1916 College Football All-America Team
The 1916 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans for the 1916 college football season. The only selectors for the 1916 season who have been recognized as "official" by the National Collegiate Athletic Association are Walter Camp, whose selections were published in Collier's Weekly, the International News Service, a newswire founded by William Randolph Hearst, and the Frank Menke Syndicate.
Although not recognized by the NCAA, many other sports writers, newspapers, and coaches selected All-America teams in 1916. They include the United Press, Walter Eckersall, Paul Purman, Fielding H. Yost, and The Boston Post.All-Americans of 1916
Ends
- Bert Baston, Minnesota
- James P. Herron, Pittsburgh
- Charles Comerford, Yale
- George Moseley, Yale
- Heinie Miller, Penn
- Richard Harte, Harvard
- Clifford Carlson, Pitt
- Tommy Whelan, Georgetown
- Charles Highley, Princeton
- Stan Cofall, Notre Dame
- Paul Eckley, Cornell
- Bob Higgins, Penn State
- Charles Atherton Coolidge, Harvard
- Graham Vowell, Tennessee
Tackles
- Belford West, Colgate
- Steamer Horning, Colgate
- William Lippard McLean, Princeton
- Artemus Gates, Yale
- DeVitalis, Brown
- George Hauser, Minnesota
- Mark Farnum, Brown
- Fred Becker, Iowa
- Louis Seagrave, Washington
- Fred Gillies, Cornell
- Bob Karch, Ohio State
- Walter Herber Wheeler, Harvard
- Clarence Ward, Navy
- Earl Beacham, Tufts
- Lewis Little, Penn
- Frank A. R. Mayer, Minnesota
- John Beckett, Oregon
- Bob Ignico, Washington & Lee
Guards
- Clinton Black, Yale
- Harrie Dadmun, Harvard
- Frank T. Hogg, Princeton
- Lawrence Fox, Yale
- Claude E. Thornhill, Pitt
- Charles Henning, Penn
- Christopher Schlachter, Syracuse
- Charlie Bachman, Notre Dame
- Robert Lee Nourse, Princeton
- Sinclair, Minnesota
- Monroe Good, Colgate
- Mason Barton, Colgate
- Arnold McInerney, Notre Dame
- Budge Garrett, Rutgers
Centers
- Bob Peck, Pittsburgh
- John McEwan, Army
- Alfred Gennert, Princeton
- Fred Becker, Iowa
- Pup Phillips, Georgia Tech
Quarterbacks
- Oscar Anderson, Colgate
- Fritz Shiverick, Cornell
- Bart Macomber, Illinois
- Cliff Sparks, Michigan
- James DeHart, Pitt
- Clair Purdy, Brown
- Irby Curry, Vanderbilt
Halfbacks
- Chic Harley, Ohio State
- Fritz Pollard, Brown
- Andy Hastings, Pittsburgh
- Eddie Casey, Harvard
- Everett Strupper, Georgia Tech
- John Maulbetsch, Michigan
- Harry LeGore, Yale
- Claire Long, Minnesota
- Paddy Driscoll, Northwestern
- Johnny Gilroy, Georgetown
Fullbacks
- Elmer Oliphant, Army
- Joe Berry, Penn
- Pudge Wyman, Minnesota
- Arnold Horween, Harvard
- McReaghy, Washington & Jefferson
Key
NCAA recognized selectors for 1916
- WC = Collier's Weekly as selected by Walter Camp
- INS = International News Service
- MS = Frank Menke Syndicate
Other selectors
- UP = United Press
- WE = Walter Eckersall, of the Chicago Daily Tribune
- FM = Frank G. Menke, former sporting editor of the International News Service
- MON = Monty, noted New York sports writer
- PP = Paul Purman, noted sports writer whose All-American team was syndicated in newspapers across the United States
- LP = Lawrence Perry, sporting editor of the New York Evening Post
- FY = Fielding H. Yost
- BP = The Boston Post, selected by Charles E. Parker, football expert of The Boston Post
Bold = Consensus All-American
- 1 – First-team selection
- 2 – Second-team selection
- 3 – Third-team selection
