The 1920 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose All-America college football teams in 1920. The four selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1920 season are (1) Walter Camp (WC), whose selections were published in Collier's Weekly; (2) Football World magazine; (4) the International News Service, a news service operated by the Hearst newspapers; and (3) the Frank Menke syndicate (FM). Additional notable selectors who chose All-American teams in 1920 included Walter Eckersall (WE) of the Chicago Tribune, the United Press (UP), and The New York Times (NYT).
Consensus All-Americans
For the year 1920, the NCAA recognizes four All-America selectors as "official" for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which official and other first-team designations they received.
All-Americans of 1920
Ends
- Chuck Carney, Illinois (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(INS-2; WC-1; UP-1; WE-1; NEA-1; LP-1)</small>
- Bill Fincher, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(WC-1, LP-1 [as T])</small>
- Luke Urban, Boston College <small>(FM; FW; WC-2; LP-1; NYT)</small>
- Armant Legendre, Princeton <small>(FW; INS-1; WC-2; UP-3; WE-1; LP-2)</small>
- Eddie Anderson, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(UP-1; NEA-2)</small>
- Frank Weston, Wisconsin <small>(FM; INS-3; UP-2; WE-2; NEA-2; LP-2)</small>
- Harold Muller, California <small>(WC-3; NEA-1)</small>
- Roger Kiley, Notre Dame <small>(INS-1)</small>
- Bird Carroll, Washington & Jefferson <small>(NYT)</small>
- Lester Belding, Iowa <small>(WE-2; INS-2)</small>
- Eddie Ewen, Navy <small>(WC-3)</small>
- Clarence Swanson, Nebraska (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(INS-3)</small>
- Cyril E. Myers, Ohio State <small>(UP-3)</small>
Tackles
- Stan Keck, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(FM; FW; WC-1; UP-1; WE-1; NEA-1; LP-1; INS-1; NYT)</small>
- Ralph Scott, Wisconsin <small>(WC-1; NEA-2)</small>
- Bertrand Gulick, Syracuse <small>(INS-1; UP-1; NYT)</small>
- Robert Minturn Sedgwick, Harvard <small>(FW; INS-2)</small>
- Tillie Voss, Detroit <small>(WC-3; WE-1)</small>
- Gus Sonnenberg, Dartmouth <small>(WE-2; UP-3; NEA-1; LP-2)</small>
- Angus Goetz, Michigan <small>(WC-2)</small>
- Dan McMillan, Cal (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(WC-2)</small>
- Frank Coughlin, Notre Dame <small>(WE-2; INS-2)</small>
- Thomas V. Dickens, Yale <small>(WC-3; UP-2; INS-3)</small>
- Roy Smoot, Oklahoma <small>(NEA-2)</small>
- Tad Wieman, Michigan <small>(LP-2)</small>
- Clyde W. King, Navy <small>(UP-3; INS-3)</small>
- Russ Stein, Washington & Jefferson <small>(UP-2) </small>
Guards
- Tim Callahan, Yale <small>(INS-1; WC-1; UP-1)</small>
- Tom Woods, Harvard <small>(FW; INS-2; WC-1; UP-2; NEA-2; NYT)</small>
- Iolas Huffman, Ohio State <small>(FM; LP-1)</small>
- Percy W. Griffiths, Penn State <small>(FW; INS-1; UP-1; NEA-1; WE-2)</small>
- James Randolph Tolbert, Harvard <small>(FM; NEA-1; WE-1)</small>
- Charles McGuire, Chicago <small>(FM; INS-3)</small>
- John Acosta, Yale <small>(NEA-2; UP-2; WE-1)</small>
- Harold Hess, Penn State <small>(NYT)</small>
- Edward E. Wilkie, Navy <small>(WC-2; UP-3)</small>
- Fritz Breidster, Army <small>(WC-3; WE-2)</small>
- Dean Trott, Ohio State <small>(WC-3)</small>
- Dummy Lebey, Georgia Tech <small>(LP-2)</small>
- George Hartong, Chicago <small>(LP-2)</small>
- Tarzan Taylor, Ohio State <small>(INS-2)</small>
- Albert W. T. Mohr, Illinois <small>(INS-3)</small>
Centers
- Herb Stein, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(FM; WC-1; WE-2)</small>
- Doc Alexander, Syracuse <small>(FW; INS-1; WC-2 [g]; UP-1; NEA-2; NYT)</small>
- Polly Wallace, Ames <small>(WE-1)</small>
- Jack Depler, Illinois <small>(NEA-1)</small>
- Bill Cunningham, Dartmouth <small>(WC-2; UP-2; INS-2)</small>
- Charles Frederick Havemeyer, Harvard <small>(WC-3)</small>
- George Bunge, Wisconsin <small>(LP-1; UP-3 [g])</small>
- Andy Nemecek, Ohio State <small>(LP-2)</small>
- William Day, Nebraska <small>(INS-3)</small>
- Jack Heaphy, Boston College <small>(UP-3)</small>
Quarterbacks
- Donold Lourie, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(INS-1; WC-1; UP-1; NEA-2; LP-1; NYT)</small>
- Bo McMillin, Centre (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(FW; INS-3; WC-2; UP-2; WE-1; NEA-1; LP-2 [hb])</small>
- Benny Boynton, Williams <small>(INS-2; FM; WC-3; WE-2; INS-2)</small>
- Hoge Workman, Ohio State <small>(LP-2)</small>
- Aubrey Devine, Iowa <small>(UP-3)</small>
Halfbacks
- Gaylord Stinchcomb, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(INS-2; FM; WC-1; WE-1; NEA-2; LP-1)</small>
- Charley Way, Penn State <small>(WC-1; UP-1; INS-1)</small>
- Tom Davies, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(FM; FW; INS-2; WC-2; UP-1; WE-2; NYT)</small>
- Phil White, Oklahoma <small>(NEA-1)</small>
- Hinkey Haines, Penn State <small>(WC-3; WE-2; NEA-2)</small>
- Jimmy Leech, Virginia Military Institute (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(WC-3; UP-3)</small>
- George Owen, Harvard <small>(INS-3)</small>
Fullbacks
- George Gipp, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(FM; FW; INS-1 [hb]; WC-1; LP-1 [hb]; NEA-1 [hb]; UP-1; WE-1 [hb])</small>
- Arnold Horween, Harvard <small>(INS-1; WC-3; LP-2; NEA-1; WE-1)</small>
- Walter French, Army <small>(FW; INS-3; WC-2; UP-2; LP-2 [hb])</small>
- Hank Garrity, Princeton <small>(WC-2 [hb]; UP-2; LP-1; NYT [hb])</small>
- Jim Robertson, Dartmouth <small>(UP-2 [e]; NYT)</small>
- Jack Crangle, Illinois <small>(UP-2; WE-2; NEA-2; INS-2)</small>
- Buck Flowers, Georgia Tech <small>(UP-3 [hb]; INS-3)</small>
- Fred Strauss, Penn <small>(UP-3)</small>
Key
NCAA recognized selectors for 1920
Other selectors
- 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
- NYT = The New York Times
Bold = Consensus All-American
- 1 â First-team selection
- 2 â Second-team selection
- 3 â Third-team selection
See also
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