1906 All-Western college football team

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The 1906 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1906 college football season.

All-Western selections

Ends

Bobby Marshall , Minnesota (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1, OL, SLG) (CFHOF)
Mysterious Walker , Chicago (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CIO, CJ, CRH, ECP-1, SLG)
Franz "Dutch" Frurip, Wabash (CT)
Frank W. Johnson, Nebraska (ECP-2)
Charles J. Moynihan, Illinois (ECP-2)

Tackles

Joe Curtis , Michigan (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1, SLG)
Ed Parry , Chicago (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP [end], CIO, CJ, CRH [guard], ECP-1, OL [end], SLG)
George Leland Case, Minnesota (CC [guard], CE [guard], CEP, CRH [guard], CT, ECP-2, OL)
Franklin C. Wade, Indiana (ECP-2)

Guards

Forest Van Hook, Illinois (CDN, CEP, CT, ECP-1, SLG)
Theodore Vita, Minnesota (CA, CDN, CE, CEP, CJ, CT, ECP-2, OL, SLG)
William "Bill" Ittner, Minnesota (CC, CIO, CRH [tackle], ECP-1, OL [tackle])
Warren A. Gelbach, Wisconsin (CIO)
Walter D. Graham, Michigan (CJ, ECP-2)
Smith, Minnesota (CA, OL)

Centers

Orren Eark Safford, Minnesota (CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CRH, ECP-1, OL, SLG)
Lloyd A. Waugh, Indiana (CJ, ECP-2)
Stechm, Wisconsin (CT)
W. Wellinghoff, Purdue (CA)

Quarterbacks

Walter Eckersall , Chicago (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1, OL, SLG) (CFHOF)
Frank K. Hare, Indiana (ECP-2)

Halfbacks

Walter Steffen , Chicago (CA, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CT, ECP-2, SLG) (CFHOF)
John Schuknecht, Minnesota (CC, CDN, CIO, CRH, ECP-1, OL, SLG)
Heze Clark, Indiana (CE, CEP, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1)
Hodge, Illinois (CA)
Paul Magoffin, Michigan (CC, ECP-2)
William C. Doane, Minnesota (OL)

Fullbacks

John Garrels , Michigan (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1, OL, SLG)
Earl Current, Minnesota (ECP-2)

Key

CA = Chicago American^[1]

CC = Chicago Chronicle^[1]

CDN = Chicago Daily News^[1]

CE = Chicago Examiner^[1]

CEP = Chicago Evening Post^[1]

CIO = Chicago Inter-Ocean^[1]

CJ = Chicago Journal^[1]

CRH = Chicago Record-Herald^[1]

CT = Chicago Tribune^[1]

ECP = Elmer C. Patterson for Collier's Weekly ^[2]

OL = O'Loughlin in The Minneapolis Journal^[3]

SLG = St. Louis Globe-Democrat^[1]

CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Walter Camp, ed. (1907). Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1907. American Sports Publishing Company. pp. 23, 25.
↑ "Pick Stars of the Gridiron". The Pittsburgh Press. January 9, 1907.
↑ O'Loughlin (December 2, 1906). "An All-Western Team To Play the "New" Game". The Minneapolis Journal. p. 2 (Sports).

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[spa-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Walter Camp, ed. (1907). Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1907. American Sports Publishing Company. pp. 23, 25.

[2] "Pick Stars of the Gridiron". The Pittsburgh Press. January 9, 1907.

[3] O'Loughlin (December 2, 1906). "An All-Western Team To Play the "New" Game". The Minneapolis Journal. p. 2 (Sports).

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