1909 All-Western college football team explained

The 1909 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1909 college football season.

All-Western selections

Ends

• Harlan Page, Chicago (ECP-1, WE)
• James Dean, Wisconsin (ECP-2, WE)
• Walter Henry Rademacher, Minnesota (ECP-1)
• Frederick L. Conklin, Michigan (ECP-2)

Tackles

• James Walker, Minnesota (ECP-1, WE)
• George Philbrook, Notre Dame (ECP-1)
• Ralph Dimmick, Notre Dame (WE)
• F. E. Boyle, Wisconsin (ECP-2)
• Homer W. Dutter, Indiana (ECP-2)

Guards

• Albert Benbrook, Michigan (ECP-1, WE) (CFHOF)
• Sam Dolan, Notre Dame (ECP-1, WE)
• Glenn D. Butzer, Illinois (ECP-2)
• Harry W. Powers, Minnesota (ECP-2)

Centers

• Andrew W. Smith, Michigan (ECP-2, WE)
• Henry E. Farnum, Minnesota (ECP-1)

Quarterbacks

• John McGovern, Minnesota (ECP-1, WE) (CFHOF)
• Otto E. Seiler, Illinois (ECP-2)

Halfbacks

• Dave Allerdice, Michigan (ECP-1, WE)
• Joe Magidsohn, Michigan (ECP-1, WE)
• William Lucas Crawley, Chicago (ECP-2)
• Harry "Red" Miller, Notre Dame (ECP-2)

Fullbacks

• Earle T. Pickering, Minnesota (ECP-1)
• Robert E. Vaughan, Notre Dame (WE)
• John Wilce, Wisconsin (ECP-2) (CFHOF)

Key

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors

ECP = E. C. Patterson for Collier's Weekly^[1]

WE = Walter Eckersall in the Chicago Tribune^[2]

CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame

See also

• 1909 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

1. News: The All-Western Football Team. E. C. Patterson. Collier's. December 25, 1909. 17.
2. News: Plan A 'Big Five' For West In 1910. Bismarck Daily Tribune. December 5, 1909. 10.