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The 1891 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected by Caspar Whitney as the best players at their positions for the 1891 college football season. Whitney began publishing his All-America Team in 1889, and 1891 was the first year Whitney's list was published in Harper's Weekly.

All-American selections for 1891[]

Key[]

  • CW = Caspar Whitney, published in Harper's Weekly magazine.
  • Bold = Consensus All-American[1]

Ends[]

Tackles[]

Guards[]

Center[]

  • John Adams, Penn (CW)

Quarterback[]

  • Philip King, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) (CW)

Halfbacks[]

Fullback[]

Notes[]

  1. "Football Award Winners". National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
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