1920 College Football All-America Team
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The 1920 College Football All-America team consists of American football
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 for the 1920 college football season
1920 college football season
The 1920 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing the California, Notre Dame, and Princeton as national champions. Only California and Princeton claim national championships for the 1920 season.-Conference standings:The...

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Key

  • WC = Walter Camp
  • UP = Henry L. Farrell, United Press Staff Correspondent
  • WE = Walter Eckersall, of the Chicago Tribune
  • NEA = Newspaper Association of America, by Dean Snyder
  • LP = Lawrence Perry, "acknowledged authority on college sports," for the Consolidated Press
  • INS = International News Service, selected by Jake Velock
  • FW = Football World magazine
  • MS = Frank Menke Syndicate, Frank G. Menke
    Frank G. Menke
    Frank 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 King Features Syndicate)
  • NYT = The New York Times
  • Bold - Consensus All-American
  • 1 - First Team Selection
  • 2 - Second Team Selection
  • 3 - Third Team Selection

Ends

  • Charles Carney, Illinois (WC-1; UP-1; WE-1; NEA-1; LP-1; INS-2)
  • Bill Fincher
    Bill Fincher
    -External links:...

    , Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1)
  • Luke Urban
    Luke Urban
    Louis John "Luke" Urban was an American multi-sport athlete and coach. He played four seasons of professional American football in the National Football League and two years of Major League Baseball with the Boston Braves...

    , Boston College (WC-2; LP-1; FW; MS; NYT)
  • Eddie Anderson, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (UP-1; NEA-2)
  • Armant Legendre, Princeton (WC-2; UP-3; WE-1; LP-2; INS-1; FW)
  • Carroll, Washington & Jefferson (NYT)
  • Frank Weston
    Frank Weston
    Frank Weston was Anglican Bishop of Zanzibar from 1908 until his death 16 years later.-Biography:...

    , Wisconsin (WE-2; NEA-2; LP-2; INS-3; MS)
  • Lester Belding
    Lester Belding
    Lester C. Belding was an American athlete and coach in football and track and field. He was the first football player from the University of Iowa to be named an All-American...

    , Iowa (WE-2; INS-2)
  • Eddie Ewen, Navy (WC-3)
  • Harold "Brick" Muller
    Harold Muller
    Harold Powers "Brick" Muller was a professional football player-coach for the Los Angeles Buccaneers during their only season in the National Football League in 1926. He was also an American track and field athlete who competed mainly in the high jump...

    , California (WC-3; NEA-1)
  • Roger Kiley, Notre Dame(INS-1)
  • Clarence Swanson
    Clarence Swanson
    Clarence Swanson was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973....

    , Nebraska (College Football Hall of Fame) (INS-3)
  • Cyril E. Myers, Ohio State (UP-3)

Tackles

  • Stan Keck
    Stan Keck
    James Stanton Keck was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played college football at Princeton University as a tackle and guard, and was selected as an All-American in 1920 and in 1921...

    , Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; UP-1; WE-1; NEA-1; LP-1; INS-1; FW; MS; NYT)
  • Ralph Scott
    Ralph Scott (American football)
    Ralph Vernon Scott was a professional football player in the first American Football League and the National Football League for the Chicago Staleys-Bears and the New York Yankees. Scott was a member of the 1921 Chicago Staleys APFA Championship team. In 1926 C. C. Pyle, began the AFL after a...

    , Wisconsin (WC-1; NEA-2)
  • Bertrand Gulick, Syracuse (UP-1; INS-1; NYT)
  • Angus Goetz
    Angus Goetz
    Angus Gerald "Gus" Goetz was an American football player who played four years with the Michigan Wolverines from 1917 to 1920. He also played professional football for the Buffalo All-Americans and the Columbus Tigers .-University of Michigan:A native of Sault Ste...

    , Michigan (WC-2)
  • Dan McMillan
    Dan McMillan
    Dan McMillan was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971....

    , Cal (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2)
  • Tillie Voss
    Tillie Voss
    Walter Clarence "Tillie" Voss was a tackle who played nine seasons in the National Football League.- External links :...

    , Detroit (WC-3; WE-1)
  • Gus Sonnenberg
    Gus Sonnenberg
    Gustave Adolph Sonnenberg was an American football player and professional wrestler. As a wrestler, he was National Wrestling Association world heavyweight champion...

    , Dartmouth (WE-2; UP-3; NEA-1; LP-2)
  • Bill Fincher
    Bill Fincher
    -External links:...

    , Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (LP-1)
  • Frank Coughlin
    Frank Coughlin
    Francis Edward Coughlin was an American football player and coach in the American Professional Football Association...

    , Notre Dame (WE-2; INS-2)
  • Thomas V. Dickens, Yale (WC-3; INS-3)
  • Roy "Soupy" Smoot, Oklahoma (NEA-2)
  • Elton Wieman
    Elton Wieman
    Elton Ewart "Tad" Wieman was an American football player and coach and college athletic director. He played football for the University of Michigan from 1915 to 1917 and 1920 under head coach Fielding H. Yost. He was a coach and administrator at Michigan from 1921 to 1929, including two years as...

    , Michigan (LP-2)
  • Bob Sedgwick, Harvard (INS-2; FW)
  • Clyde W. King, Navy (UP-3; INS-3)

Guards

  • Tim Callahan, Yale (WC-1; UP-1; INS-1)
  • Tom Woods, Harvard (WC-1; NEA-2; LP-1; INS-2; FW; NYT)
  • Iolas Huffman
    Iolas Huffman
    Iolas Melitus Huffman was an American football and baseball player. He was a first-team All-American football player for Ohio State in 1920 and 1921 and was the captain of the 1920 Buckeyes football team that won the Western Conference championship...

    , Ohio State (LP-1; MS)
  • Percy W. Griffiths
    Percy W. Griffiths
    Percy Wilfred "Red" Griffiths was a Republican politician, coach and athlete.-Early years:After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War I, "Red" Griffiths attended Bloomsburg Normal School...

    , Penn State (UP-1; WE-2; NEA-1; INS-1; FW)
  • John Acosta, Yale (WE-1; NEA-2)
  • James R. Tolbert, Harvard (WE-1; NEA-1; MS)
  • Harold Hess
    Harold Hess
    William Harold "Bill" Hess was an American college football and basketball coach. He served as the head coach at Loyola Marymount University from 1923 to 1927.-Early life:...

    , Penn State (NYT)
  • Edward E. Wilkie, Navy (WC-2; UP-3)
  • Fritz Breidster
    Fritz Breidster
    Waldemar "Fritz" Breidster was an American football player who played college football for the United States Military Academy at West Point....

    , Army (WC-3; WE-2)
  • Dean Trott, Ohio State (WC-3)
  • La Bey, Georgia Tech (LP-2)
  • George Hartong, Chicago (LP-2)
  • John L. Taylor, Ohio State (INS-2)
  • Charles McGuire, Chicago (INS-3; MS)
  • Albert W. T. Mohr, Illinois (INS-3)

Centers

  • Herb Stein
    Herb Stein
    Herb Stein was an American football player. After high school, Stein attended the University of Pittsburgh and served as the team's center from 1918 until 1921. He was a consensus All-American for Pitt in both his junior and senior years and served as the team captain in 1920...

    , Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; WE-2; MS)
  • Joe Alexander, Syracuse (WC-2 [g]; UP-1; NEA-2; INS-1; FW; NYT)
  • Polly Wallace, Ames (WE-1)
  • "Texas Bill" Cunningham, Dartmouth (WC-2; INS-2)
  • Charles Havemeyer, Harvard (WC-3)
  • Jack Depler
    Jack Depler
    John Charles Depler was a professional football player with the Hammond Pros of the National Football League. He later served as a player-coach with the Orange Tornadoes, and became the founder and coach of the Brooklyn Dodgers of the NFL.Prior to his professional career, Depler played college...

    , Illinois (NEA-1)
  • George Bunge, Wisconsin (LP-1; UP-3 [g])
  • Andrew J. Nemecek, Ohio State (LP-2)
  • Day, Nebraska (INS-3)
  • Jack Heaphy, Boston College (UP-3)

Quarterbacks

  • Donold Lourie
    Donold Lourie
    Donold B. Lourie was an American businessman, government official, and college football player. He served for many years as the president of the Quaker Oats Company, and held various other executive positions there and for several other businesses. President Dwight D...

    , Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; UP-1; NEA-2; LP-1; INS-1; NYT)
  • Bo McMillin
    Bo McMillin
    Alvin Nugent "Bo" McMillin was an American football player and coach, who served at both the collegiate and professional levels. He played college football at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, where was a three-time All-American at quarterback, and led the Centre Praying Colonels to a...

    , Centre (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2; WE-1; NEA-1; LP-2 [hb]; INS-3; FW)
  • Benny Boynton, Williams (WC-3; WE-2; INS-2; MS)
  • Hoge Workman
    Hoge Workman
    Harry Hallworth "Hoge" Workman was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball and a player-coach in the National Football League. Listed at 5' 11", 170 lb., Workman batted and threw right-handed...

    , Ohio State (LP-2)
  • Aubrey Devine
    Aubrey Devine
    Aubrey A. Devine was a college football player for the University of Iowa. He is enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame.-Background:...

    , Iowa (UP-3)

Halfbacks

  • Gaylord Stinchcomb
    Gaylord Stinchcomb
    Gaylord Roscoe "Pete" Stinchcomb was an American football player. He played quarterback and halfback at Ohio State University where he was selected as an All-American in 1920. He later played professional football for the Chicago Bears , Columbus Tigers , Cleveland Indians , and Louisville...

    , Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; WE-1; NEA-2; LP-1; INS-2; MS)
  • Charles Way
    Charles Way
    Charles Christopher Way, also known as Charles "Get Out of My" Way is a former professional American football halfback in the National Football League for five seasons for the New York Giants....

    , Penn State (WC-1; UP-1; INS-1)
  • Tom Davies
    Tom Davies
    Thomas J. Davies was an American football player and coach. He played as a halfback at the University of Pittsburgh and was a consensus All-American in 1918 and 1920...

    , Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2; UP-1; WE-2; INS-2; FW; MS; NYT)
  • Phil White
    Phil White
    Philip John "Phil" White was an Australian politician. He was the Liberal member for Earlwood in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 1991....

    , Oklahoma (NEA-1)
  • Hinkey Haines
    Hinkey Haines
    Henry Luther "Hinkey" Haines was a professional athlete who played American football in the National Football League and baseball in the Major League Baseball association...

    , Penn State (WC-3; WE-2; NEA-2)
  • Jimmy Leech
    Jimmy Leech
    Jimmy Leech was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1956....

    , Virginia Military Institute (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; UP-3)
  • George Owen
    George Owen (ice hockey)
    Harvard George Owen Jr. was a professional ice hockey defenceman for the Boston Bruins of the NHL. He was also elected into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983. In 1928, Owen became the first player to wear a helmet in an NHL game. He wore the same leather helmet that he had worn when...

    , Harvard (INS-3)

Fullbacks

  • George Gipp
    George Gipp
    George "The Gipper" Gipp was a college football player who played for the University of Notre Dame. Gipp was selected as Notre Dame's first All-American and is Notre Dame's second consensus All-American , after Gus Dorais. Gipp played multiple positions, most notably halfback, quarterback, and...

    , Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; UP-1; WE-1 [hb]; NEA-1 [hb]; LP-1 [hb]; INS-1 [hb]; MS; FW)
  • Arnold Horween
    Arnold Horween
    Arnold "Arnie" Horween was an American football player and coach. He played fullback for Harvard University from 1919 to 1920 and later played in the National Football League for the Racine Cardinals in 1921 and Chicago Cardinals from 1922 to 1924. He was a player–coach for the Cardinals from...

    , Harvard (WC-3; WE-1; NEA-1; LP-2; INS-1)
  • Hank Garrity
    Hank Garrity
    Henry "Hank" Garrity was the head football coach of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons football program from 1923 to 1924. During his tenure he compiled a 19-7-1 record. He currently has the school record for highest winning percentage among head coaches. He also served as the school's basketball coach...

    , Princeton (WC-2 [hb]; LP-1; NYT [hb])
  • Walter French
    Walter French (baseball)
    Walter Edward French Walter Edward French Walter Edward French (born July 12, 1899 – May 13, 1984 , was a professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from to . He played for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1925 he batted .370 in 67 games for the Athletics and was...

    , Army (WC-2; LP-2 [hb]; INS-3; FW)
  • Robertson, Dartmouth (NYT)
  • Jack Crangle
    Jack Crangle
    Walter Francis "Jack" Crangle was an American football fullback. He played college football for the University of Illinois and was selected as an All-American in 1920 and 1921. He was a member of Illinois' Big Ten Conference championship teams in 1919 and 1920...

    , Illinois (WE-2; NEA-2; INS-2)
  • Buck Flowers
    Buck Flowers
    Allen R. "Buck" Flowers was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955....

    , Georgia Tech (UP-3 [hb]; INS-3)
  • Fred Strauss, Penn (UP-3)
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