The 1917 College Football All-America team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-America Teams selected by various organizations in 1917. The selections were affected by the First World War. The Walter Camp Football Foundation lists no team in 1917. Camp posted an All-Service team in Collier's Weekly, and other organizations posted All-American teams. Walter Eckersall accidentally picked two players from Tech High School in an attempt to give credence to the first consensus national champion from the south, Georgia Tech. Walker Carpenter and Everett Strupper were the first two players from the Deep South ever selected All-American. All-Americans of 1917 Ends Charles Bolen, Ohio State (MS; WE-1; JV-2; PP-1; DJ) Henry Miller, Penn (JV-1, DJ) Paul Robeson, Rutgers (WC–2; MS; JV-2; PP-2) Clifford Carlson, Pittsburgh (WE-1; JV-1) Ernest H. Von Heimburg, Navy (PP-1) John Rasmussen, Nebraska; Grant (WC-1) William Jennings Gardner, Carlisle; Custer (WC-1) C. A. Coolidge, Harvard; Devens (PPS) Fred Heyman, Washington & Jefferson; Sherman (PPS) Ben Cubbage, Penn State; USAACS (NYT) George B. L. Green, Dartmouth; New Port Naval Res (NYT) Paul "Monk" Hager, West Virginia (PP-2) Elmer "Bird" Carroll, Washington & Jefferson (WE-2) Heinie Miller, Pennsylvania (WE-2) Ellenberger, Cornell; Dix (WC-2) Mitchell, Mare Isl.; Marines (WC-2) Spike Dennie, Brown; Funston (WC-3) Hunt, Coast Naval Res. (WC-3) Tackles George Hauser, Minnesota (WE-1; JV-1; PP-1) Alfred Cobb, Syracuse (WE-2; JV-1; PP-1) Walker Carpenter, Georgia Tech (MS, DJ) Belford West, Colgate; Dix (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1, PPS) Pete Henry, Washington & Jefferson (MS) John Beckett, Oregon; Mare Isl. (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1) Albert Benbrook, Michigan; Ft. Sheridan (College Football Hall of Fame) (PPS) Pike Johnson, Washington & Lee; USAACS (NYT) Corbeau, Case; U. S. Marines Corps (NYT) Ernest Hubka, Nebraska (JV-2; PP-2) B. T. Williams, Oregon (JV-2; PP-2) Joseph Strauss, Penn (DJ) Joseph Murphy, Dartmouth (WE-2) Moriarty, Coast Naval Res. (WC-2) Hugh Blacklock, Mich. Ag; Great Lakes (WC-2) Robertson, Dartmouth; Dodge (WC-3) Zipper Lathrop, Notre Dame; Grant (WC-3) Harvey McCord, Tech High School (WE-1) Guards Dale Seis, Pittsburgh (MS; PP-1, DJ) Eugene Neely, Dartmouth (JV-1) Jock Sutherland, Pittsburgh (JV-1) Clinton Black, Yale; Newport Res. (WC-1, PPS, NYT) Frank Culver, Michigan (JV-2; PP-1) Chris Schlachter, Syracuse; Newport Res. (PPS, NYT) C. J. Grabb, Brown (WE-1) H. M. Grey, Davidson (DJ) Ernest Allmendinger, Michigan; Ft. Sheridan (WC-1) Charles Lane, California (JV-2; PP-2) Herbert Dieter, Pennsylvania (PP-2) C. G. Higgins, Chicago (MS; WE-2) John Ulrich,