1926 College Football All-America Team

The 1926 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1926. The organizations that chose the teams included: the United Press; the Associated Press; Collier's Weekly selected by Grantland Rice; an Inter-Sectional Board of Football Coaches made up of Tad Jones of Yale, Knute Rockne of Notre Dame and Glenn "Pop" Warner of Stanford; the New York Sun; Walter Eckersall; Billy Evans; and Norman E. Brown.

Key

 * AP = Associated Press, based on AP polling of "more than 100 coaches and critics"
 * UP = United Press
 * COL = Collier's Weekly as selected by Grantland Rice with cooperation from ten coaches: Glenn Warner (Stanford), Robert Zuppke (Illinois), G.C. Woodruff (Georgia), Knute Rockne (Notre Dame), Wallace Wade (Alabama), Captain J.J. McEwan (Oregon), W.A. Alexander (Ga. Tech.), Howard Jones (So. Calif.), E.P. Madigan (St. Mary’s, Calif.), and Dan McGuigan (Vanderbilt).
 * CP = Central Press Association, based on a poll conducted by Norman Brown of 500 newspapers, each of which conducted its own election in which fans voted for the All-American team; Central Press reported compiling a million votes.
 * WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation
 * NYS = New York Sun
 * BE = Billy Evans
 * AAB = All-American Board, team selected by three coaches: Knute Rockne (Notre Dame), Glenn "Pop" Warner (Stanford), and Tad Jones (Yale)
 * RG = Red Grange
 * DW = Davis J. Walsh of the International News Service
 * ES = Ed Sullivan
 * Bold - Consensus All-American
 * 1 - First Team Selection
 * 2 - Second Team Selection
 * 3 - Third Team Selection

Ends

 * Bennie Oosterbaan, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; COL-1; CP-1; WC-1; BE-1; AAB; RG-2; ES-1)
 * Vic Hanson, Syracuse (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; COL-1; CP-2; NYS-1; BE-2; RJW-2; RG-2; DW-1; ES-1)
 * Harold A. Broda, Brown (AP-2; CP-1; NYS-1; BE-3; RWJ-3; DW-2; RG-1; ES-2)
 * Hoyt "Wu" Winslett, Alabama (AP-1; CP-2; NYS-2; BE-1; RWJ-2; DW-1; ES-2)
 * Ted Shipkey, Stanford (AP-2; WC-1; NYS-2; BE-2; AAB; RG-1; DW-2)
 * Carl Bacchus, Missouri (AP-3; BE-3; RWJ-3)

Tackles

 * Frank Wickhorst, Navy (AP-1; COL-1; CP-1; WC-1; NYS-1; BE-1; AAB; RG-1; DW-1)
 * Bud Sprague, Army (AP-1; CP-1)
 * Lloyd Yoder, Carnegie (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; CP-2; WC-1; AAB; DW-2)
 * Emerson Nelson, Iowa (AP-2; CP-2; NYS-1; BE-2)
 * Lon Stiner, Nebraska (RWJ-2; DW-1; ES-2)
 * Roebuck, Haskell (RWJ-2)
 * Lassman, NYU (BE-3; RWJ-3; RG-2; ES-1)
 * Dixon, Oregon Aggies (RWJ-3; DW-2)
 * D. Thomas Eddy, Navy (AP-2; NYS-2; ES-2)
 * Orland F. Smith, Brown (AP-3; COL-2; NYS-2)
 * Johnson, Northwestern (BE-1; RG-1)
 * Pickhard, Alabama (BE-2)
 * Hibbs, Southern California (BE-3)
 * Cochran, Lafayette (RG-2)
 * Leo Raskowski, Ohio State (ES-1)

Guards

 * Harry Connaughton, Georgetown (AP-1; COL-1; CP-1; NYS-1; BE-1; RWJ-2; RG-1; DW-2; ES-1)
 * Bernie Shively, Illinois (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; COL-1; CP-2; WC-1; BE-1; AAB; RG-2; DW-1)
 * Ed Hess, Ohio State (AP-2; CP-1; NYS-2; BE-2; RWJ-2; RG-1; DW-2; ES-1)
 * Fred Swan, Stanford (AP-3; CP-2; RWJ-3; ES-2)
 * Herbert Sturhahn, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; WC-1; NYS-2; BE-3; AAB; ES-2)
 * Ted "Butter" Gorrell, Southern California (RWJ-3)
 * Emerson Carey, Cornell (AP-2; CP-1; RWJ-2)
 * Schmidt, Army (NYS-1; BE-2)
 * Smith, Brown (BE-3; RG-2; DW-1)

Centers

 * Bud Boeringer, Notre Dame (AP-1; COL-1; CP-1; WC-1; NYS-1; BE-1; AAB; RG-1; ES-1)
 * John J. Butler, Penn (AP-2; CP-2; BE-2; RG-2; DW-1; ES-2)
 * Jeff Cravath, Southern California (RWJ-2; DW-2)
 * Larry Bettencourt, St. Mary’s, Calif. (College Football Hall of Fame) (RWJ-3)
 * Polly Wallace, Oklahoma Aggies (AP-3)
 * Alex Klein, Ohio State (BE-3)
 * Daly, Army (NYS-2)

Quarterbacks

 * Benny Friedman, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; COL-1; CP-1; NYS-1; BE-1; RWJ-2; RG-1; DW-1; ES-1)
 * Bill Spears, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; NYS-2; BE-2; DW-2)
 * Bill Kelly, Montana (College Football Hall of Fame) (CP-2; RG-2)
 * Roy "Red" Randall, Brown (WC-1; AAB)
 * George Guttormsen, Washington (AP-3)
 * Gerald "Little Red Arrow" Mann, Southern Methodist (College Football Hall of Fame) (BE-3; RWJ-3)
 * Mort "Devil May" Kaer, Southern California (College Football Hall of Fame) (ES-2)

Halfbacks

 * Ralph Baker, Northwestern (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; COL-1; CP-1; NYS-1; BE-2; RWJ-2; RG-2; DW-2; ES-2)
 * Mort "Devil May" Kaer, Southern California (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; COL-1; CP-1; WC-1; NYS-1; BE-1; AAB; RG-1; DW-1)
 * "Lighthorse Harry" Wilson, Army (AP-2; CP-2; WC-1; AAB; DW-1; ES-1)
 * Frank Kirkleski, Lafayette (AP-3; RWJ-3)
 * Bill Spears, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (RWJ-3)
 * Bill Kelly, Montana (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; BE-3)
 * Charles Rogers, Penn (AP-3; RG-1)
 * Cotton Wilcox, Purdue (NYS-2; BE-2)
 * George Bogue, Stanford (BE-3)
 * Christie Flanagan, Notre Dame (CP-2; RWJ-2; RG-2; ES-1)
 * Mishel, Brown (DW-2)
 * Marty Karow, Ohio State (ES-2)

Fullbacks

 * Herb Joesting, aka "The Owatonna Thunderbolt," Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; COL-1; CP-1; WC-1; NYS-1; BE-1; AAB; RG-1; DW-1; ES-1)
 * Marty Karow, Ohio State (AP-2; CP-2; BE-3; RG-2)
 * Bill Amos, Washington & Jefferson (BE-2; RWJ-2; DW-2)
 * Mayes McLain, Haskell (RWJ-3)
 * L.J. "Ty" Rauber, Washington & Lee (AP-3)
 * O’Boyle, Notre Dame (NYS-2)
 * Caldwell, Navy (ES-2)