The 1919 All-Eastern football team consists of American football players chosen by various selectors as the best players at each position among the Eastern colleges and universities during the 1919 college football season.
All-Eastern selections
editQuarterbacks
edit- John Strubing, Princeton (UDD-3; TM-1)
- Willard Ackley, Syracuse (UDD-1)
- Benny Boynton, Williams (GT-1)
- Ockie Anderson, Colgate (UDD-2)
- Bo McMillin, Centre College (TM-2)
Halfbacks
edit- Eddie Casey, Harvard (UDD-1; TM-1; GT-1)
- Joe Trimble, Princeton (UDD-1; TM-2)
- Tom Davies, Pittsburgh (TM-1)
- Charley Way, Penn State (UDD-2)
- Andy Hastings, Pittsburgh (UDD-2)
- Hal Erickson, Washington & Jefferson (UDD-3)
- Jim Robertson, Dartmouth (UDD-3)
Fullbacks
edit- Ira Rodgers, West Virginia (UDD-1; TM-1; GT-1)
- Bodie Weldon, Lafayette (UDD-3; TM-2; GT-1)
- Jim Braden, Yale (UDD-2; TM-2)
Ends
edit- Heinie Miller, Penn (UDD-1; TM-2; GT-1)
- Bob Higgins, Penn State (UDD-2; TM-1; GT-1)
- Williams, Princeton (UDD-1)
- Joseph DuMoe, Lafayette (TM-1)
- Joe Schwarzer, Syracuse (UDD-2)
- Carroll, Washington & Jefferson (TM-2)
- Paul Hager, West Virginia (UDD-3)
- Desmond, Harvard (UDD-3)
Tackles
edit- Belford West, Colgate (UDD-1; TM-1: GT-1)
- Pete Henry, Washington & Jefferson (TM-1; GT-1)
- Tom Dickens, Yale (UDD-2; TM-2)
- Stan Keck, Princeton (UDD-2)
- Lou Little, Penn (TM-2)
- Harland Baker, Princeton (UDD-3)
- Wooster, Colgate (UDD-3)
Guards
edit- Hack McGraw, Princeton (UDD-1; TM-1: GT-1)
- Swede Youngstrom, Dartmouth (UDD-1; GT-1)
- Robert M. Sedgwick, Harvard (UDD-1)
- Doc Alexander, Syracuse (TM-1)
- Clark, Harvard (UDD-3; TM-2)
- Bert Shurtleff, Brown (UDD-2)
- Bertrand Gulick, Syracuse (UDD-2)
- Galt, Yale (TM-2)
- John Acosta, Yale (UDD-3)
Centers
edit- Russ Bailey, West Virginia (TM-2; GT-1)
- Tim Callahan, Yale (UDD-1)
- Harry J. Robertson, Syracuse (TM-1)
- Rex Wray, Penn (UDD-2)
- Bill Cunningham, Dartmouth (UDD-3)
Key
edit- UDD = Urbana Daily Democrat[1]
- TM = Tiny Maxwell[2]
- GT = Gettysburg Times[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Three Elevens Are Picked". The Urbana Daily Democrat. December 5, 1919. p. 2.
- ^ "Davies Named on All-Eastern Team". The Pittsburgh Press. December 4, 1919.
- ^ "Times Selection of All Star Team". The Gettysburg Times. December 2, 1919. p. 4.