1926 College Football All-America Team Official list of the best college football players of 1926
The 1926 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1926. The six selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1926 season are (1) Collier's Weekly Grantland Rice with cooperation from ten coaches, (2) the Associated Press , based on polling of "more than 100 coaches and critics", (3) the United Press , (4) the All-America Board, selected by Knute Rockne (Notre Dame), Glenn "Pop" Warner (Stanford), and Tad Jones (Yale), (5) the International News Service (INS), and (6) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA).
Other notable selectors included Billy Evans , the Central Press Association , the New York Sun Walter Eckersall .
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.
Name
Position
School
Number
Official
Other
Frank Wickhorst Tackle
Navy
6/6
AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEA, UP
BE, CP, CEP, HF, LP, NYS, RG, WC, WE
Herb Joesting Fullback
Minnesota
5/6
AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEA
BE, CP, ES, LP, NYS, RG, WC, WE
Bud Boeringer Center
Notre Dame
5/6
AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEA
BE, CP, ES, LP, NYS, RG, WC, WE
Mort Kaer Halfback
USC
5/6
AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEA
BE, CP, NYS, RG, WC, WE
Bernie Shively Guard
Illinois
5/6
AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEA
BE, WC, WE
Harry Connaughton Guard
Georgetown
4/6
AP, COL, NEA, UP
BE, CP, ES, HF, LP, NYS, RG, WE
Benny Friedman Quarterback
Michigan
4/6
AP, COL, INS, NEA
BE, CP, ES, HF, LP, NYS, RG, WE
Bennie Oosterbaan End
Michigan
4/6
AAB, COL, NEA, UP
BE, CEP, ES, WC, WE
Vic Hanson End
Syracuse
4/6
AP, COL, INS, UP
ES, HF, LP, NYS, WE
Ralph Baker Halfback
Northwestern
2/6
AP, COL
CP, LP, NYS, WE
Bud Sprague Tackle
Army
1/6
AP
CP, CEP
All-American selections for 1926
Ends
Bennie Oosterbaan (AAB-1 ; AP-3; COL-1 ; NEA ; UP ; CEP-1; WC-1; BE-1; RG-2; ES-1; WE-1) Vic Hanson (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 , Stanford (AAB-1 ; AP-2; INS-2; WC-1; NYS-2; BE-2; LP-2; RG-1; WE-2) Carl Bacchus , Missouri (AAB-3; AP-3; BE-3; RWJ-3) Cal Hubbard , Geneva (INS-3; RG-3; CEP-1) Ed Lindenmeyer , Missouri (INS-3) George Thayer , Penn (WE-3) Charles Born, Army (RG-3)
Tackles
Frank Wickhorst (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 (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 , 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 , Brown (AP-3; COL-1 ; LP-1; NYS-2; WE-1) Spike Nelson , Iowa (AP-2; CP-2; NYS-1; BE-2; LP-2; RG-3) Theodore "Tiny" Roebuck,[ 1] (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 , USC (BE-3) Howard D. Cothran, Lafayette (RG-2; WE-3)
Leo Raskowski , Ohio State (INS-3; ES-1; WE-3) Ed Kevorkian, Brown (INS-3)
Guards
Bernie Shively (AAB-1 ; AP-1 ; COL-1 ; INS-1 ; NEA ; CP-2; WC-1; BE-1; RG-2; WE-1) Harry Connaughton (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 , 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)
Orland Smith , Brown (INS-1 ; BE-3; RG-2) Frank Mayer , Notre Dame (INS-3) John H. Lovette, Michigan (WE-3)
Centers
Bud Boeringer (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 , USC (AAB-2; INS-2; RWJ-2) Larry Bettencourt , St. Mary's (CA) (CFHOF) (AAB-3; RWJ-3) Pollock Wallace , Oklahoma (AP-3) Alex Klein, Ohio State (BE-3)
Maurice Daly, Army (NYS-2)
Robert Reitsch , Illinois (RG-3; WE-3) Joseph Truskowski , Michigan (LP-2)
Quarterbacks
Benny Friedman (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 , Vanderbilt (CFHOF) (AAB-3 [as hb]; AP-2; INS-2; NYS-2; BE-2; LP-2; RWJ-3 [as hb]) Bill Kelly , Montana (CFHOF) (AP-2 [as hb]; BE-3 [as hb]; 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 , SMU (CFHOF) (AAB-3; BE-3; RWJ-3) Dan Caulkins, Princeton (RG-3)
Halfbacks
Mort Kaer (AAB-1 ; AP-1 ; COL-1 ; INS-1 ; NEA ; CP-1; WC-1; NYS-1; BE-1; RG-1; ES-2 [as qb]; WE-1) Ralph Baker (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 , Ohio State (UP ; AP-2; INS-3; CP-2; BE-3; HF-1; LP-2; RG-2; 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 , 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
Key
Bold – Used for (1) consensus All-Americans[ 2] 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 Tad Jones (Yale)[ 3]
AP = Associated Press , based on AP polling of "more than 100 coaches and critics"[ 4]
UP = United Press [citation needed
COL = Collier's Weekly Grantland Rice 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).[ 5] [ 6]
INS = International News Service , selected by Davis Walsh[ 7]
NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association [citation needed
Other selectors
See also
References
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