The 1921 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 1921. The only selector recognized by the

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as "official" for the 1921 season is

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, whose selections were published in ''

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''. Additional selectors who chose All-American teams in 1921 included: ''

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'' magazine, based on collected opinions of 267 coaches;

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 ...

of the ''

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''; Jack Veiock, sports editor of the

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; and Norman E. Brown of the

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Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1921, the NCAA recognizes only

's selections as "official" for purposes of its consensus determinations. Nevertheless, the NCAA's consensus All-America team does not mirror Camp's selections. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.

All-Americans of 1921

Ends

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 (College Football Hall of Fame) (FW-1; WC-1; JV-3; MM-1; NB-1) * Eddie Anderson, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (FW-1; BE-2; WE-1; JV-2) *

Fritz Crisler Herbert Orin "Fritz" Crisler (; January 12, 1899 – August 19, 1982) was an American college football coach who is best known as "the father of two-platoon football," an innovation in which separate units of players were used for offense and ...

, Chicago (College Football Hall of Fame) (FW-2; WC-3; LP-2; WE-1; MM-2) *

Red Roberts :''This is an article about the baseball player. For the college football coach, see Red Roberts (American football).'' Charles Emory "Red" Roberts (August 8, 1918 – December 2, 1998) was a Major League Baseball player. Roberts played for ...

, Centre (WC-1; FW-2 JV-3; MM-2) * Warren S. Parr, Navy (LP-1) *

Paul G. Goebel Paul Gordon Goebel (May 28, 1901 – January 26, 1988) was an American football end who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1920 to 1922. He was an All-American in 1921 and was the team's captain in 1922. He played profession ...

, Michigan (LP-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 (FW-2; WC-2; BE-1; JV-1; MM-1) *Charles Clark Macomber, Harvard (BE-1) * A. Barr Snively, Princeton (NB-1) * Clarence Swanson, Nebraska (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2; BE-2) * Brodie Stephens, California (WC-3; JV-1) *Cyril Myers, Ohio State (NB-2) *David Munns, Cornell (NB-2) *

Stanley McCollum Stanley Coleman "Mac" McCollum (May 27, 1897 – June 23, 1973) was an American football player and coach. From 1922 to 1927, he was the head coach at the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy—now known as the Missouri University of Science and ...

, Penn State (LP-2) * Lester Belding, Iowa (FW-3; JV-2) *

Owen Reynolds Owen Gaston Reynolds (January 12, 1900 – March 11, 1984) was an American football player in the National Football League (NFL). Reynolds played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia, receiving All-Souther ...

, Georgia (FW-3)

Tackles

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 ...

, California (College Football Hall of Fame) (FW-1; WC-3; WE-1; JV-1) *

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 (FW-1; LP-1; BE-2; JV-2; NB-2) *

Duke Slater Frederick Wayman "Duke" Slater (December 9, 1898 – August 14, 1966) was an American football player and judge. He was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951 and was named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Centennial Class in ...

, Iowa (College Football Hall of Fame) (FW-2; WC-2; BE-1; WE-1; JV-1; MM-2) *Charles McGuire, Chicago (FW-2; WC-1; BE-2; JV-3; MM-1) *

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 (WC-1) *Bertrand Gullick, Syracuse (NB-1) *

Buck Shaw Lawrence Timothy "Buck" Shaw (March 28, 1899 – March 19, 1977) was an American football player and coach. He was the head coach for Santa Clara Broncos football, Santa Clara University, the California Golden Bears football, University of Califor ...

, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (FW-2 s g LP-1) *Drumm, Princeton (LP-2) *

Franklin Cappon Franklin C. "Cappy" Cappon (October 17, 1900 – November 29, 1961) was an American college football and college basketball player and coach. He played football and basketball at Phillips University and the University of Michigan and coached at Lu ...

, Michigan (NB-2) *Albert N. Into, Yale (WC-3; JV-3) *James Brader, Wisconsin (FW-3) *

Century Milstead Century Allen "Wally" Milstead (January 1, 1901 – June 2, 1963) was a collegiate and professional American football player. He played college football at Wabash College and at Yale University, where his play earned him All-America recognition ...

, Wabash (College Football Hall of Fame) (FW-3) *Clyde W. King, Navy (JV-2) *Johnny Boyle, USC (MM-2)

Guards

Fiske Brown John Fiske Brown (June 13, 1901 – May 30, 1978) was an American athlete who participated in American football, wrestling and track and field. He was a competitor in all three sports at Harvard University and a consensus All-American in footbal ...

, Harvard (WC-1; LP-1; BE-1; JV-2) * Frank Schwab, Lafayette (College Football Hall of Fame) (FW-1; WC-1; LP-2) * Stan Keck, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) (FW-1; WC-2; LP-2; BE-1; MM-1 *Dean Trott, Ohio State (WC-2; LP-1; JV-1) *

Art Carney Arthur William Matthew Carney (November 4, 1918 – November 9, 2003) was an American actor and comedian. A recipient of an Academy Awards, Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and six Primetime Emmy Awards, he was best known for his role as Ed ...

, Navy (BE-1; MM-2) *Ray Baer, Penn State (WE-1; MM-1) * Robert J. Dunne, Michigan (NB-1) *

Joe Bedenk Fred Joseph Bedenk (July 14, 1897 – May 2, 1978) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head baseball coach at Rice University from 1925 to 1926 and at Pennsylvania State University from 1931 to 1962. Bedenk wa ...

, Penn State (WC-2) *Charles Marion Redmon, Chicago (LP-2; JV-2) * John Pucelik, Nebraska (WC-3; WE-1) *

Hugh Whelchel Hugh Calvin "Puss" Whelchel (July 20, 1900 – April 1, 1968) was an American college football player. Early years Hugh was born on July 20, 1900 in Dahlonega, Georgia to Henry Cowan Whelchel and Clara Annabel Moore. Hugh was a first cousin of ...

, Georgia (WC-3) *Phillip Cruikshank, Yale (BE-2) * Heartley Anderson, Notre Dame (BE-2; JV-1) *

Otto Vogel Otto Henry Vogel (October 26, 1899 – July 19, 1969) was a Major League Baseball player. Vogel played for the Chicago Cubs in the 1923 and 1924 seasons. in 111 career games, Vogel had 63 hits in 253 at-bats, with a .249 batting average. Be ...

, Illinois (NB-2) *Joy Berquist, Nebraska (NB-2) *Carl Peterson, Nebraska (FW-3) * Lloyd Pixley, Ohio State (FW-3; NB-1) * Fritz Breidster, Army (JV-3) *Pink Baker, Princeton (JV-3) * Leonard C. Hanson, Cornell (MM-1; NB-1

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) (FW-1; WC-3; LP-2; BE-1; WE-1; JV-1; MM-1) *

Ernie Vick Henry Arthur "Ernie" Vick (July 2, 1900 – July 16, 1980) was an American football and baseball player. He was selected as an All-American center in 1921, played on the 1926 World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, and was elected to the Col ...

, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (FW-3; WC-1; WE-3; MM-2) * Al Wittmer, Princeton (LP-1; BE-2; JV-2) *

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 ...

, Iowa State (NB-1) *Larsen, Army (FW-2; WC-2) * George Bunge, Wisconsin (JV-3; MM-2 *Emery Larson, Navy (NB-2) BoMcMillin

Quarterbacks

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 (College Football Hall of Fame) (FW-1 b WC-1; LP-1; BE-1; WE-1; JV-1 b MM-1; NB-2) *

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-1; WC-2; LP-1 b BE-2; JV-2; MM-1; NB-1) *

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 (WC-3) * Milton Romney, Chicago (FW-2; LP-2) *Charles O'Hearn, Yale (FW-3) *

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 (JV-3)

Halfbacks

Glenn Killinger William Glenn Killinger (September 13, 1898July 25, 1988) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated Harrisburg Technical High School and then ...

, Penn State (College Football Hall of Fame) (FW-1; WC-1; LP-1; BE-1; JV-1 b * Mac Aldrich, Yale (FW-2; WC-1; LP-2; BE-1; WE-1; JV-1; MM-1; NB-1) * George Owen, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (FW-2 b WC-2; BE-1 b WE-1 b JV-1 b NB-2) * Tom Davies, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (FW-2; WC-2; BE-2 b * Walter E. French, Army (WC-3) * Stephen Barchet, Navy (WC-3) *

Crip Toomey Irving Francis "Crip" Toomey (November 10, 1895 – June 28, 1961) was an American football and baseball player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he pl ...

, California (FW-3; BE-2; JV-2) *

Paul Castner Paul Henry Castner (February 16, 1897 – March 3, 1986) was a professional baseball pitcher. He appeared in six games in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox in 1923, all in relief. In 10 innings pitched, Castner gave up 14 hits and 5 ...

, Notre Dame (JV-2) * Al Elliott, Wisconsin (JV-3; NB-2) *

Red Barron David Irenus "Red" Barron (June 21, 1900 – October 4, 1982) was an American football and baseball player. Barron was a three-sport letterwinner at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In football, he was named second or third team All Ameri ...

, Georgia Tech (JV-3) *

Gordon Locke Gordon C. Locke (August 3, 1898 – November 9, 1969) was an American college football player and coach He played college football at the University of Iowa, where he was an All-American. Locke served as the head football coach at Western Reser ...

, Iowa (MM-1; NB-1 b * Jim Robertson, Dartmouth (MM-2) *Roscoe W. Fitts, Harvard (MM-2) * James Bradshaw, Nevada (MM-2)

Fullbacks

Eddie Kaw Edgar Lawrence Kaw (January 18, 1897 – December 13, 1971) was an American football player. He attended Cornell University, where he was a prominent halfback on coach Gil Dobie's Cornell Big Red football team, graduating in 1923. He was a shift ...

, Cornell (College Football Hall of Fame) (FW-3 b WC-1; LP-2; BE-2 b WE-1 b MM-2) * Gap Powell, Oregon Aggies (FW-1; MM-1) * John Mohardt, Notre Dame (WC-2; LP-1 b *

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 (LP-2) * Judy Harlan, Georgia Tech (WC-3; FW-3) * Joe Lightner, Penn State (JV-2; NB-1 b * Hank Garrity, Princeton (JV-3) *

Orville Hewitt Orville Melville "Tiny" Hewitt (September 5, 1901 – October 29, 1955) was a college football player and coach. He played for both the Pittsburgh Panthers and Army Cadets as a 200-pound fullback. Hewitt coached for the Alabama Crimson Tide. ...

, Pittsburgh (NB-2)

Key

NCAA recognized selector for 1921 * WC = Walter Camp Other selectors * FW = ''

'', based on collected opinions of 267 coaches * LP = Lawrence Perry * BE = Billy Evans * WE = Walter Eckersall * JV = Jack Veiock, International News Service Sports Editor * MM = Malcolm McLean * NB = Norman E. Brown of the Central Press Bold = Consensus All-American * 1 – First-team selection * 2 – Second-team selection * 3 – Third-team selection

References

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