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[[File:Walter Chauncey Camp portrait.jpg|right|135px|thumb|[[Walter Camp]], one of two "official" All-America selectors in 1900]]
The '''1900 College Football All-America team''' is composed of [[college football]] players who were selected as All-Americans by various individuals who chose [[College Football All-America Team]]s for the [[1900 college football season]].  The only two individuals who have been recognized as "official" selectors by the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) for the 1900 season are [[Walter Camp]] and [[Caspar Whitney]], who had originated the [[College Football All-America Team]] eleven years earlier in 1889.<ref name=AW>{{cite web|title=Football Award Winners|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)|year=2016|access-date=October 21, 2017|page=6|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf}}</ref> Camp's 1900 All-America Team was published in ''[[Collier's Weekly]]'',<ref name=WC/> and Whitney's selections were published in ''[[Outing (magazine)|Outing]]'' magazine.<ref name=AW/><ref name=CW/>

==Consensus All-Americans==
[[File:Gordon Skim Brown.jpg|right|130px|thumb|[[Gordon Brown (guard)|Gordon Brown]] of Yale]]
[[File:Truxton Hare.jpg|right|175px|thumb|[[Truxtun Hare|T. Truxtun Hare]] of Penn]]
In its official listing of "Consensus All-America Selections," the NCAA designates players who were selected by ''either''  Camp or Whitney as "consensus" All-Americans.<ref name=AW/>  Using this criterion, the NCAA recognizes 15 players as "consensus" All-American for the 1900 football season.<ref name=AW/>  The consensus All-Americans are identified in bold on the list below ("All-American selections for 1900") and include the following:
* [[James Bloomer]], a tackle for Yale who later became a real estate broker specializing in the sale and rental of mansions on [[Long Island]]'s "Gold Coast."<ref>{{cite news|title=James Bloomer, 83, L.I. Real-Estate Man|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 13, 1963|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0712FC3A541A7B93C1A8178AD95F478685F9}}</ref>
* [[Gordon Brown (guard)|Gordon Brown]], a guard for Yale who was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1954.<ref>{{College Football HoF|id=2108|name=Gordon "Skim" Brown}}</ref>
* [[Dave Campbell (American football)|Dave Campbell]], an end for Harvard who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1958.<ref>{{College Football HoF|id=1226|name=Dave Campbell}}</ref>
* [[George B. Chadwick]], a halfback for Yale who later had a long career as a teacher of English, history and Latin at Eastern private boys' schools.<ref>{{cite news|title=G.B. Chadwick, 81, '02 Yale Halfback; Captain of Unbeaten Team, Prep School Teacher, Dies|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 19, 1961|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1961/10/19/101479536.pdf}}</ref>
* [[Charles Dudley Daly]], a quarterback for Harvard who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.<ref>{{College Football HoF|id=1228|name=Charlie Daly}}</ref>  Daly later served eight years as the head football coach for Army, compiling a record of 58–13–3.<ref>{{cite web|title=Charles D. Daly Records by Year|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=522|access-date=2013-01-23|archive-date=2012-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003060952/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=522|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[William Fincke]], a quarterback for Yale who later became a pacifist minister and educator and founded the [[Manumit School]] on his dairy farm in [[Pawling (town), New York|Pawling, New York]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Obituary Record of Yale Graduates, 1926-1927|publisher=Bulletin of Yale University|date=August 1, 1927|pages=255–256|url=http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1926-27.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=American National Biography: Supplement 2: Supplement 2|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2005|pages=174–175|isbn=9780195222029|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wZczV8ZxgL4C}}</ref>
* [[Perry Hale]], a fullback for Yale who later became the head football coach at [[Ohio State University]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Perry Hall Dead; Grid Star at Yale|date=April 8, 1948|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1948/04/08/archives/perry-hale-dead-grid-star-at-yale-allamerica-hero-in-1go0-wasi.html}}</ref>
* [[Truxtun Hare|T. Truxtun Hare]], a guard for Penn who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.<ref>{{College Football HoF|id=2105|name=Truxton "Trux" Hare}}</ref>  In 2008, ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' sought to answer the question, "Who would have won the Heisman from 1900-1934?"<ref name=SI>{{cite news|author=Mike Beacom|title=Who would have won the Heisman from 1900-1934|work=Sports Illustrated|date=December 12, 2008|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/ncaa/12/12/early.heisman/index.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119105323/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/ncaa/12/12/early.heisman/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 19, 2013}}</ref> Its selection for 1900 was Truxtun Hare, a player who selected as a first-team All-American four consecutive years.  ''Sports Illustrated'' noted: "Few early 20th Century players were as revered as Hare, who played every minute of every game."<ref name=SI/>
* [[Bill Morley]], a halfback for Columbia who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.<ref>{{cite news|author=George Baldwin|title=Meet the Morleys -- A fascinating family: N.M. son makes football hall of fame; dad brought Santa Fe rails to state|newspaper=The Albuquerque Tribune|date=April 1, 1971}}(available at newspaperarchive.com)</ref><ref>{{College Football HoF|id=1222|name=Bill Morley }}</ref>   He became a prominent cattle and sheep rancher in New Mexico.<ref>{{cite news|title=W. Ray Morley, Long Resident of State, Dies in California: Was Football Star, Cattleman, Banker and One of New Mexico's Most Picturesque Characters|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|page=1|date=May 30, 1932}}</ref>
* [[Walter Smith (American football)|Walter Smith]], an end for [[United States Military Academy]] who spent more than 40 years in the [[United States Army]], taught at West Point and the [[United States Army War College]], served as chief of staff of the Army's [[82nd Airborne Division|82nd Division]], and reached the rank of [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier-General]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of The U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York|publisher=Seeman & Peters, Printers|year=1920|pages=945–946|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F8wtAAAAYAAJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Smith, Walter Driscol, Brigadier-General|publisher=Generals.dk|url=http://www.generals.dk/general/Smith/Walter_Driscoll/USA.html}}</ref>

==Concerns of Eastern bias==
[[File:Charles Dudley Daly close shot (American Football book).jpg|right|120px|thumb|[[Charles Dudley Daly]] of Harvard]]
The All-America selections by Camp and Whitney were dominated by players from the East and the [[Ivy League]] in particular.  In 1900, all 15 consensus All-Americans came from Eastern universities, and 13 of 15 played in the Ivy League.<ref name=AW/>  The [[Yale Bulldogs football|Yale Bulldogs]] (Camp's alma mater) had seven players who were designated as consensus All-Americans.  The only two consensus All-Americans from schools outside the Ivy League were Walter Smith of [[Army Black Knights football|Army]] and [[Walter E. Bachman]] of [[Lafayette College]].<ref name=AW/>

The dominance of Eastern players led to criticism over the years that the All-America selections were biased against players from the leading Western universities, including Chicago, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Notre Dame.<ref>{{cite news|title=All-American Teams of East Are Jokes: Critics Who Never Saw Western Teams Play to Name Best in Country -- Forget About Michigan, Minnesota and Illinois|newspaper=The Mansfield News|date=December 8, 1910}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Ross Tenney|title=Much Dissatisfaction Over Camp's All-American Team: Football Dean Is Accused of Favoring East; Walter Camp Soundly Scored For 'Poorest Teams Ever Foisted Upon Public'|newspaper=The Des Moines Capital|date=December 31, 1922}}</ref>  No players from western schools received first-team or second-team All-American honors in 1900.  Two western players were selected by Camp for his third team: Page, a fullback for [[Minnesota Golden Gophers football|Minnesota]]; and [[Clyde Williams (American football)|Clyde Williams]], a quarterback for [[Iowa Hawkeyes football|Iowa]].<ref name=WC/>

==Unofficial selectors==
In addition to Camp and Whitney, other sports writers and publications selected All-America teams in 1900, though such lists have not been recognized as "official" All-America selections by the NCAA.  The list below includes the All-America selections made by Charles Sargent for ''[[Leslie's Weekly]]'' and George W. Orton for ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]''.<ref name=CF2/><ref name=Orton/>  Only four players were unanimously selected by Camp, Whitney, Sargent, and Orton.  They were James Bloomer, Gordon Brown, Truxton Hare, and end [[John Hallowell]] of Harvard.

==All-American selections for 1900==

===Ends===
[[File:Dave-campbell-harvard-1901.png|thumb|right|130px|Dave Campbell of Harvard.]]
* '''[[John Hallowell]]''', Harvard <small>(WC-1; CW-1; GO-1; CS; IN)</small>
* '''[[Dave Campbell (American football)|Dave Campbell]]''', Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(WC-1; CS; IN)</small>
* '''[[Walter Smith (American football)|Walter Smith]]''', Army <small>(WC-3; CW-1)</small>
* Sherman L. Coy, Yale <small>(WC-2; GO-1)</small>
* Charles Gould, Yale <small>(WC-2)</small>
* Solon Dodds, Wesleyan  <small>(CW-2)</small>
* Neil Nichols, Navy  <small>(CW-2)</small>
* [[Henry Van Hoevenberg]], Columbia <small>(WC-3)</small>

===Tackles===
* '''[[George S. Stillman]]''', Yale <small>(WC-1; CW-1; CS; IN)</small>
* '''[[James Bloomer]]''', Yale <small>(WC-1; CW-2; GO-1; CS; IN)</small>
* [[Blondy Wallace]], Penn <small>(WC-2; GO-1)</small>
* James Lawrence, Harvard <small>(WC-2; CW-2; IN)</small>
* Edward R. Alexander, Cornell <small>(WC-3)</small>
* [[Edward Farnsworth]], Army <small>(WC-3)</small>

===Guards===
* '''[[Gordon Brown (guard)|Gordon Brown]]''', Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(WC-1; CW-1; GO-1; CS; IN)</small>
* '''[[Truxtun Hare]]''', Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(WC-1; CW-1; GO-1; CS; IN)</small>
* [[Jack Wright (American football)|Jack Wright]], Columbia <small>(WC-2; CW-2; CS [c])</small>
* Richard "Dick" Sheldon, Yale <small>(WC-2)</small>
* Trout, Lafayette <small>(CW-2)</small>
* John Teas, Penn <small>(WC-3)</small>
* [[Charles Belknap Jr.]], Navy <small>(WC-3)</small>
[[File:Herman Olcott - 1903.jpg|right|130px|thumb|[[Herman Olcott]] of Yale]]

===Centers===
* '''[[Herman Olcott]]''', Yale <small>(WC-1; CW-2; GO-1; IN)</small>
* '''[[Walter E. Bachman]]''', Lafayette <small>(CW-1)</small>
* Charles Sprague Sargent, Harvard <small>(WC-2)</small>
* Leroy Albert "Bert" Page Jr., Minnesota <small>(WC-3)</small>

===Quarterbacks===
* '''[[Charles Dudley Daly]]''', Harvard <small>(WC-2; CW-1; GO-1; CS; IN)</small>
* '''[[William Fincke]]''', Yale <small>(WC-1; CW-2)</small>
* [[Clyde Williams (American football)|Clyde Williams]], Iowa <small>(WC-3)</small>

===Halfbacks===
[[File:William R. Morley.png|right|120px|thumb|[[Bill Morley]] of Columbia]]
* '''[[Bill Morley]]''', Columbia (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(WC-1; CW-1; CS)</small>
* '''[[George B. Chadwick]]''', Yale <small>(WC-1; CW-1)</small>
* [[George A. Sawin]], Harvard <small>(WC-2; CW-2; GO-1)</small>
* [[Albert Sharpe (American football)|Albert Sharpe]], Yale <small>(WC-3; GO-1; IN)</small>
* Edward Hale Kendall, Harvard  <small>(CW-2)</small>
* [[Harold Weekes]], Columbia (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(WC-2; CS; IN)</small>
* [[Howard R. Reiter]], Princeton <small>(WC-3; IN)</small>

===Fullbacks===
[[File:Perry Hale.png|right|125px|thumb|[[Perry Hale]] of Yale]]
* '''[[Perry Hale]]''', Yale <small>(WC-1; CW-1 [tackle]; CS; IN)</small>
* '''[[Raymond Starbuck]]''', Cornell <small>(CW-1)</small>
* [[Alexander James Inglis]], Wesleyan  <small>(CW-2)</small>
* [[Josiah McCracken]], Penn <small>(WC-3; GO-1)</small>
* David Dudley Cure, Lafayette <small>(WC-2; deemed "ineligible" by Whitney)</small>

===Key===
* WC = [[Walter Camp]] published in ''[[Collier's Weekly]]''<ref name=WC>{{cite news|title=Walter Camp's 1900 All America Selections|work=Capital Times|date=1930-11-23}}</ref>
* CW = [[Caspar Whitney]] for ''Outing'' magazine.<ref name=CW>{{cite news|title=University Football: The Season of 1900 Reviewed|author=Caspar Whitney|work=Outing|pages=483–484|date=January 1901|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/Outing/Volume_37/outXXXVII04/outXXXVII04u.pdf}}</ref>
* GO = George W. Orton in ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]''<ref name=Orton>{{cite news|title=George Orton Picks an All American football Team|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=1900-12-09}}</ref>
* CS = Charles Sargent in ''[[Leslie's Weekly]]''<ref name=CF2>{{cite web|title=All-America Addendum -- Part 2|publisher=College Football Historical Society Newsletter|date=November 2008|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv12/CFHSNv12n2b.pdf|access-date=2010-03-05|archive-date=2012-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612013547/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv12/CFHSNv12n2b.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* IN = ''The Inlander''.  Nine prominent coaches, from both the East and West, were asked by ''The Inlander'' to cast votes.  The nine coaches were Dibble of Harvard, Woodruff of Penn, Pell (captain) of Princeton, Warner of Carlisle, Newton of Lafayette, King of Wisconsin, Robinson of Brown, Eckstorm of O.S.U., and Horne of Indiana.<ref>{{cite news|title=An All-American Football Eleven: The Option of Nine College Coaches|newspaper=The Inlander|date=January 1901|pages=138–142|author=Ira A. Campbell|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pi4iAAAAMAAJ}}</ref>
* '''Bold''' = Consensus All-American<ref name=AW/>

==See also==
* [[1900 College Football All-Southern Team|1900 All-Southern college football team]]
* [[1900 All-Western college football team]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

{{1900 College Football Consensus All-Americans}}
{{College Football All-America Teams}}

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