1913 All-Western college football team

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The 1913 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1913 college football season. Five Western players were also selected as consensus All-Americans on the 1913 College Football All-America Team: Miller Pontius (tackle, Michigan), Ray Keeler (guard, Wisconsin), Paul Des Jardien (center, Chicago), Gus Dorais (quarterback, Notre Dame), and James B. Craig (halfback, Michigan).^[1]

All-Western selections

Ends

Lorin Solon , Minnesota (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-2, WE-1)
Knute Rockne , Notre Dame (CDN-1, CON, CT, ECP-2, IO-1, WE-1) (CFHOF)
Clark Shaughnessy, Minnesota (CDN-2 [fullback], CRH, ECP-1 [guard]) (CFHOF)
Blake Miller, Michigan Agricultural (ECP-1)
Norman K. Wilson, Illinois (ECP-2)
Earl Huntington, Chicago (CDN-2, WE-2)
Harold Ofstie, Wisconsin (CDN-2, IO-1)
Harold Pogue, Illinois (IO-2)
Ralph B. Henning, Michigan Agricultural (WE-2)

Tackles

Bob Butler , Wisconsin (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1)
Miller Pontius, Michigan (CDN-1, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-2) [CAA]
Brown, South Dakota (CON, CRH)
Vic Halligan, Nebraska (CT, WE-1)
Archie Kirk, Iowa (ECP-2, IO-2)
Gideon Smith, Michigan Agricultural (ECP-2)
Chester W. Gifford, Michigan Agricultural (CDN-2, IO-2, WE-2)
Harold Ernest Goettler, Chicago (CDN-2)

Guards

Ernest Allmendinger , Michigan (CDN-2, CON, CRH, CT, WE-1)
Ray Keeler, Wisconsin (CDN-2, CON, CRH, ECP-2, IO-1, WE-2) [CAA]
Faunt V. Lenardson, Michigan Agricultural (CDN-1, CT, WE-1)
Harris, Chicago (CDN-1, ECP-2, IO-2)
George C. Paterson, Michigan (ECP-1)
Boles Rosenthal, Minnesota (IO-1)
H. B. Routh, Purdue (IO-2)
James J. Gallagher, Missouri (WE-2)

Centers

Paul Des Jardien , Chicago (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1) [CAA, CFHOF]
C. E. Glossop, Purdue (CDN-2, ECP-2)
George C. Paterson, Michigan (IO-2)
Al Feeney, Notre Dame (WE-2)

Quarterbacks

Gus Dorais , Notre Dame (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-2, IO-1, WE-1) [CAA, CFHOF]
Pete Russell, Chicago (ECP-1, WE-2)
Samuel Gross, Iowa (CDN-2)
Wilbur Hightower, Northwestern (IO-2)

Halfbacks

James B. Craig , Michigan (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1) [CAA]
Nelson Norgren , Chicago (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1)
William McAlmon, Minnesota (ECP-2)
Gray, Chicago (CDN-2, ECP-2)
Miller, Michigan Agricultural (CDN-2)
Leonard Purdy, Nebraska (IO-2)
Elmer Oliphant, Purdue (IO-2) (CFHOF)
Dick Rutherford, Nebraska (WE-2)
Joe Pliska, Notre Dame (WE-2)

Fullbacks

Ray Eichenlaub , Notre Dame (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1) (CFHOF)
George E. Julian, Michigan State (ECP-2, IO-2, WE-2)

Key

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors

CDN = Chicago Daily News^[2]

CON = Based on "consensus of opinion of sporting writers and experts who have already picked teams"^[3]^[4]^[5]

CRH = Chicago Record-Herald by M. J. Wathey^[6]

CT = Chicago Tribune^[6]

ECP = E. C. Patterson for Collier's Weekly ^[7]

IO = The Inter Ocean ^[8]

WE = Walter Eckersall ^[9]

CAA = Consensus All-American during the 1913 college football season^[1]

CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame

References

1 2 "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
↑ "Chicagoan Prefers Non-Conference Men On His All-Western". The Evening Times, Grand Forks, ND. November 25, 1913. p. 8.
↑ "All Stars of East and West". The Calumet News. December 3, 1913. p. 7.
↑ "Football Critics Select All-Western Eleven". The Evening Times, Grand Forks, ND. December 6, 1913. p. 6.
↑ "Football Critics Select All-Western Eleven". The Topeka Daily State Journal. December 6, 1913. p. 7.
1 2 "Chicago Writers To the Fore With Their All-Western Elevens". The Evening Times, Grand Forks, ND. December 1, 1913. p. 10.
↑ E. C. Patterson (1913). "Collier's All-Western Eleven". Collier's Weekly. p. 26.
↑ Matt Foley (November 23, 1913). "All-Western Football Teams". The Inter Ocean. p. 28.
↑ Walter Eckersall (November 30, 1913). "Craig, Leonardson and Allmendinger For 'All-Western'". Detroit Free Press. p. 17.

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[CON-1] 1 2 "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2014.

[2] "Chicagoan Prefers Non-Conference Men On His All-Western". The Evening Times, Grand Forks, ND. November 25, 1913. p. 8.

[3] "All Stars of East and West". The Calumet News. December 3, 1913. p. 7.

[4] "Football Critics Select All-Western Eleven". The Evening Times, Grand Forks, ND. December 6, 1913. p. 6.

[5] "Football Critics Select All-Western Eleven". The Topeka Daily State Journal. December 6, 1913. p. 7.

[CW-6] 1 2 "Chicago Writers To the Fore With Their All-Western Elevens". The Evening Times, Grand Forks, ND. December 1, 1913. p. 10.

[7] E. C. Patterson (1913). "Collier's All-Western Eleven". Collier's Weekly. p. 26.

[8] Matt Foley (November 23, 1913). "All-Western Football Teams". The Inter Ocean. p. 28.

[9] Walter Eckersall (November 30, 1913). "Craig, Leonardson and Allmendinger For 'All-Western'". Detroit Free Press. p. 17.

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