The 1916 All-Western Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the all-conference team for the Western Conference, later known as the Big Ten Conference, as chosen by various selectors for the 1916 college football season.
Bert Baston, Minnesota (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1)
Paul Meyers, Wisconsin (WE-1)
Charles Bolen, Ohio (AX-1)
Reynold Kraft, Illinois (WE-2; IV-1)
Frederick I. Norman, Northwestern (WE-2)
Jackson, Chicago (WE-1)
Frank A. R. Mayer, Minnesota (WE-1)
George Hauser, Minnesota (AX-1)
Elmer T. Rundquist, Illinois (WE-2)
Reding Putnam, Northwestern (WE-2)
Ray Eklund, Minnesota (WE-1; IV-1)
Leonard L. Charpier, Illinois (WE-1)
M. J. Proud, Purdue (AX-1)
Gilbert S. Sinclair, Minnesota (AX-1)
Eldon J. Smith, Northwestern (IV-1)
Higgins, Chicago (WE-2)
Fred Becker, Iowa (WE-1; AX-1 [tackle])
John L. Townley, Jr., Minnesota (AX-1; IV-1; WE-2 [guard])
Charles Carpenter, Wisconsin (WE-2)
Fisher, Chicago (IV-2)
Ferdinand Holtkamp, Ohio State (AX-2; IV-2 [guard])
Bart Macomber, Illinois (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1)
Claire Long, Minnesota (WE-2; AX-2; IV-2)
Chic Harley, Ohio State (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1)
Paddy Driscoll, Northwestern (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1)
Eber Simpson, Wisconsin (AX-2; IV-2)
Archie Erehart, Indiana (WE-2; AX-2)
John Davis, Iowa (WE-2)
Joseph M. Sprafka, Minnesota (IV-2)
Pudge Wyman, Minnesota (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1)
Bob Koehler, Northwestern (WE-2; AX-2; IV-2)
WE = Walter Eckersall in the Chicago Tribune
AX = G. W. Axelson in the Chicago Herald
IV = Irving Vaughn in the Chicago Examiner
Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors
