Ockie Anderson

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Oscar Carl "Ockie" Anderson (October 15, 1894 January 25, 1962) was an All-American football player and coach. In 1916, he was selected as a first-team All-American quarterback while playing for Colgate University. Anderson later played professional football for the Buffalo All-Americans and was one of the leading scorers in the 1920 and 1921 NFL seasons. During Anderson''s time as quarterback at Colgate, the team compiled a record of 23-5-2. In 1916, he led Colgate to an 8-1-0 record as the team outscored its opponents 218-30. Colgate beat strong teams from Illinois (15-3), Syracuse (15-0), and Brown (28-0), but lost a close game against Yale (7-3) in New Haven. At the end of the 1916 season, Anderson was selected as a first-team All-American by Walter Camp, the International News Service, and the Boston Post. One critic wrote the following about the selection of Anderson as the first-team All-American quarterback for 1916: