1915 College Football All-America Team
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The 1915 College Football All-America team consists of American football
players selected to the College Football All-America Team
s selected by various organizations in 1915. The organizations that chose the teams included Collier's Weekly
selected by Walter Camp
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American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
players selected to the College Football All-America Team
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 selected by various organizations in 1915. The organizations that chose the teams included Collier's Weekly
Collier's Weekly
Collier's Weekly was an American magazine founded by Peter Fenelon Collier and published from 1888 to 1957. With the passage of decades, the title was shortened to Collier's....
selected by Walter Camp
Walter Camp
Walter Chauncey Camp was an American football player, coach, and sports writer known as the "Father of American Football". With John Heisman, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Pop Warner, Fielding H. Yost, and George Halas, Camp was one of the most accomplished persons in the early history of American football...
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Key
- WC = Collier's WeeklyCollier's WeeklyCollier's Weekly was an American magazine founded by Peter Fenelon Collier and published from 1888 to 1957. With the passage of decades, the title was shortened to Collier's....
as selected by Walter CampWalter CampWalter Chauncey Camp was an American football player, coach, and sports writer known as the "Father of American Football". With John Heisman, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Pop Warner, Fielding H. Yost, and George Halas, Camp was one of the most accomplished persons in the early history of American football... - WE = Walter EckersallWalter EckersallWalter "Eckie" Eckersall was an American football player, official, and sportswriter for the Chicago Tribune. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.-Early life:...
, of the Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneThe Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is... - FM = Frank G. MenkeFrank G. MenkeFrank Grant Menke was an American newspaper reporter, author, and sports historian. He wrote for the Hearst Newspapers from 1912 to 1932 and his articles appeared daily in 300 newspapers across the country. He was billed by the Hearst syndicate as "America's Foremost Sport Writer"...
, Sporting Editor of the International News Service - FY = Fielding Yost, coach of the University of Michigan
- MON = Monty, New York sports writer Monty
- PD = Parke H. DavisParke H. DavisParke Hill Davis was an American football player, coach and historian who retroactively named the national championship teams in American college football from the 1869 through the 1932 seasons. He also named co-national champions at the conclusion of the 1933 season...
- TC = Tommy Clark
- Bold - Consensus All-American
- 1 - First Team Selection
- 2 - Second Team Selection
- 3 - Third Team Selection
All-Americans of 1915
Ends
- Murray SheltonMurray SheltonMurray Norcross Shelton was an American football player. Shelton graduated from Cornell University in 1916 and was a member of the Sphinx Head Society. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973....
, Cornell (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; FM-2; MON-2; PD-1; TC-1) - Guy ChamberlinGuy ChamberlinBerlin Guy "Champ" Chamberlin was a professional American football player and coach in the National Football League . He played at Nebraska Wesleyan University and then at the University of Nebraska, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He graduated from Nebraska in 1916...
, Nebraska (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WE-1; FM-1; PD-1) - Bert BastonBert BastonBert Baston was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954....
, Minnesota (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; WE-2) - Bob Higgins, Penn State (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2; WE-2; FM-1; FY-1; MON-1; TC-1)
- Jack "Red" Lamberton, Princeton (WE-1; FY-1)
- Fred Heyman, Washington & JeffersonWashington & Jefferson Presidents footballThe Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team represents Washington & Jefferson College in collegiate level football. The team competes in NCAA Division III and is affiliated with the Presidents' Athletic Conference...
(WC-3; MON-1) - George Squier, Illinois (WC-3; FM-2)
- Edward Soucy, Harvard (MON-2)
- James Pat HerronJames Pat HerronJames P. "Pat" Herron was an American football player and coach. He played at end for the University of Pittsburgh's football team. A member of the Panthers' undefeated national championship teams coached by "Pop" Warner in 1915 and 1916, Herron earned first team All-American honors in 1916...
, Pittsburgh (WC-2)
Tackles
- Howard Buck, Wisconsin (WC-2; WE-1; FM-1; FY-1; PD-1; TC-1)
- Joseph GilmanJoseph GilmanJoseph Atherton Gilman was an All-American football player at Harvard University. A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, Gilman attended Exeter before enrolling at Harvard. As a freshman, Gilman played on Harvard's freshman football team. In his third year at Harvard, he was declared ineligible due to...
, Harvard (WC-1; WE-1; FY-1; MON-2; TC-1) - Earl AbellEarl AbellEarl C. "Tuffy" Abell was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a tackle at Colgate University. He later returned to Colgate as an assistant coach in 1925, and took over the head coaching job in 1928. He spent the 1929 and 1930 football seasons as head coach of...
, Colgate (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; WE-2; FM-2; MON-1) - Maurice M. Witherspoon, W&J (FM-1)
- Mark FarnumMark FarnumMark Farnum was an All-American football player. He played tackle for Brown University in 1915 and 1916.Farnum was a native of Georgiaville, Rhode Island, the son of a Rhode Island pioneer family. He began his athletic career at the Dean Academy in Franklin, Massachusetts...
, Brown (MON-1) - Laurens ShullLaurens ShullLaurens Corning "Spike" Shull was an All-American football player who was killed in action during World War I. He played football, baseball and basketball for the University of Chicago from 1913-1916...
, Chicago (died in WWI) (FM-2) - Alex "Babe" WeyandAlex WeyandAlexander Mathias "Babe" Weyand was an American football player, Olympian, Army officer and sports historian...
, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; MON-2) - William T. "Bully" Van de GraafWilliam T. Van de GraaffWilliam Travis "Bully" Van de Graaff was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played college football at the University of Alabama, where he was selected as an All-American in 1915...
, Alabama (WC-2; PD-1) - John B. McAuliffeJohn B. McAuliffeJohn B. "Jack" McAuliffe was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Marquette University in 1916 and at Catholic University from 1925 to 1929, compiling a career college football record of 25–24–1....
, Dartmouth (WE-2) - Josh CodyJosh CodyJoshua C. Cody was an American college athlete, head coach and athletics director. Cody was a native of Tennessee and an alumnus of Vanderbilt University, where he was a three-time All-American college football player...
, Vanderbilt (WC-3)
Guards
- Clarence SpearsClarence SpearsDr. Clarence Wiley "Doc" Spears was an American football player, coach, and doctor. He was an All-American guard at Dartmouth College and served as the head football coach at Dartmouth , West Virginia University , the University of Minnesota , the University of Oregon...
, Dartmouth (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; WE-1; FM-1; FY-1; MON-1; PD-1; TC-1) - Harold WhiteHarold White (American football)Harold M. "Babe" White was an All-American football player for Syracuse University. He played at the guard position for Syracuse from 1913-1916. A native of New York, White attended DeWitt Clinton High School. At 6 feet, 6 inches in height and 273 pounds, White was the largest American...
, Syracuse (WE-2; FM-1; MON-2; TC-1) - Christopher Schlachter, Syracuse (WC-1; WE-2; FY-1)
- Clinton Black, Yale (WC-2; MON-1)
- Freeman FitzgeraldFreeman FitzgeraldFreeman Charles Fitzgerald was an All-American football player for Notre Dame. He was six feet in height and weighed 195 pounds. He played football for Notre Dame from 1913–1915 and was selected as an All-American at the guard position in 1915...
, Notre Dame (FM-2; PD-1) - Merton A. "Pat" DunniganPat DunniganMerton Arthur "Pat" Dunnigan was an All-American and professional football player. He played college football for the University of Minnesota where he was selected as an All-American at the guard position in 1915...
, Minnesota (WE-1; FM-2) - Alfred "Budge" Garrett, Rutgers (MON-2)
- Frank Hogg, Princeton (WC-2)
- Dadmun, Harvard (WC-3)
- Taylor, Auburn (WC-3)
Centers
- Bob PeckBob Peck (football)Bob Peck was an American football player who most famously played center for the Pittsburgh Panthers, where he was a three-time All-American. In 1917 he played in the Ohio League, the direct predecessor to the modern National Football League for the Youngstown Patricians and the Massillon Tigers....
, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; FM-1; MON-1; PD-1; TC-1) - Gib CoolGib CoolWilliam Cameron "Gib" Cool was an All-American football player. Cool played center for the Big Red of Cornell University from 1913-1915 and was selected as an All-American after his senior year in 1915...
, Cornell (WC-2; WE-1; FM-2; FY-1) - John McEwanJohn McEwan-External links:...
, Army (WC-3; MON-2) - John Wesley "Jack" Watson, Illinois (WE-2)
Quarterbacks
- Charley BarrettCharley BarrettCharley "Chuck" Barrett was an American football player. He was the consensus All-American quarterback in 1914 and 1915 while playing for Cornell University and led Cornell to an undefeated season and national championship in 1915...
, Cornell (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; WE-1; FM-1; FY-1; MON-1; PD-1; TC-1) - Don Watson, Harvard (WC-2)
- Paul "Pete" Russell, Chicago (WC-3; WE-2; FM-2)
- Miller, Columbia (MON-2)
Halfbacks
- Richard King, Harvard (WC-1; WE-2; FY-1)
- Bart MacomberBart MacomberFranklin Bart Macomber was an American football player. He played halfback and quarterback for the University of Illinois from 1914 to 1916 and helped the school to its first national football championship and consecutive undefeated seasons in 1914 and 1915...
, Illinois (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1) - Elmer OliphantElmer OliphantElmer Quillen Oliphant, nicknamed Catchie or Catchy, Olie or Ollie was an American football player.-High school:...
, Army (WC-1; MON-1) - Eugene MayerEugene MayerEugene Noble "Buck" Mayer was an All-American football player for the University of Virginia. He was the first football player from a Southern school to be recognized as a consensus first-team All-American....
, Virginia (FM-1; PD-1) - Bernie BiermanBernie BiermanBernard W. "Bernie" Bierman was an American football player and coach. He coached from 1919 to 1950 except for a span during World War II when he served in the U.S. armed forces...
, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (WE-1; FM-2 [fb]) - Neno Jerry DaPrato, Michigan State (FM-1)
- Dave Tibbott, Princeton (WC-2; WE-1; FY-1)
- Red Wilkinson, Syracuse (WE-2 [fb]; MON-1)
- R.B. "Dick" Rutherford, Nebraska (FM-2)
- Andy HastingsAndy HastingsCharles Elliott "Andy" Hastings , also known as "Sandy Hastings" in professional football records, was an American football player...
, Pittsburgh (FM-2) - John MaulbetschJohn MaulbetschJohn F. "Johnny" Maulbetsch was an All-American football halfback at Adrian College in 1911 and for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1914 to 1916...
, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (WE-2; MON-2; TC-1) - John Roland "Johnny" GilroyJohnny GilroyJohn Roland "Johnny" Gilroy , also known as "The Great Gilroy", was an All-American football halfback for Georgetown University and a professional football player for the Canton Bulldogs , Cleveland Tigers , Washington Senators , and Boston Bulldogs .-Early years:Sources vary as to Gilroy's date of...
, Georgetown (MON-2) - Anderson, Colgate (TC-1)
- Abraham, Oregon State (WC-3)
Fullbacks
- Eddie MahanEddie MahanEdward William "Eddie" Mahan was an American football player. While playing halfback for Harvard, Mahan was selected as a first-team All-American three consecutive years from 1913–1915...
, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; WE-1; FM-1; FY-1; MON-1; PD-1 [hb]; TC-1) - Edward H. Driggs, Princeton (PD-1)
- Howard Talman, Rutgers (WC-2; MON-2)
- Berryman, Penn State (WC-3)