1905 All-Western college football team

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The 1905 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1905 Western Conference football season.

All-Western selections

Ends

Mark Catlin Sr. , Chicago (CA, CC, CDN, CEJ, CP, CRH, CT, ECP-1, MJ, JHR)
Bobby Marshall , Minnesota (CC, CDN, CP, CT, ECP-1, JHR, MJ) (CFHOF)
James Irving Bush, Wisconsin (CA, ECP-2)
Homer Thomas, Purdue (CRH)
Benton J. Bloom, Indiana (CEJ)
John Garrels, Michigan (ECP-2)

Tackles

Wilson Bertke, Minnesota (CA, CC, CDN, CEJ, CP, CRH, CT, ECP-1, JHR, MJ)
Joe Curtis , Michigan (CA, CDN, CEJ, CP, CRH, CT, ECP-1)
William "Bill" Ittner, Minnesota (CEJ [guard], ECP-1 [guard] JHR, MJ)
Art Badenoch, Chicago (ECP-2)
Percy P. Brush, Minnesota (ECP-2)

Guards

Henry Schulte , Michigan (CA, CC, CDN, CP, CRH, ECP-1, JHR, MJ)
Walter D. Graham , Michigan (CC, CP, CT, ECP-2, JHR, MJ)
Merrill C. Meigs, Chicago (CDN)
Theodore Vita, Minnesota (CA)
Melville Archibald Hill, Chicago (CC [tackle], CT)
Louis Donovan, Wisconsin (CRH, ECP-2)
E. P. King, Purdue (CEJ)

Centers

Germany Schulz , Michigan (CC, CDN, CEJ, CP, CRH, CT, ECP-2, JHR, MJ) (CFHOF)
Richard W. Remp, Wisconsin (CA)
Burton Pike Gale, Chicago (ECP-1)

Quarterbacks

Walter Eckersall , Chicago (CA, CC, CDN, CEJ, CP, CRH, CT, ECP-1, JHR, MJ) (CFHOF)
Arthur Melzner, Wisconsin (ECP-2)

Halfbacks

Thomas S. Hammond , Michigan (CA, CC, CDN, CEJ, CP, CRH, CT, ECP-1, JHR, MJ)
Albion Findlay , Wisconsin (CA, CC, CDN, CEJ, CP, CRH, CT, ECP-1, JHR, MJ)
Leo DeTray, Chicago (ECP-2)
Joseph Cutting, Minnesota (ECP-2)

Fullbacks

Hugo Bezdek , Chicago (CA, CC, CDN, CEJ, CP, CRH, CT, ECP-1, JHR, MJ) (CFHOF)
Leonard Roseth, Wisconsin (ECP-2)

Key

CA = Chicago American^[1]

CC = Chicago Chronicle^[2]

CDN = Chicago Daily News^[1]

CEJ = Chicago Evening Journal^[1]

CP = Chicago Evening Post^[1]

CRH = Chicago Record-Herald^[1]

CT = Chicago Tribune^[1]

ECP = E. C. Patterson for Collier's Weekly ^[1]

JHR = J. H. Ritchie in Illustrated Outdoor News^[1]

MJ = The Minneapolis Journal^[3]

CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Walter Camp, ed. (1906). Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1906. American Sporting Publishing Company. p. 29.
↑ "Chicago Selections for All Western Eleven". The Minneapolis Journal. December 5, 1905. p. 8. Retrieved September 11, 2015– via Newspapers.com.
↑ "The Journal's All-Western Football Team". The Minneapolis Journal. December 10, 1905.

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[spa-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Walter Camp, ed. (1906). Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1906. American Sporting Publishing Company. p. 29.

[2] "Chicago Selections for All Western Eleven". The Minneapolis Journal. December 5, 1905. p. 8. Retrieved September 11, 2015– via Newspapers.com.

[3] "The Journal's All-Western Football Team". The Minneapolis Journal. December 10, 1905.

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