1916 All-Western college football team

1916 All-Western college football team
1916 college football season
1914 1915 ← → 1917 1919

The 1916 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1916 college football season.

All-Western selections

Ends

  • Bert Baston, Minnesota (ECP-1) (CFHOF)
  • Chic Harley, Ohio State (ECP-1) (CFHOF)
  • Frederick I. Norman, Northwestern (ECP-2)
  • Charles Bolen, Ohio State (ECP-2)

Tackles

  • George Hauser, Minnesota (ECP-1)
  • Fred Becker, Iowa (ECP-1)
  • Manley R. Petty, Illinois (ECP-2)
  • Frank A. R. Mayer, Minnesota (ECP-2)

Guards

  • Charles Higgins, Chicago (ECP-1)
  • Gilbert S. Sinclair, Minnesota (ECP-1)
  • Conrad L. Eklund, Minnesota (ECP-2)
  • Charlie Bachman, Notre Dame (ECP-2) (CFHOF)

Centers

  • John L. Townley, Jr., Minnesota (ECP-1)
  • Walter Niemann, Michigan (ECP-2)

Quarterbacks

  • Bart Macomber, Illinois (ECP-1) (CFHOF)
  • Claire Long, Minnesota (ECP-2)

Halfbacks

  • Paddy Driscoll, Northwestern (ECP-1) (CFHOF/PFHOF)
  • John Maulbetsch, Michigan (ECP-1) (CFHOF)
  • Hal Hansen, Minnesota (ECP-2)
  • Stan Cofall, Notre Dame (ECP-2)

Fullbacks

Key

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors

ECP = E. C. Patterson in Collier's Weekly[1]

CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame

See also

References

  1. ^ E.C. Patterson (December 23, 1916). "Collier's All-Western Eleven". Collier's Weekly. p. 22.
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