1890 College Football All-America Team

They are: Pudge Heffelfinger (1889, 1890 and 1891), John Corbett (1889 and 1890), Marshall Newell (1890 and 1891), Frank Hallowell (1890 and 1892), Jesse Riggs (1890 and 1891), "Bum" McClung (1890 and 1891), and Sheppard Homans (1890 and 1891).

McClung went on to become the Treasurer of the United States under U.S. President William Howard Taft, and his signature appears on U.S. currency issued during the years 1909 through 1912.

Harvard's quarterback Dudley Dean enlisted in Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders and was decorated for his role in the Battle of San Juan Hill.

Harvard's All-American center, John Cranston, was the first player to wear equipment to protect his face during an American football game.

"[2]In 1952, Grantland Rice paid tribute to Princeton's fullback Sheppard Homans as the embodiment of the rough and tumble days of iron man football.

Princeton end Ralph Warren suffered a mental breakdown after an 1891 loss to Yale.
"Bum" McClung's signature as used on U.S. currency
Harvard tackle "Ma" Newell was run over by a railroad engine on Christmas Eve 1897.
Football's first protective face gear, "nose armor," was developed to protect Harvard's John Cranston.
Yale guard Pudge Heffelfinger became the first "professional" football player when he was paid a $500 bonus to play football.