1906 All-Western college football team
Appearance
The 1906 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1906 college football season.
All-Western selections
Ends
- Bobby Marshall, Minnesota (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1, OL, SLG) (CFHOF)
- Mysterious Walker, Chicago (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CIO, CJ, CRH, ECP-1, SLG)
- Franz "Dutch" Frurip, Wabash (CT)
- Frank W. Johnson, Nebraska (ECP-2)
- Charles J. Moynihan, Illinois (ECP-2)
Tackles
- Joe Curtis, Michigan (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1, SLG)
- Ed Parry, Chicago (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP [end], CIO, CJ, CRH [guard], ECP-1, OL [end], SLG)
- George Leland Case, Minnesota (CC [guard], CE [guard], CEP, CRH [guard], CT, ECP-2, OL)
- Franklin C. Wade, Indiana (ECP-2)
Guards
- Forest Van Hook, Illinois (CDN, CEP, CT, ECP-1, SLG)
- Theodore Vita, Minnesota (CA, CDN, CE, CEP, CJ, CT, ECP-2, OL, SLG)
- William "Bill" Ittner, Minnesota (CC, CIO, CRH [tackle], ECP-1, OL [tackle])
- Warren A. Gelbach, Wisconsin (CIO)
- Walter D. Graham, Michigan (CJ, ECP-2)
- Smith, Minnesota (CA, OL)
Centers
- Orren Eark Safford, Minnesota (CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CRH, ECP-1, OL, SLG)
- Lloyd A. Waugh, Indiana (CJ, ECP-2)
- Stechm, Wisconsin (CT)
- W. Wellinghoff, Purdue (CA)
Quarterbacks
- Walter Eckersall, Chicago (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1, OL, SLG) (CFHOF)
- Frank K. Hare, Indiana (ECP-2)
Halfbacks
- Walter Steffen, Chicago (CA, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CT, ECP-2, SLG) (CFHOF)
- John Schuknecht, Minnesota (CC, CDN, CIO, CRH, ECP-1, OL, SLG)
- Heze Clark, Indiana (CE, CEP, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1)
- Hodge, Illinois (CA)
- Paul Magoffin, Michigan (CC, ECP-2)
- William C. Doane, Minnesota (OL)
Fullbacks
- John Garrels, Michigan (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1, OL, SLG)
- Earl Current, Minnesota (ECP-2)
Key
CA = Chicago American[1]
CC = Chicago Chronicle[1]
CDN = Chicago Daily News[1]
CE = Chicago Examiner[1]
CEP = Chicago Evening Post[1]
CIO = Chicago Inter-Ocean[1]
CJ = Chicago Journal[1]
CRH = Chicago Record-Herald[1]
CT = Chicago Tribune[1]
ECP = Elmer C. Patterson for Collier's Weekly[2]
OL = O'Loughlin in The Minneapolis Journal[3]
SLG = St. Louis Globe-Democrat[1]
CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Walter Camp, ed. (1907). Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1907. American Sports Publishing Company. pp. 23, 25.
- ^ "Pick Stars of the Gridiron". The Pittsburgh Press. January 9, 1907.
- ^ O'Loughlin (December 2, 1906). "An All-Western Team To Play the "New" Game". The Minneapolis Journal. p. 2 (Sports).