1915 All-Western college football team

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

Ends

Bert Baston, Minnesota (Ax-1; ECP-1; S; WE-1) (CFHOF)
Guy Chamberlin, Nebraska (Ax-1; ECP-2, FM-1; S; WE-1) (CFHOF/PFHOF)
George K. Squier, Illinois (Ax-2; ECP-1, DJ, FM-1)
Albert J. Quist, Minnesota (Ax-2; ECP-2)
Blake Miller, Michigan State (DJ)

Tackles

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)
Manley R. Petty, Illinois (ECP-2)
Vic Halligan, Nebraska (DJ)
Gideon Smith, Michigan Agricultural (S)
Ivan B. Boughton, Ohio State (Ax-2)
Robert H. Randolph, Northwestern (Ax-2)

Guards

Merton Arthur Dunnigan, Minnesota (Ax-1; ECP-1, FM-1; WE-1)
Freeman Fitzgerald, Notre Dame (Ax-2; FM-1; S; WE-1)
Frank Blocker, Purdue (Ax-1; ECP-1)
Fred R. Hanschmann, Illinois (ECP-2)
Gilbert S. Sinclair, Minnesota (ECP-2)
William D. Cochran, Michigan (DJ)
Earl Abbott, Nebraska (Ax-2; S)

Centers

John W. Watson, Illinois (Ax-1; ECP-1, DJ, FM-1; S; WE-1)
H. F. Hanson, Minnesota (ECP-2, FM-2)
Lyman Frimodig, Michigan Agr. (FM-3)
Fisher, Chicago (Ax-2)

Quarterbacks

Pete Russell, Chicago (Ax-1; ECP-1, DJ [as hb], FM-1; S; WE-1)
George Clark, Illinois (ECP-2, DJ, FM-2)
C. I. "Shorty" Long, Minnesota (FM-3)
Frank B. Whitaker, Indiana (Ax-2)

Halfbacks

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; WE-1) (CFHOF)
Richard 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)
Stan Cofall, Notre Dame (FM-2)
Harold A. Winters, Ohio State (FM-3)

Fullbacks

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)
Charlie Bachman, Notre Dame (Ax-2) (CFHOF)

Key

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 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

References

↑ "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.
1 2 "1915 All-Western teams". The Lincoln Star. November 28, 1915. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.

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