1896 College Football All-America Team
Encyclopedia
The 1896 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-American
s for the 1896 college football season
, as selected by Casper Whitney for Harper's Weekly
and the Walter Camp Football Foundation.
College Football All-America Team
The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions. The original usage of the term All-America seems to have been to the 1889 College Football All-America Team selected by Casper Whitney and published in This...
s for the 1896 college football season
1896 college football season
The 1896 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Lafayette and Princeton as national champions.-Conference standings:The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:...
, as selected by Casper Whitney for 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...
and the Walter Camp Football Foundation.
Key
- WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation
- CW = Casper Whitney, published in Harper's Weekly magazine.
- PI = Philadelphia Inquirer
- NYW = The World of New York selected by Harry Beecher
- LES = Leslie's Weekly by W.T. Bull
- Bold = Consensus All-American
Ends
- Norman CabotNorman CabotNorman W. Cabot was an All-American football player. A native of New York, New York, Cabot was the son of a prominent Brooklyn family said to be "one of the bluest-blooded, old Puritan families of New York," and a descendent of explorer John Cabot. He played for Harvard University from 1894 to...
, Harvard (WC-1; PI-1; NYW-1; LES-1) - Charles "The Miracle Man" Gelbert, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; PI-1; LES-1 [back])
- Garrett CochranGarrett Cochran-External links:...
, Princeton (NYW-1; LES-2) - Lyman M. Bass, Yale (LES-1)
- Louis Hinkey, Yale (LES-2)
Tackles
- William Church, Princeton (WC-1; PI-1; NYW-1; LES-1)
- Fred MurphyFred J. MurphyFred J. Murphy was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He played college football as a tackle at Yale University was selected as an All-American in 1895...
, Yale (WC-1; NYW-1; LES-1) - Percy HaughtonPercy HaughtonPercy Duncan Haughton was an American football and baseball player and coach in the United States. He served as head football coach at Cornell University from 1899 to 1900, at Harvard University from 1908 to 1916, and at Columbia University from 1923 to 1924, compiling a career college football...
, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (PI-1; LES-2) - James O. Rodgers, Yale (LES-2)
Guards
- Charles "Buck" WhartonCharles Wharton (American football)Charles "Buck" Wharton was an American football player. He was selected as an All-American guard in 1896 while playing for the University of Pennsylvania. The Penn teams of 1894 and 1895, with Wharton and fellow Hall of Fame inductee, Charlie Gelbert, as the guards were undefeated both years and...
, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; PI-1) - Wylie G. WoodruffWylie G. Woodruff-External links:...
, Penn (WC-1; PI-1; NYW-1; LES-1) - Shaw, Harvard (NYW-1)
- Crowdis, Princeton (LES-1)
- Uffenheimer, Penn (LES-2)
- N. Shaw, Harvard (LES-2)
Centers
- Robert GaileyRobert GaileyRobert R. Galley was an American football coach at Washington State University.-Coaching history:Galley was the fourth head college football coach for the Washington State University Cougars located in Pullman, Washington, United States, and he held that position for the 1897 season.His coaching...
, Princeton (WC-1; PI-1; NYW-1; LES-2) - Burr ChamberlainBurr Chamberlain-External links:...
, Yale (LES-1)
Quarterbacks
- Clarence FinckeClarence FinckeClarence Mann Fincke was an All-American football player and a banker. He played football for Yale University from 1894 to 1896, mostly at quarterback and some at fullback, and was selected as the quarterback for the 1896 College Football All-America Team.-Playing career:Fincke attended The Hill...
, Yale (WC-1; PI-1; NYW-1; LES-1) - Smith, Princeton (LES-2)
Halfbacks
- Edgar WrightingtonEdgar WrightingtonEdgar Newcomb Wrightington was an All-American football player and coach. He played as a back for the Harvard University football team and was selected for the All-American team in 1895. He served as Harvard's football coach in 1904. Wrightington later became a successful banker and oil and gas...
, Harvard (WC-1; PI-1; NYW-1) - Addison KellyAddison KellyAddison W. Kelly was an American football player and coach who played college football for Princeton University and was the head coach of the University of California college football program in 1900. In 1896, he was selected as one of the backs on the College Football All-America Team.-Head...
, Princeton (WC-1; PI-1; NYW-1; LES-2) - Dunlop, Harvard (LES-1)
- Bannard, Princeton (LES-2)
Fullbacks
- John BairdJohn Baird (American football)John Baird was an All-American football player. He played at the fullback and quarterback positions for Princeton University from 1895 to 1898 and was selected as a member of the 1896 College Football All-America Team.-Biography:...
, Princeton (WC-1; NYW-1; LES-1) - John MindsJohn MindsJohn Minds was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1962....
, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (PI-1) - Wrightington, Harvard (LES-2)