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1915 All-Western college football team
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American all-star college football team
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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) (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
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
Merton 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
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
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
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)
Dick 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)
James Ballentine, Minnesota (WE-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; WE-2)
Charlie Bachman, Notre Dame (Ax-2) (CFHOF)
Patterson, Northwestern (WE-2)
Key
Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors
Ax = G. W. Axelson of the Chicago HeraldAll-Western Team Picked by Axelson The Daily Gate City November 29, 1915 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5219574/allwestern_team_picked_by_axelson/ Newspapers.com
ECP = E. C. Patterson in Collier's WeeklySeven Illini Chosen For Colliers' All-Western Daily Illini December 5, 1915 http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=DIL19151205.2.10
DJ = Dick Jemison in the Atlanta Constitution.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1924634// All-Western Pick Atlanta Constitution November 21, 1915 March 4, 2015 Dick Jemison Dick Jemison Newspapers.com
FM = Frank G. Menke of the International News ServiceAll-Western Team Picked The Ogden Standard December 1, 1915 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5218978/the_ogden_standard/ Newspapers.com
S = Sullivan in The News of Chicago
WE = Walter Eckersall of the Chicago TribuneFamous Walter Eckersall Picks 1915 All Western Football Teams The Meriden Daily Journal November 22, 1915 11 https://books.google.com/books?id=JrxIAAAAIBAJ&dq=All-western+football+team&pg=PA6&article_id=3995,3562258
CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by at least three of the selectors listed
See also
1915 College Football All-America Team
References
Category:1915 Western Conference football season
Category:All-Western college football teams