The 1908 College Football All-America team is composed of

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players who were selected as All-Americans for the

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. The only two individuals who have been recognized as "official" selectors by the

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(NCAA) for the 1908 season are

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and

Caspar Whitney Caspar William Whitney (September 2, 1864 – January 18, 1929) was an American author, editor, explorer, outdoorsman and war correspondent. He originated the concept of the All-American team in college football in 1889 when he worked for ''Harper ...

, who had originated the

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14 years earlier in 1889. Camp's 1908 All-America Team was published in ''

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'', and Whitney's selections were published in ''

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'' magazine. Many other sports writers, newspapers, coaches and others also selected All-America teams in 1910. ''

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'' published a consensus All-America team based on the first-team All-America selections made by 25 football experts.

Consensus All-Americans

The only two individuals who have been recognized as "official" selectors by the

(NCAA) for the 1908 season are

and

, who had originated the

14 years earlier in 1889. In its official listing of "Consensus All-America Selections," the NCAA designates players who were selected by ''either'' Camp or Whitney as "consensus" All-Americans. Using this criterion, the NCAA recognizes 16 players as "consensus" All-American for the 1908 football season. The consensus All-Americans are identified in bold on the list below ("All-Americans of 1908").

All-American selections for 1908

Ends

Hunter Scarlett Hunter Watt Scarlett (October 16, 1885 – December 23, 1954) was a notable ophthalmologist, and is best known for his college football career for the Penn Quakers from 1904 to 1908. During World War I, he worked in both French and American ...

, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; CON-1 3 ERB-1 0 NYW; PI; FY; TT; NYG; CSM; NYET; BSU; BP; PD; TJ; KCJ; PP; PT; PES; WH; FC) * George Schildmiller, Dartmouth (WC-1; CON-1 8 ERB-1 3 PI; TT; NYG; NYT; NYET; BSU; BP; PD; PT; PES; CIO; FC) *Claude Fisher, Syracuse (NYW; FY; TJ; KCJ) *

Frank Dennie Frank Edward Dennie (March 30, 1885 – January 13, 1952), also known as Fred Dennie, was an American college football player and coach, athletics administrator, and mathematics professor. He played college football at Brown University from 1905 t ...

, Brown (WC-2; CSM; NHR) *

Lawrence Fairfax Reifsnider Lawrence Fairfax Reifsnider (November 26, 1887 – May 14, 1956) was an American football player and a vice admiral in the United States Navy. A native of Westminster, Maryland, Reifsnider attended the United States Naval Academy where he played ...

, Navy (WC-2) *

Harlan Page Harlan Orville "Pat" Page (March 20, 1887 – November 23, 1965) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He was one of basketball's first star players in the early 1900s. The 5'9" Chicago native played guard at the Un ...

, Chicago (WC-3) *Ronald D. Johnson, Army (WC-3) *George Kennedy, Dartmouth (NYT; NHR; WH) *Gilbert Goodwin Browne, Harvard (PP)

Tackles

Hamilton Fish Hamilton Fish (August 3, 1808September 7, 1893) was an American politician who served as the 16th Governor of New York from 1849 to 1850, a United States Senator from New York from 1851 to 1857 and the 26th United States Secretary of State fro ...

, Harvard (WC-1; CON-1 4 ERB-1 5 PI; FY; TT; NYG; CSM; NYT; BSU; BP; KCJ; PT; FC) *

Bill Horr Marquis Franklin "Bill" Horr (May 2, 1880 – July 1, 1955) was an American football player, coach, and Olympic track and field athlete. He played college football as a tackle at Syracuse University and was selected as an All-American in 1908. ...

, Syracuse (WC-1; CON-2 NYG; NYET; PD PES *

Percy Northcroft Percy Wilfred Northcroft (August 31, 1886 – December 20, 1967) was an American football player and Naval officer. He played tackle for the Navy Midshipmen football team from 1905 to 1908 and was selected as an All-American in 1906 and 1908 ...

, Navy (WC-3; CIO) *

Dexter Draper Dexter Wright Draper (May 23, 1881 – August 22, 1961) was an American football player and coach, as well as a pediatrician. He was an All-American tackle at the University of Pennsylvania from 1905 to 1907. Draper became head football coach at ...

, Penn (WC-3; CON-1 3 ERB-1 5 PI; TT; BSU; BP; PD; NHR; PP; PT; PES; WH; FC) *Rudolph Siegling, Princeton (WC-2; CON-2 1 NYW-1; NYT; BP PD; TJ; PP; WH; CIO) *

Daniel Pullen Daniel Dee Pullen (April 27, 1885 – September 22, 1923) was an American football player and an officer in the United States Army. Biography Pullen was born in La Push, Washington, the second of four children and oldest of three sons born to H ...

, Army (NYW; FY; TJ; KCJ) * Robert McKay, Harvard (CSM) *

Arthur Brides Arthur E. Brides (October 31, 1885 – September 26, 1937) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1909 to 1910 and at Massachusetts Agricultural Colleg ...

, Yale (NHR)

Guards

Hamlin Andrus Hamlin Foster Andrus (March 30, 1885July 9, 1957) was an American football player and financier. He played college football at Yale University from 1908 to 1909 and was selected as a consensus All-American at the guard position in 1909. Andrus wa ...

, Yale (WC-2; CON-1 3 ERB-1 8 NYW; NYT; NYET; BSU; TJ; KCJ; PT; PES) *

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, Yale (WC-1; CON-1 6 PI; FY; TT; NYG; CSM; NYT; PD; NHR; PP; WH; CIO; FC) *

Bernard O'Rourke Bernard John O'Rourke (March 1886 – June 12, 1941) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Cornell University and was a consensus first-team selection to the 1908 College Football All-America Team. O'Rourke wa ...

, Cornell (WC-2 NYET; PES; WH *

Clark Tobin Clark W. Tobin (January 1, 1887 – January 25, 1952) was an American college football player and coach. Biography Tobin played college football at Dartmouth College in 1909 and 1910. He was the captain of the 1909 Dartmouth football team and wa ...

, Dartmouth (WC-1; CON-2 2 ERB-1 8 PI; FY; TT; NYG; CSM; NYET; BSU; BP; KCJ) *Samuel Hoar, Harvard (WC-3; NYW; TJ; PP) *

Francis Burr Francis Hardon Burr (September 15, 1886 – December 5, 1910) was an American football player. He was a first-team All-American guard in 1906 and captain of the 1908 Harvard Crimson football team. After he died of typhoid fever in 1910, the ...

, Havard (PT) * John Messmer, Wisconsin (WC-2) * Forest Van Hook, Illinois (WC-3) *Orlo L. Waugh, Syracuse (NHR) *Edward Rich, Dartmouth (FC)

Centers

Charles Nourse Charles Joseph Nourse (February 24, 1888 – April 25, 1974) was an American football player and lawyer. He played college football at Harvard University and was a consensus first-team selection to the 1908 College Football All-America Team. Ea ...

, Harvard (WC-1; CON-1 2 NYG; NYT; CIO *

Germany Schulz Adolph George "Germany" Schulz (April 19, 1883 – April 14, 1951) was an All-American American football center for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1904 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1908. While playing at Michigan, Schulz is credited with ...

, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (CON-2 ERB-1 0 NYW; PI; FY; TT; CSM; NYET; BSU; BP; PD; NHR; TJ; KCJ; PP; PT; PES) *

Wallace Philoon Wallace Copeland Philoon (October 13, 1883 – January 16, 1970) was an American football player and a major general in the United States Army. Biography A native of Auburn, Maine, Philoon attended Bowdoin College, where he played college footba ...

, Army (WC-2; WH; CIO; FC) *Joseph C. Brusse, Dartmouth (WC-3)

Quarterbacks

Walter Steffen Walter Peter Steffen (October 9, 1886 – March 9, 1937) was an American college football player and coach, lawyer, politician, and judge. He emerged on the national scene as a high school quarterback, leading his North Division High School team ...

, Chicago (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; FY; NYET; PD; NHR; KCJ) * Ed Lange, Navy (CON-1 2 TT; NYG; BP; PP; WH; CIO) * Allie Miller, Penn (WC-3; CON-2 ERB-1 0 PI; BSU; TJ; PT; PES; FC) * Johnny Cutler, Harvard (WC-2; CSM; NYT)

Halfbacks

Hamilton Corbett Hamilton Forbush "Ham" Corbett (December 13, 1888 – May 7, 1966) was a prominent Portland, Oregon businessman and in his younger years was a leading amateur American football player. He played college football for Harvard University and was a co ...

, Harvard (CIO) *

Bill Hollenback William Marshall "Big Bill" Hollenback (February 22, 1886 – March 12, 1968) was an American football player and coach. He played football at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was selected as an All-American fullback three straight year ...

, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; CON-1 1 ERB-1 0 NYW; PI; FY; TT; NYG; NYT; NYET; BSU; BP; PD; TJ; KCJ; PP; PT; PES; WH; FC) * Frederick Tibbott, Princeton (WC-1; CON-1 1 ERB-1 5 NYW; FY; TT; CSM; NYT; NYET; BSU; BP; NHR; TJ; KCJ; PP; PT; PES; WH; CIO) *

Jim Thorpe James Francis Thorpe ( Sac and Fox (Sauk): ''Wa-Tho-Huk'', translated as "Bright Path"; May 22 or 28, 1887March 28, 1953) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was the first Native ...

, Carlisle (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; PI) *Ernest Frederocl Ver Wiebe, Harvard (WC-2; CSM; NHR) * John W. Mayhew, Brown (WC-2) *Edward Gray, Amherst (WC-3)

Fullbacks

Ted Coy Edward Harris Coy (May 23, 1888 – September 8, 1935) was an American football player and coach. Coy was selected as a first-team All-American three straight years from 1907 to 1909 and was later selected as the fullback on Walter Camp's All-Ti ...

, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; CON-1 4 ERB-1 0 NYW; PI; FY; TT; NYG; CSM; NYT; NYET; BSU; BP; PD; NHR; TJ; KCJ; PP; PT; PES; WH; CIO FC) *

George Walder George Henry Walder was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at his alma mater, Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. ...

, Cornell (WC-2; CIO; FC; PD b *

George McCaa George Shiffer McCaa (March 8, 1884 – November 28, 1960) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He played college football at Lafayette College as a fullback in 1908 and 1909. McCaa served as the head football co ...

, Lafayette (WC-3)

Key

NCAA recognized selectors for 1908 * WC = ''

'' as selected by

Other selectors * CON = Consensus based on All-American teams selected by 25 football experts; number indicates how many of the 25 experts selected the individual as a first-team All-American; any player with at least 5 of 25 selections is listed hear as a second-team selection: CON-2 * ERB = Composite All-America team selected by E. R. Bushnell based on aggregating the opinions of 30 football critics; number indicates how many of the 30 critics selected the individual as a first-team All-American * NYW = ''

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'', selected by former Yale quarterback

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* PI = ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', selected by Franklin * FY =

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, football coach of the University of Michigan * TT =

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e, former star tackle and captain of Columbia * NYG = ''New York Globe'' * CSM = ''The Christian Science Monitor'' * NYT = ''The New York Times''Spalding, p. 23 * NYET = ''New York Evening Telegram'' * BSU = ''Brooklyn Standard Union'' * BP = ''Boston Post'' * PD = ''Pittsburgh Dispatch''Spalding, p. 27 * NHR = ''New Haven Register'' * TJ = ''Tad Jones'' * KCJ = ''Kansas City Journal'' * PP = ''Philadelphia Press''Spalding, p. 25 * PT = ''Philadelphia Times'' * PES = ''Philadelphia Evening Star'' * WH = ''Washington Herald'', selected by William Peet * CIO = ''Chicago Inter-Ocean'' * FC =

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

References

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