1923 College Football All-America Team

The 1923 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1923. The only two selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1923 season are Walter Camp, whose selections were published in Collier's Weekly, and Football World magazine. Additional selectors who chose All-American teams in 1923 include Athletic World magazine, selected by 500 coaches, Norman E. Brown, sports editor of the Central Press Association, and Davis J. Walsh, sports editor for the International News Service.

The consensus All-Americans recognized by the NCAA include: halfback Red Grange of Illinois, known as the "The Galloping Ghost" and who in 2008 was named by ESPN as the best college football player of all time; halfback Harry Wilson of Penn State, who was later inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame; quarterback George Pfann of Cornell, who later became a Rhodes scholar; end Lynn Bomar of Vanderbilt, who became one of the first Southern players to be recognized as a consensus All-American; tackle Marty Below of Wisconsin, who Red Grange called "the greatest lineman that I ever played against";[1] and center Jack Blott of Michigan, who later played professional baseball for the Cincinnati Reds.

Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1924, the NCAA recognizes two All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.

Name Position School Number - Official Official Other Number - Total
Century MilsteadTackleYale2/2FW, WCAW, DW, LP, NB, PH, TT8/8
George PfannQuarterbackCornell2/2FW, WCAW, DW, LP, NB, PH, TT8/8
Red GrangeHalfbackIllinois2/2FW, WCAW, DW, LP, NB, PH, TT8/8
Charles HubbardGuardHarvard2/2FW, WCAW, DW, LP, NB, PH7/8
Pete MacRaeEndSyracuse1/2FWAW, DW, LP, NB, PH, TT7/8
Ray EklundEndMinnesota1/2FWAW, LP, NB, PH, TT6/8
Jack BlottCenterMichigan2/2FW, WCAW, DW, NB5/8
Jim McMillenGuardIllinois1/2FWAW, DW, NB, TT5/8
Bill MalloryFullbackYale1/2WCDW, NB, PH, TT5/8
Marty BelowTackleWisconsin1/2FWAW, DW, NB4/8
Harry WilsonHalfbackPenn State1/2FWAW, PH3/8
Lynn BomarEndVanderbilt2/2FW, WC--2/8

All-Americans of 1923

Ends

Tackles

Guards

Centers

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

Fullbacks

Key

NCAA recognized selectors for 1923

Other selectors

Bold = Consensus All-American[10]

References

  1. ↑ Dave Anderson (2005). University of Wisconsin Football. Arcadia Publishing. p. 38.
  2. ↑ "Walter Camp's All-American Team". Alton Evening Telegraph. 1923-12-19.
  3. ↑ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1155
  4. ↑ "Athletic World All America". The Decatur Review. 1923-12-16.
  5. ↑ Norman E. Brown (1923-12-10). "Marty Below On First All-American Eleven: Merrill Taft Gets Berth On Second Team". The Capital Times (Madison, WI).
  6. ↑ Lawrence Perry (1923-12-16). "Cornell and Michigan Get Two Places on Perry Eleven, One for Syracuse: Famed Gridiron Expert Rates Pfann, Sundstrom and MacRae Among Best". Syracuse Herald.
  7. ↑ "Walsh Picks Three Teams of All-Americans In 1923 Seasonal Postmortem". The Coshocton Tribune. 1923-12-06.
  8. ↑ Tom Thorp (1923-12-08). "Eastern Grid Players Get Six Places On All-American: Tom Thorp Picks Star Mythical Eleven of 1923 for the Baltimore News". Cumberland Evening Times.
  9. ↑ "All Americans: Percy Haughton's Team". Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. 1923-12-11.
  10. ↑ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections". National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 5. Retrieved August 16, 2014.