1898 College Football All-America Team
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The 1898 College Football All-America team is composed of American football
players who were selected as the best players at their positions by various organizations that chose College Football All-America Team
s that season. The organizations that chose the teams included Collier's Weekly
selected by Walter Camp
and the Syracuse Herald.
The 1898 season marked the first time players from the west were named to the All-American teams. Michigan
center
William Cunningham
and Chicago
fullback Clarence Herschberger
were the first two western players to receive the recognition. Prior to 1898, all of the prior All-America football teams had been selected from among five Ivy League teams – Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Penn, and Cornell.
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American football
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players who were selected as the best players at their positions by various organizations that chose 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 that season. 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...
and the Syracuse Herald.
The 1898 season marked the first time players from the west were named to the All-American teams. Michigan
Michigan Wolverines football
The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history...
center
Center (American football)
Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense...
William Cunningham
William Cunningham (American football)
William Ralph Cunningham was an All-American football center for the University of Michigan Wolverines.Cunningham was born at Volant, Pennsylvania in July 1872...
and Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
fullback Clarence Herschberger
Clarence Herschberger
Clarence B. "Herschie" Herschberger was an American football fullback, punter and placekicker. He played for the University of Chicago from 1896–1898 and became the first western player to be selected as a first-team All-American in 1898...
were the first two western players to receive the recognition. Prior to 1898, all of the prior All-America football teams had been selected from among five Ivy League teams – Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Penn, and Cornell.
Key
- WC = 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...
for 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.... - CW = Casper Whitney for Harper's Weekly
- H = Syracuse Herald, Syracuse, NY
- NYS= New York Sun, selected by Hugh H. Janeway, ex-Princeton player
- NYET = New York Evening Telegram
- OUT = Outing Magazine
- LES = Leslie's Weekly by Charles E. PattersonCharles E. PattersonCharles Edward Patterson was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:He was the son of Dr. James Hervey Patterson, was educated at Castleton Seminary in Castleton, Vermont and Cambridge Academy in Cambridge, New York, and graduated from Union College in 1860...
Ends
- Lew Palmer, Princeton (WC-1; CW-1; NYS-1; NYET-1; OUT-2; LES-1)
- John Hallowell, Harvard (WC-1; CW-1; NYS-1; NYET-1; OUT-2; LES-2)
- Folwell, Penn (WC-3; H)
- Art PoeArt PoeArthur "Art" Poe was an American football player and businessman, and one of six celebrated Poe brothers - second cousins, twice removed of American author Edgar Allan Poe - to play football at Princeton in the late 19th and early 20th century...
, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2; H; OUT-1; LES-1) - Cochran, Harvard (WC-2; OUT-1)
- Smith, Army (WC-3)
- Chadwell, Williams (LES-2)
Tackles
- Art HillebrandArt HillebrandArthur Ralph Thomas "Doc" Hillebrand was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a tackle for Princeton University. He was head coach for the Navy Midshipmen and then back to his alma mater, Princeton...
, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; CW-1; H; NYS-1; NYET-1; OUT-1; LES-1) - T. Truxton HareTruxton HareThomas Truxtun Hare was an American track and field athlete who competed in the hammer throw and All rounder events. He was also an American football player for the University of Pennsylvania from 1897 to 1900. Hare is one of only a handful of men to earn All-American honors during all four years...
, Penn (WC-1; H; NYS-1; NYET-1; OUT-1 [g]; LES-1 [g]) - 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) (WC-2; NYET-1; OUT-2; LES-2) - Burr ChamberlainBurr Chamberlain-External links:...
, Yale (OUT-1; LES-1) - Allen SteckleAllen SteckleAllen Chubb "A. C." Steckle was an American football player and coach. He played tackle for the University of Michigan from 1897–1899 and later served as the head football coach at the University of Nevada and Oregon State University, then known as Oregon Agricultural College...
, Michigan (WC-2) - Donald, Harvard (OUT-2)
- Edwin SweetlandEdwin SweetlandEdwin Regur Sweetland was a coach and athletic administrator at several American universities. During his coaching career he was head coach of many sports including basketball, track and field and crew, but the majority of for his coaching work was in football. Though mainly known for football, he...
, Cornell (WC-3) - Foy, Army (WC-3)
- Goodman, Penn (LES-2)
Guards
- Burr ChamberlainBurr Chamberlain-External links:...
, Yale (WC-1; CW-1; H; NYS-1) - Gordon Brown, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; CW-1; NYS-1; NYET-1; LES-1)
- Walter BoalWalter BoalWalter Ayres Boal was an All-American football player and hammer thrower in the late 19th Century. Boal played at the guard position for Harvard University from 1897 to 1899 and was selected as a first-team All-American in 1898....
, Harvard (WC-2; CW-1; OUT-1) - Josiah McCrackenJosiah McCrackenJosiah Calvin McCracken nicknamed Joe, was born into a devout Presbyterian family in Lincoln, Tennessee. His earliest known Ulster-Scots ancestors settled in Pennsylvania before the French & Indian War...
, Penn (WC-2; H; OUT-2; LES-2) - Edwards, Princeton (OUT-2)
- Randolph, Penn State (WC-3)
- Reed, Cornell (WC-3; LES-2)
Centers
- Pete OverfieldPete OverfieldPeter Delome "Pete" Overfield was an All-American and professional football player, federal judge and rancher. Overfield played center for the University of Pennsylvania and was a first-team All-American in 1898 and 1899. He served as a federal district judge in Alaska from 1909-1917...
, Penn (WC-1; H; NYS-1; NYET-1; OUT-1; LES-1) - William CunninghamWilliam Cunningham (American football)William Ralph Cunningham was an All-American football center for the University of Michigan Wolverines.Cunningham was born at Volant, Pennsylvania in July 1872...
, Michigan (WC-2; CW-1) - Jaffray, Harvard (WC-3; OUT-2)
- Booth, Princeton (LES-2)
Quarterbacks
- Charles Dudley DalyCharles Dudley DalyCharles Dudley "Charlie" Daly was an American football player and coach, an author, and served in the United States Army during World War I...
, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; CW-1; H; NYS-1; NYET-1; OUT-2; LES-1) - Hudson, Indians (OUT-1)
- Walter S. KennedyWalter S. KennedyWalter Scott Kennedy was an American football player and coach and newspaper publisher. He was an All-American quarterback for the University of Chicago and captain of the 1898 and 1899 Chicago Maroons football teams. He later moved to Albion, Michigan where he was the publisher of the Albion...
, Chicago (WC-2) - Kromer, Army (WC-3)
- Charles Street, Michigan (LES-2)
Halfbacks
- Benjamin DibbleeBenjamin DibbleeBenjamin Harrison Dibblee was an All-American football player who played halfback for Harvard University. Dibblee attended preparatory school at the Groton School where he played on the football team and took a prominent role in athletics...
, Harvard (WC-1; CW-1; H; NYS-1; NYET-1; OUT-1; LES-1) - John Outland, Penn (namesake of the Outland TrophyOutland TrophyThe Outland Trophy is awarded to the best United States college football interior lineman by the Football Writers Association of America. It is named after John H. Outland. One of only a few players ever to be named All-America at two positions, Outland garnered consensus All-America honors in...
) (WC-1; NYET-1; OUT-1) - Malcolm McBrideMalcolm McBride-External links:...
, Yale (CW-1) - Warren, Harvard (WC-2; NYS-1)
- Richardson, Brown (WC-2; LES-2)
- Whiting, Cornell (OUT-2; LES-2)
- Dunston, Yale (OUT-2)
- Benedict, Nebraska (WC-3)
- Raymond, Wesleyan (WC-3)
Fullbacks
- Clarence HerschbergerClarence HerschbergerClarence B. "Herschie" Herschberger was an American football fullback, punter and placekicker. He played for the University of Chicago from 1896–1898 and became the first western player to be selected as a first-team All-American in 1898...
, Chicago (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; H; OUT-1; LES-1) - Charles Romeyn, Army (WC-3; CW-1; NYS-1)
- Reid, Harvard (H; NYET-1; OUT-2; LES-1)
- Pat O'DeaPat O'Dea-External links:* Australian Dictionary of Biography...
, Wisconsin (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2) - Wheeler, Princeton (LES-2)