1914 College Football All-America Team
The 1914 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans for the 1914 college football season. The only selectors for the 1914 season who have been recognized as "official" by the National Collegiate Athletic Association are Walter Camp, whose selections were published in Collier's Weekly, and the International News Service, a newswire founded by William Randolph Hearst.
Although not recognized by the NCAA, many other sports writers, newspapers, and coaches selected All-America teams in 1914. They include Vanity Fair, Parke H. Davis, Walter Eckersall, The New York Globe, the New York Herald, the New York Evening Mail, the Atlanta Constitution, the Detroit Evening News, The Boston Post, and The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Overview
Harvard end Huntington Hardwick was the only player who was unanimously selected as a first-team All-American by all 27 selectors identified below. Other players selected as a first-team All-American by a majority of the selectors were Harvard halfback Eddie Mahan, Harvard guard Stan Pennock, Princeton tackle Harold Ballin, Michigan halfback John Maulbetsch, Cornell quarterback Charley Barrett, and Dartmouth guard Clarence Spears. The Los Angeles Times reported that "Maulbetsch, Michigan's hero, is about the only one of 1914's stars who received an almost unanimous vote."The chart below reflects the number of polls in which the leading candidates were selected as first-team All-Americans.
| Name | Position | School | First-team selections |
| Huntington Hardwick | End | Harvard | 27 |
| Eddie Mahan | Halfback | Harvard | 26 |
| Stan Pennock | Guard | Harvard | 26 |
| Harold Ballin | Tackle | Princeton | 22 |
| John Maulbetsch | Halfback | Michigan | 20 |
| Charley Barrett | Quarterback | Cornell | 19 |
| Clarence Spears | Guard | Dartmouth | 16 |
| Louis A. Merrilat | End | Army | 12 |
| Harry LeGore | Fullback | Yale | 9 |
| Bud Talbott | Tackle | Yale | 9 |
| John McEwan | Center | Army | 8 |
| Paul Des Jardien | Center | Chicago | 8 |
| Johnny Spiegel | Halfback | Washington & Jefferson | 8 |
| Lawrence Whitney | Fullback | Dartmouth | 7 |
| John O'Hearn | End | Cornell | 7 |
| Burleigh Cruikshank | Center | Washington & Jefferson | 6 |
| Britain Patterson | Tackle | Washington & Jefferson | 6 |
All-Americans of 1914
Ends
- Huntington "Tack" Hardwick, Harvard
- Louis A. Merrilat, Army
- John E. O'Hearn, Cornell
- Maurice R. "Red" Brann, Yale
- Bob Higgins, Penn State
- Perry Graves, Illinois
- Reginald Bovill, Washington & Jefferson
- Boyd Cherry, Ohio State
- Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, Harvard
- Harvey E. Overesch, Navy
- Edwin Stavrum, Wisconsin
- Robbie Robinson, Auburn
Tackles
- Harold Ballin, Princeton
- Bud Talbott, Yale
- Britain Patterson, Washington & Jefferson
- Walter Trumbull, Harvard
- Vic Halligan, Nebraska
- Cub Buck, Wisconsin
- John Toohey, Rutgers
- Pete Maxfield, Lafayette
- Ted Shultz, Washington & Lee
- Alex Weyand, Army
- Bob Nash, Rutgers
- Ray Keeler Wisconsin
- Edward J. Gallogly, Cornell
- George D. Howell, Trinity College
- Lennox F. Armstrong, Illinois
- Will Burton, Kansas
- Laurens Shull, Chicago
- Josh Cody, Vanderbilt
- Farmer Kelly, Tennessee
- Bob Taylor Dobbins, Sewanee
Guards
- Stan Pennock, Harvard
- Clarence Spears, Dartmouth
- Ralph Chapman, Illinois
- Eddie Trenkmann, Princeton
- Wilbur Shenk, Princeton
- Arlie Mucks, Wisconsin
- Michalis Dorizas, Penn
- Harry Routh, Purdue
- Louis Jordan, Texas
- Joseph J. "Red" O'Hare, Army
- Harold White, Syracuse
- Earl W. Mills, Navy
- Laurence B. Meacham, Army
- Dale Munsick, Cornell
Centers
- John McEwan, Army
- Paul Des Jardien, Chicago
- Burleigh Cruikshank, Washington & Jefferson
- Albert Journeay, Penn
- Bob Peck, Pittsburgh
- Boles Rosenthal, Minnesota
- Willard Cool, Cornell
- James Raynsford, Michigan
- Boozer Pitts, Auburn
Quarterbacks
- Charley Barrett, Cornell
- Milt Ghee, Dartmouth
- Vernon Prichard, Army
- Alexander D. Wilson, Yale
- Potsy Clark, Illinois
- Huntley, New York
- David Paddock, Georgia
- Malcolm Justin Logan, Harvard
- Frank Glick, Princeton
- William H. Tow, Amherst
- Irby Curry, Vanderbilt
- Robert Kent Gooch, Virginia
- Paul Russell, Chicago
- Tommy Hughitt, Michigan
- Sammy Gross, Iowa
- Wilbur Hightower, Northwestern
- Louis E. Pickerel, Ohio State
Halfbacks
- John Maulbetsch, Michigan
- Eddie Mahan, Harvard
- Johnny Spiegel, Washington & Jefferson
- Frederick Bradlee, Harvard
- Harold Pogue, Illinois
- William "Billy" Cahall, Lehigh
- Howard Parker Talman, Rutgers
- William H. Miller, Pittsburgh
- Andrew Toolan, Williams
- Dick Rutherford, Nebraska
- Guy Chamberlain, Nebraska
- Tam Rose, Syracuse
- Marcus Wilkinson, Syracuse
- Carroll Knowles, Yale
- Moore, Princeton
- Eugene Mayer, Virginia
- Gray, Chicago
- Bart Macomber, Illinois
- Ammie Sikes, Vanderbilt
- Lee Tolley, Sewanee
- Dave Tayloe, North Carolina
Fullbacks
- Harry LeGore, Yale
- Lawrence Whitney, Dartmouth
- Lorin Solon, Minnesota
- Ray Eichenlaub, Notre Dame
- Haps Benfer, Albright
- Hugo Franck, Harvard
- Charles Shuler, Jr., Cornell
- Pete Calac, Carlisle
- Dan Kenan, Wesleyan
- Carl Philippi, Cornell
- Campbell "Honus" Graf, Ohio State
- Charles Brickley, Harvard
Key
- WC = Collier's Weekly as selected by Walter Camp
- FM = Frank G. Menke, Sporting Editor of the I.N.S.
- VF = Vanity Fair, selected based on selections of 175 "prominent newspapermen of the country"
- PHD = Parke H. Davis, member of rules committee and noted football historian
- WE = Walter Eckersall, of the Chicago Tribune
- MO = Monty, New York sports writer
- NYH = New York Herald
- NYEM = James P. Sinnot, of the New York Evening Mail, "who is recognized as one of the best sporting writers in the East"
- NYG = New York Globe, selected by Mack Whalen
- NC = Newark Sunday Call, selected by William S. Hunt
- PGT = Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, selected by Fred M. Walker
- BN = Baltimore News
- PEB = Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
- AC = Atlanta Constitution, selected by sporting editor Dick Jemison
- PS = Pittsburgh Sun, selected by sporting editor James J. Long
- WH = Washington Herald, selected by William Peet
- DD = Davis J. Davies in the Pittsburgh Dispatch
- PET = Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, selected by sporting editor Louis M. Toughill
- SLT = St. Louis Times, selected by George Henger
- MD = Michigan Daily, selected by sporting editor F.M. Church
- NES = Newark Evening Star, selected by sporting editor Joseph P. Norton
- DN = Detroit Evening News, selected by sporting editor H.G. Salsinger
- PPL = Philadelphia Public Ledger, selected by Robert W. Maxwell
- BP = Boston Post, by Charles H. Parker
- TT = Tom Thorp in the 'New York Evening Journal
- AW = Alexander Wilson, Yale University
- PI = Philadelphia Inquirer, selected by sporting editor M. Neagle Rawlins
- OUT = Outing'' magazine's "FOOTBALL ROLL OF HONOR: The Men Whom the Best Coaches of the Country Have Named as the Stars of the Gridiron in 1914"
- 1 – First-team selection
- 2 – Second-team selection
- 3 – Third-team selection