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The Top Ranked College Football Players of the 1910s

 

Notes: The rankings are based on college stats. 

What players did in the pros does not factor into this list.

Ranking Explanations

 

Rnk Athlete POS College
1 Eddie Mahan RB Harvard
2 Chic Harley RB Ohio St.
3 Stan Pennock OL Harvard
4 Elmer Oliphant RB Army/Purdue
5 Belford West OL Colgate
6 Charley Barrett QB Cornell
7 Hank Ketcham OL Yale
8 Percy Wendell RB Harvard
9 Pete Henry OL Washington & Jefferson
10 Bob Peck OL Pitt
11 Charles Brickley RB Harvard
12 Bob Fisher OL Harvard
13 Clarence Spears OL Dartmouth
14 Doc Alexander OL Syracuse
15 Douglas Bomeisler E Yale
16 Harold Ballin OL Princeton
17 Jim Thorpe RB Carlisle Indian
18 Leroy Mercer RB Penn
19 Lou Merrillat E Army
20 John Brown OL Navy
21 Clinton Black OL Yale
22 Bob Higgins E Penn St.
23 Eddie Casey RB Harvard
24 John McEwan OL Army
25 Paul Des Jardien OL Chicago
26 Tack Hardwick E Harvard
27 Art Howe QB Yale
28 Bert Baston E Minnesota
29 Bud Talbott OL Yale
30 Earl Sprackling QB Brown
31 Paul Robeson E Rutgers
32 Stanfield Wells E Michigan
33 Bart Macomber RB Illinois
34 Heinie Miller E Penn
35 John Maulbetsch RB Michigan
36 Talbot Pendleton RB Princeton
37 Benny Boynton QB Williams
38 Bob Butler OL Wisconsin
39 Cub Buck OL Wisconsin
40 Ed Hart OL Princeton
41 Everett Strupper RB Georgia Tech
42 George Hauser OL Minnesota
43 Miller Pontius OL Michigan
44 Albert Benbrook OL Michigan
45 Bum Day OL Georgia Tech/Georgia
46 Guy Chamberlin E Nebraska
47 Harold White OL Syracuse
48 Harry LeGore RB Yale
49 James Craig RB Michigan
50 James Herron E Pitt
51 Leland Devore OL Army
52 Robert Hogsett E Dartmouth
53 Alfred Cobb OL Syracuse
54 Bill Fincher E Georgia Tech
55 Bo McMillin QB Centre
56 Charles Bolen E Ohio St.
57 Dale Seis OL Pitt
58 Ellery Huntington QB Colgate
59 Ernest Cozens OL Penn
60 Eugene Neely OL Dartmouth
61 Frank Murrey QB Princeton
62 Frank Rydzewski OL Notre Dame
63 Frank Steketee RB Michigan
64 Fritz Pollard RB Brown
65 George Crowther QB Brown
66 Harrie Dadmun OL Harvard
67 Henry Miller E Penn
68 Ira Rodgers RB West Virginia
69 Jack Dalton RB Navy
70 James Walker OL Minnesota
71 John Kilpatrick E Yale
72 John Logan OL Princeton
73 Joseph Duff OL Princeton
74 Joseph Gilman OL Harvard
75 Leonard Hilty OL Pitt
76 Lyman Perry OL Navy
77 Murray Shelton E Cornell
78 Oscar Anderson QB Colgate
79 Red Weaver OL Centre
80 Richard King RB Harvard
81 Robert McKay OL Harvard
82 Sam Felton E Harvard
83 Sanford White E Princeton
84 Steamer Horning OL Colgate
85 Swede Youngstrom OL Dartmouth
86 Tom Davies RB Pitt
87 Wesley Englehorn OL Dartmouth
88 Wolcott Roberts RB Navy
89 Joe Guyon RB Carlisle Indian
90 Johnny Spiegel RB Washington & Jefferson/Lafayette
91 Arthur Bluethenthal OL Princeton
92 Jack Depler OL Illinois
93 Jim Scully OL Yale
94 Bill Ingram QB Navy
95 Chris Schlachter OL Syracuse
96 Dave Morey RB Dartmouth
97 Dexter Very E Penn St.
98 Hobey Baker RB Princeton
99 Lawrence Whitney RB Dartmouth
100 Russ Bailey OL West Virginia
101 Fritz Shiverick QB Cornell
102 Ray Eichenlaub RB Notre Dame
103 Alfred Buser OL Wisconsin
104 Andy Hastings RB Pitt
105 Archibald Arnold OL Army
106 Britain Patterson OL Washington & Jefferson
107 Butch DeWitt RB Princeton
108 Doc Carlson E Pitt
109 Eugene Mayer RB Virginia
110 Frank Hogg OL Princeton
111 Harvey Hitchcock OL Harvard
112 John Dalton RB Navy
113 John O'Hearn E Cornell
114 K.P. Gilchrist E Navy
115 Ray Keeler OL Wisconsin
116 Alfred Neuschaefer OL Rutgers
117 Arnold Oss RB Minnesota
118 Artemus Gates OL Yale
119 Bob Storer OL Harvard
120 Buck Flowers RB Georgia Tech
121 Bud Smith E Harvard
122 Burt Ingwersen OL Illinois
123 Charles Carpenter OL Wisconsin
124 Charles Comerford E Yale
125 Charles Robinson OL Minnesota
126 Earl Abell OL Colgate
127 Eddie Trenkmann OL Princeton
128 Edward Driggs RB Princeton
129 Elmer Busch OL Carlisle Indian
130 F. LeRoy Mercer RB Penn
131 Frank Weston E Wisconsin
132 Fred Denfeld OL Navy
133 Frederick Bradlee RB Harvard
134 George McLaren RB Pitt
135 George Moseley E Yale
136 Gib Cool OL Cornell
137 Gus Dorais QB Notre Dame
138 Guy Williamson QB Pitt
139 Jake Stahl OL Pitt
140 James McKay RB Brown
141 Jim Braden RB Yale
142 Jock Sutherland OL Pitt
143 Joe Berry RB Penn
144 Joe Magidsohn RB Michigan
145 Jogger Elcock OL Dartmouth
146 John Strubing QB Princeton
147 Joseph Wier OL Army
148 Katy Easterday RB Pitt
149 Lawrence Fox OL Yale
150 Lawrence Smith E Harvard
151 Lester Belding E Iowa
152 Lou Usher OL Syracuse
153 Maurice Witherspoon OL Washington & Jefferson
154 Milt Ghee QB Dartmouth
155 Murray Trimble RB Princeton
156 Pat Pazetti QB Lehigh
157 Ralph Chapman OL Illinois
158 Red Brann E Yale
159 Reuben Rosenwald RB Minnesota
160 Richard Lewis E Harvard
161 Rip Shenk OL Princeton
162 Robert Hopper E Penn
163 Tank McLaren RB Pitt
164 Ted Withington OL Harvard
165 W.H. Fritz E Cornell
166 Walker Carpenter OL Georgia Tech
167 Walter Camp Jr. RB Yale
168 Walter Trumbull OL Harvard
169 Willard Ackley QB Syracuse
170 William Grimm OL Washington
171 William Harrington E Pitt
172 William Marting OL Yale
173 William McLean OL Princeton
174 Howard Talman RB Rutgers
175 Edward Daly E Dartmouth
176 Lorin Solon RB Minnesota
177 Nelson Norgren RB Chicago
178 Wayland Minot RB Harvard
179 Alex Weyand OL Army
180 Josh Cody OL Vanderbilt
181 Pup Phillips OL Georgia Tech
182 Busty Ashbaugh E Brown
183 Fred Heyman E Washington & Jefferson
184 George Howe OL Navy
185 John Beckett OL Oregon
186 Laurens Shull OL Chicago
187 Mark Farnum OL Brown
188 Ray Bennett OL Dartmouth
189 Tommy Hughitt QB Michigan
190 Vernon Prichard QB Army
191 Vic Halligan OL Nebraska
192 Alfred Gennert OL Princeton
193 Arlie Mucks OL Wisconsin
194 Bernie Bierman RB Minnesota
195 Bill Steers RB Oregon
196 Billy Cahall RB Lehigh
197 Brenton Smith OL Brown
198 Bud Sherwin OL Dartmouth
199 Burleigh Cruikshank OL Washington & Jefferson
200 Carroll Cooney OL Yale
201 Charles Clark OL Harvard
202 Charles Henning OL Penn
203 Claude Thornhill OL Pitt
204 DeVitalis OL Brown
205 Donald Watson QB Harvard
206 Duke Slater OL Iowa
207 Earl Blaik E Army
208 Effingham Morris OL Yale
209 Ernest Von Heimburg E Navy
210 Everett Bacon QB Wesleyan
211 Frank Culver OL Michigan
212 Frankie Frisch RB Fordham
213 Franklin Sibert OL Army
214 Fred Huggins OL Brown
215 Freeman Fitzgerald OL Notre Dame
216 George Paterson OL Michigan
217 Hamilton Corbett RB Harvard
218 Hank Gillo RB Colgate
219 Harold Pogue RB Illinois
220 Howard Benson OL Lafayette
221 Jesse Philbin RB Yale
222 Jim Robertson RB Dartmouth
223 John McGovern QB Minnesota
224 John Rasmussen E Nebraska
225 John Ripple OL NC State
226 Joseph Berry RB Penn
227 Joseph DuMoe E Lafayette
228 Joseph Schwarzer E Syracuse
229 Josh Weeks E Brown
230 Keckie Moll QB Wisconsin
231 Knute Rockne E Notre Dame
232 Leonard Frank OL Minnesota
233 Lewie Hardage RB Vanderbilt
234 Lloyd Pixley OL Ohio St.
235 Neno DaPrato RB Michigan St.
236 Ockie Anderson QB Colgate
237 Pard Larkin OL Swarthmore
238 Pat Dunnigan OL Minnesota
239 Perry Graves E Illinois
240 Phillips OL Princeton
241 Pudge Wyman RB Minnesota
242 Ray Wakeman OL Navy
243 Red Lamberton E Princeton
244 Richard Harte E Harvard
245 Robert Littlejohn OL Army
246 Skip Gougler RB Pitt
247 Springer Brooks E Yale
248 T.S. Wilson OL Princeton
249 Tex Ramsdell RB Penn
250 Thomas Sterck OL Washington & Jefferson
251 Tommy Scaffe OL Navy
252 Wilbur Shenk OL Princeton
253 William Butler RB Navy
254 Harry Costello QB Georgetown
255 Rudy Probst OL Syracuse
256 Shorty Miller QB Penn St.
257 Albert Journeay OL Penn
258 Alexander Wilson QB Yale
259 Budge Garrett OL Rutgers
260 Dick Rutherford RB Nebraska
261 Francis O'Brien E Harvard
262 Fred Becker OL Iowa
263 Harold Eyrich E Cornell
264 Irby Curry QB Vanderbilt
265 James Dean QB Wisconsin
266 Johnny Gilroy RB Georgetown
267 Joseph Murphy OL Dartmouth
268 Paul Russell QB Chicago
269 Red Bebout OL Penn St.
270 Sylvester Shonka OL Nebraska
271 Ted Hudson RB Trinity (CT)
272 Thomas Gill QB Indiana
273 Tim Callahan OL Princeton
274 William Munk OL Cornell
275 A. Harry Kallett E Syracuse
276 Al Wilson OL Penn St.
277 Albert Hill QB Georgia Tech
278 Alex Arcasa RB Carlisle Indian
279 Alex Wray OL Penn
280 Allen Thurman OL Virginia
281 Ammie Sikes RB Vanderbilt
282 Anderson RB Colgate
283 Andrew Toolan RB Williams
284 Angus Goetz OL Michigan
285 Archie Weston QB Michigan
286 Arnold Horween RB Harvard
287 Arnold McInerney OL Notre Dame
288 Arthur Berndt E Indiana
289 Arthur Hoffman RB Cornell
290 Ashel Cunningham QB Indiana
291 B.T. Williams OL Oregon
292 Baby Taylor OL Auburn
293 Ben Cubbage E Penn St.
294 Benjamin Avery E Yale
295 Bernard Gerrish RB Dartmouth
296 Bernard Kirk E Notre Dame
297 Bird Carroll E Washington & Jefferson
298 Bob Ignico OL Washington & Lee
299 Bob Karch OL Ohio St.
300 Bob Koehler RB Northwestern
301 Bob McWhorter RB Georgia
302 Bob Nash OL Rutgers
303 Bob Taylor Dobbins OL Sewanee
304 Bodie Weldon RB Lafayette
305 Boles Rosenthal OL Minnesota
306 Boozer Pitts OL Auburn
307 Boyd Cherry E Ohio St.
308 Brennan QB Fordham
309 C.A. Coolidge E Harvard
310 C.G. Higgins OL Chicago
311 C.J. Grabb OL Brown
312 C.M. Taylor RB Oregon
313 Carl Philippi RB Cornell
314 Carroll Knowles RB Yale
315 Cedric Smith RB Michigan
316 Charles Atherton E Harvard
317 Charles Lane OL Cal
318 Charles Rademacher OL Chicago
319 Charles Shuler RB Cornell
320 Charles Sisson OL Brown
321 Charley Highley E Princeton
322 Charlie Bachman OL Notre Dame
323 Chauncey Oliver E Illinois
324 Christopher Schlachter OL Syracuse
325 Clair Purdy QB Brown
326 Claire Long RB Minnesota
327 Clarence Ward OL Navy
328 Clark Sauer RB Chicago
329 Clark Shaughnessy OL Minnesota
330 Cliff Sparks QB Michigan
331 Corbeau OL U.S. Marine Corps
332 Curley Cramer RB Hamline
333 D.H. Kulp OL Brown
334 Dale Munsick OL Cornell
335 Dan Kenan RB Wesleyan
336 Dave Tayloe RB North Carolina
337 Dave Tibbott RB Princeton
338 David Paddock QB Georgia
339 Derric Parmenter OL Harvard
340 Dick Reichle E Illinois
341 E. Waller RB Princeton
342 Earl Beacham OL Tufts
343 Earl Mills OL Navy
344 Eddie Gillette QB Wisconsin
345 Edmund O'Boyle RB Georgetown
346 Edward Gallogly OL Cornell
347 Edwin Foresman OL Lafayette
348 Edwin Stavrum E Wisconsin
349 Ellenberger E Cornell
350 Elmer McDevitt OL Yale
351 Ernest Allmendinger OL Michigan
352 Ernest Hubka OL Nebraska
353 Ernest Soucy E Harvard
354 Farmer Kelly OL Tennessee
355 Fat O'Brien OL Iowa
356 Forsman OL Lafayette
357 Frank Glick QB Princeton
358 Frank Kelley RB Rutgers
359 Frank Mayer OL Minnesota
360 Fred Daly RB Yale
361 Fred Gillies OL Cornell
362 Frederick Conklin E Michigan
363 G.H. Fletcher QB Purdue
364 George Bromley OL Minnesota
365 George Green E Dartmouth
366 George Howell OL Trinity (CT)
367 George Julian RB Michigan St.
368 George Squier E Illinois
369 George Thomson RB Michigan
370 Gerard Driscoll OL Harvard
371 Glenn Butzer OL Illinois
372 Graham Vowell E Tennessee
373 Gray RB Chicago
374 Greig OL Swarthmore
375 Gus Eckberg RB Minnesota
376 H.M. Grey OL Davidson
377 Ham Corbett RB Harvard
378 Hammer Huston OL Army
379 Haps Benfer RB Albright
380 Harrie Holland OL Harvard
381 Harry Hartman OL Syracuse
382 Harry Robertson OL Syracuse
383 Harry Routh OL Purdue
384 Harvey Overesch E Navy
385 Henry Gardner QB Harvard
386 Herbert Dieter OL Penn
387 Herman Abraham RB Oregon St.
388 Hoffman OL Ohio
389 Homer Dutter OL Illinois
390 Honus Graf RB Ohio St.
391 Horace Scruby OL Chicago
392 Hube Wagner E Pitt
393 Hugh Blacklock OL Michigan St.
394 Hugo Franck RB Harvard
395 Hunt E Coast Naval Reserves
396 Huntington E Chicago
397 Huntley QB NYU
398 Jack Watson OL Illinois
399 James Ayling OL Syracuse
400 James Bradshaw QB Nevada
401 James DeHart QB Pitt
402 James Drummey RB Tufts
403 James Neylon OL Penn
404 James Raynsford OL Michigan
405 James Scott QB Penn
406 Jesse Spalding RB Yale
407 Jim Trickey OL Iowa
408 Jimmie Munns OL Cornell
409 John Callahan OL Yale
410 John Field RB Yale
411 John Ingersoll QB Dartmouth
412 John McAuliffe OL Dartmouth
413 John Munns OL Cornell
414 John Pendleton OL Yale
415 John Rosenwald RB Minnesota
416 John Tooney OL Rutgers
417 John Tressel E Washington & Jefferson
418 John Twist OL Illinois
419 John Ulrich OL Northwestern
420 Johnny Scott RB Lafayette
421 Jordan E Bucknell
422 Joseph Hoeffel E Wisconsin
423 Joseph Strauss OL Penn
424 L. Fred Gieg RB Swarthmore
425 Laurence Meachman OL Army
426 Lee Tolley RB Sewanee
427 Lennox Armstrong OL Illinois
428 Lewis Little OL Penn
429 Lon Jourdet E Penn
430 Louis Jordan OL Texas
431 Louis Pickerel QB Ohio St.
432 Louis Seagrave OL Washington
433 Lud Wray OL U.S. Marine Corps
434 Malcolm Logan QB Harvard
435 Marcus Wilkinson RB Syracuse
436 Mason Barton OL Colgate
437 Maxfield RB Lafayette
438 McReaghy RB Washington & Jefferson
439 Michalis Dorizas OL Penn
440 Mike Murphy QB Yale
441 Miller QB Columbia
442 Mitchell E Mare Island
443 Monk Hager E West Virginia
444 Monroe Good OL Colgate
445 Moore RB Princeton
446 Moriarty OL Coast Naval Reserves
447 Oliver Kratz OL Brown
448 Oscar Lambert OL Michigan
449 P.V.H. Weems OL Navy
450 Paddy Driscoll RB Northwestern
451 Paul Belting OL Illinois
452 Paul Eckley E Cornell
453 Paul Meyers E Wisconsin
454 Paul Withington OL Paul Withington
455 Pete Calac RB Carlisle Indian
456 Pete Garlow OL Carlisle Indian
457 Pete Hauser RB Carlisle Indian
458 Pete Mauthe RB Penn St.
459 Pete Maxfield OL Lafayette
460 Pete Russell QB Chicago
461 Pie Way OL Yale
462 Pike Johnson OL Washington & Lee
463 Polly Grimm OL Washington
464 Pomeroy Francis OL Yale
465 Possum Powell RB Carlisle Indian
466 Potsy Clark QB Illinois
467 Preston Fogg QB Syracuse
468 Punk Berryman RB Penn St.
469 Ralph Capron QB Minnesota
470 Ralph Galvin OL Pitt
471 Ray Morrison QB Vanderbilt
472 Razor Watkins QB Colgate
473 Red O'Hare OL Army
474 Red Roberts E Centre
475 Red Wilkinson RB Syracuse
476 Reginal Bovill E Washington & Jefferson
477 Reuben Johnson RB Minnesota
478 Robb QB Cal
479 Robbie Robinson E Auburn
480 Robert Gooch QB Virginia
481 Robert Nourse OL Princeton
482 Robert Sedgwick OL Harvard
483 Robert Storer OL Harvard
484 Robertson OL Dartmouth
485 Rodgers OL Penn
486 S.W. Harrington RB Penn
487 Sam Arthur OL Navy
488 Sammy Gross QB Iowa
489 Sampson Burd E Carlisle Indian
490 Schef QB Illinois
491 Scrubby McCreight RB Washington & Jefferson
492 Simpson OL Penn St.
493 Sinclair OL Minnesota
494 Spencer Pumpelly RB Yale
495 Spike Dennie E Brown
496 Stan Cofall E Notre Dame
497 Ted Shultz OL Washington & Lee
498 Tex Richards RB Pitt
499 Thomas Coolidge E Harvard
500 Tom Piollet E Penn St.
501 Tom Rose RB Syracuse
502 Tommy Whelan E Georgetown
503 V. Ballou QB Princeton
504 Wagonhurst OL Lafayette
505 Walter Gordon OL Cal
506 Walter Simpson OL Penn
507 Walter Wheeler OL Harvard
508 Wilbur Hightower QB Northwestern
509 Wilder Penfield OL Princeton
510 Will Burton OL Kansas
511 Will Metzger OL Vanderbilt
512 Willard Cool OL Cornell
513 William Crawley RB Chicago
514 William Gardner E Carlisle Indian
515 William Marks E Penn
516 William Miller RB Pitt
517 William Tow QB Amherst
518 William Van de Graaff OL Alabama
519 Winthrop Snow RB Dartmouth
520 Woodcock E Lafayette
521 Zipper Lathrop OL Notre Dame

 


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