1916 All-Western Conference football team

The 1916 All-Western Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the all-conference team for the Western Conference, later known as the Big Ten Conference, as chosen by various selectors for the 1916 college football season.

All-Western Conference selections

Ends

Bert Baston, Minnesota (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1)
Paul Meyers, Wisconsin (WE-1)
Charles Bolen, Ohio (AX-1; ECP-2)
Reynold Kraft, Illinois (WE-2; IV-1)
Frederick I. Norman, Northwestern (WE-2; ECP-2)

Tackles

Jackson, Chicago (WE-1)
Frank A. R. Mayer, Minnesota (WE-1; ECP-2)
George Hauser, Minnesota (AX-1; ECP-1)
Fred Becker, Iowa (ECP-1)
Manley R. Petty, Illinois (ECP-2)
Elmer T. Rundquist, Illinois (WE-2)
Reding Putnam, Northwestern (WE-2)

Guards

Conrad L. Eklund, Minnesota (WE-1; IV-1; ECP-2)
Leonard L. Charpier, Illinois (WE-1)
M. J. Proud, Purdue (AX-1)
Gilbert S. Sinclair, Minnesota (AX-1; ECP-1)
Eldon J. Smith, Northwestern (IV-1)
Charles Higgins, Chicago (WE-2; ECP-1)
Charlie Bachman, Notre Dame (ECP-2)

Centers

Fred Becker, Iowa (WE-1; AX-1 [tackle])
John L. Townley, Jr., Minnesota (AX-1; IV-1; WE-2 [guard]; ECP-1)
Charles Carpenter, Wisconsin (WE-2)
Walter Niemann, Michigan (ECP-2)
Fisher, Chicago (IV-2)
Ferdinand Holtkamp, Ohio State (AX-2; IV-2 [guard])

Quarterbacks

Bart Macomber, Illinois (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1)
Claire Long, Minnesota (WE-2; AX-2; IV-2; ECP-2)

Halfbacks

Chic Harley, Ohio State (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1)
Paddy Driscoll, Northwestern (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1)
John Maulbetsch, Michigan (ECP-1)
Eber Simpson, Wisconsin (AX-2; IV-2)
Archie Erehart, Indiana (WE-2; AX-2)
J. Elwood Davis, Iowa (WE-2)
Hal Hansen, Minnesota (ECP-2)
Stan Cofall, Notre Dame (ECP-2)
Joseph M. Sprafka, Minnesota (IV-2)

Fullbacks

Pudge Wyman, Minnesota (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1)
Bob Koehler, Northwestern (WE-2; AX-2; IV-2; ECP-2)

Key

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

AX = G. W. Axelson in the Chicago Herald^[1]

IV = Irving Vaughn in the Chicago Examiner^[1]

ECP = E. C. Patterson in Collier's Weekly^[2]

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Trio of All-Conference Selections". Pittsburgh Daily Post. November 29, 1916. p. 10.
^ E.C. Patterson (December 23, 1916). "Collier's All-Western Eleven". Collier's Weekly. p. 22.

[Trio-1] "Trio of All-Conference Selections". Pittsburgh Daily Post. November 29, 1916. p. 10.

[2] E.C. Patterson (December 23, 1916). "Collier's All-Western Eleven". Collier's Weekly. p. 22.

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