1919 All-America college football team

The 1919 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 1919. The two selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1919 season are (1) Walter Camp (WC), whose selections were published in Collier's Weekly; and (2) the Frank Menke syndicate (MS).

Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1919, the NCAA recognizes only two selectors as "official" 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	Official	Other	Total
Bob Higgins	End	Penn State	MS, WC	DJ, RE	4/4
Wilbur Henry	Tackle	Wash. & Jeff.	MS, WC	DJ, RE	4/4
Chic Harley	Halfback	Ohio State	MS, WC	DJ, RE	4/4
Eddie Casey	Halfback	Harvard	MS, WC	DJ, RE	4/4
Ira Rodgers	Fullback	West Virginia	MS, WC	DJ, RE	4/4
Belford West	Tackle	Colgate	MS, WC	RE	3/4
Heinie Miller	End	Penn	WC	DJ	2/4
Doc Alexander	Guard	Syracuse	MS, WC	--	2/4
Swede Youngstrom	Guard	Dartmouth	MS, WC	--	2/4
Red Weaver	Center	Centre	WC	DJ	2/4
Benny Boynton	Quarterback	Williams	MS	DJ	2/4
Charles Carpenter	Center	Wisconsin	MS	--	1/4
Bo McMillin	Quarterback	Centre	WC	--	1/4

All-Americans of 1919

Ends

• Bob Higgins, Penn State (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1; DJ-1)
• Heinie Miller, Penn (WC-1; DJ-1)
• Lester Belding, Iowa (MS)
• Frank Weston, Wisconsin (WC-2)
• Joseph DuMoe, Lafayette (WC-2)
• Earl Blaik, Army (WC-3)
• Red Roberts, Centre (WC-3)
• Dick Reichle, Illinois (RE-1)
• Bernard Kirk, Notre Dame (DJ-2)
• Paul Meyers, Wisconsin (DJ-2)

Tackles

Pete Henry.

• Pete Henry, Washington & Jefferson (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1 [g]; DJ-1)
• Belford West, Colgate (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1; DJ-2)
• William Grimm, Washington (WC-2)
• Burt Ingwersen, Illinois (WC-2)
• Duke Slater, Iowa (WC-3)
• Josh Cody, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; DJ-1)
• Hoffman, Ohio (RE-1)
• Joseph Murphy, Dartmouth (DJ-2)

Guards

• Doc Alexander, Syracuse (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; DJ-2)
• Swede Youngstrom, Dartmouth (WC-1; MS; DJ-2)
• Fred Denfeld, Navy (WC-2)
• Jack Depler, Illinois (WC-2)
• Charles Arthur Clark, Harvard (WC-3)
• Lloyd Pixley, Ohio State (WC-3; DJ-1)
• Robert Sedgwick, Harvard (RE-1)
• Pup Phillips, Georgia Tech (DJ-1)

Centers

Bo McMillin.

• Red Weaver, Centre (WC-1; DJ-1)
• Charles Carpenter, Wisconsin (MS)
• Russ Bailey, West Virginia (WC-2)
• Tim Callahan, Yale (WC-3)
• Bum Day, Georgia (DJ-2)
• Harry J. Robertson, Syracuse (RE-1)

Quarterbacks

• Bo McMillin, Centre (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; DJ-2)
• John Strubing, Princeton (WC-2)
• Benny Boynton, Williams (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; MS; DJ-1)
• James Bradshaw, Nevada (RE-1)

Chic Harley.

Halfbacks

• Chic Harley, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; DJ-1)
• Eddie Casey, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1; DJ-1)
• Murray Trimble, Princeton (WC-2; RE-1)
• Arnold Oss, Minnesota (WC-2)
• Bill Steers, Oregon (WC-3)
• Hank Gillo, Colgate (WC-3; DJ-2)
• Bodie Weldon, Lafayette (DJ-2)

Fullbacks

• Ira Rodgers, West Virginia (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1; DJ-1)
• Jim Braden, Yale (WC-2)
• Jim Robertson, Dartmouth (WC-3; DJ-2)

Key

Bold = Consensus All-American^[1]

• 1 – First-team selection
• 2 – Second-team selection
• 3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors

• WC = Walter Camp^[2]
• MS = Frank Menke Syndicate, by Frank G. Menke^[3]

Other selectors

• RE = Reno Evening Gazette, selected by "W.P. Hahn, football expert of national note who is now located in Reno"^[4]
• DJ = Dick Jemison^[5]

See also

• 1919 All-Big Ten Conference football team
• 1919 All-Eastern football team
• 1919 All-Pacific Coast football team
• 1919 All-Southern college football team
• 1919 All-Western college football team