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3 unusual facts about 1889 College Football All-America Team


1889 College Football All-America Team

For many years, he was the President of Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company, a copper mining company in Flin Flon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Roscoe Channing (1868-1961): Princeton's halfback Channing later served with Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the Spanish American War.

Edgar Allan Poe (1871–1961): Princeton's quarterback, Poe was named after his relative and celebrated poet Edgar Allan Poe.


1890 College Football All-America Team

Harvard's quarterback Dudley Dean enlisted in Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders and was decorated for his role in the Battle of San Juan Hill.

McClung went on to become the Treasurer of the United States under U.S. President William Howard Taft, and his signature appears on U.S. currency issued during the years 1909-1912.

1898 Michigan Wolverines football team

All-Americans: William Cunningham (Casper Whitney's first team, Walter Camp's second team), Allen Steckle (Walter Camp's second team), Charles Widman (Whitney substitute), John McLean (Whitney substitute), Charles Street (Leslie's Weekly second team)

1900 College Football All-America Team

William Fincke, a quarterback for Yale who later became a pacifist minister and educator and founded the Manumit School on his dairy farm in Pawling, New York.

1901 Wisconsin Badgers football team

Caspar Whitney of Outing magazine named two Wisconsin players, tackle Art Curtis and halfback Al "Norsky" Larson, as second-team players on his 1901 College Football All-America Team.

1909 College Football All-America Team

He gained notoriety again in 1911 when he eloped with the daughter of John Emory Andrus, who was reported to be the "richest man in Congress." The secret wedding resulted in extensive coverage in newspapers from Boston to Baltimore.

1914 College Football All-America Team

Walter Trumbull, Harvard (WC–1; PHD; DD; DN; AW; PI; OUT)

1922 College Football All-America Team

Kaw and Muller were both inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, and Muller also won acclaim as the silver medalist in the high jump at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Several major teams finished the season with undefeated records, including Cornell (8-0-0), Princeton (8-0-0), California (9-0-0), Iowa (7-0), West Virginia (10-0-1), Vanderbilt (8-0-1), Michigan (6-0-1), and Army (8-0-2).

1924 College Football All-America Team

Carl Diehl, Dartmouth (INS; LIB; NEA; BE-1; DW-1; NB-1; WE-3)

1931 Michigan Wolverines football team

All-American: Maynard Morrison (first team selection by Colliers and NEA; third team selection by AP and Central Press), Bill Hewitt (third team selection by NEA)

1939 College Football All-America Team

Joe Boyd, Texas A&M (AP-3; UP-2; CO-1; CP-2; NEA-2; NYS-1)

1951 College Football All-America Team

Doug Moseley, Kentucky (AP-1; UP-3; FWAA-1; CP-3)

1966 College Football All-America Team

Clint Jones, Michigan State (AP, NEA, CP, WC, Time, TSN)

1970 College Football All-America Team

Steve Worster, Texas (AP, UPI, NEA, FWAA, WC, AFCA, TSN, Time, FN)

1988 College Football All-America Team

Mike Utley, Washington State (AP, UPI, AFCA, FWAA)

1992 College Baseball All-America Team

The 1992 All-American class featured three Major League Baseball All-Stars, two Olympians, one Major League Baseball record holder and a two-time World Series champion.

Hammonds led the National League in fielding with a 1.000 fielding percentage including 157 putouts and 5 assists during the 1999 Major League Baseball season.

1997 College Football All-America Team

Ricky Williams, Texas (AP, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Walter Camp, TSN, FN)

1998 College Football All-America Team

Ricky Williams, Texas (AFCA, AP, FWAA, TSN, Walter Camp, FN)

2001 College Football All-America Team

Damon Duval, Auburn (Walter Camp, AFCA-Coaches, AP)

2002 College Football All-America Team

Ken Dorsey, Miami (Fla.) (AFCA-Coaches, Walter Camp)

2006 College Football All-America Team

Justin Medlock, UCLA (Associated Press, AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers, Sporting News, CBS Sports, College Football News, Scout.com)

The 2006 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following All-American Teams: Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, American Football Coaches Association, Walter Camp Foundation, The Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Pro Football Weekly, CBS Sports, ESPN, College Football News, Rivals.com, and Scout.com.

2008 College Football All-America Team

The 2008 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following All-American first teams: American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Walter Camp Football Foundation, The Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Pro Football Weekly, ESPN, CBS Sports, College Football News, Rivals.com, and Scout.com.

Taylor Mays, Southern California (AP, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, CBS, CFN, ESPN, PFW, SI)

Louie Sakoda, Utah (AFCA, AP, FWAA, TSN, WCFF, ESPN, PFW, SI)

2013 College Football All-America Team

Tom Hornsey, Memphis (AFCA, AP, FWAA, USAT, Athlon)

Aaron Rosenberg

Aaron Rosenberg (August 26, 1912, New York City – September 1, 1979, Torrance, California) was an "all-American" college football player and a film and television producer with more than sixty credits.

Bobby Lee Cook

1988—Represented former Auburn University All-American football star Bobby Hoppe, who was charged with murder in a 1957 shooting.

College Football All-America Team

Some who have helped to select this team over the years: Mark Blaudschun, Grantland Rice, Bert McGrane, Blackie Sherrod, Furman Bisher, Pat Harmon, Fred Russell, Edwin Pope, Murray Olderman, Paul Zimmerman.

ABC Sports, ESPN and CNN-Sports Illustrated, College Football News, CBSSports.com, Time Magazine; and many others also select All-America teams.

Harry Newman

In 1932, Newman was a unanimous first-team All-American, and the recipient of the Douglas Fairbanks Trophy as Outstanding College Player of the Year (predecessor of the Heisman Trophy), and the Helms Athletic Foundation Player of the Year Award, the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy as the Most Valuable Player in the Big Ten Conference.

Jarvis Moss

He was named a first-team All-American by Pro Football Weekly after the 2006 season.

Jim Seymour

Seymour played high school football at Shrine of the Little Flower High School, Royal Oak, Michigan, and college football at Notre Dame, where he was a two-time First-team All-American (1967, 1968) while also being a Second-team All-America selection in 1966.

Raymond R. Schumacher

He played in the 2 Aug 1947 College Football All-America Team vs Chicago Bears which set the record attendance (105,840) for American football.

Ted Shipkey

Shipkey played end for Stanford under Pop Warner, and was an All-American in 1925 and 1926.

Ty Cobb Museum

Charter inductees are Cobb, 1943 American League (A.L.) MVP Spud Chandler, National Football League Pro Bowl lineman Tony Jones and College Football All-American quarterback Dee Dowis.

W. A. Cunningham

He also coached Georgia's first All-American, Bob McWhorter, and George "Kid" Woodruff, who assumed the head coaching duties at Georgia in 1923.

Walter A. Gordon

In 1918 he became one of the first two African-American All-Americans (the first was Paul Robeson).

Whitey Wistert

Wistert was the first of the three Wistert brothers—he was succeeded by Albert (Al) and Alvin—who were named All-American tackles at Michigan and later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.


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