1915 All-Western college football team explained

The 1915 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1915 college football season.

All-Western selections

Ends

• Bert Baston, Minnesota (Ax-1; ECP-1; S; WE-1) (CFHOF)
• Guy Chamberlin, Nebraska (Ax-1; ECP-2, FM-1; S) (CFHOF/PFHOF)
• George K. Squier, Illinois (Ax-2; ECP-1, DJ, FM-1; WE-1)
• Albert J. Quist, Minnesota (Ax-2; ECP-2; WE-2)
• Blake Miller, Michigan State (DJ)
• Carl Brelos, Chicago (WE-2)

Tackles

• Cub Buck, Wisconsin (Ax-1; ECP-1, DJ [as guard], FM-1; S; WE-1)
• Laurens Shull, Chicago (Ax-1; ECP-2, DJ, FM-1; WE-1)
• Elmer T. Rundquist, Illinois (ECP-1)
• Ross Petty, Illinois (ECP-2)
• Vic Halligan, Nebraska (DJ)
• Gideon Smith, Michigan Agricultural (S)
• Ivan B. Boughton, Ohio State (Ax-2; WE-2)
• Robert H. Randolph, Northwestern (Ax-2; WE-2)

Guards

• Merton Arthur Dunnigan, Minnesota (Ax-1; ECP-1; FM-1; WE-1)
• Freeman Fitzgerald, Notre Dame (Ax-2; FM-1; S)
• Frank Blocker, Purdue (Ax-1; ECP-1; WE-1)
• Fred R. Hanschmann, Illinois (ECP-2)
• Gilbert S. Sinclair, Minnesota (ECP-2)
• William D. Cochran, Michigan (DJ)
• Earl Abbott, Nebraska (Ax-2; S)
• Austin Stromberg, Northwestern (WE-2)
• Irving J. Barron, Iowa (WE-2)

Centers

• Jack Watson, Illinois (Ax-1; ECP-1; DJ; FM-1; S; WE-1)
• H. F. Hanson, Minnesota (ECP-2; FM-2; WE-2)
• Lyman Frimodig, Michigan Agr. (FM-3)
• Fisher, Chicago (Ax-2)

Quarterbacks

• Pete Russell, Chicago (Ax-1; ECP-1, DJ [as hb], FM-1; S; WE-1)
• George Clark, Illinois (ECP-2; DJ; FM-2; WE-2)
• C. I. "Shorty" Long, Minnesota (FM-3)
• Frank B. Whitaker, Indiana (Ax-2)

Halfbacks

• Bart Macomber, Illinois (Ax-2; ECP-1; FM-3; S; WE-1) (CFHOF)
• John Maulbetsch, Michigan (Ax-2; ECP-1, FM-3 [as fb]; S) (CFHOF)
• R. B. Rutherford, Nebraska (Ax-1; FM-1)
• Neno DaPrato, Michigan Agr. (FM-1)
• Paddy Driscoll, Northwestern (Ax-1)
• Eber Simpson, Wisconsin (ECP-2)
• Dow Byers, Wisconsin (ECP-2, FM-2; WE-1)
• Stan Cofall, Notre Dame (FM-2)
• Ballentyne, Minnesota (WE-2)
• Harold A. Winters, Ohio State (FM-3)

Fullbacks

• Bernie Bierman, Minnesota (Ax-1; ECP-1, DJ [as hb], FM-1; S; WE-1) (CFHOF)
• Pudge Wyman, Minnesota (ECP-2)
• Harold Pogue, Illinois (DJ; WE-2)
• Charlie Bachman, Notre Dame (Ax-2) (CFHOF)
• Patterson, Northwestern (WE-2)

Key

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors

Ax = G. W. Axelson of the Chicago Herald^[1]

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

DJ = Dick Jemison in the Atlanta Constitution.^[3]

FM = Frank G. Menke of the International News Service^[4]

S = Sullivan in The News of Chicago

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

CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame

Bold = Consensus first-team selection by at least three of the selectors listed

See also

• 1915 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

1. News: All-Western Team Picked by Axelson. The Daily Gate City. November 29, 1915. 6. Newspapers.com.
2. News: Seven Illini Chosen For Colliers' All-Western. Daily Illini. December 5, 1915.
3. News: All-Western Pick. Atlanta Constitution. November 21, 1915. March 4, 2015. Dick Jemison. Dick Jemison. Newspapers.com.
4. News: All-Western Team Picked. The Ogden Standard. December 1, 1915. 2. Newspapers.com.
5. News: Famous Walter Eckersall Picks 1915 All Western Football Teams. The Meriden Daily Journal. November 22, 1915. 11.