1917 All-Western college football team

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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.

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  • Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors
  • FM = Frank G. Menke, sporting editor of Newspaper Feature Service [1]
  • GWA = G. W. Axelson in Chicago Herald [1]
  • HP = Howard Pearson in Detroit Journal [1]
  • LA = Leonard Adams, football editor Chicago Journal [1]
  • LGS = Lambert G. Sullivan, football editor of Chicago Daily News [1]
  • PD = Paddy Driscoll in Chicago Examiner [1]
  • REAL = The Real All-Western Eleven (by Lambert G. Sullivan, football editor Chicago Daily News) [1]
  • CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame


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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Walter Camp, ed. (1918). Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1918. American Sports Publishing Company. pp. 16–17.