Elmer Oliphant

Born: Jul 9, 1892, in Bloomfield, Indiana
Died: Jul 3, 1975, in New Canaan, Connecticut

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Elmer Oliphant played running back at Purdue, then Army. He was a consensus All‑American in 1916 and 1917. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955.

Honors

Inducted 1955College Football Hall of Fame
1916, 1917Consensus All‑American

Team titles: National champions, 1916 (Army)

All-America: consensus 1916 and 1917; Walter Camp first team 1915; Monty first team 1915; Outing magazine 1911; Damon Runyon 1915; Tom Thorp second team 1913

The teams in those years

1911 Purdue3–⁠4Before the AP poll (1936)
1913 Purdue4–⁠1–⁠2Before the AP poll (1936)
1915 Army5–⁠3–⁠1Before the AP poll (1936)
1916 Army9–⁠0national champions
1917 Army7–⁠1Before the AP poll (1936)

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