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1908 All-Western college football team

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The 1908 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1908 college football season.

All-Western selections

Ends

  • James Dean, Wisconsin (ALF, CDN, WE)
  • Walter Henry Rademacher, Minnesota (CDN, CRH)
  • Harlan Page, Chicago (ALF, WE)
  • Anderson, Wisconsin (CRH)

Tackles

Guards

  • Albert Benbrook, Michigan (CDN, CRH, WE) (CFHOF)
  • Glenn D. Butzer, Illinois (ALF, CDN, CRH)
  • Sam Dolan, Notre Dame (WE)
  • William Mackmiller, Wisconsin (ALF)

Centers

  • Henry E. Farnum, Minnesota (CDN, CRH)
  • Andrew W. Smith, Michigan (WE)
  • Benjamin Harrison Badenoch, Chicago (ALF)

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

  • Dave Allerdice, Michigan (CDN, WE)
  • Joe Magidsohn, Michigan (CRH, WE)
  • William Lucas Crawley, Chicago (ALF, CRH)
  • Reuben Martin Rosenwald, Minnesota (ALF, CDN)

Fullbacks

Key

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors

ALF = A. L. Fridstein in Daily Maroon (Univ. of Chicago)[1]

CDN = Chicago Daily News[1]

CRH = Chicago Record-Herald[1]

WE = Walter Eckersall in the Chicago Tribune[1]

CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Walter Camp, ed. (1909). Spalding's Official Football Guide for 1909. American Sports Publishing Company. p. 31.