1915 All-Western college football team
| 1915 All-Western college football team |
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| 1915 college football season |
| 1913 1914 ← → 1916 1917 |
The 1915 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1915 college football season.
All-Western selections
[edit]Ends
[edit]- Bert Baston, Minnesota (Ax-1; ECP-1; S; WE-1) (CFHOF)
- Guy Chamberlin, Nebraska (Ax-1; ECP-2, FM-1; S) (CFHOF/PFHOF)
- George K. Squier, Illinois (Ax-2; ECP-1, DJ, FM-1; WE-1)
- Albert J. Quist, Minnesota (Ax-2; ECP-2; WE-2)
- Blake Miller, Michigan State (DJ)
- Carl Brelos, Chicago (WE-2)
Tackles
[edit]- Cub Buck, Wisconsin (Ax-1; ECP-1, DJ [as guard], FM-1; S; WE-1)
- Laurens Shull, Chicago (Ax-1; ECP-2, DJ, FM-1; WE-1)
- Elmer T. Rundquist, Illinois (ECP-1)
- Ross Petty, Illinois (ECP-2)
- Vic Halligan, Nebraska (DJ)
- Gideon Smith, Michigan Agricultural (S)
- Ivan B. Boughton, Ohio State (Ax-2; WE-2)
- Robert H. Randolph, Northwestern (Ax-2; WE-2)
Guards
[edit]- Merton Arthur Dunnigan, Minnesota (Ax-1; ECP-1; FM-1; WE-1)
- Freeman Fitzgerald, Notre Dame (Ax-2; FM-1; S)
- Frank Blocker, Purdue (Ax-1; ECP-1; WE-1)
- Fred R. Hanschmann, Illinois (ECP-2)
- Gilbert S. Sinclair, Minnesota (ECP-2)
- William D. Cochran, Michigan (DJ)
- Earl Abbott, Nebraska (Ax-2; S)
- Austin Stromberg, Northwestern (WE-2)
- Irving J. Barron, Iowa (WE-2)
Centers
[edit]- Jack Watson, Illinois (Ax-1; ECP-1; DJ; FM-1; S; WE-1)
- H. F. Hanson, Minnesota (ECP-2; FM-2; WE-2)
- Lyman Frimodig, Michigan Agr. (FM-3)
- Fisher, Chicago (Ax-2)
Quarterbacks
[edit]- Pete Russell, Chicago (Ax-1; ECP-1, DJ [as hb], FM-1; S; WE-1)
- George Clark, Illinois (ECP-2; DJ; FM-2; WE-2)
- C. I. "Shorty" Long, Minnesota (FM-3)
- Frank B. Whitaker, Indiana (Ax-2)
Halfbacks
[edit]- Bart Macomber, Illinois (Ax-2; ECP-1; FM-3; S; WE-1) (CFHOF)
- John Maulbetsch, Michigan (Ax-2; ECP-1, FM-3 [as fb]; S) (CFHOF)
- R. B. Rutherford, Nebraska (Ax-1; FM-1)
- Neno DaPrato, Michigan Agr. (FM-1)
- Paddy Driscoll, Northwestern (Ax-1)
- Eber Simpson, Wisconsin (ECP-2)
- Dow Byers, Wisconsin (ECP-2, FM-2; WE-1)
- Stan Cofall, Notre Dame (FM-2)
- Ballentyne, Minnesota (WE-2)
- Harold A. Winters, Ohio State (FM-3)
Fullbacks
[edit]- Bernie Bierman, Minnesota (Ax-1; ECP-1, DJ [as hb], FM-1; S; WE-1) (CFHOF)
- Pudge Wyman, Minnesota (ECP-2)
- Harold Pogue, Illinois (DJ; WE-2)
- Charlie Bachman, Notre Dame (Ax-2) (CFHOF)
- Patterson, Northwestern (WE-2)
Key
[edit]Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors
Ax = G. W. Axelson of the Chicago Herald[1]
ECP = E. C. Patterson in Collier's Weekly[2]
DJ = Dick Jemison in the Atlanta Constitution.[3]
FM = Frank G. Menke of the International News Service[4]
S = Sullivan in The News of Chicago[5]
WE = Walter Eckersall of the Chicago Tribune[5]
CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by at least three of the selectors listed
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "All-Western Team Picked by Axelson". The Daily Gate City. November 29, 1915. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Seven Illini Chosen For Colliers' All-Western". Daily Illini. December 5, 1915.
- ^ Dick Jemison (November 21, 1915). "All-Western Pick". Atlanta Constitution. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "All-Western Team Picked". The Ogden Standard. December 1, 1915. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Famous Walter Eckersall Picks 1915 All Western Football Teams". The Meriden Daily Journal. November 22, 1915. p. 11.
