The 1898 All-America college football team is composed of American football players who were selected as the best players at their positions by various organizations that chose All-America college foo
Penn guard Truxtun Hare also won the silver medal in the hammer throw in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Michigan's William Cunningham (pictured) and Chicago's Clarence Herschberger were the first two players from western schools to be named to the All-America team.
Gordon "Skim" Brown of Yale captained the 1900 Yale football team which was referred to as the "Team of the Century".
Harvard quarterback Charles Dudley Daly later served as Boston's Fire Commissioner.
Burr Chamberlain
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Burr Clark "B. C." Chamberlain was an American college football player and coach. He played college football at Yale University from 1896 to 1898 at the center and tackle positions. Three times he was
1898 All-America college football team
…Art Hillebrand, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; CW-1; H; NYS-1; NYET-1; OUT-1; LES-1) Burr Chamberlain, Yale (OUT-1; LES-1; WC-1 [g]; CW-1 [g]; H [g]; NYS-1 [g]) Percy Haughton, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2; NYET-1; OUT-2; LES-2…
Portrait of Chamberlain from The World of New York, September 26, 1898