The 1917 All-Service football team consists of American football players of the United States military selected to the all-service football teams chosen by various selectors.
All-Service players of 1917
Ends John Rasmussen, Nebraska; Camp Grant (WC-1) William Jennings Gardner, Carlisle; Camp Custer (WC-1) C. A. Coolidge, Harvard; Camp Devens (PPS) Fred Heyman, Washington & Jefferson; Sherman (PPS) B. C. Cubbage, Penn State; Allentown Ambulance Corps (NYT) George B. L. Green, Dartmouth; Newport Naval Reserves (NYT) Ellenberger, Cornell; Camp Dix (WC-2) Mitchell, Mare Island Marines (WC-2) Spike Dennie, Brown; Camp Funston (WC-3) Hunt, Coast Naval Res. (WC-3)
Tackles Belford West, Colgate; Camp Dix (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1, PPS) John Beckett, Oregon; Mare Island Marines (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1) Albert Benbrook, Michigan; Fort Sheridan (College Football Hall of Fame) (PPS) Pike Johnson, Washington & Lee; Allentown Ambulance Corps (NYT) Corbeau, Case; League Island Marines(NYT) Moriarty, Coast Naval Res. (WC-2) Hugh Blacklock, Mich. Ag; Great Lakes (WC-2) Robertson, Dartmouth; Dodge (WC-3) Zipper Lathrop, Notre Dame; Camp Grant (WC-3)
Guards Clinton Black, Yale; Newport Naval Reserves (WC-1, PPS, NYT) Chris Schlachter, Syracuse; Newport Naval Reserves (PPS, NYT) Ernest Allmendinger, Michigan; Fort Sheridan (WC-1) Allen Thurman, Virginia; Camp Jackson (WC-2) Paul Withington, Harvard; Camp Funston (WC-2) Snyder, Camp Lewis (WC-3) Holder, Camp Lewis (WC-3)
Centers John T. Callahan, Yale; Newport Naval Reserves (WC-1) Paul Des Jardien, Chicago; Fort Sheridan (College Football Hall of Fame) (PPS) Lud Wray, Penn; League Island Marines(NYT) Hommand, Kansas; Camp Funston (WC-2) White, Yale; Camp Jackson (WC-3)
Quarterbacks Ockie Anderson, Colgate; Camp Dix (WC-2; PPS) Raymond "Razor" Watkins, Colgate; Mineola Aviation (WC-1) Charles Thorne "Mike" Murphy, Yale; Allentown Ambulance Corps (NYT) Harry Costello, Georgetown; Camp Custer (WC-3)
Halfbacks Charley Barrett, Cornell; Newport Naval Reserves (WC-2, PPS, NYT) Eddie Casey, Harvard; Charlestown Navy Yard (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1) Wayland Minot, Harvard; Camp Devens (WC-1) Bernard Gerrish, Dartmouth; Newport Naval Reserves (PPS) Johnny Scott, Lafayette; League Island Marines(NYT) Fritz Shiverick, Cornell; Camp Grant (WC-2) Edmund O'Boyle, Georgetown; Pelham Naval (WC-3) Blair, Md.; Upton (WC-3)
Fullbacks Cedric C. Smith, Michigan; Great Lakes (WC-1) Eddie Mahan, Harvard; League Island Marines (College Football Hall of Fame) (PPS) Earl "Curley" Cramer, Hamline; Allentown Ambulance Corps (NYT) Maxfield, Lafayette, Ft. Slocum (WC-2) Thayer, Pa.; Meade (WC-3)
Key WC = Collier's Weekly All Service team as selected by Walter Camp PPS = Paul Purman's All Service selectionSpalding's Football Guide NYT = All Service eleven of The New York Times. 1 – First-team selection 2 – Second-team selection 3 – Third-team selection
See also 1917 College Football All-America Team
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