The 1915 College Football All-America team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-America Teams selected by various organizations in 1915. The organizations that chose the teams included Collier's Weekly selected by Walter Camp.
Key[]
- WC = Collier's Weekly as selected by Walter Camp
- WE = Walter Eckersall, of the Chicago Tribune[1]
- FM = Frank G. Menke, Sporting Editor of the International News Service[2]
- FY = Fielding Yost, coach of the University of Michigan[3]
- MON = Monty, New York sports writer Monty[4]
- PD = Parke H. Davis[5]
- TC = Tommy Clark[6]
- Bold - Consensus All-American[7]
- 1 - First Team Selection
- 2 - Second Team Selection
- 3 - Third Team Selection
All-Americans of 1915[]
Harvard's three-time All-American fullback Eddie Mahan was rated by Jim Thorpe as the best player he ever faced.
Nebraska's Guy Chamberlain
Pitt center Bob Peck with Hall of Fame football coach "Pop" Warner
Ends[]
- Murray Shelton, Cornell (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; FM-2; MON-2; PD-1; TC-1)
- Guy Chamberlin, Nebraska (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WE-1; FM-1; PD-1)
- Bert Baston, Minnesota (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; WE-2)
- Bob Higgins, Penn State (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2; WE-2; FM-1; FY-1; MON-1; TC-1)
- Jack "Red" Lamberton, Princeton (WE-1; FY-1)
- Fred Heyman, Washington & Jefferson (WC-3; MON-1)
- George Squier, Illinois (WC-3; FM-2)
- Edward Soucy, Harvard (MON-2)
- James Pat Herron, Pittsburgh (WC-2)
Tackles[]
- Howard Buck, Wisconsin (WC-2; WE-1; FM-1; FY-1; PD-1; TC-1)
- Joseph Gilman, Harvard (WC-1; WE-1; FY-1; MON-2; TC-1)
- Earl Abell, Colgate (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; WE-2; FM-2; MON-1)
- Maurice M. Witherspoon, W&J (FM-1)
- Mark Farnum, Brown (MON-1)
- Laurens Shull, Chicago (died in WWI) (FM-2)
- Alex "Babe" Weyand, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; MON-2)
- William T. "Bully" Van de Graaf, Alabama (WC-2; PD-1)
- John B. McAuliffe, Dartmouth (WE-2)
- Josh Cody, Vanderbilt (WC-3)
Guards[]
- Clarence Spears, Dartmouth (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; WE-1; FM-1; FY-1; MON-1; PD-1; TC-1)
- Harold White, Syracuse (WE-2; FM-1; MON-2; TC-1)
- Christopher Schlachter, Syracuse (WC-1; WE-2; FY-1)
- Clinton Black, Yale (WC-2; MON-1)
- Freeman Fitzgerald, Notre Dame (FM-2; PD-1)
- Merton A. "Pat" Dunnigan, Minnesota (WE-1; FM-2)
- Alfred "Budge" Garrett, Rutgers (MON-2)
- Frank T. Hogg, Princeton (WC-2)
- Dadmun, Harvard (WC-3)
- Taylor, Auburn (WC-3)
Centers[]
- Bob Peck, Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; FM-1; MON-1; PD-1; TC-1)
- Gib Cool, Cornell (WC-2; WE-1; FM-2; FY-1)
- John McEwan, Army (WC-3; MON-2)
- John Wesley "Jack" Watson, Illinois (WE-2)
Quarterbacks[]
- Charley Barrett, Cornell (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; WE-1; FM-1; FY-1; MON-1; PD-1; TC-1)
- Don Watson, Harvard (WC-2)
- Paul "Pete" Russell, Chicago (WC-3; WE-2; FM-2)
- Miller, Columbia (MON-2)
Halfbacks[]
- Richard King, Harvard (WC-1; WE-2; FY-1)
- Bart Macomber, Illinois (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1)
- Elmer Oliphant, Army (WC-1;[8] MON-1)
- Eugene Mayer, Virginia (FM-1; PD-1)
- Bernie Bierman, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (WE-1; FM-2 [fb])
- Neno Jerry DaPrato, Michigan State (FM-1)
- Dave Tibbott, Princeton (WC-2; WE-1; FY-1)
- Red Wilkinson, Syracuse (WE-2 [fb]; MON-1)
- R.B. "Dick" Rutherford, Nebraska (FM-2)
- Andy Hastings, Pittsburgh (FM-2)
- John Maulbetsch, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (WE-2; MON-2; TC-1)
- John Roland "Johnny" Gilroy, Georgetown (MON-2)
- Anderson, Colgate (TC-1)
- Abraham, Oregon State (WC-3)
Fullbacks[]
- Eddie Mahan, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; WE-1; FM-1; FY-1; MON-1; PD-1 [hb]; TC-1)
- Edward H. Driggs, Princeton (PD-1)
- Howard Talman, Rutgers (WC-2; MON-2)
- Berryman, Penn State (WC-3)
Notes[]
- ↑ "Eck Puts Him On All-American". La Crosse Tribune. 1915-12-06.
- ↑ "Covers Wide Scope In Choosing His All-American Gridironers". The Washington Post. 1915-12-05.
- ↑ Fielding H. Yost (1915-12-04). "All-American Team of 1915 Strong and Brilliant In Any Style of Offensive Play". Fort Wayne News.
- ↑ "Monty Picks All-Star Team: Maulbetsch of Michigan Lands on Second Eleven; He is Only 'Westerner' to Be Honored by the Writer". Fort Wayne News. 1915-12-04.
- ↑ "Sporting Notes". Syracuse Herald. 1915-12-03.
- ↑ Tommy Clark (1915-12-05). "The All American Eleven for Season of 1915". The Lexington Herald.
- ↑ Consensus All-American designations based on the NCAA guide to football award winners
- ↑ "Camp Changes His All-America Team". Hamilton Daily Republican-News. 1915-12-30. (When Camp announced his team in mid-December, he placed Macomber on the first team and Oliphant on the second team. However, at the end of December 1915, Camp announced he was changing his selection to place Oliphant on the first team and Macomber on the second team.)
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