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