1927 All-Big Ten Conference football team

The 1927 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Big Ten Conference teams chosen by various selectors for the 1927 Big Ten Conference football season.

All Big-Ten selections

Ends

• Bennie Oosterbaan , Michigan (AP-1, CDN-1, HJ-1; UP-1; WE-1)
• Waldo A. Fisher, Northwestern (AP-1, CDN-1, HJ-1; UP-1; WE-3)
• Ken Haycraft, Minnesota (AP-2, HJ-2; WE-1)
• Garland Grange, Illinois (AP-2, CDN-2; WE-2)
• Don Cameron, Wisconsin (HJ-2)
• LeRoy G. Heston, Michigan (CDN-2)
• Bob Tanner, Minnesota (WE-2)
• Herman Z. Nyland, Michigan (WE-3)

Tackles

• Leo Raskowski , Ohio State (AP-1, CDN-1, HJ-1; UP-1; WE-1)
• Butch Nowack , Illinois (AP-1, CDN-1, HJ-2; WE-1)
• Mike Gary, Minnesota (AP-2, HJ-1; UP-1; WE-3)
• Spike Nelson, Iowa (AP-2, CDN-2, HJ-2; WE-2)
• Lewis, Minnesota (CDN-2)
• Stanley Binish, Wisconsin (WE-2)
• Norman Gabel, Michigan (WE-3)

Guards

• Ray Baer , Michigan (AP-1, CDN-1, HJ-1; UP-1; WE-1)
• Hal Hanson, Minnesota (AP-1, HJ-2; WE-2)
• John R. Matthews, Indiana (AP-2; WE-1)
• George Gibson, Minnesota (AP-2)
• Ernest W. Schultz, Illinois (HJ-2)
• Justin Whitlock Dart, Northwestern (CDN-1)
• Wilbert O. Catterton, Indiana (CDN-2)
• Russ Crane, Illinois (CDN-2; WE-2)
• Buck Weaver, Chicago (WE-3)
• Carroll Ringwalt, Indiana (WE-3)

Centers

• Ken Rouse , Chicago (AP-1, CDN-1, HJ-1 [guard]; UP-1; WE-1)
• Robert Reitsch, Illinois (AP-2, CDN-2, HJ-1; UP-1; WE-2)
• Clare Randolph, Indiana (HJ-2)
• George MacKinnon, Minnesota (WE-3)

Quarterbacks

• Harold "Shorty" Almquist , Minnesota (AP-1 [halfback], CDN-1, HJ-1; UP-1; WE-1)
• Edwin Crofoot, Wisconsin (AP-1, CDN-2, HJ-2; UP-2 [halfback])
• Byron Eby, Ohio State (AP-2)
• Vic Gustafson, Northwestern (UP-2)
• Harold Barnhart, Minnesota (WE-2)
• Carl Pignatelli, Iowa (UP-3)
• Fred Grim, Ohio State (WE-3)

Halfbacks

• Louis Gilbert , Michigan (AP-1, CDN-1, HJ-1; UP-1; WE-1)
• Jud Timm , Illinois (AP-2, CDN-1, HJ-1; UP-1; WE-1)
• Chester "Cotton" Wilcox, Purdue (AP-2; UP-2)
• Mally Nydahl, Minnesota (HJ-2; WE-3)
• Ralph Welch, Purdue (CDN-2, HJ-2; WE-2)
• Hugh Mendenhall, Chicago (CDN-2)
• Paul Armil, Iowa (UP-3)
• Chuck Bennett, Indiana (UP-3; WE-2)
• Gene H. Rose, Wisconsin (WE-3)

Fullbacks

• Herb Joesting , Minnesota (AP-1, CDN-1, HJ-1; UP-1; WE-1)
• Tiny Lewis, Northwestern (AP-2, CDN-2, HJ-2; UP-2)
• George Rich, Michigan (WE-2)
• Fred Humbert, Illinois (UP-3)
• Abraham Koransky, Purdue (WE-3)

Key

AP = Associated Press ^[1]

CDN = Chicago Daily News ^[2]

HJ = Harold Johnson for the Chicago Evening American ^[2]

UP = United Press, chosen by UP correspondent Clark B. Kelsey "in collaboration with a dozen football writers in Big Ten territory" ^[3]

WE = Walter Eckersall ^[4]

Bold = Consensus first-team selections of a majority of the AP, UP and Eckersall

See also

• 1927 College Football All-America Team

References

1. "Big Ten Grid Coaches Choose All-Conference Mythical Elevens". Daily Illini. November 24, 1927.
2. "Illinois Players Receive Share of 'All' Team Honors". Daily Illini. November 24, 1927.
3. "Two Illini, Reitsch, Timm, On United Press All Star Conference Eleven". The Daily Independent, Murphysboro Illinois. November 23, 1927. p. 4.
4. "Eckersall's All-Conference Elevens". Detroit Free Press. November 27, 1927. p. 18.