The 1926 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose All-America college football teams in 1926. The six selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1926 season are (1) Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice with cooperation from ten coaches, (2) the Associated Press, based on polling of "more than 100 coaches and critics", (3) the United Press, (4) the All-America Board, selected by Knute Rockne (Notre Dame), Glenn "Pop" Warner (Stanford), and Tad Jones (Yale), (5) the International News Service (INS), and (6) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA).

Other notable selectors included Billy Evans, the Central Press Association, the New York Sun, and Walter Eckersall.

Consensus All-Americans For the year 1926, 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 OtherFrank WickhorstTackleNavy6/6AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEA, UPBE, CP, CEP, HF, LP, NYS, RG, WC, WEHerb JoestingFullbackMinnesota5/6AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEABE, CP, ES, LP, NYS, RG, WC, WEBud BoeringerCenterNotre Dame5/6AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEABE, CP, ES, LP, NYS, RG, WC, WEMort KaerHalfbackUSC5/6AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEABE, CP, NYS, RG, WC, WEBernie ShivelyGuardIllinois5/6AAB, AP, COL, INS, NEABE, WC, WEHarry ConnaughtonGuardGeorgetown4/6AP, COL, NEA, UPBE, CP, ES, HF, LP, NYS, RG, WEBenny FriedmanQuarterbackMichigan4/6AP, COL, INS, NEABE, CP, ES, HF, LP, NYS, RG, WEBennie OosterbaanEndMichigan4/6AAB, COL, NEA, UPBE, CEP, ES, WC, WEVic HansonEndSyracuse4/6AP, COL, INS, UPES, HF, LP, NYS, WERalph BakerHalfbackNorthwestern2/6AP, COLCP, LP, NYS, WEBud SpragueTackleArmy1/6APCP, CEP

All-American selections for 1926

Ends Bennie Oosterbaan, Michigan (CFHOF) (AAB-1; AP-3; COL-1; NEA; UP; CEP-1; WC-1; BE-1; RG-2; ES-1; WE-1) Vic Hanson, Syracuse (CFHOF) (AAB-2; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; UP; CP-2; NYS-1; BE-2; HF-1; LP-1; RJW-2; RG-2; DW-1; ES-1; WE-1) Hal Broda, Brown (AAB-3; AP-2; INS-2; UP; CP-1; NYS-1; BE-3; HF-1; LP-2; RWJ-3; RG-1; ES-2; WE-2) Hoyt Winslett, Alabama (AAB-2; AP-1; INS-1; NEA; CP-2; NYS-2; BE-1; LP-1, RWJ-2; ES-2; WE-3; CP-1) Ted Shipkey, Stanford (AAB-1; AP-2; INS-2; WC-1; NYS-2; BE-2; LP-2; RG-1; WE-2) Carl Bacchus, Missouri (AAB-3; AP-3; BE-3; RWJ-3) Cal Hubbard, Geneva (INS-3; RG-3; CEP-1) Ed Lindenmeyer, Missouri (INS-3) George Thayer, Penn (WE-3) Charles Born, Army (RG-3)

Tackles Frank Wickhorst, Navy (AAB-1; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; UP; CP-1; WC-1; NYS-1; BE-1; HF-1; LP-1; RG-1; WE-1; CEP-1) Bud Sprague, Army (AP-1; CP-1; RG-3; CEP-1; LP-2) Lloyd Yoder, Carnegie Tech (CFHOF) (AAB-1; AP-3; INS-2; CP-2; WC-1) Lon Stiner, Nebraska (AAB-2; INS-1; RWJ-2; ES-2) Robert Johnson, Northwestern (NEA; BE-1; RG-1; WE-2) Alfred "Al" Lassman, NYU (AAB-3; UP; BE-3; HF-1; RWJ-3; RG-2; ES-1; WE-2) Orland Smith, Brown (AP-3; COL-1; LP-1; NYS-2; WE-1) Spike Nelson, Iowa (AP-2; CP-2; NYS-1; BE-2; LP-2; RG-3) Theodore "Tiny" Roebuck, Haskell (AAB-2; RWJ-2) Jim Dixon, Oregon State (AAB-3; INS-2; RWJ-3) D. Thomas Eddy, Navy (AP-2; NYS-2; ES-2) Fred Pickhard, Alabama (BE-2) Jesse Hibbs, USC (BE-3) Howard D. Cothran, Lafayette (RG-2; WE-3) Leo Raskowski, Ohio State (INS-3; ES-1; WE-3) Ed Kevorkian, Brown (INS-3)

Guards Bernie Shively, Illinois (CFHOF) (AAB-1; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; CP-2; WC-1; BE-1; RG-2; WE-1) Harry Connaughton, Georgetown (AAB-2; AP-1; COL-1; INS-2; NEA; UP; CP-1; NYS-1; BE-1; HF-1; LP-1; RWJ-2; RG-1; ES-1; WE-1) Ed Hess, Ohio State (AAB-2; AP-2; INS-2; CP-1; NYS-2; BE-2; HF-1; LP-2; RWJ-2; RG-1; ES-1; WE-2; CEP-1) Edwin Hayes, Ohio State (UP) Fred H. Swan, Stanford (AAB-3; AP-3; INS-3; CP-2; RWJ-3; ES-2; CEP-1; LP-2) Herbert Sturhahn, Yale (CFHOF) (AAB-1; AP-3; WC-1; NYS-2; BE-3; ES-2; LP-1; RG-3; WE-2) Ted "Butter" Gorrell, USC (AAB-3; RWJ-3) Emerson Carey, Cornell (AP-2; RWJ-2; WE-3; RG-3) Ernest Schmidt, Army (NYS-1; BE-2) Orland Smith, Brown (INS-1; BE-3; RG-2) Frank Mayer, Notre Dame (INS-3) John H. Lovette, Michigan (WE-3)

Centers Bud Boeringer, Notre Dame (AAB-1; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; CP-1; WC-1; NYS-1; BE-1; LP-1; RG-1; ES-1; WE-1) John J. Butler, Penn (AP-2; INS-3; UP; CP-2; BE-2; HF-1; RG-2; ES-2; WE-2) Jeff Cravath, USC (AAB-2; INS-2; RWJ-2) Larry Bettencourt, St. Mary's (CA) (CFHOF) (AAB-3; RWJ-3) Pollock Wallace, Oklahoma (AP-3) Alex Klein, Ohio State (BE-3) Maurice Daly, Army (NYS-2) Robert Reitsch, Illinois (RG-3; WE-3) Joseph Truskowski, Michigan (LP-2)

Quarterbacks Benny Friedman, Michigan (CFHOF) (AAB-2; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; CP-1; NYS-1; BE-1; HF-1; LP-1; RWJ-2; RG-1; ES-1; WE-1) Bill Spears, Vanderbilt (CFHOF) (AAB-3 [as hb]; AP-2; INS-2; NYS-2; BE-2; LP-2; RWJ-3 [as hb]) Bill Kelly, Montana (CFHOF) (AP-2 [as hb]; BE-3 [as hb]; CP-2; RG-2; WE-3) Roy Randall, Brown (AAB-1; WC-1) Butch Meeker, Washington State (WE-2) George Guttormsen, Washington (AP-3; INS-3) Gerald Mann, SMU (CFHOF) (AAB-3; BE-3; RWJ-3) Dan Caulkins, Princeton (RG-3)

Halfbacks Mort Kaer, USC (CFHOF) (AAB-1; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; CP-1; WC-1; NYS-1; BE-1; RG-1; ES-2 [as qb]; WE-1) Ralph Baker, Northwestern (CFHOF) (AAB-2; AP-1; COL-1; INS-2; CP-1; NYS-1; BE-2; LP-1; RWJ-2; RG-2; ES-2; WE-1) Harry Wilson, Army (AAB-1; AP-2; INS-1; NEA; CP-2; WC-1; ES-1) Tom Hamilton, Navy (UP; HF-1; RG-3; WE-2) Marty Karow, Ohio State (UP; AP-2; INS-3; CP-2; BE-3; HF-1; LP-2; RG-2; ES-2; WE-3) Frank Kirkleski, Lafayette (AAB-3; AP-3; RWJ-3) Charles Rogers, Penn (AP-3; INS-3; UP; HF-1; RG-1; WE-2) Chester "Cotton" Wilcox, Purdue (NYS-2; LP-2; RG-3; BE-2) George Bogue, Stanford (BE-3; WE-3) Christie Flanagan, Notre Dame (AAB-2; CP-2; RWJ-2; RG-2; ES-1) Dave Mishel, Brown (INS-2) George Wilson, Lafayette (INS-3; BE-1; NYS-2) Dick Hyland, Stanford (LP-1)

Fullbacks Herb Joesting, Minnesota (CFHOF) (AAB-1; AP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; BE-1; CP-1; ES-1; NYS-1; RG-1; LP-1; WC-1; WE-1) Bill Amos, Washington & Jefferson (AAB-2; INS-2; BE-2; RWJ-2; WE-2) Mayes McLain, Haskell (AAB-3; RWJ-3) Ty Rauber, Washington & Lee (AP-3) Harry O'Boyle, Notre Dame (LP-2 [hb]; NYS-2) Henry H. Caldwell, Navy (ES-2) Tiny Lewis, Northwestern (RG-3; WE-3)

Key Bold – Used for (1) consensus All-Americans and (2) first-team selections by an official selector CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame inductee 1 – First-team selection 2 – Second-team selection 3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors AAB = All-American Board, team selected by three coaches: Knute Rockne (Notre Dame), Glenn "Pop" Warner (Stanford), and Tad Jones (Yale) AP = Associated Press, based on AP polling of "more than 100 coaches and critics" UP = United Press COL = Collier's Weekly as selected by Grantland Rice with cooperation from ten coaches: Glenn Warner (Stanford), Robert Zuppke (Illinois), G.C. Woodruff (Georgia), Knute Rockne (Notre Dame), Wallace Wade (Alabama), Captain J.J. McEwan (Oregon), W.A. Alexander (Ga. Tech.), Howard Jones (So. Calif.), E.P. Madigan (St. Mary's, Calif.), and Dan McGuigan (Vanderbilt). INS = International News Service, selected by Davis Walsh NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association

Other selectors BE = Billy Evans CP = Central Press Association, based on a poll conducted by Norman Brown of over 400 newspapers, each of which conducted its own election in which fans voted for the All-American team; Central Press reported compiling a million votes. CEP = Charles E. Parker for the New York World News Service ES = Ed Sullivan HF = Henry Farrell of the United Press LP = Lawrence Perry NYS = New York Sun RG = Red Grange WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation WE = Walter Eckersall

See also 1926 All-Big Ten Conference football team 1926 All-Eastern football team 1926 All-Missouri Valley Conference football team 1926 All-Pacific Coast football team 1926 All-Southern college football team

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