1920 All-Big Ten Conference football team explained

The 1920 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Big Ten Conference teams chosen by various selectors for the 1920 Big Ten Conference football season.

All Big-Ten selections

Ends

Chuck Carney, Illinois (CSM, DL, EA, ECP-1, EOS, HB, HJ, HMD, JW, MM, PD, RA, TL, WE-1)
Frank Weston, Wisconsin (DL, EA, ECP-1, EOS, FH, FM, HB, JW, PD, RA, TL, WE-1)
Lester Belding, Iowa (CSM, ECP-2, FM, HJ, MM)
Frank Hanny, Indiana (FH)
Gus Eckberg, Minnesota (HMD)

Tackles

Iolas Huffman, Ohio State (CSM, DL, EA, ECP-1, FH, FM [guard], HJ, JW, PD, RA, TL)
Angus Goetz, Michigan (DL, EA [guard], HB, JW, MM, PD, RA, TL)
Duke Slater, Iowa (EA, ECP-2, EOS, HB, HJ, HMD, WE-1)
Ralph Scott, Wisconsin (ECP-1, FH, MM)
Elliot C. Risley, Indiana (EOS, MM [guard])
Tad Wieman, Michigan (FM)
Jackson, Chicago (CSM)

Guards

Tarzan Taylor, Ohio State (DL, EA, ECP-2, FH, HB, HMD [tackle], JW, PD, RA, TL)
Robert J. Dunne, Michigan (CSM, EOS, FH, HMD, PD)
Charles McGuire, Chicago (CSM, ECP-2 [tackle], FM [tackle], HJ, MM, WE-1 [tackle])
Festus Tierney, Minnesota (HB, RA, WE-1)
William G. McCaw, Indiana (EOS, FM)
George C. Bunge, Wisconsin (DL, ECP-1)
Dean W. Trott, Ohio State (ECP-1)
Albert W. T. Mohr, Jr., Illinois (HJ)
James Brader, Wisconsin (ECP-2)
Harry Margoles, Wisconsin (HMD)
Graham Penfield, Northwestern (TL, WE-1)

Centers

Jack Depler, Illinois (CSM, DL, EA, ECP-1, EOS, FH, FM, HB, HJ, HMD, JW [guard], MM, RA, WE-1)
Andrew J. Nemecek, Ohio State (ECP-2, JW, TL)
Ernie Vick, Michigan (PD)

Quarterbacks

Aubrey Devine, Iowa (CSM [halfback], DL, EA, ECP-1, EOS [halfback], FH, HB, HJ, HMD, MM, PD, RA, WE-1)
Hoge Workman, Ohio State (CSM, ECP-2, JW, TL)
Robert H. Fletcher, Illinois (FM)
Charlie Mathys, Indiana (EOS)

Halfbacks

Gaylord Stinchcomb, Ohio State (CSM, DL, EA, ECP-2 [end], EOS, FH, FM, HB, HJ, HMD, JW, MM, PD, RA, TL, WE-1)
Frank Steketee, Michigan (DL, HB, PD, RA, WE-1)
Alvah Elliott, Wisconsin (ECP-1, JW, MM, TL)
Arnold Oss, Minnesota (EA, FM, HMD)
Ralph E. Fletcher, Illinois (ECP-1)
Laurie Walquist, Illinois (ECP-2, FH)
Glenn Devine, Iowa (ECP-2)

Fullbacks

Jack Crangle, Illinois (CSM, DL, EA, ECP-1, FH, HB, HJ, HMD, JW, MM, PD, RA, TL, WE-1)
Russell S. Williams, Indiana (EOS, HJ [halfback])
George Gipp, Notre Dame (FM)
Guy Sundt, Wisconsin (ECP-2)

Key

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors

Italics = Player whose team was not a member of the Big Ten (certain selectors chose All-Western teams in the geographic sense; others chose All-Western teams in reference to the Western Conference, aka the Big Ten Conference)

CSM = Charles A. Bush in Christian Science Monitor^[1]

DL = Deake Leake in Akron Press^[1]

EA = Earl C. Arnold, sports editor of Minneapolis Tribune^[1]

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

EOS = E.O. Stiehm, head coach of Indiana University^[1]

FH = Fred Hayner in Chicago Daily News^[1]

FM = Frank G. Menke, sporting editor of King Features Syndicate^[1]

HB = Harry Bullion in the Detroit Free Press^[1]

HJ = Howard Jones, head coach at University of Iowa^[1]

HMD = Herbert M. Dustin in Minneapolis Daily News^[1]

JW = John Wilce, head coach at Ohio State^[1] ^[3]

MM = Malcolm McLean in the Chicago Evening Post^[1]

PD = Prentiss Douglass, assistant coach at University of Michigan^[1]

RA = Robert C. Angell, sports editor of The Michigan Daily^[1]

TL = The Lantern, Ohio Student University^[1]

WE = Walter Eckersall

Notes and References

Book: Spalding's Official Intercollegiate Foot Ball Guide. 1921. Walter Camp. American Sports Publishing Company. 25, 27.
News: Honors Divided On All-Western Football Team. Cornell Daily Sun. December 7, 1920. 3.
News: All-Western Team. The Waco News Tribune. December 12, 1920. March 3, 2015. 11. Newspapers.com.