1891 College Football All-America Team
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The 1891 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected by Casper Whitney as the best players at their positions for the 1891 college football season
. Whitney began publishing his All-America Team in 1889, and 1891 was the first year Whitney's list was published in Harper's Weekly
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1891 college football season
The 1891 college football season had a clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Yale as national champions....
. Whitney began publishing his All-America Team in 1889, and 1891 was the first year Whitney's list was published in Harper's Weekly
Harper's Weekly
Harper's Weekly was an American political magazine based in New York City. Published by Harper & Brothers from 1857 until 1916, it featured foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays on many subjects, and humor...
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Key
- CW = Casper Whitney, published in Harper's Weekly magazine.
- Bold = Consensus All-American
Ends
- Frank HinkeyFrank HinkeyFrank Augustus Hinkey was an American football player. He was notable for being one of only three college football players in history to be named a four-time All-America. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.Born in Tonawanda, New York, he attended DeVeaux College and...
, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) (CW) - Josh HartwellJosh HartwellJohn Augustus "Josh" Hartwell was an American football player and coach, military officer, and physician. Hartwell attended Yale University, where he played end for Walter Camp's Bulldogs football team from 1888 to 1891...
, Yale (CW)
Tackles
- Wallace WinterWallace WinterWallace Charles Winter, Sr. was an All-American football player. He played tackle for Yale University from 1890-1892 and was selected to the 1891 College Football All-America Team....
, Yale (CW) - Marshall NewellMarshall NewellMarshall "Ma" Newell was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1957.-Early years:...
, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (CW)
Guards
- Pudge Heffelfinger, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) (CW)
- Jesse RiggsJesse RiggsJesse Bright Riggs was an All-American football player. Riggs played for the Princeton University football team from 1888 to 1891. He was an All-American in 1890 and captain of the 1891 Princeton football team....
, Princeton (CW)
Quarterback
- Philip King, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) (CW)
Halfbacks
- Everett J. LakeEverett J. LakeEverett J. Lake was an American politician and the 52nd Governor of Connecticut.- Early life :Lake was born in Woodstock, Connecticut on February 8, 1871. He studied at Worcester Polytechnic and graduated in 1890. He then went to Harvard University and graduated in 1892. During these years, he...
, Harvard (later Governor of Connecticut) (CW) - Lee "Bum" McClungLee McClungThomas Lee "Bum" McClung was an American football player who later served as the 22nd Treasurer of the United States....
, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) (CW)