The 1926 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 1926. The six selectors recognized by the

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as "official" for the 1926 season are (1) ''

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'', as selected by

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with cooperation from ten coaches, (2) the

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, based on polling of "more than 100 coaches and critics", (3) the

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, (4) the All-America Board, selected by Knute Rockne (Notre Dame), Glenn "Pop" Warner (Stanford), and Tad Jones (Yale), (5) the

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(INS), and (6) the

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(NEA). Other notable selectors included

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, the Central Press Association, the ''

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'', and

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 ...

Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1926, 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-American selections for 1926

Ends

Bennie Oosterbaan Benjamin Oosterbaan ( ; February 24, 1906 – October 25, 1990) was a three-time first team College Football All-America Team, All-American American football, football End (gridiron football), end for the Michigan Wolverines football team, two-tim ...

, Michigan (CFHOF) (AAB-1; AP-3; COL-1; NEA; UP; CEP-1; WC-1; BE-1; RG-2; ES-1; WE-1) *

Vic Hanson Victor Arthur Hanson (July 30, 1903 – April 10, 1982) was an American football player and coach, basketball player, and baseball player. A three-sport college athlete, he played football, basketball, and baseball at Syracuse University in th ...

, Syracuse (CFHOF) (AAB-2; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; UP; CP-2; NYS-1; BE-2; HF-1; LP-1; RJW-2; RG-2; DW-1; ES-1; WE-1) * Hal Broda, Brown (AAB-3; AP-2; INS-2; UP; CP-1; NYS-1; BE-3; HF-1; LP-2; RWJ-3; RG-1; ES-2; WE-2) * Hoyt Winslett, Alabama (AAB-2; AP-1; INS-1; NEA; CP-2; NYS-2; BE-1; LP-1, RWJ-2; ES-2; WE-3; CP-1) *

Ted Shipkey Theodore E. Shipkey (September 28, 1904 – July 18, 1978) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. Playing football at Stanford University from 1924 to 1926, he was a two-time and ...

, Stanford (AAB-1; AP-2; INS-2; WC-1; NYS-2; BE-2; LP-2; RG-1; WE-2) *

Carl Bacchus Robert Carl Bacchus (July 31, 1904 – March 2, 1985) was an American football player. Bacchus was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in 1904. He played at the end position in the National Football League for the 1927 Cleveland Bulldogs and the 1 ...

, Missouri (AAB-3; AP-3; BE-3; RWJ-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 ...

, Geneva (INS-3; RG-3; CEP-1) *

Ed Lindenmeyer Edgar William Lindenmeyer (July 18, 1901 – July 24, 1981) was an American football player. Lindenmeyer attended the Missouri Military Academy (MMA) before enrolling at the University of Missouri. He played college football at the tackle pos ...

, Missouri (INS-3) * George Thayer, Penn (WE-3) * Charles Born, Army (RG-3)

Tackles

Frank Wickhorst Frank H. "Wick" Wickhorst (March 18, 1905 – September 13, 1972) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a tackle at the United States Naval Academy and was selected as an All-American in 1926. Wickhorst serv ...

, Navy (AAB-1; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; UP; CP-1; WC-1; NYS-1; BE-1; HF-1; LP-1; RG-1; WE-1; CEP-1) *

Bud Sprague Mortimer "Bud" Sprague (September 8, 1904 – April 25, 1973) was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1970. He was one of the eight children born to Minna and George Sprague, of the Oak Cliff ne ...

, Army (AP-1; CP-1; RG-3; CEP-1; LP-2) * Lloyd Yoder, Carnegie Tech (CFHOF) (AAB-1; AP-3; INS-2; CP-2; WC-1) *

Lon Stiner Alonzo L. "Lon" Stiner (June 20, 1903 – March 8, 1985) was an American football player and coach. He was the head coach at Oregon State College—now Oregon State University—from 1933 to 1948, compiling a record of 74–49–17. Stiner led th ...

, Nebraska (AAB-2; INS-1; RWJ-2; ES-2) *Robert Johnson, Northwestern (NEA; BE-1; RG-1; WE-2) *Alfred "Al" Lassman, NYU (AAB-3; UP; BE-3; HF-1; RWJ-3; RG-2; ES-1; WE-2) *

Orland Smith Orland Smith (May 2, 1825 – October 3, 1903) was a railroad executive and a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War. In 1863, he led a spirited bayonet charge during the Battle of Wauhatchie that took a significant ...

, Brown (AP-3; COL-1; LP-1; NYS-2; WE-1) *

Spike Nelson Emerson William "Spike" Nelson (April 2, 1906 – October 20, 1998) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Mississippi State College, now Mississippi State University, in 1938 and at Yale Uni ...

, Iowa (AP-2; CP-2; NYS-1; BE-2; LP-2; RG-3) *Theodore "Tiny" Roebuck, Haskell (AAB-2; RWJ-2) * Jim Dixon, Oregon State (AAB-3; INS-2; RWJ-3) *D. Thomas Eddy, Navy (AP-2; NYS-2; ES-2) * Fred Pickhard, Alabama (BE-2) *

Jesse Hibbs Jesse John Hibbs (January 11, 1906 – February 4, 1985) was an American film and television director and American football player. He played college football at the University of Southern California (USC), where he was an All-American tackle ...

, USC (BE-3) *Howard D. Cothran, Lafayette (RG-2; WE-3) *

Leo Raskowski Leo Thomas Raskowski (March 28, 1906 – October 30, 1952) was an American college and professional football player of the 1920s and 1930s. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Thomas (a Polish immigrant) and Julia Raskowski. At Ohio State, he and r ...

, Ohio State (INS-3; ES-1; WE-3) * Ed Kevorkian, Brown (INS-3)

Guards

Bernie Shively Bernie A. Shively (May 26, 1902 – December 10, 1967) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was the athletic director at the University of Kentucky from 1938 until his death. Shively served as an assista ...

, Illinois (CFHOF) (AAB-1; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; CP-2; WC-1; BE-1; RG-2; WE-1) * Harry Connaughton, Georgetown (AAB-2; AP-1; COL-1; INS-2; NEA; UP; CP-1; NYS-1; BE-1; HF-1; LP-1; RWJ-2; RG-1; ES-1; WE-1) * Ed Hess, Ohio State (AAB-2; AP-2; INS-2; CP-1; NYS-2; BE-2; HF-1; LP-2; RWJ-2; RG-1; ES-1; WE-2; CEP-1) * Edwin Hayes, Ohio State (UP) *

Fred H. Swan Frederick Haviside Swan (July 28, 1902 – October 27, 1993) was an American football player and coach. He was the 13th head football coach at Temple University, serving for one season, in 1939, compiling a record of 2–7. Swan served as li ...

, Stanford (AAB-3; AP-3; INS-3; CP-2; RWJ-3; ES-2; CEP-1; LP-2) * Herbert Sturhahn, Yale (CFHOF) (AAB-1; AP-3; WC-1; NYS-2; BE-3; ES-2; LP-1; RG-3; WE-2) *Ted "Butter" Gorrell, USC (AAB-3; RWJ-3) * Emerson Carey, Cornell (AP-2; RWJ-2; WE-3; RG-3) *Ernest Schmidt, Army (NYS-1; BE-2) *

, Brown (INS-1; BE-3; RG-2) * Frank Mayer, Notre Dame (INS-3) *John H. Lovette, Michigan (WE-3)

Centers

* Bud Boeringer, Notre Dame (AAB-1; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; CP-1; WC-1; NYS-1; BE-1; LP-1; RG-1; ES-1; WE-1) *John J. Butler, Penn (AP-2; INS-3; UP; CP-2; BE-2; HF-1; RG-2; ES-2; WE-2) *

Jeff Cravath Newell Jefferson Cravath (February 3, 1903 – December 10, 1953) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach the University of Denver from 1929 to 1931, at the University of San Francisco in 1941, and at the U ...

, USC (AAB-2; INS-2; RWJ-2) *

Larry Bettencourt Lawrence Joseph Bettencourt (September 22, 1905 – September 15, 1978) was an American football and baseball player. He played professionally in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder and third baseman for the St. Louis Browns and in the N ...

, St. Mary's (CA) (CFHOF) (AAB-3; RWJ-3) *

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 ...

, Oklahoma (AP-3) *Alex Klein, Ohio State (BE-3) *Maurice Daly, Army (NYS-2) *

Robert Reitsch Robert Reitsch (January 11, 1906 – September 4, 1998) was an American college football player. A prominent Center (gridiron football), center, he was the Captain (sports), captain of the national champion 1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football ...

, Illinois (RG-3; WE-3) * Joseph Truskowski, Michigan (LP-2)

Quarterbacks

* Benny Friedman, Michigan (CFHOF) (AAB-2; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; CP-1; NYS-1; BE-1; HF-1; LP-1; RWJ-2; RG-1; ES-1; WE-1) *

Bill Spears William Douglas Spears (August 31, 1906 – December 31, 1992) known as "Bounding Bill Spears" was an American football player and stand-out quarterback for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams from 1925 to 1927. Spears was elected ...

, Vanderbilt (CFHOF) (AAB-3

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AP-2; INS-2; NYS-2; BE-2; LP-2; RWJ-3

* Bill Kelly, Montana (CFHOF) (AP-2

BE-3

CP-2; RG-2; WE-3) * Roy Randall, Brown (AAB-1; WC-1) * Butch Meeker, Washington State (WE-2) * George Guttormsen, Washington (AP-3; INS-3) *

Gerald Mann Gerald C. Mann (January 13, 1907 – January 6, 1990) was an American football player and the Texas Attorney General, attorney general of Texas from 1939 to 1944. Mann studied at Southern Methodist University, where he was twice named to all-con ...

, SMU (CFHOF) (AAB-3; BE-3; RWJ-3) * Dan Caulkins, Princeton (RG-3)

Halfbacks

Mort Kaer Morton Armour Kaer (September 7, 1903 – January 11, 1992), nicknamed "Devil May," was an athlete in track and an All-American collegiate and professional American football player. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska and died in Mount Shasta, Cali ...

, USC (CFHOF) (AAB-1; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; CP-1; WC-1; NYS-1; BE-1; RG-1; ES-2 s qb WE-1) * Ralph Baker, Northwestern (CFHOF) (AAB-2; AP-1; COL-1; INS-2; CP-1; NYS-1; BE-2; LP-1; RWJ-2; RG-2; ES-2; WE-1) * Harry Wilson, Army (AAB-1; AP-2; INS-1; NEA; CP-2; WC-1; ES-1) * Tom Hamilton, Navy (UP; HF-1; RG-3; WE-2) *

Marty Karow Martin Gregory Karow ''orn Karowsky' (July 18, 1904 – April 27, 1986) was an All-American college football player and a professional baseball player. He was a fullback on the Ohio State University football team from 1924 through 1926. In 19 ...

, Ohio State (UP; ES-2; WE-3) * Frank Kirkleski, Lafayette (AAB-3; AP-3; RWJ-3) * Charles Rogers, Penn (AP-3; INS-3; UP; HF-1; RG-1; WE-2) *Chester "Cotton" Wilcox, Purdue (NYS-2; LP-2; RG-3; BE-2) * George Bogue, Stanford (BE-3; WE-3) *

Christie Flanagan Christopher S. "Christie" Flanagan Jr. (December 8, 1905 – March 22, 1991), also known as Christy Flanagan in certain Notre Dame materials, was an All-American college football player for Knute Rockne's Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He scored th ...

, Notre Dame (AAB-2; CP-2; RWJ-2; RG-2; ES-1) * Dave Mishel, Brown (INS-2) * George Wilson, Lafayette (INS-3; BE-1; NYS-2) * Dick Hyland, Stanford (LP-1)

Fullbacks

Herb Joesting Herbert Walter Joesting (April 17, 1905 – October 1, 1963) was an American football player and coach. He was a consensus All-American fullback while playing for the Minnesota Golden Gophers in both 1926 and 1927. He also played three seasons i ...

, Minnesota (CFHOF) (AAB-1; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; BE-1; CP-1; ES-1; NYS-1; RG-1; LP-1; WC-1; WE-1) *

, Ohio State (AP-2; INS-3; CP-2; BE-3; HF-1; LP-2; RG-2) * Bill Amos, Washington & Jefferson (AAB-2; INS-2; BE-2; RWJ-2; WE-2) * Mayes McLain, Haskell (AAB-3; RWJ-3) * Ty Rauber, Washington & Lee (AP-3) *

Harry O'Boyle Harry O'Boyle (October 31, 1904 – May 5, 1994) was an American football blocking back in the National Football League. He first was a member of the Green Bay Packers for two seasons, however he did not see any playing time during a regular s ...

, Notre Dame (LP-2 b NYS-2) *Henry H. Caldwell, Navy (ES-2) *Loren Lewis, Northwestern (RG-3; WE-3)

Key

* Bold – Used for (1) consensus All-Americans and (2) first-team selections by an official selector * CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame inductee * 1 – First-team selection * 2 – Second-team selection * 3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors

* AAB = All-American Board, team selected by three coaches: Knute Rockne (Notre Dame), Glenn "Pop" Warner (Stanford), and

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(Yale) * AP =

, based on AP polling of "more than 100 coaches and critics" * UP =

* COL = ''

'' as selected by

with cooperation from ten coaches: Glenn Warner (Stanford), Robert Zuppke (Illinois), G.C. Woodruff (Georgia), Knute Rockne (Notre Dame), Wallace Wade (Alabama), Captain J.J. McEwan (Oregon), W.A. Alexander (Ga. Tech.), Howard Jones (So. Calif.), E.P. Madigan (St. Mary's, Calif.), and Dan McGuigan (Vanderbilt). * INS =

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, selected by Davis Walsh * NEA =

Other selectors

* BE =

* CP = Central Press Association, based on a poll conducted by Norman Brown of over 400 newspapers, each of which conducted its own election in which fans voted for the All-American team; Central Press reported compiling a million votes. * CEP = Charles E. Parker for the New York World News Service * ES = Ed Sullivan * HF = Henry Farrell of the United Press * LP = Lawrence Perry * NYS = ''

'' * RG =

Red Grange Harold Edward "Red" Grange (June 13, 1903 – January 28, 1991), nicknamed "the Galloping Ghost" and "the Wheaton Iceman", was an American football halfback for the University of Illinois, the Chicago Bears, and the short-lived New York Yankees ...

* WC =

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 ...

Football Foundation * WE =

References

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