The 1917 College Football All-America team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-America Teams selected by various organizations in 1917. The organizations that chose the teams included Collier's Weekly selected by Walter Camp .
Key [ ] WC = Collier's Weekly as selected by Walter Camp [1]
WE = Walter Eckersall , of the Chicago Tribune [2]
JV = Jack Veiock , International News Service (INS) sports editor[3]
PP = Paul Purman , noted sports writer whose All-American team was syndicated in newspapers across the United States[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
INS = International News Service[12]
NEA = Newspaper Editors Association[12]
MS = Frank Menke Syndicate, by Frank G. Menke [12]
Bold - Consensus All-American[13] 1 - First Team Selection
2 - Second Team Selection
3 - Third Team Selection All-Americans of 1917 [ ] Ends [ ] Charles Bolen , Ohio State (WC–1; MS; WE-1; JV-2; PP-1) Paul Robeson , Rutgers (WC–2; MS; JV-2; PP-2) Ernest H. Von Helmburg , Navy (WC–1; NEA; PP-1) Clifford Carlson , Pittsburgh (WE-1; JV-1) Henry Miller, Penn (INS; JV-1)
Hager, West Virginia (WC–2; PP-2)
Carroll, W&J (WE-2)
Siller, Pennsylvania (WE-2) Tackles [ ] Alfred Cobb , Syracuse (WC–1; INS; NEA; WE-2; JV-1; PP-1) George Hauser , Minnesota (WC–1; INS; NEA; WE-1; JV-1; PP-1) Ernest Hubka, Nebraska (WC–2; JV-2; PP-2)
Williams, Oregon (WC–2; JV-2; PP-2)
Walker Carpenter , Georgia Tech (MS) Wilbur Henry , Washington & Jefferson (MS) McCord, Georgia Tech (WE-1)
Murphy, Dartmouth (WE-2) Guards [ ] Dale Seis , Pittsburgh (WC-1; NEA; MS; PP-1) Frank Culver , Michigan (WC–1; NEA; JV-2; PP-1) Gault, Georgia Tech (WE-1)
Crabb, Brown (WE-1)
Jock Sutherland , Pitt (INS; JV-1) Eugene Neeley, Dartmouth (INS; JV-1)
Lane, California (WC–2; JV-2; PP-2)
Dieter, Pennsylvania (WC–2; PP-2)
C.G. Higgins, Chicago (MS; WE-2)
U____, Northwestern (WE-2) Centers [ ] Frank Rydzewski , Notre Dame (WC–1; INS; NEA; JV-1; PP-1) Russell Bailey , West Virginia (MS; WE-1; JV-2) Alex Wray, Pennsylvania (WC–2; PP-2)
Oscar P. Lambert, Michigan (WE-2) Quarterbacks [ ] Everett Strupper , Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC–1; NEA; MS; JV-2 [hb]; PP-1) Archie Weston , Michigan (WE-1) Benny Boynton , Williams (College Football Hall of Fame) (INS; MS; JV-1) Ingram, Navy (WC–2; JV-2 [hb]; PP-2)
Brennan, Fordham (WE-2)
Hill, Georgia Tech (JV-2) Halfbacks [ ] Elmer Oliphant , Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC–1; INS; NEA; MS; JV-1; PP-1) Chic Harley , Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC–1; INS; NEA; WE-1; JV-1; PP-1) Joe Guyon , Georgia Tech (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WC–2; PP-2) "Scrubby" McCreight, Washington & Jefferson (WC–2; PP-2)
Hoffman, Cornell (WE-2)
James J. Drummey, Tufts (WE-2) Fullbacks [ ] Joseph Howard Berry, Jr., Pennsylvania (WC–1; NEA; WE-1; JV-2; PP-1)
George "Tank" McLaren , Pittsburgh (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC–2; INS; MS; WE-1 [HB]; JV-1; PP-2) Bob Koehler , Northwestern (WE-2) Notes [ ]
↑ "Championship Teams Picked for Season". Fort Wayne Sentinel. 1917-11-29. ↑ ""All" Teams Picked By Walter Eckersall". Lincoln Daily Star,. 1917-12-16. ↑ Jack Veiock (1917-12-11). "Veiock's All-American Elevens for 1917 Season". Logansport Pharos-Reporter. ↑ Paul Purman (1917-11-29). "East, West, South Give Stars To The Times-Tribune All-American Football Team For 1917 Season". Waterloo Times-Tribune. ↑ Paul Purman (1917-11-29). "East, West, South Give Stars To The Sentinel All-American Football Team For 1917 Season". The Fort Wayne Sentinel. ↑ "East, West, South Give Stars To The Sheboygan Press All-American Team For 1917 Season". Sheboygan Press. 1917-11-30. ↑ "The East, West and South Give Greatest Stars To The News Special All-American Football Team For 1917 Season". Des Moines Daily News. 1917-11-29. ↑ "Purman's 1917 'All-American' Team". The Daily Alaska Dispatch. 1917-12-11. ↑ "Captain Hauser Picked for Team: Paul Purnam, Special Writer, Gives Tackle Position to Gopher Captain". The Duluth News Tribune. 1917-12-04. ↑ "East, West, South Give Stars to Purman's All-American Team". Albuquerque Morning Journal. 1917-12-03. ↑ "East West South Give Stars to the Hearld All American Football Team for 1917 Season". Grand Forks Herald. 1917-11-30. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1150
↑ Consensus All-American designations based on the NCAA guide to football award winners
