The 1926 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 1926 college football season.
The 1926 Penn Quakers football team compiled a 7–1–1 record and led all other teams with three players named by at least one selector to the first team.
Three players received first-team honors on the All-Eastern team and were also consensus first-team picks on the 1926 All-America college football team: end Vic Hanson of Syracuse; tackle Frank Wickhorst of Navy; and guard Harry Connaughton of Georgetown.
Four of the players who received All-Eastern honors in 1926 were later inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame: Hanson of Syracuse; Wickhorst of Navy; tackle Bud Sprague of Army; and guard Herbert Sturhahn of Yale.
All-Eastern selections
editQuarterbacks
edit- Roy Randall, Brown (AP-1, BDE-1, TJ-1, BT-2)
- Jack Connor, NYU (BT-1, TJ-3)
- Edwin B. Dooley, Dartmouth (AP-2)
- Dan Caulkins, Princeton (TJ-2)
- Philip W. Bunnell, Yale (BT-3)
Halfbacks
edit- Harry Wilson, Army (AP-2, BDE-1, BT-1, TJ-1)
- Charles Rodgers, Penn (AP-1, BDE-1, BT-2)
- Frank Kirkleski, Lafayette (AP-1, TJ-1 [fb])
- George B. Wilson, Lafayette (BDE-1, BT-1)
- Tom Hamilton, Navy (TJ-1, BT-2)
- Jacob Slagle, Princeton (AP-2)
- Mischel, Brown (TJ-2)
- Nick Borelli, Muhlenberg (BT-3)
- Earl Graham, Fordham (TJ-3)
- Bridges, Princeton (TJ-3)
Fullbacks
edit- Bill Amos, Washington & Jefferson (AP-1, BT-1, TJ-2)
- Shaughnessy, Colgate (AP-2, BT-3)
- Bill Donohoe, Carnegie Tech (BT-3, TJ-2)
- Strong, NYU (BT-2)
- Robert MacPhail, Dartmouth (TJ-3)
Ends
edit- Vic Hanson, Syracuse (AP-1, BDE-1, BT-1, TJ-1)
- Hal Broda, Brown (AP-1, BDE-1, BT-1, TJ-1)
- Born, Army (AP-2, TJ-3)
- Frank Grube, Lafayette (BT-3, TJ-2)
- Cal Hubbard, Geneva (AP-2)
- Tom Leary, Fordham (BT-2)
- George Thayer, Penn (BT-2)
- Lloyd, Navy (TJ-2)
- Ralph Furey, Columbia (BT-3)
- Thurston Towle, Brown (TJ-3)
Tackles
edit- Frank Wickhorst, Navy (AP-1, BDE-1, BT-1, TJ-1)
- Bud Sprague, Army (AP-1, BDE-1, BT-3)
- Lloyd Yoder, Carnegie Tech (TJ-1, BT-3)
- Al Lassman, NYU (AP-2, BT-2, TJ-1)
- Eddy, Navy (BT-1)
- Harold Cothran, Lafayette (AP-2, TJ-2)
- Edwin Kevorkian, Brown (BT-2)
- Richards, Yale (TJ-3)
- Paul Hodge, Brown (TJ-3)
Guards
edit- Harry Connaughton, Georgetown (AP-1, BDE-1, BT-1, TJ-1)
- Herbert Sturhahn, Yale (AP-2, BDE-1, TJ-1, BT-2)
- Emerson Carey, Cornell (AP-1, BT-2, TJ-2)
- Ernest Schmidt, Army (AP-2, BT-1, TJ-3)
- Orland F. Smith, Brown (TJ-2)
- Baldwin, Princeton (BT-3)
- Pauley, Washington & Jefferson (BT-3)
- John Davis, Princeton (TJ-3)
Centers
edit- John Butler, Penn (AP-1, BDE-1, TJ-1, BT-2)
- Maurice Daly, Army (BT-1)
- Josh Davis, Dartmouth (AP-2, BT-3)
- Bartel, Princeton (TJ-2)
- Look, Yale (TJ-3)
Key
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Penn and Brown Gain Two Places on Associated Press All-Eastern Team". Wilmington Morning News. December 2, 1926. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ George Currie (November 28, 1926). "Eagle's All-America and All-Eastern Football Elevens". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Injuries Keep Many Stars Off Brooklyn Times' All-Eastern Teams". The Brooklyn Daily Times. December 4, 1926. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Tad Jones (December 15, 1926). "Jones' All-Eastern Team Has Every Good Essential". The Akron Beacon-Journal. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.