1917 All-Service football team explained

The 1917 All-Service football team consists of American football players of the United States military selected to the all-service football teams chosen by various selectors.

All-Service players of 1917

Ends

• John Rasmussen, Nebraska; Camp Grant (WC-1)
• William Jennings Gardner, Carlisle; Camp Custer (WC-1)
• C. A. Coolidge, Harvard; Camp Devens (PPS)
• Fred Heyman, Washington & Jefferson; Sherman (PPS)
• B. C. Cubbage, Penn State; Allentown Ambulance Corps (NYT)
• George B. L. Green, Dartmouth; Newport Naval Reserves (NYT)
• Ellenberger, Cornell; Camp Dix (WC-2)
• Mitchell, Mare Island Marines (WC-2)
• Spike Dennie, Brown; Camp Funston (WC-3)
• Hunt, Coast Naval Res. (WC-3)

Tackles

• Belford West, Colgate; Camp Dix (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1, PPS)
• John Beckett, Oregon; Mare Island Marines (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1)
• Albert Benbrook, Michigan; Fort Sheridan (College Football Hall of Fame) (PPS)
• Pike Johnson, Washington & Lee; Allentown Ambulance Corps (NYT)
• Corbeau, Case; League Island Marines(NYT)
• Moriarty, Coast Naval Res. (WC-2)
• Hugh Blacklock, Mich. Ag; Great Lakes (WC-2)
• Robertson, Dartmouth; Dodge (WC-3)
• Zipper Lathrop, Notre Dame; Camp Grant (WC-3)

Guards

• Clinton Black, Yale; Newport Naval Reserves (WC-1, PPS, NYT)
• Chris Schlachter, Syracuse; Newport Naval Reserves (PPS, NYT)
• Ernest Allmendinger, Michigan; Fort Sheridan (WC-1)
• Allen Thurman, Virginia; Camp Jackson (WC-2)
• Paul Withington, Harvard; Camp Funston (WC-2)
• Snyder, Camp Lewis (WC-3)
• Holder, Camp Lewis (WC-3)

Centers

• John T. Callahan, Yale; Newport Naval Reserves (WC-1)
• Paul Des Jardien, Chicago; Fort Sheridan (College Football Hall of Fame) (PPS)
• Lud Wray, Penn; League Island Marines(NYT)
• Hommand, Kansas; Camp Funston (WC-2)
• White, Yale; Camp Jackson (WC-3)

Quarterbacks

• Ockie Anderson, Colgate; Camp Dix (WC-2; PPS)
• Raymond "Razor" Watkins, Colgate; Mineola Aviation (WC-1)
• Charles Thorne "Mike" Murphy, Yale; Allentown Ambulance Corps (NYT)
• Harry Costello, Georgetown; Camp Custer (WC-3)

Halfbacks

• Charley Barrett, Cornell; Newport Naval Reserves (WC-2, PPS, NYT)
• Eddie Casey, Harvard; Charlestown Navy Yard (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1)
• Wayland Minot, Harvard; Camp Devens (WC-1)
• Bernard Gerrish, Dartmouth; Newport Naval Reserves (PPS)
• Johnny Scott, Lafayette; League Island Marines(NYT)
• Fritz Shiverick, Cornell; Camp Grant (WC-2)
• Edmund O'Boyle, Georgetown; Pelham Naval (WC-3)
• Blair, Md.; Upton (WC-3)

Fullbacks

• Cedric C. Smith, Michigan; Great Lakes (WC-1)
• Eddie Mahan, Harvard; League Island Marines (College Football Hall of Fame) (PPS)
• Earl "Curley" Cramer, Hamline; Allentown Ambulance Corps (NYT)
• Maxfield, Lafayette, Ft. Slocum (WC-2)
• Thayer, Pa.; Meade (WC-3)

Key

• WC = Collier's Weekly All Service team as selected by Walter Camp^[1]
• PPS = Paul Purman's All Service selection^[2]
• NYT = All Service eleven of The New York Times.^[2]
• 1 – First-team selection
• 2 – Second-team selection
• 3 – Third-team selection

See also

• 1917 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

1. War and Football. Collier's Weekly. 60. 32. January 5, 1918.
2. https://archive.org/stream/officialfootball19181nati#page/n21/mode/2up Spalding's Football Guide