The 1897 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans for the 1897 college football season, as selected by Walter Camp for Harper's Weekly. Caspar Whitney had selected the Harper's Weekly All-American Team from 1891 to 1896, but Whitney was on a world's sports tour during the 1897 season, and Camp therefore substituted for Whitney.
All-American selections for 1897
Key
- WC = Walter Camp for Harper's Weekly
- OUT = Outing Magazine
- NYS = New York Sun
- LES = Leslie's Weekly by W. T. Bull
- Bold = Consensus All-American
Ends
- Garrett Cochran, Princeton <small>(WC-1; OUT-1; NYS-1; LES-1)</small>
- John A. Hall, Yale <small>(WC-1; OUT-2; NYS-2; LES-2)</small>
- Sam Boyle, Penn <small>(WC-2; OUT-1; LES-1)</small>
- William McKeever, Cornell <small>(WC-2)</small>
- John Babcock Moulton, Harvard <small>(WC-3; NYS-1)</small>
- Lyndon S. Tracy, Cornell <small>(WC-3)</small>
- Norman Cabot, Harvard <small>(NYS-2; LES-2)</small>
- Samuel G. Craig, Princeton <small>(NYS-2)</small>
- Josiah J. Hazen, Yale <small>(OUT-2)</small>
Tackles
- Burr Chamberlain, Yale <small>(WC-1; OUT-1; NYS-1; LES-1)</small>
- John H. Outland, Penn (Namesake of the Outland Trophy and College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(WC-1; LES-1)</small>
- James O. Rodgers, Yale <small>(WC-2; OUT-1; NYS-2; LES-2)</small>
- Wallace B. Scales, Army <small>(WC-2; NYS-2)</small>
- Art Hillebrand, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(WC-3; OUT-2; NYS-1)</small>
- Malcolm Donald, Harvard <small>(WC-3)</small>
- S. M. Goodman, Penn <small>(OUT-2)</small>
- Chester Odiorne Swain, Harvard <small>(LES-2)</small>
Guards
- Truxtun Hare, Penn <small>(WC; HW; NYS-1; LES-2)</small>
- Gordon Brown, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(WC; HW; NYS-2; LES-1)</small>
- Charles Chadwick, Yale <small>(WC-2; OUT-2; LES-1)</small>
- Charles Rinehart, Lafayette (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(WC-2; OUT-1)</small>
- George Winthrop Bouve, Harvard <small>(WC-3; OUT-1; NYS-1; LES-2)</small>
- Josiah McCracken, Penn <small>(WC-3; OUT-2)</small>
- Edwards, Princeton <small>(NYS-2)</small>
Centers
- Allan Doucette, Harvard <small>(WC-1; OUT-2; NYS-1; LES-2)</small>
- George Cadwalader, Yale <small>(WC-2; OUT-1; LES-1)</small>
- Pete Overfield, Penn <small>(WC-3)</small>
Quarterbacks
- Charles de Saulles, Yale <small>(WC-1; NYS-1; LES-1)</small>
- George Young, Cornell <small>(WC-2; OUT-1)</small>
- John Baird, Princeton <small>(WC-3; OUT-2; NYS-1 [as fb]; LES-2)</small>
- Leon Kromer, Army <small>(NYS-2)</small>
- David Weeks, Penn <small>(NYS-2)</small>
Halfbacks
- Benjamin Dibblee, Harvard <small>(WC-1; OUT-1; NYS-1; LES-2)</small>
- Addison Kelly, Princeton <small>(WC-1; OUT-1; NYS-2; LES-2)</small>
- Dave Fultz, Brown <small>(WC-2; OUT-2; NYS-1; LES-1)</small>
- William F. Nesbitt, Army <small>(WC-2)</small>
- W. H. Bannard, Princeton <small>(WC-3; NYS-2)</small>
- George B. Walbridge, Lafayette <small>(WC-3)</small>
- Charles T. Dudley, Yale <small>(OUT-2; NYS-2)</small>
Fullbacks
- John Minds, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(WC-1; OUT-1; NYS-2; LES-1)</small>
- Malcolm McBride, Yale <small>(WC-2; NYS-2; LES-2)</small>
- Powell Wheeler, Princeton <small>(WC-3; LES-1)</small>
- Edward G. Bray, Lafayette <small>(OUT-2)</small>
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