1912 All-Western college football team explained

The 1912 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1912 college football season.

All-Western selections

Ends

• Joseph Hoeffel, Wisconsin (Ax, ECP-1, WE-1)
• Miller Pontius, Michigan (Ax, ECP-1, FY [tackle], WE-1)
• Roy Torbet, Michigan (FY)
• John Vruwink, Chicago (FY)
• Harold R. Mulligan, Nebraska (WE-2)
• Andrew N. Johnson, Northwestern (WE-2)

Tackles

• Bob Butler, Wisconsin (Ax, ECP-1, FY, WE-1) (CFHOF)
• Jim Trickey, Iowa (ECP-1, WE-2)
• Donald B. Barricklow, Ohio State (WE-1)
• Halstead Carpeneter, Chicago (WE-2)

Guards

• Ray Keeler, Wisconsin (Ax, ECP-1, WE-1)
• Clark Shaughnessy, Minnesota (Ax [tackle], ECP-1) (CFHOF)
• Fred Ebert, Wabash (WE-1)
• Clem Quinn, Michigan (FY)
• Russell J. McCurdy, Michigan Agricultural (FY)
• Henry Hanson, Iowa (WE-2)
• Ernest Allmendinger, Michigan (WE-2)

Centers

• Paul Des Jardien, Chicago (Ax, ECP-1, WE-1) (CFHOF)
• Al Feeney, Notre Dame (WE-2)
• George C. Paterson, Michigan (Ax [guard], FY)

Quarterbacks

• Edmund Gillette, Wisconsin (Ax, ECP-1, FY, WE-1)
• Gus Dorais, Notre Dame (WE-2) (CFHOF)

Halfbacks

• James B. Craig, Michigan (Ax, ECP-1, FY, WE-1)
• John VanRiper, Wisconsin (Ax, ECP-1, WE-1)
• Elmer Oliphant, Purdue (WE-2)
• William McAlmon, Minnesota (FY, WE-2)

Fullbacks

• Ray Eichenlaub, Notre Dame (WE-1) (CFHOF)
• Alvin Tandberg, Wisconsin (Ax, ECP-1, WE-2)
• George C. Thomson, Michigan (FY)

Key

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors

Ax = George W. Axelson, Chicago football writer^[1]

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

FY = Fielding H. Yost, head football coach at University of Michigan, in the Detroit Free Press^{[3] [4]}

WE = Walter Eckersall for the Chicago Tribune^[5]

CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame

See also

• 1912 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

1. News: Chicago Football Man Selects Two All-Star Elevens. The Washington Times. November 26, 1912. 13.
2. News: Collier's All-Western Football Team. E. C. Patterson. Collier's. December 7, 1912. 12.
3. News: Hurry-Up Yost's All-Western Team Favors Michigan. The Calumet News. November 30, 1912. 7.
4. News: Six Michigan Players in Yost's All-Western Team: Torbet, Quinn, Pontius, Paterson, Craig and Thomson Earn Places on Mythical Eleven--"Hurry-Up" Thinks Michigan Superior of Conference Outfits. Detroit Free Press. November 28, 1912. 11. https://archive.today/20130131142540/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1749709912.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+28,+1912&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=11&desc=SIX+MICHIGAN+PLAYERS+IN+YOST'S+ALL-WESTERN+TEAM. dead. January 31, 2013.
5. News: Walter H. Eckersall. Eckersall Picks Western Eleven. Chicago Tribune. December 1, 1912.