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1927 College Football All-America Team

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The 1927 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 1927. The seven selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1927 season are (1) Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice with cooperation from ten coaches, (2) the Associated Press, (3) the United Press, selected based on consensus among UP newspapers throughout the country and prominent football coaches, (4) the All-America Board, (5) the International News Service (INS), (6) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and (7) the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).

Consensus All-Americans

Following the death of Walter Camp in 1925, there was a proliferation of All-American teams in the late 1920s. For the year 1927, the NCAA recognizes seven published 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. Michigan end Bennie Oosterbaan and Pittsburgh halfback Gibby Welch were the only players to be unanimously selected by all seven selectors as first-team All-Americans.

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|Bennie Oosterbaan

EndMichigan7/7AAB, AP, CO, INS, NANA, NEA, UP
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|Gibby Welch

HalfbackPitt7/7AAB, AP, CO, INS, NANA, NEA, UP
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|Morley Drury

QuarterbackUSC6/7AAB, AP, CO, INS, NEA, UP
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|Clipper Smith

GuardNotre Dame6/7AAB, AP, CO, INS, NEA, UP
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|Herb Joesting

FullbackMinnesota6/7AAB, AP, CO, INS, NEA, UP
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|Bill Webster

GuardYale5/7AAB, AP, INS, NANA, NEA
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|Tom Nash

EndGeorgia4/7AAB, CO, INS, NANA
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|Jesse Hibbs

TackleUSC4/7AAB, INS, NANA, UP
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|Ed Hake

TacklePenn3/7AP, NANA, UP
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|Larry Bettencourt

CenterSt. Mary's3/7AAB, AP, INS
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|John Charlesworth

CenterYale3/7CO, NEA, UP
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|Red Cagle

HalfbackArmy3/7AAB, CO, NANA
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All-American selections for 1927

=Ends=

  • Bennie Oosterbaan, Michigan (CFHOF) (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; NANA; CP-1; CEP-1; HE-1; NYS-1; BE-1; LP-1; WE-1)
  • Tom Nash, Georgia (AAB; AP-3; UP-3; COL-1; INS-1; NANA; CEP-3; HE-1; BE-3; LP-1; WE-1)
  • Ivey Shiver, Georgia (AP-1; UP-1; NEA; CP-2; HE-2; INS-3; NYS-1; BE-1; LP-2)
  • Dwight Fishwick, Yale (CP-1; WE-3)
  • George Cole, Dartmouth (AP-2; CEP-3; HE-3; INS-2)
  • Rags Matthews, TCU (CFHOF) (AP-2; INS-2; NYS-2; BE-3)
  • Irvine Phillips, California (AP-3; CP-2)
  • Stewart Scott, Yale (UP-2; BE-2)
  • Charles Born, Army (UP-2; CEP-1; HE-2; INS-3; NYS-2; BE-2)
  • Charlie Moeser, Princeton (HE-3; LP-2; WE-2)
  • Matthews, SMU (CEP-2)
  • Lou Jennings, Centenary (CEP-2)
  • Joe Donchess, Pittsburgh (CFHOF) (WE-2)
  • Charles Walsh, Notre Dame (UP-3)
  • Ted Fleck, Kansas Aggies (WE-3)

=Tackles=

  • Jesse Hibbs, USC (AAB; AP-2; UP-1; INS-1; NANA; CP-1; CEP-2; HE-1; NYS-1; BE-2; LP-1; WE-1)
  • Ed Hake, Penn (AP-1; UP-1; NANA; CP-2; CEP-3; HE-2; BE-3)
  • Bud Sprague, Army (CFHOF) (AP-1; UP-2; INS-1; CP-1; HE-1)
  • Bill Kern, Pittsburgh (INS-2; NEA; HE-2; NYS-2; BE-1)
  • John Smith, Penn (AP-2; COL-1; LP-2; INS-3; WE-2)
  • Leo Raskowski, Ohio State (AP-3; COL-1; NEA; HE-3; BE-1; CEP-1; LP-1; WE-1)
  • Fred Pickhard, Alabama (UP-2; CP-2)
  • Leo Nowack, Illinois (AP-3)
  • George Perry, Army (LP-2; NYS-1; BE-2)
  • Jap Douds, Washington & Jefferson (BE-3; CEP-1; HE-3; INS-2)
  • Sidney Quarrier, Yale (AAB; UP-3; CEP-2; WE-2)
  • James J. Fitzgerald, Tufts (UP-3)
  • Alton C. Sprott, Texas A&M (INS-3; NYS-2; BE-3 [g])
  • Roy Randells, Nebraska (CEP-3)
  • Fritz Coultrin, California (WE-3)
  • Francis E. Lucas, Missouri (WE-3)

=Guards=

  • Bill Webster, Yale (AAB; AP-1; UP-2; INS-1; NEA; NANA; CP-1; CEP-1; HE-1; NYS-1; BE-1; LP-1; WE-1)
  • John "Clipper" Smith, Notre Dame (CFHOF) (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; CP-1; CEP-2; HE-1; NYS-1; BE-1; WE-1)
  • Russ Crane, Illinois (COL-1; LP-2)
  • Ray Baer, Michigan (AP-2; UP-2; CP-2; HE-2; INS-2; BE-2; WE-2)
  • John Barnhill, Tennessee (AP-2)
  • Hal Hanson, Minnesota (AP-3; UP-1; NANA; CP-2; CEP-1; HE-2; INS-3; NYS-2; BE-2; LP-1; WE-3)
  • Gene Smith, Georgia (AP-3)
  • William Wright, Washington (INS-2; NYS-2; BE-3; LP-2)
  • John Roberts, Pittsburgh (WE-2)
  • Justin Whitlock Dart, Northwestern (UP-3)
  • R. Van I. Miller, Amherst (UP-3)
  • Danny McMullen, Nebraska (INS-3)
  • J. M. French, Princeton (HE-3)
  • Seraphim Post, Stanford (HE-3)
  • Raleigh Drennon, Georgia Tech (CEP-2; WE-3)
  • Robert N. Miller, Missouri (CEP-3)
  • E. G. Blake, Princeton (CEP-3)

=Centers=

=Quarterbacks=

  • Morley Drury, USC (CFHOF) (AAB; AP-1 [hb]; UP-1; COL-1; INS-1 [hb]; NEA; CP-1; CEP-1; HE-1; NYS-1; BE-1; LP-1; WE-1)
  • Bill Spears, Vanderbilt (CFHOF) (AP-1; UP-2; INS-1; NANA; CP-2; CEP-2; HE-3; LP-2; WE-2)
  • Harold Almquist, Minnesota (AP-3)
  • Jack Connor, NYU (HE-2; INS-2; NYS-2; BE-2; LP-2)
  • Gerald Mann, SMU (CFHOF) (BE-3)
  • Frederick M. Ellis, Tufts (CEP-3)
  • Dominic E. Engbarth, Texas

=Halfbacks=

  • Gibby Welch, Pittsburgh (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; NANA; CP-1; CEP-1; HE-1; NYS-1; BE-1; LP-1; WE-1)
  • Red Cagle, Army (CFHOF) (AAB; AP-3; UP-3; COL-1; NANA; CEP-3; HE-2; WE-1)
  • Christie Flanagan, Notre Dame (UP-1; NEA; CP-1; HE-3; INS-3; BE-1)
  • Alton Marsters, Dartmouth (AP-2; UP-2; HE-3; INS-2; NYS-2; BE-2; CEP-1; LP-2; WE-2)
  • Glenn Presnell, Nebraska (AP-2; UP-2; HE-2; INS-2; NYS-2; BE-2; CEP-2; LP-1; WE-2)
  • Joel Hunt, Texas A&M (CFHOF) (AP-2 [qb]; INS-3 [qb]; BE-3; CEP-2; LP-2; WE-3 [qb])
  • Chuck Carroll, Washington (CFHOF) (AP-3)
  • Louis Gilbert, Michigan (UP-3 [qb]; CP-2; BE-3; WE-3)
  • Walter "Swede" Gebert, Marquette (UP-3; INS-3; LP-2)
  • Bruce Caldwell, Yale (CP-2; HE-1; NYS-1; LP-2)
  • Bob Nork, Georgetown (CEP-3)
  • Johnny Roepke, Penn State (WE-3)

=Fullbacks=

Key

  • Bold – Consensus All-American{{cite web|title=Football Award Winners|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)|year=2016|access-date=October 21, 2017|page=6|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf}}
  • -1 – First-team selection
  • -2 – Second-team selection
  • -3 – Third-team selection
  • CFHOF – College Football Hall of Fame

=Official selectors=

  • AAB = All America Board{{cite news|author=Christy Walsh|title=All-America Board Honors Capt. Bob Smith of Colgate|newspaper=Syracuse Herald|date=December 11, 1932}}
  • AP = Associated Press{{cite news|title=Associated Press Team|newspaper=Democrat and Chronicle|date=December 11, 1927|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6939195/associated_press_team/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 8, 2016}} {{Open access}}
  • COL = Collier's Weekly as selected by Grantland Rice with assistance from well-known coaches, including Glenn Warner, Robert Zuppke, Knute Rockne and Dan McGugin{{cite news|title=Grantland Rice's All-American Grid Team Announced|newspaper=The Scranton Republican|date=December 2, 1927|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6939906/grantland_rices_allamerican_grid_team/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 8, 2016}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=6 Westerners On Grantland Rice All-Stars|newspaper=Woodland Daily Democrat|date=December 2, 1927}}
  • INS = International News Service selected by Davis Walsh, INS sports editor{{cite news|title=All Sections Are Represented in Walsh's All-America Team for 1927|newspaper=St. Louis Star|date=November 29, 1927|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6939937/all_sections_are_represented_in_walshs/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 8, 2016}} {{Open access}}
  • NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association
  • NANA = North American Newspaper Alliance
  • UP = United Press, selected based on consensus among UP newspapers throughout the country and prominent football coaches{{cite news|author=Frank Getty|title=Welch Picked on United Press All-America Team|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=November 25, 1927|page=51|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6939612/welch_picked_on_united_press/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 8, 2016}} {{Open access}}

=Other selectors=

  • BE = Billy Evans with the assistance of "100 of the leading football experts of the country"{{cite news|author=Billy Evans|title=Billy Evans' All-America|newspaper=The Enquirer and Evening News|date=December 1, 1927|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6939876/billy_evans_all_america/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 8, 2016}} {{Open access}}
  • CP = Central Press Association, billed as the "Real" All-American team with selections based on fan input with cooperation from "hundreds of newspapers throughout the country"{{cite news|author=Norman E. Brown|title=Fans Choose All-American Grid Team in Extensive Newspaper Poll|newspaper=Statesman Journal|location=Salem, OR|date=December 10, 1927|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6939790/fans_choose_allamerican_grid_team_in/}}
  • CEP = Charles E. Parker for the New York Evening Telegram{{cite news|title=Gibby Welch Named Again On Star Team|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=December 4, 1927|page=18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6939678/gibby_welch_named_again_on_star_team/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 8, 2016}} {{Open access}}
  • HE = Hearst newspapers, consensus selection of more than 100 sports writers and editors at the Hearst newspapers{{cite news|title=How About These For All-American Elevens?|newspaper=San Antonio Light|date=December 4, 1927}}
  • LP = Lawrence Perry{{cite news|author=Lawrence Perry|title=Famous Sports Writer Sees Twenty-Nine Teams In Action|newspaper=Harrisburg (PA) Telegraph|date=December 10, 1927|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6939851/famous_sports_writer_sees_twentynine/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 8, 2016}} {{Open access}}
  • NYS = New York Sun "based on a canvas of 129 college teams throughout the country by the Sun's representatives" with gold watches being given to the members of the first eleven{{cite news|title=New York Sun Selects Team|newspaper=The Decatur (IL) Revie|location=Decatur, IL|date=November 26, 1927|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6942074/new_york_sun_selects_team/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 9, 2016}} {{Open access}}
  • WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation{{cite web|title=Walter Camp Football Foundation |url=http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards// |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330065940/http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards |archive-date=2009-03-30 }}
  • WE = Walter Eckersall{{cite news|title=Three Big Ten Players Are Retained By Eckersall On All-America Eleven|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=December 11, 1927|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5216069/eckersalls_allamerican_elevens/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 8, 2016}} {{Open access}}

See also

References

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{{1927 NCAA Division I FBS College Football Consensus All-Americans}}

{{College Football All-America Teams}}

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