1903 All-Western college football team explained

The 1903 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1903 Western Conference football season.

All-Western selections

Ends

• Curtis Redden, Michigan (BMA, BM-2, CIO-1, CRH, CT, FL-1, MJ-1, WC)
• Allen Abbott, Wisconsin (BMA, BM-1, CIO-1, CRH, CT, FL-2)
• Eddie Rogers, Minnesota (BMA, BM-1, CIO-2, FL-1, MJ-1, WC)
• James Irving Bush, Wisconsin (BM-2, MJ-2)
• Frank Longman, Michigan (MJ-2)
• Frederick A. Speik, Chicago (CIO-2, FL-2)

Tackles

• Joe Maddock, Michigan (BMA, BM-1, CIO-1, CRH, CT, FL-1, MJ-1, WC)
• Fred Schacht, Minnesota (BMA, BM-1, CIO-1, CRH, CT, FL-1, MJ-1, WC)
• Joe Curtis, Michigan (CIO-2, FL-2, MJ-2)
• Harry I. Allen, Northwestern (BM-2, MJ-2)
• Tiny Maxwell, Chicago (CIO-2)
• Thomas S. Hammond, Michigan (BM-2)
• Henry H. Kafir, Northwestern (FL-2)

Guards

• Robert Philips, Northwestern (BMA, CIO-1, CRH, FL-2, WC)
• Wilson Berthke, Wisconsin (BMA, BM-1, CIO-2, FL-1, MJ-1, WC)
• Walton Willard Thorp, Minnesota (BM-1, CIO-2, CT, MJ-1)
• Claude Rothgeb, Illinois (BMA, CIO-1, FL-1, MJ-2)
• Henry Schulte, Michigan (CT)
• Charles A. Fairweather, Illinois (CRH, FL-2)
• John B. Warren, Minnesota (BM-2, MJ-2)
• Pat Beacom, Notre Dame (BM-2)

Centers

• Moses Land Strathern, Minnesota (BMA, BM-1, CIO-1, CRH, FL-1, MJ-1, WC)
• George W. Gregory, Michigan (BM-2, CIO-2, CT, FL-2, MJ-2)

Quarterbacks

• Walter Eckersall, Chicago (BMA, BM-2, CIO-1, CT, FL-2, MJ-1) (CFH0F)
• Sigmund Harris, Minnesota (BM-1, CIO-2, CRH, FL-1, MJ-2, WC)

Halfbacks

• Willie Heston, Michigan (BMA, BM-1, CIO-1, CRH, CT, FL-1 [fullback], MJ-1, WC) (CFHOF)
• James B. Irsfield, Minnesota (BMA, CIO-2, CT, FL-1, MJ-2, WC)
• E. J. Vanderboom, Wisconsin (BM-1, FL-2, MJ-1)
• George Edward Schnur, Chicago (CIO-1, FL-1)
• Herb Graver, Michigan (CRH)
• Walter G. Diener, Illinois (BM-2, MJ-2)
• Zora G. Clevenger, Indiana (CIO-2) (CFHOF)
• Otto Nelson Davies, Minnesota (BM-2)

Fullbacks

• Louis J. Salmon, Notre Dame (BMA, BM-1, CIO-1, CT, MJ-1, WC) (CFHOF)
• Mark Catlin Sr., Chicago (CIO-2, CRH, FL-2 [halfback], MJ-2)
• Earl Current, Minnesota (BM-2)
• Chauncey Colton, Northwestern (FL-2)

Key

BMA = Billy Mac, a team selected by aggregating the choices made by ten critics in St. Paul, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago and Detroit^[1]

BM = Billy Mac in The St. Paul Globe^[2]

CIO = Chicago Inter-Ocean

CRH = Chicago Record-Herald

CT = Chicago Tribune^[3]

FL = Fred Lowenthal, former star football player at University of Illinois^[4]

MJ = The Minneapolis Journal^[5]

WC = Walter Camp^[6]

CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame

See also

• 1903 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

1. News: All-Western Team Picked By Critics. Billy Mac. The St. Paul Globe. December 1, 1903. 5.
2. News: Five Gophers On All-Western Team. The St. Paul Globe. Billy Mac. November 29, 1903. 15.
3. News: Schacht Picked By All Chicago Papers. The Saint Paul Globe. November 30, 1903. 5.
4. News: Lowenthal Picks An All-Western Eleven. The St. Paul Globe. November 29, 1903. 14.
5. News: All-Western Team. The Minneapolis Journal. November 28, 1903. 8.
6. News: Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1904. American Sports Publishing Company. 1904. 33.