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.
Name Position School Number Official OtherStan KeckTacklePrinceton4/4FM, FW, INS, WCLP, NEA, NYT, UP, WEGeorge GippFullbackNotre Dame4/4FM, FW, INS, WCLP, NEA, UP, WELuke UrbanEndBoston College2/4FM, FWLP, NYTTim CallahanGuardYale2/4INS, WCUPPercy W. GriffithsPercy Griffiths is not presently recognized as a consensus All-American by the NCAA even though he was named first-team by two of the four official selectors. (Iolas Huffman is recognized as consensus at guard even though he was named first-team by only one of the four official selectors.GuardPenn State2/4FW, INSNEA, UPTom WoodsGuardHarvard2/4FW, WCNYTHerb SteinCenterPittsburgh2/4FM, WC --Doc AlexanderDoc Alexander is not recognized as a consensus All-American by the NCAA even though he was named first-team by two of the four official selectors, and also by the United Press and The New York Times. Herb Stein, who had only two official first-team selections, and no other major selections, is instead recognized by the NCAA as the consensus All-American at center.CenterSyracuse2/4FW, INSNYT, UPDonold LourieQuarterbackPrinceton2/4INS, WCLP, NYT, UPCharley WayHalfbackPenn State2/4INS, WCUPGaylord StinchcombHalfbackOhio State2/4FM, WCLP, WETom DaviesTom Davies is not recognized as a consensus All-American by the NCAA even though he was named first-team by two of the four official selectors, and also by the United Press and The New York Times. Gaylord Stinchcomb and Charlie Way, who also both had only two official first-team selections, are instead recognized by the NCAA as the consensus All-American at halfback.HalfbackPittsburgh2/4FM, FWNYT, UPChuck CarneyEndIllinois1/4WCLP, NEA UP, WEBill FincherEndGeorgia Tech1/4WC --Ralph ScottTackleWisconsin1/4WC --Iolas HuffmanGuardOhio State1/4FMLP
All-Americans of 1920 Ends
Chuck Carney, Illinois (College Football Hall of Fame) (INS-2; WC-1; UP-1; WE-1; NEA-1; LP-1) Bill Fincher, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1, LP-1 [as T]) Luke Urban, Boston College (FM; FW; WC-2; LP-1; NYT) Armant Legendre, Princeton (FW; INS-1; WC-2; UP-3; WE-1; LP-2) Eddie Anderson, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (UP-1; NEA-2) Frank Weston, Wisconsin (FM; INS-3; UP-2; WE-2; NEA-2; LP-2) Harold Muller, California (WC-3; NEA-1) Roger Kiley, Notre Dame (INS-1) Bird Carroll, Washington & Jefferson (NYT) Lester Belding, Iowa (WE-2; INS-2) Eddie Ewen, Navy (WC-3) Clarence Swanson, Nebraska (College Football Hall of Fame) (INS-3) Cyril E. Myers, Ohio State (UP-3)
Tackles
Stan Keck, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) (FM; FW; WC-1; UP-1; WE-1; NEA-1; LP-1; INS-1; NYT) Ralph Scott, Wisconsin (WC-1; NEA-2) Bertrand Gulick, Syracuse (INS-1; UP-1; NYT) Robert Minturn Sedgwick, Harvard (FW; INS-2) Tillie Voss, Detroit (WC-3; WE-1) Gus Sonnenberg, Dartmouth (WE-2; UP-3; NEA-1; LP-2) Angus Goetz, Michigan (WC-2) Dan McMillan, Cal (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2) Frank Coughlin, Notre Dame (WE-2; INS-2) Thomas V. Dickens, Yale (WC-3; UP-2; INS-3) Roy Smoot, Oklahoma (NEA-2) Tad Wieman, Michigan (LP-2) Clyde W. King, Navy (UP-3; INS-3) Russ Stein, Washington & Jefferson (UP-2)
Guards
Tim Callahan, Yale (INS-1; WC-1; UP-1) Tom Woods, Harvard (FW; INS-2; WC-1; UP-2; NEA-2; NYT) Iolas Huffman, Ohio State (FM; LP-1) Percy W. Griffiths, Penn State (FW; INS-1; UP-1; NEA-1; WE-2) James Randolph Tolbert, Harvard (FM; NEA-1; WE-1) Charles McGuire, Chicago (FM; INS-3) John Acosta, Yale (NEA-2; UP-2; WE-1) Harold Hess, Penn State (NYT) Edward E. Wilkie, Navy (WC-2; UP-3) Fritz Breidster, Army (WC-3; WE-2) Dean Trott, Ohio State (WC-3) Dummy Lebey, Georgia Tech (LP-2) George Hartong, Chicago (LP-2) Tarzan Taylor, Ohio State (INS-2) Albert W. T. Mohr, Illinois (INS-3)
Centers
Herb Stein, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (FM; WC-1; WE-2) Doc Alexander, Syracuse (FW; INS-1; WC-2 [g]; UP-1; NEA-2; NYT) Polly Wallace, Ames (WE-1) Jack Depler, Illinois (NEA-1) Bill Cunningham, Dartmouth (WC-2; UP-2; INS-2) Charles Frederick Havemeyer, Harvard (WC-3) George Bunge, Wisconsin (LP-1; UP-3 [g]) Andy Nemecek, Ohio State (LP-2) William Day, Nebraska (INS-3) Jack Heaphy, Boston College (UP-3)
Quarterbacks
Donold Lourie, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) (INS-1; WC-1; UP-1; NEA-2; LP-1; NYT) Bo McMillin, Centre (College Football Hall of Fame) (FW; INS-3; WC-2; UP-2; WE-1; NEA-1; LP-2 [hb]) Benny Boynton, Williams (INS-2; FM; WC-3; WE-2; INS-2) Hoge Workman, Ohio State (LP-2) Aubrey Devine, Iowa (UP-3)
Halfbacks Gaylord Stinchcomb, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (INS-2; FM; WC-1; WE-1; NEA-2; LP-1) Charley Way, Penn State (WC-1; UP-1; INS-1) Tom Davies, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (FM; FW; INS-2; WC-2; UP-1; WE-2; NYT) Phil White, Oklahoma (NEA-1) Hinkey Haines, Penn State (WC-3; WE-2; NEA-2) Jimmy Leech, Virginia Military Institute (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; UP-3) George Owen, Harvard (INS-3)
Fullbacks George Gipp, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (FM; FW; INS-1 [hb]; WC-1; LP-1 [hb]; NEA-1 [hb]; UP-1; WE-1 [hb]) Arnold Horween, Harvard (INS-1; WC-3; LP-2; NEA-1; WE-1) Walter French, Army (FW; INS-3; WC-2; UP-2; LP-2 [hb]) Hank Garrity, Princeton (WC-2 [hb]; UP-2; LP-1; NYT [hb]) Jim Robertson, Dartmouth (UP-2 [e]; NYT) Jack Crangle, Illinois (UP-2; WE-2; NEA-2; INS-2) Buck Flowers, Georgia Tech (UP-3 [hb]; INS-3) Fred Strauss, Penn (UP-3)
Key NCAA recognized selectors for 1920 WC = Walter Camp FW = Football World magazine INS = International News Service, selected by Jake Velock FM = Frank Menke Syndicate, Frank G. Menke (sporting editor King Features Syndicate)ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1154
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 Times1921 Official NCAA Football Guide
Bold = Consensus All-American 1 – First-team selection 2 – Second-team selection 3 – Third-team selection
See also 1920 All-Big Ten Conference football team 1920 All-Eastern football team 1920 All-Pacific Coast football team 1920 All-Southern college football team 1920 All-Western college football team
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