The 1917 All-Eastern football team consists of American football players chosen by various selectors as the best players at each position among the Eastern colleges and universities during the 1917 college football season.
All-Eastern selections
Quarterbacks Benny Boynton, Williams (TM-1) Bert Bell, Penn (TM-2)
Halfbacks Light, Penn (TM-1) Elmer Oliphant, Army (TM-1) Ira Rodgers, West Virginia (TM-2) Cornog, Swarthmore (TM-2)
Fullbacks George McLaren, Pittsburgh (TM-1) Joe Berry, Penn (TM-2)
Ends Heinie Miller, Penn (TM-1) John Tressel, Washington & Jefferson (TM-1) Paul Robeson, Rutgers (TM-2) Red Carlson, Pittsburgh (TM-2)
Tackles Pete Henry, Washington & Jefferson (TM-1) Alf Cobb, Syracuse (TM-1) Murphy, Dartmouth (TM-2) Fred Seidel, Pittsburgh (TM-2)
Guards Jock Sutherland, Pittsburgh (TM-1) Eugene Neely, Dartmouth (TM-1) Byron Wimberly, Washington & Jefferson (TM-2) Czarnekie, Penn State (TM-2)
Centers Russ Bailey, West Virginia (TM-1) Alex Wray, Penn (TM-2)
Key TM = Tiny Maxwell
See also 1917 College Football All-America Team
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