1917 All-Western college football team
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The 1917 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1917 college football season.
All-Western selections
Ends
- Charles Bolen, Ohio State (FM, HP, LA, LGS, PD)
- W. M. Kelley, Wisconsin (FM, GWA, LA, LGS, PD)
- Charles Laun, Iowa (GWA)
- Alan Boyd, Michigan (HP)
- John Rasmussen, Camp Grant / Nebraska (REAL)
- Gardiner, Camp Custer / Carlisle Indian (REAL)
Tackles
- George Hauser, Minnesota (FM, HB, GWA, LA, LGS, PD)
- Harold J. Courtney, Ohio State (LA, LGS, PD [guard])
- Dave Philbin, Notre Dame (GWA)
- Ernest Hubka, Nebraska (HP)
- Hugh Blacklock, Great Lakes Naval Training Station / Michigan (REAL)
- Ward, Camp Custer (REAL)
Guards
- Charles Higgins, Chicago (FM, GWA, LA, PD)
- Elmert T. Rundquist, Illinois (FM [tackle], LA, LGS)
- Conrad L. Eklund, Minnesota (GWA, LGS, PD [tackle])
- John Ulrich, Northwestern (FM)
- Tillie Voss, Detroit (HP)
- Joseph Hanish, Michigan (HP)
- Whiting, Camp Grant - Chicago (REAL)
- Robins, Great Lakes Naval Training Station / Springfield Normal (REAL)
Centers
- Frank Rydzewski, Notre Dame (FM, GWA, LA, LGS, PD)
- Frank Culver, Michigan (HP)
- Pottinger, Great Lakes Naval Training Station - Wisconsin (REAL)
Quarterbacks
- Archie Weston, Michigan (FM, LA [halfback], LGS)
- Eber Simpson, Wisconsin (LA, PD)
- Howard Yerges, Sr., Ohio State (GWA)
- Harry Costello, Camp Custer / Georgetown (REAL)
Halfbacks
- Chic Harley, Ohio State (FM, GWA, HP, LA, LGS) (CFHOF)
- Joe Brandy, Notre Dame (FM)
- Hugo Otopalik, Nebraska (LGS)
- Eber Simpson, Wisconsin (GWA)
- Allen, Detroit (HP)
- Fritz Shiverick, Camp Grant / Cornell (REAL)
- James B. Craig, Fort Sheridan / Michigan (REAL)
Fullbacks
- Bob Koehler, Northwestern (FM, GWA, LA, LGS)
- Forrest Strome, Kalamazoo (HP)
- Cedric C. Smith, Great Lakes Naval Training Station / Michigan (REAL)
Key
Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors
FM = Frank G. Menke, sporting editor of Newspaper Feature Service[1]
GWA = G. W. Axelson in Chicago Herald[1]
HP = Howard Pearson in Detroit Journal[1]
LA = Leonard Adams, football editor Chicago Journal[1]
LGS = Lambert G. Sullivan, football editor of Chicago Daily News[1]
PD = Paddy Driscoll in Chicago Examiner[1]
REAL = The Real All-Western Eleven (by Lambert G. Sullivan, football editor Chicago Daily News)[1]
CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Walter Camp, ed. (1918). Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1918. American Sports Publishing Company. pp. 16–17.