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The 1908 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans for the 1908 college football season. The only two individuals who have been recognized as "official" selectors by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for the 1908 season are Walter Camp and Caspar Whitney, who had originated the All-America college football team 14 years earlier in 1889. Camp's 1908 All-America Team was published in Collier's Weekly, and Whitney's selections were published in Outing magazine.

Consensus All-Americans
The only two individuals who have been recognized as "official" selectors by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for the 1908 season are Walter Camp and Caspar Whitney, who had originated the All-America college football team 14 years earlier in 1889. Using this criterion, the NCAA recognizes 16 players as "consensus" All-American for the 1908 football season. The consensus All-Americans are identified in bold on the list below ("All-Americans of 1908"). ==All-American selections for 1908==
All-American selections for 1908
EndsHunter Scarlett, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; CON-1 [23]; ERB-1 [30]; NYW; PI; FY; TT; NYG; CSM; NYET; BSU; BP; PD; TJ; KCJ; PP; PT; PES; WH; FC) • George Schildmiller, Dartmouth (WC-1; CON-1 [18]; ERB-1 [23]; PI; TT; NYG; NYT; NYET; BSU; BP; PD; PT; PES; CIO; FC) • Claude Fisher, Syracuse (NYW; FY; TJ; KCJ) • Frank Dennie, Brown (WC-2; CSM; NHR) • Lawrence Fairfax Reifsnider, Navy (WC-2) • Harlan Page, Chicago (WC-3) • Ronald D. Johnson, Army (WC-3) • George Kennedy, Dartmouth (NYT; NHR; WH) • Gilbert Goodwin Browne, Harvard (PP) TacklesHamilton Fish, Harvard (WC-1; CON-1 [14]; ERB-1 [25]; PI; FY; TT; NYG; CSM; NYT; BSU; BP; KCJ; PT; FC) • Bill Horr, Syracuse (WC-1; CON-2 [9]; NYG; NYET; PD [g]; PES [g]) • Percy Northcroft, Navy (WC-3; CIO) • Dexter Draper, Penn (WC-3; CON-1 [13]; ERB-1 [25]; PI; TT; BSU; BP; PD; NHR; PP; PT; PES; WH; FC) • Rudolph Siegling, Princeton (WC-2; CON-2 [11]; NYW-1; NYT; BP [g]; PD; TJ; PP; WH; CIO) • Daniel Pullen, Army (NYW; FY; TJ; KCJ) • Robert McKay, Harvard (CSM) • Arthur Brides, Yale (NHR) GuardsHamlin Andrus, Yale (WC-2; CON-1 [13]; ERB-1 [18]; NYW; NYT; NYET; BSU; TJ; KCJ; PT; PES) • William Goebel, Yale (WC-1; CON-1 [16]; PI; FY; TT; NYG; CSM; NYT; PD; NHR; PP; WH; CIO; FC) • '''Bernard O'Rourke''', Cornell (WC-2 [t]; NYET; PES; WH [g]) • Clark Tobin, Dartmouth (WC-1; CON-2 [12]; ERB-1 [28]; PI; FY; TT; NYG; CSM; NYET; BSU; BP; KCJ) • Samuel Hoar, Harvard (WC-3; NYW; TJ; PP) • Francis Burr, Havard (PT) • John Messmer, Wisconsin (WC-2) • Forest Van Hook, Illinois (WC-3) • Orlo L. Waugh, Syracuse (NHR) • Edward Rich, Dartmouth (FC) CentersCharles Nourse, Harvard (WC-1; CON-1 [12]; NYG; NYT; CIO [g]) • Germany Schulz, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (CON-2 [9]; ERB-1 [20]; NYW; PI; FY; TT; CSM; NYET; BSU; BP; PD; NHR; TJ; KCJ; PP; PT; PES) • Wallace Philoon, Army (WC-2; WH; CIO; FC) • Joseph C. Brusse, Dartmouth (WC-3) QuarterbacksWalter Steffen, Chicago (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; FY; NYET; PD; NHR; KCJ) • Ed Lange, Navy (CON-1 [12]; TT; NYG; BP; PP; WH; CIO) • Allie Miller, Penn (WC-3; CON-2 [6]; ERB-1 [20]; PI; BSU; TJ; PT; PES; FC) • Johnny Cutler, Harvard (WC-2; CSM; NYT) HalfbacksHamilton Corbett, Harvard (CIO) • Bill Hollenback, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; CON-1 [21]; ERB-1 [30]; NYW; PI; FY; TT; NYG; NYT; NYET; BSU; BP; PD; TJ; KCJ; PP; PT; PES; WH; FC) • Frederick Tibbott, Princeton (WC-1; CON-1 [21]; ERB-1 [25]; NYW; FY; TT; CSM; NYT; NYET; BSU; BP; NHR; TJ; KCJ; PP; PT; PES; WH; CIO) • Jim Thorpe, Carlisle (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WC-3; PI) • Ernest Frederocl Ver Wiebe, Harvard (WC-2; CSM; NHR) • John W. Mayhew, Brown (WC-2) • Edward Gray, Amherst (WC-3) FullbacksTed Coy, Yale (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; CON-1 [24]; ERB-1 [30]; NYW; PI; FY; TT; NYG; CSM; NYT; NYET; BSU; BP; PD; NHR; TJ; KCJ; PP; PT; PES; WH; CIO [e]; FC) • George Walder, Cornell (WC-2; CIO; FC; PD [hb]) • George McCaa, Lafayette (WC-3) Key NCAA recognized selectors for 1908 • WC = ''Collier's Weekly'' as selected by Walter Camp Other selectors • CON = Consensus based on All-American teams selected by 25 football experts; number indicates how many of the 25 experts selected the individual as a first-team All-American; any player with at least 5 of 25 selections is listed hear as a second-team selection: CON-2 • ERB = Composite All-America team selected by E. R. Bushnell based on aggregating the opinions of 30 football critics; number indicates how many of the 30 critics selected the individual as a first-team All-American • NYW = New York World, selected by former Yale quarterback Tad Jones • PI = The Philadelphia Inquirer, selected by Franklin • FY = Fielding H. Yost, football coach of the University of Michigan • TT = Tom Thorp, former star tackle and captain of Columbia • NYG = New York Globe • CSM = The Christian Science Monitor • NYT = The New York Times • NYET = New York Evening Telegram • NHR = New Haven Register • PT = Philadelphia Times • PES = Philadelphia Evening Star • WH = Washington Herald, selected by William Peet • CIO = Chicago Inter-Ocean • FC = Fred Crolius Bold = Consensus All-American • 1 – First-team selection • 2 – Second-team selection • 3 – Third-team selection ==See also==
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