1908 All-Western college football team explained

The 1908 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1908 college football season.

All-Western selections

Ends

• James Dean, Wisconsin (ALF, CDN, WE)
• Walter Henry Rademacher, Minnesota (CDN, CRH)
• Harlan Page, Chicago (ALF, WE)
• Anderson, Wisconsin (CRH)

Tackles

• James Walker, Minnesota (ALF, CDN, CRH, WE)
• Oscar Osthoff, Wisconsin (ALF, CDN)
• Ralph Dimmick, Notre Dame (WE)

Guards

• Albert Benbrook, Michigan (CDN, CRH, WE) (CFHOF)
• Glenn D. Butzer, Illinois (ALF, CDN, CRH)
• Sam Dolan, Notre Dame (WE)
• William Mackmiller, Wisconsin (ALF)

Centers

• Henry E. Farnum, Minnesota (CDN, CRH)
• Andrew W. Smith, Michigan (WE)
• Benjamin Harrison Badenoch, Chicago (ALF)

Quarterbacks

• John McGovern, Minnesota (ALF, CRH, WE) (CFHOF)
• Harlan Page, Chicago (CDN)

Halfbacks

• Dave Allerdice, Michigan (CDN, WE)
• Joe Magidsohn, Michigan (CRH, WE)
• William Lucas Crawley, Chicago (ALF, CRH)
• Reuben Martin Rosenwald, Minnesota (ALF, CDN)

Fullbacks

• Earle T. Pickering, Minnesota (ALF, CRH)
• Oscar William Worthwine, Chicago (CDN)
• Robert E. Vaughan, Notre Dame (WE)

Key

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors

ALF = A. L. Fridstein in Daily Maroon (Univ. of Chicago)^[1]

CDN = Chicago Daily News^[1]

CRH = Chicago Record-Herald^[1]

WE = Walter Eckersall in the Chicago Tribune^[1]

CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame

See also

• 1908 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

1. Book: Spalding's Official Football Guide for 1909. Walter Camp. American Sports Publishing Company. 1909. 31.