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1915 All Western college football team

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The 1915 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1915 college football season.

Contents

Ends

  • Bert Baston, Minnesota (Ax-1; ECP-1; S; WE-1) (CFHOF)
  • Guy Chamberlin, Nebraska (Ax-1; ECP-2, FM-1; S; WE-1) (CFHOF/PFHOF)
  • George K. Squier, Illinois (Ax-2; ECP-1, DJ, FM-1)
  • Albert J. Quist, Minnesota (Ax-2; ECP-2)
  • Blake Miller, Michigan State (DJ)
  • Tackles

  • Cub Buck, Wisconsin (Ax-1; ECP-1, DJ [as guard], FM-1; S; WE-1)
  • Laurens Shull, Chicago (Ax-1; ECP-2, DJ, FM-1; WE-1)
  • Elmer T. Rundquist, Illinois (ECP-1)
  • Manley R. Petty, Illinois (ECP-2)
  • Vic Halligan, Nebraska (DJ)
  • Gideon Smith, Michigan Agricultural (S)
  • Ivan B. Boughton, Ohio State (Ax-2)
  • Robert H. Randolph, Northwestern (Ax-2)
  • Guards

  • Merton Arthur Dunnigan, Minnesota (Ax-1; ECP-1, FM-1; WE-1)
  • Freeman Fitzgerald, Notre Dame (Ax-2; FM-1; S; WE-1)
  • Frank Blocker, Purdue (Ax-1; ECP-1)
  • Fred R. Hanschmann, Illinois (ECP-2)
  • Gilbert S. Sinclair, Minnesota (ECP-2)
  • William D. Cochran, Michigan (DJ)
  • Earl Abbott, Nebraska (Ax-2; S)
  • Centers

  • John W. Watson, Illinois (Ax-1; ECP-1, DJ, FM-1; S; WE-1)
  • H. F. Hanson, Minnesota (ECP-2, FM-2)
  • Lyman Frimodig, Michigan Agr. (FM-3)
  • Fisher, Chicago (Ax-2)
  • Quarterbacks

  • Pete Russell, Chicago (Ax-1; ECP-1, DJ [as hb], FM-1; S; WE-1)
  • George Clark, Illinois (ECP-2, DJ, FM-2)
  • C. I. "Shorty" Long, Minnesota (FM-3)
  • Frank B. Whitaker, Indiana (Ax-2)
  • Halfbacks

  • Bart Macomber, Illinois (Ax-2; ECP-1; FM-3; S; WE-1) (CFHOF)
  • John Maulbetsch, Michigan (Ax-2; ECP-1, FM-3 [as fb]; S; WE-1) (CFHOF)
  • Richard B. Rutherford, Nebraska (Ax-1; FM-1)
  • Neno DaPrato, Michigan Agr. (FM-1)
  • Paddy Driscoll, Northwestern (Ax-1)
  • Eber Simpson, Wisconsin (ECP-2)
  • Dow Byers, Wisconsin (ECP-2, FM-2)
  • Stan Cofall, Notre Dame (FM-2)
  • Harold A. Winters, Ohio State (FM-3)
  • Fullbacks

  • Bernie Bierman, Minnesota (Ax-1; ECP-1, DJ [as hb], FM-1; S; WE-1) (CFHOF)
  • Pudge Wyman, Minnesota (ECP-2)
  • Harold Pogue, Illinois (DJ)
  • Charlie Bachman, Notre Dame (Ax-2) (CFHOF)
  • Key

    Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors

    Ax = G. W. Axelson of the Chicago Herald

    ECP = E. C. Patterson in Collier's Weekly

    DJ = Dick Jemison in the Atlanta Constitution.

    FM = Frank G. Menke of the International News Service

    S = Sullivan in the The News of Chicago

    WE = Walter Eckersall of the Chicago Tribune

    CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame

    Bold = Consensus first-team selection by at least three of the selectors listed

    References

    1915 All-Western college football team Wikipedia