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, IO-2, WE-1)
  • Knute Rockne, Notre Dame (CDN-1, CON, CT, ECP-2, IO-1, WE-1) (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, WE-2)
  • Harold Ofstie, Wisconsin (CDN-2, IO-1)
  • Harold Pogue, Illinois (IO-2)
  • Ralph B. Henning, Michigan Agricultural (WE-2)

Tackles
  • Robert Butler, Wisconsin (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1)
  • Miller Pontius, Michigan (CDN-1, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-2) [CAA]
  • Brown, South Dakota (CON, CRH)
  • Vic Halligan, Nebraska (CT, WE-1)
  • Archie Kirk, Iowa (ECP-2, IO-2)
  • Gideon Smith, Michigan Agricultural (ECP-2)
  • Chester W. Gifford, Michigan Agricultural (CDN-2, IO-2, WE-2)
  • Harold Ernest Goettler, Chicago (CDN-2)

Guards
  • Ernest Allmendinger, Michigan (CDN-2, CON, CRH, CT, WE-1)
  • Ray Keeler, Wisconsin (CDN-2, CON, CRH, ECP-2, IO-1, WE-2) [CAA]
  • Faunt V. Lenardson, Michigan Agricultural (CDN-1, CT, WE-1)
  • Harris, Chicago (CDN-1, ECP-2, IO-2)
  • George C. Paterson, Michigan (ECP-1)
  • Boles Rosenthal, Minnesota (IO-1)
  • H. B. Routh, Purdue (IO-2)
  • James J. Gallagher, Missouri (WE-2)

Centers
  • Paul Des Jardien, Chicago (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1) [CAA, CFHOF]
  • C. E. Glossop, Purdue (CDN-2, ECP-2)
  • George C. Paterson, Michigan (IO-2)
  • Al Feeney, Notre Dame (WE-2)

Quarterbacks
  • Gus Dorais, Notre Dame (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-2, IO-1, WE-1) [CAA, CFHOF]
  • Pete Russell, Chicago (ECP-1, WE-2)
  • Samuel Gross, Iowa (CDN-2)
  • Wilbur Hightower, Northwestern (IO-2)

Halfbacks
  • James B. Craig, Michigan (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1) [CAA]
  • Nelson Norgren, Chicago (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1)
  • William McAlmon, Minnesota (ECP-2)
  • Gray, Chicago (CDN-2, ECP-2)
  • Miller, Michigan Agricultural (CDN-2)
  • Leonard Purdy, Nebraska (IO-2)
  • Elmer Oliphant, Purdue (IO-2) (CFHOF)
  • Richard B. Rutherford, Nebraska (WE-2)
  • Joe Pliska, Notre Dame (WE-2)

Fullbacks

Key

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors

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]

IO = The Inter Ocean[8]

WE = Walter Eckersall[9]

CAA = Consensus All-American during the 1913 college football season[1]

CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame

See also

References
  1. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  2. "Chicagoan Prefers Non-Conference Men On His All-Western". The Evening Times, Grand Forks, ND. November 25, 1913. p. 8.
  3. "All Stars of East and West". The Calumet News. December 3, 1913. p. 7.
  4. "Football Critics Select All-Western Eleven". The Evening Times, Grand Forks, ND. December 6, 1913. p. 6.
  5. "Football Critics Select All-Western Eleven". The Topeka Daily State Journal. December 6, 1913. p. 7.
  6. "Chicago Writers To the Fore With Their All-Western Elevens". The Evening Times, Grand Forks, ND. December 1, 1913. p. 10.
  7. E. C. Patterson (1913). "Collier's All-Western Eleven". Collier's Weekly. p. 26.
  8. Matt Foley (November 23, 1913). "All-Western Football Teams". The Inter Ocean. p. 28.
  9. Walter Eckersall (November 30, 1913). "Craig, Leonardson and Allmendinger For 'All-Western'". Detroit Free Press. p. 17.
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