The 1916 College Football All-America team is composed of

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players who were selected as All-Americans for the 1916 college football season. The only selectors for the 1916 season who have been recognized as "official" by the

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(NCAA) are

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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'', the

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(INS), a newswire founded by

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, and the Frank Menke Syndicate. Although not recognized by the NCAA, many other sports writers, newspapers, and coaches selected All-America teams in 1916. They include the

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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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''),

Paul Purman Paul R. Purman (April 19, 1886 – April 18, 1937) was an American sportswriter. Purman had a lengthy career in journalism, but he is best known for his work in the years from 1916 to 1918 when his sports column was syndicated in hundreds of new ...

Fielding H. Yost Fielding Harris Yost (; April 30, 1871 – August 20, 1946) was an American football player, coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at: Ohio Wesleyan University, the University of Nebraska, the University ...

, and ''

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''.

All-Americans of 1916

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* Bert Baston, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; UP-1; INS-1; WE-1; PP-1; FY-1; BP-1; MS) *

James P. Herron James Patrick Herron (1894 – December 20, 1967) was an American football player and coach. He played at end for the University of Pittsburgh's football team from 1913 to 1916. Biography A member of the Panthers' undefeated national championship ...

, Pittsburgh (WC-2; INS-2; WE-1; MS) *

Charles Comerford Charles Comerford was an American football player. He played at the end position for Yale University and was selected as a first-team All-American in 1916 by the International News Service and ''The Boston Post''. In 1919, Comerford joined the Y ...

, Yale (INS-1; BP-1) *

George Moseley George Clark Moseley was an American football player. He played at the end position for Yale University and was chosen as a first-team All-American in 1916 by Collier's Weekly, as selected by Walter Camp. During World War I, Moseley served wit ...

, Yale (WC-1; WE-2; FY-2) *

Heinie Miller Henry John "Heinie" Miller (January 1, 1893 – June 9, 1964) was an American football player and coach from 1920 to 1942. He played in The National Football League (NFL) for the Buffalo All-Americans and the Milwaukee Badgers. Miller also play ...

, Penn (WC-2; LP-1; FY-1) *Richard Harte, Harvard (INS-2; MON-1; FY-2) *

Clifford Carlson Henry Clifford "Doc" Carlson (July 4, 1894 – November 1, 1964) was an American basketball coach and football player. He is a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee as the men's college basketball coach of his alma mater, the University of Pi ...

, Pitt (Basketball Hall of Fame) (PP-2) *

Tommy Whelan Thomas Joseph Whelan (March 4, 1911 – June 1, 1974) was an American football player who played one season with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at The Catholic University of America ...

, Georgetown (PP-2) *Charles Highley, Princeton (UP-2; LP-1) *

Stan Cofall Stanley Bingham Cofall (May 5, 1894 – September 21, 1961) was an American football player and coach. Early life Cofall was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Fred and Ida Bingham Cofall. In 1910 he played football at East Technical High School. He the ...

, Notre Dame (UP-2; MS) *

Paul Eckley Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...

, Cornell (WE-2) * Bob Higgins, Penn State (College Football Hall of Fame) (MON-1) *Charles Atherton Coolidge, Harvard (WC-3) *

Graham Vowell John Graham Vowell (February 27, 1895 – November 17, 1963) was an American football player for the Tennessee Volunteers, of the University of Tennessee. He was the school's first All-American. Vowell was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall ...

, Tennessee (WC-3)

Tackles

Belford West David Belford West (May 7, 1896 – September 11, 1973) was an American gridiron football player. Best known for playing college football for Colgate, he was twice a consensus All-America selection and was elected to the College Football Hall ...

, Colgate (WC-1; UP-1; INS-1; WE-1; PP-2; LP-1; BP-1) * Steamer Horning, Colgate (WC-1; WE-2; MS) *William Lippard McLean, Princeton (MON-1; FY-1; BP-1) *

Artemus Gates Artemus Gates Artemus Lamb Gates (November 3, 1895 – June 14, 1976) was an American businessman, naval aviator, and Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air in charge of naval aviation efforts in World War II (December 7, 1941 – June 30, 1945). ...

, Yale (WC-2; UP-2; INS-2) *DeVitalis, Brown (UP-1; PP-1) *

George Hauser George Wesley Hauser (February 24, 1893 – November 8, 1968) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Colgate University from 1926 until 1927 and at the University of Minnesota from 1942 to 1944, compili ...

, Minnesota (INS-1) *

Mark Farnum Mark Farnum (ca. 1896 - August 22, 1957) was an All-American football player. He played tackle for Brown University in 1915 and 1916. Farnum was a native of Georgiaville, Rhode Island, the son of a Rhode Island pioneer family. He began his ...

, Brown (INS-2; MON-1) * Fred Becker, Iowa (WE-1) * Louis Seagrave, Washington (WC-3 PP-1) *

Fred Gillies Frederick Montague Gillies (December 9, 1895 – May 8, 1974) was an American football player and coach for the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League. He graduated from Cornell University in 1918 and was a member of the Quill and D ...

, Cornell (FY-1) * Bob Karch, Ohio State (FM) *Walter Herber Wheeler, Harvard (UP-2; LP-1; FY-2) *Clarence Ward, Navy (WC-2) *Earl Beacham, Tufts (PP-2) *Lewis Little, Penn (FY-2) * Frank A. R. Mayer, Minnesota (WE-2) * John Beckett, Oregon (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3) *Bob Ignico, Washington & Lee (WC-3)

Guards

Clinton Black Clinton Rutherford "Cupe" Black, Jr. (October 3, 1894 – October 8, 1963) was an American football player. Black enrolled at Yale University and, while there, played on the Yale Bulldogs football team. He was captain of the 1916 Yale Bulldogs ...

, Yale (WC-1; UP-1; INS-1; WE-1; MON-1; PP-1; LP-1; FY-1; BP-1; MS) * Harrie Dadmun, Harvard (WC-1; UP-2; INS-2; WE-1; FY-1) * Frank T. Hogg, Princeton (WC-2; PP-1; MS) *Lawrence Fox, Yale (UP-1) *

Claude E. Thornhill Claude Earl "Tiny" Thornhill (April 14, 1893 – June 30, 1956) was an All-American college football player at Pittsburgh and the head football coach at Stanford from 1933 to 1939. Playing career Thornhill played college football at the Univer ...

, Pitt (INS-1) *Charles Henning, Penn (FY-2; BP-1) * Christopher Schlachter, Syracuse (MON-1) *

Charlie Bachman Charles William Bachman Jr. (December 1, 1892 – December 14, 1985) was an American college American football, football player and head coach. Bachman was an Illinois native and an alumnus of the University of Notre Dame, where he played colleg ...

, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2; LP-1) *Robert Lee Nourse, Princeton (WE-2; PP-2) *Sinclair, Minnesota (PP-2) *Monroe Good, Colgate (UP-2) *Mason Barton, Colgate (INS-2) *Arnold McInerney, Notre Dame (WE-2) * Budge Garrett, Rutgers (WC-3)

Centers

Bob Peck Robert Peck (23 August 1945 – 4 April 1999) was an English actor who played Ronald Craven in the television serial ''Edge of Darkness'', for which he won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor. He was also known for his role as game warden Rob ...

, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; UP-1; INS-1; WE-1; MON-1; PP-1; BP-1; MS) *

John McEwan John James "Cap" McEwan (February 18, 1893 – August 9, 1970) was an American football player and coach. He played from 1913 to 1916 as a center at the United States Military Academy, where he was a three-time All-American and captain of the ...

, Army (WC-2; UP-2; INS-2; WE-2; PP-2) * Alfred Gennert, Princeton (LP-1; FY-1) *Fred Becker, Iowa (FY-2) *

Pup Phillips George Marshall "Pup" Phillips (September 24, 1895May 1, 1953) was an American football player and coach. Early years George Marshall Phillips was born on September 24, 1895 in Carnesville, Georgia to George Sullivan Phillips and Elizabeth Wit ...

, Georgia Tech (WC-3)

Quarterbacks

* Oscar Anderson, Colgate (WC-1; UP-2; INS-1; BP-1; LP-1) *

Fritz Shiverick Francis T. "Fritz" Shiverick (c. 1896 – 1936) was an American football quarterback and halfback. He played for Cornell University in 1915, 1916 and 1919, and was selected as a first-team All-American in 1916. He was posthumously inducted ...

, Cornell (UP-1; INS-2; PP-1; FY-2) *

Bart Macomber Franklin Bart Macomber (September 4, 1894 – December 19, 1971) was an American football player. He played halfback and quarterback for the University of Illinois from 1914 to 1916 and helped the school to its first national football champions ...

, Illinois (College Football Hall of Fame) (WE-2; PP-2; FY-1) * Cliff Sparks, Michigan (MON-1) *

James DeHart James DeHart (August 25, 1893 – March 4, 1935) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Washington and Lee University from 1922 to 1925 and again from 1931 to 1932 and at Duke University from 1926 to 1930, compi ...

, Pitt (WE-1) *Clair Purdy, Brown (WC-2) *

Irby Curry Irby Rice "Rabbit" Curry (August 4, 1894 – August 10, 1918) was an American football quarterback for Vanderbilt University from 1914 to 1916. He was selected as a first-team All-Southern player in 1915 and 1916 and a third-team All-American i ...

, Vanderbilt (WC-3)

Halfbacks

Chic Harley Charles Wesley "Chic" Harley (September 15, 1895 – April 21, 1974) was an American football player and athlete, often credited with bringing Ohio State University's football program to national attention. Harley was Ohio State's first consens ...

, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; UP-1; INS-1; WE-1; PP-1; FY-1; BP-1) * Fritz Pollard, Brown (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; UP-2; INS-2; WE-2; MON-1; PP-2; LP-1; BP-1; MS) *

Andy Hastings Charles Elliott "Andy" Hastings (January 24, 1893 – May 23, 1934), also known as "Sandy Hastings" in professional football records, was an American football player. He was an All-American halfback for the Pittsburgh Panthers and remains one of ...

, Pittsburgh (UP-1; INS-1) *

Eddie Casey Edward Lawrence Casey (May 16, 1894 – July 26, 1966) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Harvard University and was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1968. Casey was MVP of the 1920 Rose Bow ...

, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2; WE-2; PP-1; FY-2) *

Everett Strupper George Everett Strupper Jr. (July 26, 1896 – February 4, 1950), known variously as "Ev" or "Strup" or "Stroop" was an American football player. He played halfback for Georgia Tech from 1915 to 1917. Strupper overcame deafness resulting from ...

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

John Maulbetsch John Frederick Maulbetsch (June 20, 1890 – September 14, 1950) was an All-American football halfback at Adrian College in 1911 and for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1914 to 1916. He is also a member of the College Football Hal ...

, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (FY-1) *

Harry LeGore Harry William LeGore (August 1, 1894 – June 7, 1956) was an American football and baseball player, Maryland state legislator and businessman. Biography Early years LeGore was born in Frederick County, Maryland. He was a son of the James Wil ...

, Yale (WC-2; INS-2; WE-2 b PP-2; LP-1 b FY-2) * Claire Long, Minnesota (FM) *

Paddy Driscoll John Leo "Paddy" Driscoll (January 11, 1895 – June 29, 1968) was an American professional football and baseball player and football coach. A triple-threat man in football, he was regarded as the best drop kicker and one of the best overall pla ...

, Northwestern (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; UP-2) * Johnny Gilroy, Georgetown (WC-3)

Fullbacks

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 ...

, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; UP-1; PP-1; INS-1; MON-1; LP-1 b BP-1; MS) * Joe Berry, Penn (WC-2; UP-1 INS-2; WE-1 b MON-1; FY-1) *

Pudge Wyman Arnold Douglas "Pudge" Wyman (August 20, 1895 – March 4, 1961) was an American football player. He was an All-American fullback for the University of Minnesota from 1915–1916 and halfback for the Rock Island Independents in the first seaso ...

, Minnesota (UP-2; WE-1; FY-2) * Arnold Horween, Harvard (PP-2) *McReaghy, Washington & Jefferson (WC-3)

Key

NCAA recognized selectors for 1916 * WC = ''

'' as selected by

* INS =

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.

* MS = Frank Menke Syndicate Other selectors * UP =

* WE =

, of the ''

'' * FM =

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 ...

, former 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.

(INS) * MON = Monty, noted New York sports writer * PP =

, noted sports writer whose All-American team was syndicated in newspapers across the United States * LP =

Lawrence Perry Lawrence may refer to: Education Colleges and universities * Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States * Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States Preparato ...

, sporting editor of the ''

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'' * FY =

* BP = ''

'', selected by Charles E. Parker, football expert of ''The Boston Post'' Bold = Consensus All-American * 1 – First-team selection * 2 – Second-team selection * 3 – Third-team selection

References

{{College Football All-America Teams

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College Football All-America Teams

All-Americans of 1916

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