The 1919 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1919. The two selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1919 season are (1) Walter Camp (WC), whose selections were published in Collier's Weekly; and (2) the Frank Menke syndicate (MS).
For the year 1919, the NCAA recognizes only two selectors as "official" for purposes of its consensus determinations.The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.
Bob Higgins, Penn State (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1; DJ-1)Heinie Miller, Penn (WC-1; DJ-1)Lester Belding, Iowa (MS)Frank Weston, Wisconsin (WC-2)Joseph DuMoe, Lafayette (WC-2)Earl Blaik, Army (WC-3)Red Roberts, Centre (WC-3)Dick Reichle, Illinois (RE-1)Bernard Kirk, Notre Dame (DJ-2)Paul Meyers, Wisconsin (DJ-2)Pete Henry, Washington & Jefferson (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1 [g]; DJ-1)Belford West, Colgate (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1; DJ-2)Warren Grimm, Washington (WC-2)Burt Ingwersen, Illinois (WC-2)Duke Slater, Iowa (WC-3)Josh Cody, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; DJ-1)Hoffman, Ohio (RE-1)Joseph Murphy, Dartmouth (DJ-2)Doc Alexander, Syracuse (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; DJ-2)Swede Youngstrom, Dartmouth (WC-1; MS; DJ-2)Fred Denfeld, Navy (WC-2)Jack Depler, Illinois (WC-2)Charles Arthur Clark, Harvard (WC-3)Lloyd Pixley, Ohio State (WC-3; DJ-1)Robert Sedgwick, Harvard (RE-1)Pup Phillips, Georgia Tech (DJ-1)Red Weaver, Centre (WC-1; DJ-1)Charles Carpenter, Wisconsin (MS)Russ Bailey, West Virginia (WC-2)Tim Callahan, Yale (WC-3)Bum Day, Georgia (DJ-2)Bo McMillin, Centre (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; DJ-2)John Strubing, Princeton (WC-2)Benny Boynton, Williams (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; MS; DJ-1)Harry J. Robertson, Syracuse (RE-1)James Bradshaw, Nevada (RE-1)Chic Harley, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; DJ-1)Eddie Casey, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1; DJ-1)Murray Trimble, Princeton (WC-2; RE-1)Arnold Oss, Minnesota (WC-2)Bill Steers, Oregon (WC-3)Hank Gillo, Colgate (WC-3; DJ-2)Bodie Weldon, Lafayette (DJ-2)Ira Rodgers, West Virginia (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; RE-1; DJ-1)Jim Braden, Yale (WC-2)Jim Robertson, Dartmouth (WC-3; DJ-2)Bold = Consensus All-American
1 – First-team selection2 – Second-team selection3 – Third-team selectionWC = Walter CampMS = Frank Menke Syndicate, by Frank G. MenkeRE = Reno Evening Gazette, selected by "W.P. Hahn, football expert of national note who is now located in Reno"DJ = Dick Jemison
