1907 All-Western college football team explained

The 1907 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1907 college football season. One player, Germany Schulz, was also a consensus All-American.

All-Western selections

Ends

• Harry S. Hammond, Michigan (CA, CDN, CE, CIO, CJ, COL, CRH, WE)
• Hewitt, Chicago (CA, CDN, CP, CRH)
• Harlan Page, Chicago (CIO, CJ, CP) (CBHOF)
• Harlan Rogers, Wisconsin (CE)

Tackles

• Walter Rheinschild, Michigan (CA, CDN, CE, COL, CP, CRH, WE)
• John Messmer, Wisconsin (CA, CIO, CJ, COL [guard], CRH, WE [guard])
• George Leland Case, Minnesota (CDN, CIO, CP, WE)
• Ivan Doseff, Chicago (CE, CJ, COL)

Guards

• Forest Van Hook, Illinois (CA, CDN, CE, CIO, CJ, COL, CP, CRH, WE)
• Walter D. Graham, Michigan (CIO, CJ, CP, CRH)
• William John Bandelin, Minnesota (CA, CE)
• Harris, Chicago (CDN)

Centers

• Germany Schulz, Michigan (CA, CDN, CE, CIO, CJ, COL, CP, CRH, WE) (CFHOF)

Quarterbacks

• Walter Steffen, Chicago (CA, CDN, CE, CIO, CJ, COL, CP, CRH, WE) (CFHOF)

Halfbacks

• Leo DeTray, Chicago (CA [fullback], CDN, CE, CIO, CJ, COL, CP, CRH [fullback], WE)
• Carroll N. Kirk, Iowa (CA, CE, CRH)
• John Robert Schuknecht, Minnesota (CIO, CJ, COL [fullback])
• Harold Iddings, Chicago (CDN, COL [end], WE)
• Oscar Osthoff, Wisconsin (CP)

Fullbacks

• George Capron, Minnesota (CA [halfback], CDN, CE, CIO, CJ, COL [halfback], CP, CRH [halfback], WE [end])
• John H. Weller, Nebraska (WE)

Key

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors

CA = Chicago American

CDN = Chicago Daily News

CE = Chicago Examiner

CIO = Chicago Inter-Ocean^[1]

CJ = Chicago Journal^[1]

COL = Collier's Weekly^[1]

CP = Chicago Evening Post^[1]

CRH = Chicago Record-Herald^[1]

WE = Walter Eckersall for the Chicago Tribune^{[1] [2]}

CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame

CBHOF = College Basketball Hall of Fame

See also

• 1907 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

1. Book: Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1908. Walter Camp. American Sports Publishing Company. 1908. 27, 29.
2. News: An All-Western Football Team. New York Daily Tribune. December 8, 1907.