The 1927 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 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.

Name Position School Number SelectorsBennie OosterbaanEndMichigan7/7AAB, AP, CO, INS, NANA, NEA, UPGibby WelchHalfbackPitt7/7AAB, AP, CO, INS, NANA, NEA, UPMorley DruryQuarterbackUSC6/7AAB, AP, CO, INS, NEA, UPClipper SmithGuardNotre Dame6/7AAB, AP, CO, INS, NEA, UPHerb JoestingFullbackMinnesota6/7AAB, AP, CO, INS, NEA, UPBill WebsterGuardYale5/7AAB, AP, INS, NANA, NEATom NashEndGeorgia4/7AAB, CO, INS, NANAJesse HibbsTackleUSC4/7AAB, INS, NANA, UPEd HakeTacklePenn3/7AP, NANA, UPLarry BettencourtCenterSt. Mary's3/7AAB, AP, INSJohn CharlesworthCenterYale3/7CO, NEA, UPRed CagleHalfbackArmy3/7AAB, CO, NANA

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) 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 Larry Bettencourt, St. Mary's (CFHOF) (AAB; AP-1; INS-1; CP-2; HE-1; NYS-1; BE-2; LP-2; WE-1) John Charlesworth, Yale (UP-1; COL-1; NEA; CP-1; HE-2; BE-1) Claude Grigsby, Georgetown (AP-2; HE-3) Ken Rouse, Chicago (AP-3; UP-3; WE-2) Robert Reitsch, Illinois (NANA; CEP-2; INS-3; NYS-2; BE-3; LP-1; WE-3) Charles Howe, Princeton (CEP-1) John McCreery, Stanford (UP-2) Elvin Butcher, Tennessee (CEP-3; INS-2)

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 Herb Joesting, Minnesota (CFHOF) (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; INS-1; NEA; CP-1; CEP-3; HE-1; NYS-1; BE-1; LP-1; WE-1) Herdis McCrary, Georgia (AP-2; UP-2; CEP-1; HE-3; INS-2; WE-2) Bill Amos, Washington & Jefferson (AP-3; CEP-2; HE-2; BE-3) Mike Miles, Princeton (NANA; NYS-2; BE-2; WE-3) Pat Wilson, Washington (LP-2) Biff Hoffman, Stanford (INS-3; LP-2) Lou Tesreau, Washington (UP-3) Frank Briante, NYU (CP-2)

Key Bold – Consensus All-American -1 – First-team selection -2 – Second-team selection -3 – Third-team selection CFHOF – College Football Hall of Fame

Official selectors AAB = All America Board AP = Associated Press 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 INS = International News Service selected by Davis Walsh, INS sports editor 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

Other selectors BE = Billy Evans with the assistance of "100 of the leading football experts of the country" 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" CEP = Charles E. Parker for the New York Evening Telegram HE = Hearst newspapers, consensus selection of more than 100 sports writers and editors at the Hearst newspapers LP = Lawrence Perry 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 WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation WE = Walter Eckersall

See also 1927 All-Big Ten Conference football team 1927 All-Missouri Valley Conference football team 1927 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team 1927 All-Southern football team 1927 All-Western college football team

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