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1911 College Football All-America Team
The 1911 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans for the 1911 college football season. The only selector for the 1911 season who has been recognized as "official" by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is Walter Camp. Many other sports writers, newspapers, coaches and others also selected All-America teams in 1911. Others who selected All-Americans in 1911 include New York sports writer Wilton S. Farnsworth, ''The New York Globe'', Minnesota coach Henry L. Williams, '' The Christian Science Monitor'', former Yale stars Ted Coy and Charles Chadwick, and ''Baseball Magazine''. Walter Camp's "official" selections The only individual who has been recognized as an "official" selector by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for the 1911 season is Walter Camp. Accordingly, the NCAA's official listing of "Consensus All-America Selections" mirrors Camp's first-team picks. Nine of Ca ... [...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] |
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an American collegiate athletic conference comprising eight private research universities in the Northeastern United States. The term ''Ivy League'' is typically used beyond the sports context to refer to the eight schools as a group of elite colleges with connotations of academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and social elitism. Its members are Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University. While the term was in use as early as 1933, it became official only after the formation of the athletic conference in 1954. All of the "Ivies" except Cornell were founded during the colonial period; they thus account for seven of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. The other two colonial colleges, Rutgers University and the College of William & Mary, became public institutions. Ivy League schools are v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Brown (American Football, Born 1891)
John Herbert "Babe" Brown, Jr. (October 12, 1891 – June 10, 1963) was a decorated officer in the United States Navy with the rank of Vice admiral during World War II and an American football player. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Brown trained as submariner and served successively as Commander, Submarine Squadron 4 and Commander Training Command, Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet in the opening years of World War II. Brown was then promoted to Rear admiral and commanded Cruiser Division One during the bombardment of Japan in summer 1945. Following the War, Brown remained in the Navy and commanded successively Portsmouth Naval Shipyard; Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet and Fourth Naval District, before retiring in January 1954. Early career John H. Brown Jr. was born on October 12, 1891 in Canton, Pennsylvania as the son of John H. Brown. Following the graduation from local high school in summer of 1910, he earned an appointment to the United States Naval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jogger Elcock
Walter Benjamin "Jogger" Elcock (December 6, 1888 – June 10, 1964) was an American football player, coach, and referee. He played college football at Dartmouth College as a tackle from 1909 to 1911. Elcock served as the head football coach at Washington and Lee University from 1914 to 1916 and at Oglethorpe University from 1920 to 1921. He was also the head coach of the 1917 Camp Gordon football team. Elcock's 1914 Washington and Lee team went undefeated and outscored opponents 324 to 12. Elcock was a native of Dorchester, Massachusetts Dorchester (colloquially referred to as Dot) is a Boston neighborhood comprising more than in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Originally, Dorchester was a separate town, founded by Puritans who emigrated in 1630 from Dorchester .... He graduated from Dartmouth in 1912 and served as an assistant football coach at his alma mater under Frank Cavanaugh in 1913. Head coaching record References Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Hart
Edward J. Hart (May 26, 1887 — November 28, 1956) was an American football Tackle (American football), tackle. He was a consensus College Football All-America Team, All-American in 1911 college football season, 1911. Hart played high school football at Phillips Exeter Academy. In his last game at Phillips Exeter he suffered a dislocation in his neck when he ran into a goalpost. This resulted in Hart having to wear a neckbrace for his first three years of college football at Princeton University. He removed the brace in 1911. He was the captain of the Princeton Tigers football team in 1910 and 1911. Hart was a captain in the United States Army in World War I and major in the United States Marines in World War II. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. References 1887 births 1956 deaths People from Exeter, New Hampshire American football tackles Princeton Tigers football players College Football Hall of Fame inductees All-American college footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick L
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Busty Ashbaugh
Russell G. "Busty" Ashbaugh Sr. (September 12, 1889 – November 20, 1953) was a celebrated football player at Brown University who went on to coach competitive teams at South High School, in Youngstown, Ohio.''The Youngstown Daily Vindicator'', Youngstown, Ohio, November 21, 1953. He played an important role in the formation of several future coaches, including collegiate legends such as Dike Beede and Wes Fesler. Playing career Ashbaugh was born in the industrial hub of Youngstown, to W. N. and Clara Butler Ashbaugh. His father served as a clerk for the city's Board of Education for 40 years. Ashbaugh gained early recognition as a football standout at Youngstown's Rayen School. Upon graduation from Rayen, he went on to Brown University, where he won second-team recognition on Walter Camp's All-America squad as team captain. Ashbaugh played for Brown between 1909 and 1914. After graduating from Brown, Ashbaugh returned to his hometown and played professionally for the Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dexter Very
Dexter W. Very (November 27, 1889 – September 27, 1980) was an American college football player the Penn State Nittany Lions football team of Pennsylvania State University. Very started at right end for the Nittany Lions in every game from 1909 to 1912. During that timespan, Penn State was undefeated in 1909, 1911 and 1912, while losing just two games in 1910. Very was elected as the team's captain in 1911, and helped the Nittany Lions defeat the Penn Quakers, for its first victory over Penn in 18 years. That game he stripped the Quakers' Ray Mercer of the football and ran it back for a Penn State touchdown. In 1912, Very scored nine touchdowns in eight games. He never wore a helmet while playing, and was also a member of the school's wrestling program. After college, he worked as a manufacturer's representative in Pittsburgh and also worked as a football official. He officiated the 1927 Georgia vs. Yale football game. On January 2, 1933, Very officiated the Rose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanfield Wells
Stanfield McNeill Wells (July 25, 1889 – August 17, 1967) was an All-American football player for the University of Michigan Wolverines football team from 1909-1911. He was the first in a long line of All-Americans to come out of Massillon Washington High School, and was one of the pioneers of the forward pass. Though known principally as an end, Wells was Michigan's first forward passer of note. He threw two passes to help Michigan win the Western Conference championship against Minnesota in 1910. He played professional football after college and wrote a chapter of a book on playing the end position. He later became the manager of an insurance company in Nashville, Tennessee. Massillon Washington High School Wells attended Washington High School in Massillon, Ohio. He played left halfback in high school and graduated in 1907. His high school coach Fritz Merwin was a volunteer who helped the players get organized. Massillon's Washington High School has produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Bomeisler
Douglass M. "Bo" Bomeisler (June 20, 1892 – December 28, 1953) was an American college football player. He played for the Yale Bulldogs football team of Yale University from 1910 to 1912, and was selected as a consensus first-team All-American in 1911 and 1912. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1972. Biography Early years Bomeisler was born in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from what is now called Poly Prep Country Day School where he played football. Yale University He enrolled at Yale University where he played for the school's varsity football team in 1910, 1911 and 1912. Playing at the end position, Bomeisler developed a reputation as a fast and powerful player, "a hard and deadly tackler," and the strongest man on the Yale team. In his first year of eligibility to play for Yale's varsity football team, Bomeisler was injured in the second game of the 1910 football season and missed the remainder of the season. Early in the 1911 season, Bomei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanford White
Sanford Brownell "Sammy" White (May 4, 1888April 11, 1964) was an American football and baseball player. He played college football for the Princeton Tigers football team from 1910 to 1911 and was a consensus first-team All-American football player in 1911. He scored every point for the Tigers in their 1911 victories over Harvard and Yale, leading the team to the eastern college football championship. White also played baseball and basketball at Princeton. As team captain, he led Princeton to a baseball championship in 1911. Early years White was born at Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1888. He attended Fall River High School and then preparatory school at Exeter in New Hampshire. White played both baseball and football for Exeter. Princeton Multi-sport athlete White enrolled at Princeton University in 1908. At Princeton, he became a four-sport star, competing in football, baseball, basketball, and track. In the summer of 1909, he played for the Hyannis town team in what i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandford White Baseball And Football
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