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The 1917 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 1917 college football season.
All-Eastern selections edit
Quarterbacks edit
- Benny Boynton, Williams (TM-1)
- Bert Bell, Penn (TM-2)
Halfbacks edit
- Light, Penn (TM-1)
- Elmer Oliphant, Army (TM-1)
- Ira Rodgers, West Virginia (TM-2)
- Cornog, Swarthmore (TM-2)
Fullbacks edit
- George McLaren, Pittsburgh (TM-1)
- Joe Berry, Penn (TM-2)
Ends edit
- Heinie Miller, Penn (TM-1)
- John Tressel, Washington & Jefferson (TM-1)
- Paul Robeson, Rutgers (TM-2)
- Red Carlson, Pittsburgh (TM-2)
Tackles edit
- Pete Henry, Washington & Jefferson (TM-1)
- Alf Cobb, Syracuse (TM-1)
- Murphy, Dartmouth (TM-2)
- Fred Seidel, Pittsburgh (TM-2)
Guards edit
- Jock Sutherland, Pittsburgh (TM-1)
- Eugene Neely, Dartmouth (TM-1)
- Byron Wimberly, Washington & Jefferson (TM-2)
- Czarnekie, Penn State (TM-2)
Centers edit
- Russ Bailey, West Virginia (TM-1)
- Alex Wray, Penn (TM-2)
Key edit
- TM = Tiny Maxwell[1]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Robert W. Maxwell Selects All-Eastern Football Elevens". The Pittsburgh Press. December 2, 1917. p. 3.