1916 All-Western Conference football team explained

The 1916 All-Western Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the all-conference team for the Western Conference, later known as the Big Ten Conference, as chosen by various selectors for the 1916 college football season.

All-Western Conference selections

Ends

• Bert Baston, Minnesota (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1)
• Paul Meyers, Wisconsin (WE-1)
• Charles Bolen, Ohio (AX-1; ECP-2)
• Reynold Kraft, Illinois (WE-2; IV-1)
• Frederick I. Norman, Northwestern (WE-2; ECP-2)

Tackles

• Jackson, Chicago (WE-1)
• Frank A. R. Mayer, Minnesota (WE-1; ECP-2)
• George Hauser, Minnesota (AX-1; ECP-1)
• Fred Becker, Iowa (ECP-1)
• Manley R. Petty, Illinois (ECP-2)
• Elmer T. Rundquist, Illinois (WE-2)
• Reding Putnam, Northwestern (WE-2)

Guards

• Conrad L. Eklund, Minnesota (WE-1; IV-1; ECP-2)
• Leonard L. Charpier, Illinois (WE-1)
• M. J. Proud, Purdue (AX-1)
• Gilbert S. Sinclair, Minnesota (AX-1; ECP-1)
• Eldon J. Smith, Northwestern (IV-1)
• Charles Higgins, Chicago (WE-2; ECP-1)
• Charlie Bachman, Notre Dame (ECP-2)

Centers

• Fred Becker, Iowa (WE-1; AX-1 [tackle])
• John L. Townley, Jr., Minnesota (AX-1; IV-1; WE-2 [guard]; ECP-1)
• Charles Carpenter, Wisconsin (WE-2)
• Walter Niemann, Michigan (ECP-2)
• Fisher, Chicago (IV-2)
• Ferdinand Holtkamp, Ohio State (AX-2; IV-2 [guard])

Quarterbacks

• Bart Macomber, Illinois (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1)
• Claire Long, Minnesota (WE-2; AX-2; IV-2; ECP-2)

Halfbacks

• Chic Harley, Ohio State (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1)
• Paddy Driscoll, Northwestern (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1)
• John Maulbetsch, Michigan (ECP-1)
• Eber Simpson, Wisconsin (AX-2; IV-2)
• Archie Erehart, Indiana (WE-2; AX-2)
• J. Elwood Davis, Iowa (WE-2)
• Hal Hansen, Minnesota (ECP-2)
• Stan Cofall, Notre Dame (ECP-2)
• Joseph M. Sprafka, Minnesota (IV-2)

Fullbacks

• Pudge Wyman, Minnesota (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1)
• Bob Koehler, Northwestern (WE-2; AX-2; IV-2; ECP-2)

Key

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

AX = G. W. Axelson in the Chicago Herald^[1]

IV = Irving Vaughn in the Chicago Examiner^[1]

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

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors

See also

• 1916 College Football All-America Team
• 1916 All-Western college football team

Notes and References

1. News: Trio of All-Conference Selections. Pittsburgh Daily Post. November 29, 1916. 10.
2. News: E.C. Patterson. Collier's All-Western Eleven. Collier's Weekly. December 23, 1916. 22.