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1907 College Football All-America Team
The 1907 College Football All-America team is composed of various organizations that chose basketball teams that season. The organizations that chose the teams included ''Collier's Weekly'' selected by Walter Camp. All-Americans of 1907 Ends * Bill Dague, Navy (WC-1; NYT; CR) * Clarence Alcott, Yale (WC-1; CW-2; NYH; NYP; CF) * Albert Exendine, Carlisle (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2; CW-1; NYW; CR) * Caspar Wister, Princeton (WC-3; CW-1; NYH; NYT; NYW; NYP, AFR) * Hunter Scarlett, Penn (WC-2; FY-1) * James Fox Macdonald, Harvard (WC-3; CW-2) * Bob Blake, Vanderbilt (FY-1, AFR) * Charles H. Watson, Cornell (CF) Tackles * Dexter Draper, Penn (WC-1; CW-1; NYH; NYT; CR) * Lucius Horatio Biglow, Yale (WC-1; CW-1; NYT; NYW; NYP; FY-1; CF; CR AFR) * Bill Horr, Syracuse (WC-2; NYH) * Bernard O'Rourke, Cornell (WC-2; CW-2; NYP; CF) * Henry J. Weeks, Army (WC-3; CW-2) * Benjamin Lang, Dartmouth (WC-3) * Walter Rheinschild, Michigan (FY-1) * Daniel Pullen, Army (NYW) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Football All-America Team
The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best college football players in the United States at their respective positions. The original use of the term ''All-America'' seems to have been to the 1889 College Football All-America Team selected by Caspar Whitney and published in ''This Week's Sports''. Football pioneer Walter Camp also began selecting All-America teams in the 1890s and was recognized as the official selector in the early years of the 20th century. NCAA recognition As of 2009, the College Football All-America Team is composed of the following College Football All-American first teams: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), '' The Sporting News'' (''TSN''), ''Sports Illustrated'' (''SI''), '' Pro Football Weekly'' (''PFW''), ESPN, CBS Sports (CBS), '' College Football News'' (''CFN''), ProFootballFocus (PFF), Rivals.com, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucius Horatio Biglow
Lucius Horatio "Ray" Biglow III (''often spelled Bigelow''; February 28, 1885 – July 9, 1961) was an American football player and coach. He played right Guard (American football), guard for Yale University from 1905 to 1907. He was selected as an College Football All-America Team, All-American in both 1906 and 1907 and served as Yale Bulldogs football coach in 1908. Biography Biglow was born on February 28, 1885 in Brooklyn, New York to Lucius Horatio Biglow II and Susan Ann (née Moser) Biglow. He was raised in Morristown, New Jersey and attended the Lawrenceville School. He later enrolled at Yale University, where he graduated in 1908 and was a member of Skull and Bones. He married Marian Chandler Yeaw; and they had one son, Lucius Horatio, Jr. College athletics At Yale, he was the right guard on the school's football team for three years. He also played point on the Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey, ice hockey team for two years, helping the Elis win the Intercollegiat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tad Jones (American Football)
Thaddeus Bunol "Tad" Jones (September 19, 1952 – January 1, 2007) was an American music historian and researcher. His extensive research is credited with definitively establishing and documenting Louis Armstrong's correct birth date, August 4, 1901. Life and career Jones was a native and resident of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana. A graduate of Loyola University New Orleans, he developed an interest in the music and history of New Orleans at a young age and conducted important oral history interviews with musicians while still in his teens. While earning a degree in Communications at Loyola, Jones was named Music Director of the university's radio station, WLDC and served from 1971-74. Frequently, Jones merged his broadcasting training with his musical historical expertise to promote New Orleans music in the station's playlist. This, in turn, gained the attention and influenced the programming of numerous record companies and album-oriented rock and jazz broadcast out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stein Stone
James Nollner "Stein" Stone Sr. (April 18, 1882 – August 25, 1926) was an American football and basketball player and coach. "Stein" is the German for stone. Vanderbilt University At Vanderbilt he was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Football He was a four time All-Southern center for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt football teams, selected for the position on all-time Vanderbilt teams in 1912 and 1934. He was also selected for an '' Associated Press'' Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869–1919 era. On another all-time team of Southerners, one finds "For center we shove in Stein Stone of Vanderbilt, who is about as good as man as the South ever saw. Vanderbilt will have about eight of these eleven men." He was some 6 foot 3 and 180 pounds. 1907 In the 1907 game against Michigan, "In the duel of centers, Stone of Vanderbilt, had the best of "Germany" Schulz. Michigan's massive center. Stone's play was spectacular all the way." His catch on a double-pass play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Slingluff, Jr
Frank or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a medieval Germanic people * Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang Currency * Liechtenstein franc or frank, the currency of Liechtenstein since 1920 * Swiss franc or frank, the currency of Switzerland since 1850 * Westphalian frank, currency of the Kingdom of Westphalia between 1808 and 1813 * The currencies of the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland (1803–1814): ** Appenzell frank ** Argovia frank ** Basel frank ** Berne frank ** Fribourg frank ** Glarus frank ** Graubünden frank ** Luzern frank ** Schaffhausen frank ** Schwyz frank ** Solothurn frank ** St. Gallen frank ** Thurgau frank ** Unterwalden frank ** Uri frank ** Zürich frank Places * Frank, Alberta, Canada, an urban community, formerly a village * Franks, Illinois, United States, an unincorporated community * Franks, Missouri, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Grant (American Football)
Patrick Grant II (April 30, 1886 – October 28, 1927) was an American football player. He played college football at Harvard University and was a consensus first-team selection to the 1907 College Football All-America Team. Grant was born in 1886 at Boston, Massachusetts. His parents were Robert Grant, Boston probate judge, and Amy Gordon Galt. Grant enrolled at Harvard University where he played on the Harvard Crimson football team. After the 1907 season, he was selected as a consensus first-team center on the 1907 College Football All-America Team. He graduated from Harvard in 1908. In 1912, Grant ran an aviation school at Seabreeze, Florida. While in Florida, he became engaged to Marie S. Disston. The two were married in September 1912. They had a daughter in approximately 1916. Grant served with the Royal Canadian Flying Corps The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF; french: Aviation royale canadienne, ARC) is the air and space force of Canada. Its role is to "provide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany Schulz
Adolph George "Germany" Schulz (April 19, 1883 – April 14, 1951) was an All-American American football center for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1904 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1908. While playing at Michigan, Schulz is credited with having invented the spiral snap and with developing the practice of standing behind the defensive line. As the first lineman to play in back of the line on defense, he is credited as football's first linebacker. During his time at Michigan, Schulz also became involved in one of college football's earliest recruiting controversies, as some suggested that he was a " ringer" recruited by Michigan coach Fielding H. Yost. Schulz was 21 years old when he enrolled at Michigan and had worked in an Indiana steel mill and reportedly played for either amateur or professional teams. Michigan was refused re-entry into the Western Conference in 1908 when it insisted on playing the 25-year-old Schulz for a fourth season in violation of confe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Goebel (American Football)
William Arthur Goebel (June 24, 1887 – February 15, 1960) was an American football player. He played college football at Yale University and was a consensus selection at the guard position on the 1908 College Football All-America Team. Goebel was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1887. He was the son of Justus Goebel, the owner of a wholesale and retail carpet business known as Lowry & Goebel. Goebel received his preparatory education at Union High School in Phoenix, Arizona, and in private studies in Cincinnati. He attended college at Yale University, where he was a member of the football, track and wrestling teams. As a guard for the Yale Bulldogs football team, he was a consensus first-team selection for the 1908 College Football All-America Team. He also won wrestling championships in 1907 and 1909 and was elected president of the Wrestling Association during his senior year. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Delta Kappa Epsilon (), commonly known as ''DKE'' or ''D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Burr
Francis Hardon Burr (September 15, 1886 – December 5, 1910) was an American football player. He was a first-team All-American guard in 1906 and captain of the 1908 Harvard Crimson football team. After he died of typhoid fever in 1910, the Francis H. Burr Award was established in his honor. Biography Burr was raised in Brookline, Massachusetts, the son of Herman M. Burr. He attended the Phillips-Andover Academy before enrolling at Harvard University in 1905. He was a starter at the guard position for the Harvard football team for four years from 1905 to 1908 and also did the punting and place-kicking for the team. He was selected as a first-team All-American in 1906 and as the captain of the 1908 Harvard football team. In addition to playing four years on the football team, Burr also competed for two years on Harvard's track team, one year on the baseball team and one year on the tennis team. He was also the first marshal of his class and president of his freshman clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elmer Thompson
Elmer Thompson (c. 1885 – February 1929) was an American football player. He played for Cornell University from 1905 to 1907 and was selected as a first-team All-American in both 1906 and 1907. Biography Thompson grew up in Waterbury, Connecticut and played three years of football at Andover. He was also a "weight man" for Andover's track team, competing in the hammer throw and shot put. Thompson was the captain of Andover's football team as a senior, and in April 1903, the ''Boston Evening Transcript'' reported that he had been "much sought after" due to "his splendid" work on the Andover football team. He initially committed to attend Yale University, but changed his mind and enrolled at Cornell University. He played at the guard position for Cornell football team from 1905 to 1907, and was selected as a first-team All-American in 1906 and 1907. He weighed "close to 250 pounds," and ''The New York Times'' described him as "one of the largest men who ever played on a coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Erwin (American Football)
William Walter Erwin (April 6, 1884 – March 28, 1953) was an American football player and United States Army officer. He played for the Army football team and was selected as a consensus first-team guard on the 1907 College Football All-America Team. Biography Erwin was born in Kansas on April 6, 1884. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. While at the Academy, he played at the guard position for the Army football team and was a consensus first-team selection for the 1907 College Football All-America Team. Erwin graduated from the Military Academy in 1908 and spent his entire career in the Army. He was initially commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 9th Cavalry in February 1908 and stationed in the Philippines from May 1908 to May 1909. From June 1909 to September 1912, he was stationed at Fort D.A. Russell in Wyoming and Fort Sam Houston in Texas. From July 1913 to March 1916, he was assigned to the Military Academy as a special in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gus Ziegler
Augustus Bergey Ziegler (October 24, 1875 – April 14, 1960) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a two-time All-American at guard. Ziegler served as the head football coach at the University of Delaware from 1929 to 1930, compiling a record of 6–10–2. Ziegler was born in Royersford, Pennsylvania. He married Morea Marguerite Drumm on January 20, 1917 in Philadelphia. Playing career Ziegler played at the guard position for the University of Pennsylvania from 1903 to 1904 and 1906 to 1907. He was selected as a consensus first-team All-American in both 1906 and 1907. In 1907, Ziegler led the Penn Quakers The Penn Quakers are the athletic teams of the University of Pennsylvania. The school sponsors 33 varsity sports. The school has won three NCAA national championships in men's fencing and one in women's fencing. School colors There are se ... to their fifth national football cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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