1916 All-Pacific Coast football team

The 1916 All-Pacific Coast football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific Coast teams for the 1916 college football season.

The Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) was founded on December 2, 1915, at a meeting at the Imperial Hotel in Portland, Oregon.^[1] Charter members were the University of California (now University of California, Berkeley), the University of Washington, the University of Oregon, and Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University). The conference began play in 1916, and the 1916 All-Pacific Coast football team was the first all-conference team selected from players within the conference.

All-Pacific Coast selections

Quarterback

Charles A. Huntington, Oregon (AS-1; GV-1; ODJ; PS-1)

Halfbacks

Fred T. Brooks, California (AS-1; GV-1; ODJ [tie]; PS-1)
Elmer Noble, Washington (AS-1; ODJ [tie])
Johnny Parsons, Oregon (PS-1)

Fullback

Leroy B. Sharp, California (AS-1 [fullback]; GV-1 [halfback]; ODJ [tie-fullback])
Ernest Murphy, Washington (GV-1; ODJ [tie]; PS-1)

Ends

Willis Montgomery, California (AS-1; GV-1; ODJ; PS-1)
Brick Mitchell, Oregon (AS-1; GV-1; ODJ; PS-1)

Tackles

John Beckett, Oregon (AS-1; GV-1; ODJ; PS-1)
Claude Monlux, California (AS-1; GV-1)
William Grimm, Washington (AS-1; ODJ; PS-1)

Guards

Elmer Snyder, Oregon (GV-1; ODJ; PS-1)
Louis Seagrave, Washington (AS-1 [guard]; GV-1; ODJ; PS-1)

Centers

Jake Risley, Oregon (AS-1; GV-1; ODJ)
William Russell, California (PS-1)

Key

AS = Andy Smith, head coach of the University of California football team from 1916 to 1925^[2]

GV = George Varnell, Pacific Coast Conference referee residing in Spokane, Washington^[3]

ODJ = Oregon Daily Journal, based on compiling the All-Pacific Conference teams selected by George Varnell, Spokane; Plowden Stott, L. M. Kennedy, Roscoe Fawcett, and R.A. Cronin of Portland; Andy Smith, California coach, and the Seattle Times^[4]

PS = Plowden Stott, "who officiated as umpire in a majority of the important clashes in the coast and pacific northwest circles"^[5]

References

↑ (Portland) Oregon Daily Journal, December 3, 1915. "Four Colleges Form Coast Conference at Very Secret Session"
↑ "California Coach Names Team". The Oregon Daily Journal (Portland, Oregon). December 3, 1916. p. 18.
↑ "Varnell Selects Players of Northwest". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. December 14, 1916. p. 12.
↑ "Two Oregon and One Washington Man Unanimous". The Oregon Daily Journal. December 5, 1916. p. 15.
↑ "Plowden Stott Gives Places to Sextet of Lemon-Yellow Team". The Oregon Daily Journal. December 3, 1916. p. 18.

All-Pac-12 Conference football teams

Pacific Coast (region)	1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965

Pacific-8	1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977

Pacific-10	1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Pac-12	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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