1916 All-Western Conference football team

August 2023 The 1916 All-Western Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the all-conference team for the Western Conference, later known as the Big Ten Conference, as chosen by various selectors for the 1916 college football season. All-Western Conference selections Ends Bert Baston, Minnesota (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1) Paul Meyers, Wisconsin (WE-1) Charles Bolen, Ohio (AX-1; ECP-2) Reynold Kraft, Illinois (WE-2; IV-1) Frederick I. Norman, Northwestern (WE-2; ECP-2) Tackles Jackson, Chicago (WE-1) Frank A. R. Mayer, Minnesota (WE-1; ECP-2) George Hauser, Minnesota (AX-1; ECP-1) Fred Becker, Iowa (ECP-1) Manley R. Petty, Illinois (ECP-2) Elmer T. Rundquist, Illinois (WE-2) Reding Putnam, Northwestern (WE-2) Guards Conrad L. Eklund, Minnesota (WE-1; IV-1; ECP-2) Leonard L. Charpier, Illinois (WE-1) M. J. Proud, Purdue (AX-1) Gilbert S. Sinclair, Minnesota (AX-1; ECP-1) Eldon J. Smith, Northwestern (IV-1) Charles Higgins, Chicago (WE-2; ECP-1) Charlie Bachman, Notre Dame (ECP-2) Centers Fred Becker, Iowa (WE-1; AX-1 [tackle]) John L. Townley, Jr., Minnesota (AX-1; IV-1; WE-2 [guard]; ECP-1) Charles Carpenter, Wisconsin (WE-2) Walter Niemann, Michigan (ECP-2) Fisher, Chicago (IV-2) Ferdinand Holtkamp, Ohio State (AX-2; IV-2 [guard]) Quarterbacks Bart Macomber, Illinois (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1) Claire Long, Minnesota (WE-2; AX-2; IV-2; ECP-2) Halfbacks Chic Harley, Ohio State (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1) Paddy Driscoll, Northwestern (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1) John Maulbetsch, Michigan (ECP-1) Eber Simpson, Wisconsin (AX-2; IV-2) Archie Erehart, Indiana (WE-2; AX-2) J. Elwood Davis, Iowa (WE-2) Harold Hansen, Minnesota (ECP-2) Stan Cofall, Notre Dame (ECP-2) Joseph M. Sprafka, Minnesota (IV-2) Fullbacks Pudge Wyman, Minnesota (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1) Bob Koehler, Northwestern (WE-2; AX-2; IV-2; ECP-2) Key WE = Walter Eckersall in the Chicago TribuneTrio of All-Conference Selections Pittsburgh Daily Post November 29, 1916 10 https://www.newspapers.com/image/87524813/?terms=macomber%2Bharley AX = G. W. Axelson in the Chicago Herald IV = Irving Vaughn in the Chicago Examiner ECP = E. C. Patterson in Collier's WeeklyE.C. Patterson Collier's All-Western Eleven Collier's Weekly December 23, 1916 22 https://books.google.com/books?id=KM4cAQAAMAAJ&q=baston+huser+sinclair+becker&pg=RA12-PA22 Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors See also 1916 College Football All-America Team 1916 All-Western college football team References Category:1916 Western Conference football season Category:All-Big Ten Conference football teams