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
