1924 College Football All-America Team

Red Grange, "The Galloping Ghost", was 1924's only unanimous All-American.

The 1924 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 1924. The six selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1924 season are (1) Walter Camp, whose selections were published in Collier's Weekly, (2) Football World magazine (FW), (3) the All-America Board (AAB), (4) the International News Service (INS), (5) Liberty magazine, and (6) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA).

The only unanimous All-American in 1924 was halfback Red Grange of Illinois, known as the "The Galloping Ghost" and who in 2008 was named by ESPN as the best college football player of all time. The consensus All-Americans recognized by the NCAA for 1924 also include tackle Ed Weir, who was later named the 19th best athlete in Nebraska history, and three of Notre Dame's legendary Four Horseman (halfback Jim Crowley, quarterback Harry Stuhldreher, and fullback Elmer Layden).

Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1924, the NCAA recognizes six All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.

Name Position School Number Official Other
Red GrangeHalfbackIllinois6/6AAB, FW, INS, LIB, NEA, WCASM, BC, DW, LP, NB, WE
Ed WeirTackleNebraska5/6AAB, FW, INS, LIB, WCASB, BC, BE, DW, NB, WE
Harry StuhldreherQuarterbackNotre Dame5/6AAB, INS, LIB, NEA, WCBE, DW, LP, NB, WE
Ed McGinleyTacklePenn4/6AAB, INS, NEA, WCBE, DW
Edwin C. HorrellCenterCalifornia4/6INS, LIB, NEA, WCBE, DW, WE
Jim CrowleyHalfbackNotre Dame4/6AAB, FW, INS, NEAASM, BC, BE, DW, NB, WE
Jim LawsonEndStanford3/6AAB, FW, NEAASM, BE
Carl DiehlGuardDartmouth3/6INS, LIB, NEABE, DW, NB
Joe PondelikGuardChicago3/6AAB, INS, LIBDW, LP, WE
Elmer LaydenFullbackNotre Dame3/6AAB, INS, LIBDW, NB, WE
Henry WakefieldEndVanderbilt2/6INS, NEABC, BE, DW, LP, NB
Richard LumanEndYale2/6AAB, INSDW, LP, WE
Henry Bjorkman[1]EndDartmouth2/6LIB, WCWE

All-Americans of 1924

Ends

Vanderbilt's Hek Wakefield was the South's lone consensus All-American.

Tackles

Nebraska's Ed Weir made seven of the eight official All-America teams in 1924.

Guards

Centers

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

Fullbacks

Key

NCAA recognized selectors for 1924

Other selectors

Bold = Consensus All-American[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Three ends each received first-team designations from two official selectors. Two of the three, Henry Wakefield and Richard Luman, are recognized by the NCAA as consensus All-Americans. The third, Henry Bjorkman, does not presently receive such recognition from the NCAA.
  2. ↑ "Walter Camp Slights Big Three In Naming All-America Eleven: Football Expert Neglects To Name Princeton, Harvard or Yale Man on His First Team". Appleton Post-Crescent. 1924-12-30.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1156
  4. ↑ "Lawson Named For Post On All-American". Oakland Tribune. 1924-12-07.
  5. ↑ "Handcock Honored on All-American By 'All-Sports'". Iowa City Press-Citizen. 1924-12-05.
  6. ↑ Norman E. Brown (1924-12-08). "Brown Picks All-American Team for the Journal". Hamilton Evening Journal.
  7. ↑ Lawrence Perry (1923-12-14). "Lawrence Perry's All-American Teams Announced". Oakland Tribune.
  8. ↑ "Evans Names Hancock On Second All-American". Iowa City Press-Citizen. 1924-12-11.
  9. ↑ "Davis Walsh Designates His All-American Teams". The Coshocton Tribune. 1924-12-15.
  10. ↑ "WALTER ECKERSALL'S ALL-AMERICAN ELEVEN HONORS NOTRE DAME". The Washington Post. 1924-12-15.
  11. ↑ "More Selections of Big Ten Elevens: And Bruno Crenna Makes His Pick Of An All American Team, Too". Ironwood Daily Globe. 1924-11-29.
  12. ↑ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 5. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
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