The 1917 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1917 college football season.
Charles Bolen, Ohio State (FM, HP, LA, LGS, PD)W. M. Kelley, Wisconsin (FM, GWA, LA, LGS, PD)Charles Laun, Iowa (GWA)Alan Boyd, Michigan (HP)John Rasmussen, Camp Grant / Nebraska (REAL)Gardiner, Camp Custer / Carlisle Indian (REAL)George Hauser, Minnesota (FM, HB, GWA, LA, LGS, PD)Harold J. Courtney, Ohio State (LA, LGS, PD [guard])Dave Philbin, Notre Dame (GWA)Ernest Hubka, Nebraska (HP)Blacklock, Great Lakes Naval Training Station / Michigan (REAL)Ward, Camp Custer (REAL)Charles Higgins, Chicago (FM, GWA, LA, PD)Elmert T. Rundquist, Illinois (FM [tackle], LA, LGS)C. L. Eklund, Minnesota (GWA, LGS, PD [tackle])John Ulrich, Northwestern (FM)Tillie Voss, Detroit (HP)Joseph Hanish, Michigan (HP)Whiting, Camp Grant - Chicago (REAL)Robins, Great Lakes Naval Training Station / Springfield Normal (REAL)Frank Rydzewski, Notre Dame (FM, GWA, LA, LGS, PD)Frank Culver, Michigan (HP)Pottinger, Great Lakes Naval Training Station - Wisconsin (REAL)Archie Weston, Michigan (FM, LA [halfback], LGS)Eber Simpson, Wisconsin (LA, PD)Howard Yerges, Sr., Ohio State (GWA)Costello, Camp Custer / Georgetown (REAL)Chic Harley, Ohio State (FM, GWA, HP, LA, LGS) (CFHOF)Joe Brandy, Notre Dame (FM)Hugo Otopalik, Nebraska (LGS)Eber Simpson, Wisconsin (GWA)Allen, Detroit (HP)Fritz Shiverick, Camp Grant / Cornell (REAL)James B. Craig, Fort Sheridan / Michigan (REAL)Bob Koehler, Northwestern (FM, GWA, LA, LGS)Forrest Strome, Kalamazoo (HP)Cedric C. Smith, Great Lakes Naval Training Station / Michigan (REAL)Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors
FM = Frank G. Menke, sporting editor of Newspaper Feature Service
GWA = G. W. Axelson in Chicago Herald
HP = Howard Pearson in Detroit Journal
LA = Leonard Adams, football editor Chicago Journal
LGS = Lambert G. Sullivan, football editor of Chicago Daily News
PD = Paddy Driscoll in Chicago Examiner
REAL = The Real All-Western Eleven (by Lambert G. Sullivan, football editor Chicago Daily News)
CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame
