The 1916 All-Pacific Coast football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific Coast teams for the 1916 college football season.
The Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) was founded on December 2, 1915, at a meeting at the Imperial Hotel in Portland, Oregon.(Portland) Oregon Daily Journal, December 3, 1915. "Four Colleges Form Coast Conference at Very Secret Session" Charter members were the University of California (now University of California, Berkeley), the University of Washington, the University of Oregon, and Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University). The conference began play in 1916, and the 1916 All-Pacific Coast football team was the first all-conference team selected from players within the conference.
All-Pacific Coast selections
Quarterback Charles A. Huntington, Oregon (AS-1; GV-1; ODJ; PS-1) Johnson, Washington (GV-2)
Halfbacks Fred T. Brooks, California (AS-1; GV-1; ODJ [tie]; PS-1) Elmer Noble, Washington (AS-1; ODJ [tie]; GV-2) Johnny Parsons, Oregon (PS-1) Orville Monteith, Oregon (GV-2)
Fullback Leroy B. Sharp, California (AS-1 [fullback]; GV-1 [halfback]; ODJ [tie-fullback]) Ernest Murphy, Washington (GV-1; ODJ [tie]; PS-1) Newman, Oregon Agricultural (GV-2)
Ends Willis Montgomery, California (AS-1; GV-1; ODJ; PS-1) Brick Mitchell, Oregon (AS-1; GV-1; ODJ; PS-1) R. L. Tegart, Oregon (GV-2) Bissett, Oregon Agricultural (GV-2)
Tackles John Beckett, Oregon (AS-1; GV-1; ODJ; PS-1) Claude Monlux, California (AS-1; GV-1) William Grimm, Washington (AS-1; ODJ; PS-1; GV-2) Ken Bartlett, Oregon (GV-2)
Guards Elmer Snyder, Oregon (GV-1; ODJ; PS-1) Louis Seagrave, Washington (AS-1 [guard]; GV-1; ODJ; PS-1) Morrison, Washington (GV-2) McNeil, Oregon Agricultural (GV-2)
Centers Jake Risley, Oregon (AS-1; GV-1; ODJ) William Russell, California (PS-1; GV-2)
Key
AS = Andy Smith, head coach of the University of California football team from 1916 to 1925
GV = George Varnell, Pacific Coast Conference referee residing in Spokane, who selected all-conference teams for both the Pacific Coast Conference and the Northwest Conference.
ODJ = Oregon Daily Journal, based on compiling the All-Pacific Conference teams selected by George Varnell, Spokane; Plowden Stott, L. M. Kennedy, Roscoe Fawcett, and R.A. Cronin of Portland; Andy Smith, California coach, and the Seattle Times
PS = Plowden Stott, "who officiated as umpire in a majority of the important clashes in the coast and pacific northwest circles"
See also 1916 College Football All-America Team
References