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1926 All Big Ten Conference football team

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The 1926 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Big Ten Conference teams chosen by various selectors for the 1926 Big Ten Conference football season. Herb Joesting and Bennie Oosterbaan were the only two players chosen unanimously in the Associated Press poll of conference coaches.

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  • Bennie Oosterbaan, Michigan (AP-1; UP-1; BE-1; WE-1)
  • Roger B. Wheeler, Minnesota (AP-1; UP-2; BE-1; WE-1)
  • William Flora, Michigan (AP-2; UP-1; BE-3)
  • Chuck Kassel, Illinois (AP-2, UP-3)
  • Jefferson Burrus, Wisconsin (UP-2; BE-2)
  • Waldo A. Fisher, Northwestern (UP-3; BE-2)
  • Laurie Apitz, Chicago (BE-3)

    • Tackles

  • Spike Nelson, Iowa (AP-1; UP-2; BE-1)
  • Leo Raskowski, Ohio State (AP-2; UP-1; BE-2; WE-1)
  • Robert W. Johnson, Northwestern (UP-2; BE-1; UP-2 [tackle]; WE-1)
  • Mike Gary, Minnesota (AP-1; UP-3; BE-3)
  • Ray Baer, Michigan (AP-2; UP-3; BE-2)
  • Leo R. Uridil, Ohio State (BE-3)

    • Guards

  • Ed Hess, Ohio State (AP-1; UP-1; BE-1; WE-1)
  • Bernie Shively, Illinois (AP-1; UP-2; BE-1; WE-1)
  • Harold W. Hanson, Minnesota (AP-2; UP-1 [tackle]; BE-2)
  • Bart, Northwestern (UP-1)
  • John Lovette, Michigan (AP-2; BE-2)
  • Louis A. Briner, Indiana (UP-3)
  • John Lovette, Michigan (UP-3)
  • Theodore R. Meyer, Ohio State (BE-3)
  • A. L. Spencer, Purdue (BE-3)

    • Centers

  • Robert Reitsch, Illinois (AP-1; UP-1; BE-2; WE-1)
  • Alex Klein, Ohio State (AP-2; UP-2; BE-1)
  • Ken Rouse, Chicago (UP-3; BE-3)

    • Quarterbacks

  • Benny Friedman, Michigan (AP-1; UP-1; BE-1 WE-1)
  • Harold Almquist, Minnesota (AP-2; BE-2)
  • Franklin B. Lanum, Illinois (UP-2)
  • Algy Clark, Ohio State (UP-3; BE-3)

    • Halfbacks

  • Ralph Baker, Northwestern (AP-1; UP-1; BE-1; WE-1)
  • Marty Karow, Ohio State (AP-1; UP-1; BE-2 [as fb]; WE-1)
  • Nick Kutsch, Iowa (AP-2; UP-2; BE-3)
  • Chester "Cotton" Wilcox, Purdue (AP-2; UP-2; BE-1)
  • Louis Gilbert, Michigan (UP-3; BE-2)
  • Byron Eby, Ohio State (UP-3)
  • Vic Gustafson, Northwestern (BE-3)

    • Fullbacks

  • Herb Joesting, Minnesota (AP-1; UP-1; BE-1; WE-1)
  • Loren L. Lewis, Northwestern (AP-2; UP-2; BE-3)
  • Russell Daugherity, Illinois (UP-3; BE-2 [as hb])

    • Key

    AP = Associated Press

    UP = United Press

    BE = Billy Evans

    WE = Walter Eckersall]

    Bold = Consensus first-team selection by majority of the selectors listed above

    References

    1926 All-Big Ten Conference football team Wikipedia
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