1922 All-Western college football team

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The 1922 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1922 college football season.

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, which is the team controlling the oval-shaped football, attempts to advance down the field by running with or passing the ball, while the defense, which is the team without control of the ball, aims to stop the offense's advance and aims to take control of the ball for themselves. The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs, or plays, and otherwise they turn over the football to the defense; if the offense succeeds in advancing ten yards or more, they are given a new set of four downs. Points are primarily scored by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponent's goalposts for a field goal. The team with the most points at the end of a game wins.

The 1922 college football season had a number of unbeaten and untied teams, and no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing California, Cornell, Iowa, Princeton, and Vanderbilt as national champions. California, Cornell, and Princeton were all picked by multiple selectors.

All-Western selections

Ends

Bernard Kirk, Michigan (WE-1)
Gus Tebell, Wisconsin (WE-1)
Max Kadesky, Iowa (WE-2)
Paul G. Goebel, Michigan (WE-2)

Bernard "Bernie" C. Kirk was an American football player who played for Notre Dame in 1919 and for Michigan from 1921 to 1922. He was selected as an All-American at the end position in both 1921 and 1922. In December 1922, shortly after being named an All-American and while at the height of his popularity, Kirk suffered a fractured skull in an automobile accident, and died several days later at a hospital in Ypsilanti, Michigan. His funeral was attended by the Governor of Michigan and many other dignitaries, and was reported in newspapers across the United States.

Gus Tebell American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach

Gustave Kenneth Tebell was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. From 1925 to 1929, he coached football at North Carolina State University, where he compiled a 21–25–2 record. From 1934 to 1936, he coached at the University of Virginia, where he compiled a 6–18–4 record. From 1930 to 1951, he served as the head men's basketball coach at Virginia. During that tenure, he compiled a 240–190 record. His 240 wins rank third in school history. Tebell also coached baseball at Virginia from 1941 to 1943 and from 1945 to 1955.

Paul Gordon Goebel was an American football end who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1920 to 1922. He was an All-American in 1921 and was the team's captain in 1922. He played professional football from 1923 to 1926 with the Columbus Tigers, Chicago Bears, and New York Yankees. He was named to the NFL All-Pro team in 1923 and 1924.

Tackles

Bub Weller, Nebraska (WE-1)
Marty Below, Wisconsin (WE-1) (CFHOF)
George Thompson, Iowa (WE-2)
Stanley Muirhead, Michigan (WE-2)

Raymond Fred "Bub" Weller was an American football player who played college football for the University of Nebraska and played five years and 60 games of professional football in the early years of the National Football League (NFL). Weller was unanimously selected for All-American honors at the tackle position in 1922. Weller was 6 feet 4 inches tall (1.93 m) and weighed 224 lb (102 kg) during his years as a professional football player.

Martin Paul Below was an American football player. He played at the tackle for the Wisconsin Badgers football team and was selected as a consensus All-American in 1923. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988.

Stanley Nelson Muirhead was an American football player. He played at the tackle position for the University of Michigan from 1921 to 1923, leading the Wolverines to consecutive undefeated seasons in 1922 and 1923 and a national championship in 1923. He was selected as a second-team All-American in both 1922 and 1923. Muirhead also played professional football in 1924 for the Dayton Triangles and Cleveland Bulldogs and was selected as a first-team All-NFL player.

Guards

Jim McMillen, Illinois (WE-1)
Ed Degree, Notre Dame (WE-1)
Ray Hahn, Kansas State (WE-2)
Paul Minick, Iowa (WE-2)

James Willard McMillen was a professional American football player who played guard for seven seasons for the Chicago Bears beginning in 1924. He was born in Grayslake, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois where he was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity and an All-American in 1922.

Paul Daniel Minick was a guard in the National Football League (NFL). He played with the Buffalo Bisons during the 1927 NFL season before playing two seasons with the Green Bay Packers. During his time there he was a member of the 1929 Green Bay Packers that won the NFL Championship.

Centers

Ralph King, Chicago (WE-1)
John C. Heldt, Iowa (WE-2)

John C. "Jack" Heldt was an American football player and coach. After a successful playing career at the University of Iowa in which he was a member of the 1921 All-Western college football team and 1922 All-Western college football team, he served as the head football coach at Ohio University in 1923.

Quarterbacks

Rollie Williams, Wisconsin (WE-1)
Irwin Uteritz, Michigan (WE-2)

Rolland Franklin "Rollie" Williams was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) for the Racine Legion in 1923. He played football, baseball and basketball at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Williams was the head football, basketball, and baseball coach at Millikin University during the 1923–24 academic year. He served two stints as the head basketball coach at the University of Iowa, from 1929 to 1942 and again for the 1950–51 season. He was inducted in the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1960.

Irwin Charles "Utz" Uteritz was an American athlete and coach. He played American football and baseball for the University of Michigan from 1921 to 1923. At 140 pounds, he was one of the lightest quarterbacks ever to start for a major college program. Despite his size, Michigan football coach Fielding H. Yost called him "the best field general I ever had." Uteritz led Michigan to back-to-back undefeated seasons and a national championship in 1923. He also played three years of baseball for Michigan at second base and shortstop, hit above .300 and was elected as captain of the 1923 baseball team. Uteritz later served as a football and baseball coach at Northwestern University (1924–1925), the University of Wisconsin (1925–1935), the University of California (1935–1947), and Washington University in St. Louis (1947–1963).

Halfbacks

Earl Martineau, Minnesota (WE-1)
Harry Kipke, Michigan (WE-1) (CFHOF)
Bill Boelter, Drake (WE-2)
Jimmy Pyott, Chicago (WE-2)

Fullbacks

Gordon Locke, Iowa (WE-1) (CFHOF)
Franklin Cappon, Michigan (WE-2)

Key

WE = Walter Eckersall in the Chicago Tribune ^[1]

CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame

References

↑ Walter Eckersall (December 10, 1922). "Tribune Expert Chooses Honor Eleven of West". Chicago Tribune.

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[1] Walter Eckersall (December 10, 1922). "Tribune Expert Chooses Honor Eleven of West". Chicago Tribune.