC-3) *Steve Pulaski, Wisconsin (NB-2) *Frank Rokusek, Illinois (NB-3; BC) *Shep Bingham, Yale (NB-3) *Frank Henderson, Cornell (ASM-3) *Clarence Muhl, Illinois (ASM-3)

Tackles

, Nebraska (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; AAB; FW; ASM-1; INS; LIB; LP-2; BE-2; NB-1; DW-1; WE-1; BC) * Ed McGinley, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; AAB; INS; NEA; BE-1; DW-1; WE-2) * Bob Beattie, Princeton (WC-2; NEA; BE-1; NB-2; DW-2; WE-1) * Frank Gowdy, Chicago (WC-3; FW; ASM-1; LIB; LP-1; DW-2; WE-2) *

Johnny Joss John Hubbard Joss (March 18, 1902 – March 22, 1955) was an American football player, lawyer, and government official. Early years Joss was born in Indianapolis in 1902. He attended the Taft School in Connecticut before enrolling at Yale Co ...

, Yale (LP-1) *Mordecai Starobin, Syracuse (NB-1) * Tom Edwards, Michigan (LP-2) * John W. Hancock, Iowa (ASM-2; BE-2; NB-2; BC) *

Pappy Waldorf Lynn Osbert "Pappy" Waldorf (October 3, 1902 – August 15, 1981) was an American college football player and coach. He received the first national collegiate football coach of the year award in 1935. Waldorf became known for his motivational coac ...

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

Zeke Wissinger Zoner Albert "Zeke" Wissinger (October 30, 1902 – November 28, 1963) was an American football player from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, who played professionally during the early years of the National Football League (NFL). Wissinger attended and pl ...

, Pittsburgh (WC-3) * Jim Taylor, Georgia (NB-3) *Jules Prevost, Penn State (ASM-2; NB-3) *Norman Anderson, So. California (ASM-2; DW-3; WE-3) *

Joe Bach Joseph Anthony Bach (January 17, 1901 – October 24, 1966) was one of Notre Dame's famed "Seven Mules" and later the head coach for the NFL's Pittsburgh Pirates (1935–36) and later the renamed Pittsburgh Steelers (1952–53). As a senio ...

, Notre Dame (DW-3) * Tex Cox, Minnesota (ASM-3) *Charles Van Dyne, Missouri (WE-3)

Guards

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, Dartmouth (INS; LIB; NEA; BE-1; DW-1; NB-1; WE-3) * Joe Pondelik, Chicago (WC-2; AAB; INS; ASM-2; LIB; LP-1; DW-1; WE-1) * Edliff Slaughter, Michigan (WC-1; LP-1; BE-2; NB-1; BC) *

August W. Farwick August William Farwick (September 22, 1902 – December 10, 1977) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Arizona in 1932, compiling a record of 4–5. Biography August W. Farwick ...

, Army (AAB; NEA; ASM-2; BE-1; NB-2; DW-2; WE-1) *Alton Papworth, Penn (FW; ASM-1) * Walter Mahan, West Virginia (WC-3; BE-2) * Herbert Sturhahn, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) (DW-2) *Howard, Princeton (LP-2) *Charles Parsons, Northwestern (LP-2; WE-3) * George Abramson, Minnesota (WC-2; NB-2; WE-2; BC) *

Bill Fleckenstein William Peter Fleckenstein (November 4, 1903 – January 25, 1967) was an American professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons with the Chicago Bears, the Portsmouth Spartans, the Brook ...

, Iowa (WC-3) * Bill Buckler, Alabama (NB-3) *William House, Penn State (NB-3) * Walt Godwin, Georgia Tech (DW-3) *Harry Ellinger, Army (DW-3) *

Ralph Hills Ralph Gorman Hills (January 19, 1902 – September 20, 1977) was an American shot putter. After winning a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics, he married a state governor's daughter, graduated from Princeton and Johns Hopkins Univ ...

, Princeton (ASM-2) * Adolph Bieberstein, Wisconsin (ASM-3)

Centers

* Edwin C. Horrell, California (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1 INS; ASM-3; LIB; NEA; BE-1; DW-1; WE-1) * Adam Walsh, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; LP-1; ASM-2; BE-2; NB-2; DW-2; WE-2; BC) * Edgar Garbisch, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; FW; ASM-1 NB-3; DW-3; WE-2 * Winslow Lovejoy, Yale (WC-2; AAB; FW; ASM-1; NB-1; WE-3) * Shorty Propst, Alabama (LP-2)

Quarterbacks

, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; AAB; INS; ASM-2; LIB; NEA; LP-1; BE-1; NB-1; DW-1; WE-1) * Eddie Dooley, Dartmouth (FW; ASM-1; BE-2; DW-2; WE-2) * Charles Darling, Boston College (LIB b NB-2) *

Tod Rockwell Ferdinand Almon "Tod" Rockwell (1900 – March 22, 1952) was an American football player and coach. He attended the University of Michigan, where he played quarterback for the Wolverines football team in 1923 and 1924, helping the 1923 team win ...

, Michigan (BC) * Leland Parkin, Iowa (LP-2; NB-3; WE-3) * Jacob Slagle, Princeton (WC-2) * Skippy Stivers, Idaho (WC-3) *

Al Bloodgood Elbert "Al" Lorraine Bloodgood (September 5, 1901 – March 26, 1947) was a professional American football player in the National Football League (NFL). He played at the University of Nebraska. He graduated from Nebraska in 1924. He played five se ...

, Nebraska (ASM-3) * Herb Covington, Centre (DW-3)

Halfbacks

, Illinois (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; AAB; FW; ASM-1; INS; LIB; NEA; LP-1 b BE-1; NB-1; DW-1; WE-1; BC) * Bob Red Hall, Dartmouth (Liberty- LH behind Red Grange) *

, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2 b AAB; FW; ASM-1; INS; NEA; BE-1; NB-1; DW-1; WE-1; BC) *

Walter Koppisch Walter Frederic Koppisch (June 6, 1901 – November 5, 1953) was an American football halfback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Buffalo Bisons and New York Giants. He attended Columbia University. At 23 years old, Koppisch, a local ...

, Columbia (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; BE-2; NB-2; DW-2) * Ralph Baker, Northwestern (LP-1; BE-2; NB-3; DW-2; WE-2) *

Ducky Pond Raymond W. "Ducky" Pond (February 17, 1902 – August 25, 1982) was an American football and baseball player and football coach. He was the head football coach at Yale University from 1934 to 1940, and at Bates College in 1941 and from 1946 to 195 ...

, Yale (WC-2; NEA; ASM-2; NB-2; DW-3; WE-3; BE-1 B * Don Miller, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (DW-3) * Clarence Schutte, Minnesota (LP-2) *

Wildcat Wilson George Schly "Wildcat" Wilson (September 6, 1901 – December 27, 1963) was an American football player. After earning All-American honors in 1925 as a halfback for the University of Washington, he played professionally, including three season ...

, Washington (WC-2) *

Heinie Benkert Henry Marvin "Heinie" Benkert (June 30, 1901 – July 15, 1972) was a professional American football running back who starred collegiately at Rutgers University, where he won the unofficial collegiate scoring crown as a senior, and played for fou ...

, Rutgers (ASM-2) *

Herb Steger Herbert F. Steger (July 12, 1902 – July 20, 1968) was an American football player, coach and official. He played for the University of Michigan from 1922 to 1924. Steger later served as an assistant football coach at Northwestern Universit ...

, Michigan (ASM-3) * Harry Wilson, Army (ASM-3) *

Tut Imlay Talma W. "Tut" Imlay (March 20, 1902 – May 17, 1962) was an American football player who played two seasons in the National Football League in 1926 and in 1927. During those two years, Tut played for the Los Angeles Buccaneers and the New York ...

, California (WC-3) * Jackson Keefer, Brown (WC-3) *

Gil Reese David Argillus "Gil" Reese (January 14, 1901 – May 30, 1993) nicknamed "The Tupelo Flash" was an American football, basketball, and baseball player for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. He was captain of all three his senior ...

, Vanderbilt (NB-3) *

Hust Stockton John Houston Stockton (September 23, 1901 – April 27, 1967) was a professional football player, a back in the late 1920s in the National Football League. He played with the Frankford Yellow Jackets from 1925 until 1928, and was a member of Yel ...

, Gonzaga (WE-2) *Rudolph Bahr, Purdue (WE-3)

Fullbacks

, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; INS; LIB; LP-2 b NB-1; DW-1; WE-1) *

Homer Hazel Homer Howard "Pop" Hazel (June 2, 1895 – February 3, 1968) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Rutgers University in 1916 and again from 1923 to 1924. Considered an outstanding punter, kicker, and passer, he ...

, Rutgers (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; FW; ASM-1; NB-3; BC) *

Doug Wycoff Stephen Douglas Wycoff (September 16, 1903 – October 27, 1981) was an American football running back for the New York Giants, Staten Island Stapletons, and Boston Redskins in the National Football League (NFL), the Newark Bears in the fi ...

, Georgia Tech (ASM-3; LP-1 b NB-2; DW-2; WE-3) *

Jack McBride John F. McBride (November 30, 1901–October 11, 1966) was an American football player who played the positions of halfback, fullback, and quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He was born in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. McBride pla ...

, Syracuse (BE-2; DW-3; WE-2) *

John Webster Thomas John Webster Thomas (February 13, 1900 – August 19, 1977) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a Fullback (gridiron football), fullback at the University of Chicago from 1921 to 1923 under Amos Alonzo Stagg. T ...

, Chicago (LP-2) *

Red Strader Norman Parker "Red" Strader (December 21, 1902 – May 26, 1956) was an American football player and coach who served in both capacities at the collegiate and professional levels. In the college ranks, he spent two years as head coach at Saint Ma ...

, St. Mary's (WC-3) *Austin "Five Yards" McCarty, Chicago (ASM-2)

Key

NCAA recognized selectors for 1924 * WC = ''

'' as selected by

* AAB = All-America Board * FW = ''

'' magazine * INS = International News Service * LIB = ''Liberty'' magazine * NEA = Newspaper Editors Association''ESPN College Football Encyclopedia'', p. 1156 Other selectors * ASM = ''All-Sports Magazine'', selected from a combined vote of 312 prominent football coaches, officials and sport writers in all sections of the country, "representing the opinions of the best informed critics in all parts of the country, appear in the December number of All-Sports Magazine." * NB = Norman E. Brown * LP = Lawrence Perry * BE =

Billy Evans William George Evans (February 10, 1884 – January 23, 1956), nicknamed "The Boy Umpire", was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1906 to 1927. He became, at age 22, the youngest umpire in majo ...

* DW = Davis J. Walsh, sports editor of the International News Service * WE =

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 ...

for the ''

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'' * BC = Bruno Crenna Bold = Consensus All-American * 1 – First-team selection * 2 – Second-team selection * 3 – Third-team selection

References

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