1912 All-Western college football team
| 1912 All-Western college football team |
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| 1912 college football season |
| 1910 1911 ← → 1913 1914 |
The 1912 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1912 college football season.
All-Western selections
[edit]Ends
[edit]- Joseph Hoeffel, Wisconsin (Ax, ECP-1, WE-1)
- Miller Pontius, Michigan (Ax, ECP-1, FY [tackle], WE-1)
- Roy Torbet, Michigan (FY)
- John Vruwink, Chicago (FY)
- Harold R. Mulligan, Nebraska (WE-2)
- Andrew N. Johnson, Northwestern (WE-2)
Tackles
[edit]- Bob Butler, Wisconsin (Ax, ECP-1, FY, WE-1) (CFHOF)
- Jim Trickey, Iowa (ECP-1, WE-2)
- Donald B. Barricklow, Ohio State (WE-1)
- Halstead Carpeneter, Chicago (WE-2)
Guards
[edit]- Ray Keeler, Wisconsin (Ax, ECP-1, WE-1)
- Clark Shaughnessy, Minnesota (Ax [tackle], ECP-1) (CFHOF)
- Fred Ebert, Wabash (WE-1)
- Clem Quinn, Michigan (FY)
- Russell J. McCurdy, Michigan Agricultural (FY)
- Henry Hanson, Iowa (WE-2)
- Ernest Allmendinger, Michigan (WE-2)
Centers
[edit]- Paul Des Jardien, Chicago (Ax, ECP-1, WE-1) (CFHOF)
- Al Feeney, Notre Dame (WE-2)
- George C. Paterson, Michigan (Ax [guard], FY)
Quarterbacks
[edit]- Edmund Gillette, Wisconsin (Ax, ECP-1, FY, WE-1)
- Gus Dorais, Notre Dame (WE-2) (CFHOF)
Halfbacks
[edit]- James B. Craig, Michigan (Ax, ECP-1, FY, WE-1)
- John VanRiper, Wisconsin (Ax, ECP-1, WE-1)
- Elmer Oliphant, Purdue (WE-2)
- William McAlmon, Minnesota (FY, WE-2)
Fullbacks
[edit]- Ray Eichenlaub, Notre Dame (WE-1) (CFHOF)
- Alvin Tandberg, Wisconsin (Ax, ECP-1, WE-2)
- George C. Thomson, Michigan (FY)
Key
[edit]Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors
Ax = George W. Axelson, Chicago football writer[1]
ECP = E. C. Patterson for Collier's Weekly[2]
FY = Fielding H. Yost, head football coach at University of Michigan, in the Detroit Free Press[3][4]
WE = Walter Eckersall for the Chicago Tribune[5]
CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Chicago Football Man Selects Two All-Star Elevens". The Washington Times. November 26, 1912. p. 13.
- ^ E. C. Patterson (December 7, 1912). "Collier's All-Western Football Team". Collier's. p. 12.
- ^ "Hurry-Up Yost's All-Western Team Favors Michigan". The Calumet News. November 30, 1912. p. 7.
- ^ "Six Michigan Players in Yost's All-Western Team: Torbet, Quinn, Pontius, Paterson, Craig and Thomson Earn Places on Mythical Eleven--"Hurry-Up" Thinks Michigan Superior of Conference Outfits". Detroit Free Press. November 28, 1912. p. 11. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013.
- ^ Walter H. Eckersall (December 1, 1912). "Eckersall Picks Western Eleven". Chicago Tribune.