1927 All-Eastern football team
The 1927 All-Eastern football team consists of American football players chosen by various selectors as the best players at each position among the Eastern colleges and universities during the 1927 college football season.
| 1927 All-Eastern football team |
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| All-Eastern football team |
| 1927 college football season |
| 1925 1926 ← → 1928 1929 |
Four players received first-team All-Eastern honors and were also consensus first-team All-Americans: halfback Gibby Welch of Pittsburgh; tackle Ed Hake of Penn; guard Bill Webster; and center John Charlesworth of Yale. Sprague was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
All-Eastern selections
Quarterbacks
- Jack Connor, NYU (AP-1, UP-1)
Halfbacks
- Gibby Welch, Pittsburgh (AP-1, UP-1)
- Alton Marsters, Dartmouth (AP-1, UP-1)
Fullbacks
- Bill Amos, Washington & Jefferson (AP-1, UP-1)
Ends
- Stewart Scott, Yale (AP-1, UP-1)
- George Cole, Dartmouth (AP-1)
- Charles Born, Army (UP-1)
Tackles
- Bud Sprague, Army (AP-1, UP-1)
- Ed Hake, Penn (AP-1, UP-1)
Guards
- Bill Webster, Yale (AP-1, UP-1)
- Bruce Dumont, Colgate (AP-1)
- Cervini, Holy Cross (UP-1)
Centers
- Claude Grisby, Georgetown (AP-1)
- John Charlesworth, Yale (UP-1)
Key
- AP = Associated Press, selected from opinions of 56 critics, sport writers, and officials in the East[1]
- UP = United Press[2]
References
- "All-Eastern Team Is Selected by Critics, Writers". The Daily Record. November 28, 1927. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Bruce Caldwell Fails to Get Place on All-Eastern Teams". Buffalo Evening News. November 22, 1927. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
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