1911 All-Western college football team explained

The 1911 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1911 college football season.

All-Western selections

Ends

• Stanfield Wells, Michigan (AX, CEP, ECP-1, EWC, GWA, LGS, SFE, SJ, WE)
• Joseph Hoeffel, Wisconsin (EWC, LGS, SFE, WE)
• Paul Harold Tobin, Minnesota (AX, ECP-2, GWA)
• Knute Rockne, Notre Dame (SJ)
• Chauncey B. Oliver, Illinois (ECP-2)

Tackles

• Alfred L. Buser, Wisconsin (AX, CEP, ECP-1, EWC [guard], GWA, SFE)
• Frederick L. Conklin, Michigan (AX, ECP-2, EWC, GWA, LGS, WE)
• Charles M. Rademacher, Chicago (CEP, ECP-1, LGS, SFE, WE)
• Leonard Frank, Minnesota (ECP-2)

Guards

• Horace F. Scruby, Chicago (CEP, ECP-1, EWC, GWA, LGS, SFE, WE)
• Sylvester V. Shonka, Nebraska (AX, CEP, ECP-2, EWC [tackle], SFE, SJ [tackle], WE)
• Lucius A. Smith, Minnesota (ECP-1, LGS, SJ)
• Charles H. Belting, Illinois (AX, GWA)
• Charles J. Robinson, Minnesota (SJ)
• Paul Belting, Illinois (ECP-2)

Centers

• Willis "Fat" O'Brien, Iowa (AX, CEP, GWA, LGS, SFE, SJ)
• Clifford F. Morrell, Minnesota (ECP-1, EWC, WE)
• R. E. Branstad, Wisconsin (ECP-2)

Quarterbacks

• John "Keckie" Moll, Wisconsin (AX, CEP, ECP-2, EWC, GWA, LGS, SJ, WE)
• Thomas Andrew Gill, Indiana (SFE)
• Edmund Gillette, Wisconsin (ECP-1)

Halfbacks

• Reuben Martin Rosenwald, Minnesota (AX, CEP [fullback], ECP-1, GWA, LGS, SFE, SJ, WE)
• Clark Sauer, Chicago (AX [fullback], CEP, ECP-1, GWA [fullback], LGS, SFE, WE)
• James B. Craig, Michigan (AX, CEP, ECP-2, EWC, GWA)
• Owen A. Frank, Nebraska (EWC, SJ [tackle])
• Lewis C. Stevens, Minnesota (ECP-2, SJ)

Fullbacks

• George C. Thomson, Michigan (ECP-1, EWC, SFE, WE)
• Ralph Capron, Minnesota (CEP [end], ECP-1 [end], LGS, SJ)
• Stanley R. Pierce, Chicago (ECP-2)

Key

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors

AX = G. W. Axelson^[1]

CEP = Chicago Evening Post

ECP = E. C. Patterson of Collier's Weekly^[2]

EWC = Edward W. Cochrane, sporting editor of Kansas City Journal

GWA = G. W. Axelson, sporting editor of Chicago Record-Herald

LGS = L. G. Sullivan, sporting editor of Chicago Daily News

SJ = Edgar L. Shave and John L. Johnson in the St. Paul Daily News

WE = Walter Eckersall^[3]

SFE = San Francisco Examiner^[3]

See also

• 1911 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

1. News: Axelson Has Another Eleven: The Chicago Sporting Scribe Does Not Agree With Eckersall. The Evening Times, Grand Forks, ND. November 27, 1911.
2. News: Expert Chooses All-Western Team. The Des Moines Register. December 20, 1911. 8.
3. Book: Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1911. Walter Camp. American Sports Publishing Company. 1911. 25.