1913 All-Western college football team
The 1913 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1913 college football season. Five Western players were also selected as consensus All-Americans on the 1913 College Football All-America Team: Miller Pontius (tackle, Michigan), Ray Keeler (guard, Wisconsin), Paul Des Jardien (center, Chicago), Gus Dorais (quarterback, Notre Dame), and James B. Craig (halfback, Michigan).[1]
All-Western selections
Ends
- Lorin Solon, Minnesota (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1)
- Knute Rockne, Notre Dame (CDN-1, CON, CT, ECP-2) (CFHOF)
- Clark Shaughnessy, Minnesota (CDN-2 [fullback], CRH, ECP-1 [guard]) (CFHOF)
- Blake Miller, Michigan Agricultural (ECP-1)
- Norman K. Wilson, Illinois (ECP-2)
- Earl Huntington, Chicago (CDN-2)
- Harold S. Ofstie, Wisconsin (CDN-2)
Tackles
- Robert Butler, Wisconsin (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1)
- Miller Pontius, Michigan (CAA, CDN-1, ECP-1)
- Brown, South Dakota (CON, CRH)
- Vic Halligan, Nebraska (CT)
- Archie Kirk, Iowa (ECP-2)
- Gideon Smith, Michigan Agricultural (ECP-2)
- Chester W. Gifford, Michigan Agricultural (CDN-2)
- Harold Ernest Goettler, Chicago (CDN-2)
Guards
- Ray Keeler, Wisconsin (CAA, CDN-2, CON, CRH, ECP-2)
- Ernest Allmendinger, Michigan (CDN-2, CON, CRH, CT)
- Faunt V. Lenardson, Michigan Agricultural (CDN-1, CT)
- Harris, Chicago (CDN-1, ECP-2)
- George C. Paterson, Michigan (ECP-1)
Centers
- Paul Des Jardien, Chicago (CAA, CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1) (CFHOF)
- C. E. Glossop, Purdue (CDN-2, ECP-2)
Quarterbacks
- Gus Dorais, Notre Dame (CAA, CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-2) (CFHOF)
- Pete Russell, Chicago (ECP-1)
- Samuel Gross, Iowa (CDN-2)
Halfbacks
- James B. Craig, Michigan (CAA, CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1)
- Nelson Norgren, Chicago (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1)
- William McAlmon, Minnesota (ECP-2)
- Gray, Chicago (CDN-2, ECP-2)
- Miller, Michigan Agricultural (CDN-2)
Fullbacks
- Ray Eichenlaub, Notre Dame (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1) (CFHOF)
- George E. Julian, Michigan State (ECP-2)
Key
Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors
CAA = Consensus All-American during the 1913 college football season[1]
CDN = Chicago Daily News[2]
CON = Based on "consensus of opinion of sporting writers and experts who have already picked teams"[3][4][5]
CRH = Chicago Record-Herald by M. J. Wathey[6]
CT = Chicago Tribune[6]
ECP = E. C. Patterson for Collier's Weekly[7]
CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame
See also
References
- 1 2 "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ↑ "Chicagoan Prefers Non-Conference Men On His All-Western". The Evening Times, Grand Forks, ND. November 25, 1913. p. 8.
- ↑ "All Stars of East and West". The Calumet News. December 3, 1913. p. 7.
- ↑ "Football Critics Select All-Western Eleven". The Evening Times, Grand Forks, ND. December 6, 1913. p. 6.
- ↑ "Football Critics Select All-Western Eleven". The Topeka Daily State Journal. December 6, 1913. p. 7.
- 1 2 "Chicago Writers To the Fore With Their All-Western Elevens". The Evening Times, Grand Forks, ND. December 1, 1913. p. 10.
- ↑ E. C. Patterson (1913). "Collier's All-Western Eleven". Collier's Weekly. p. 26.
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