1923 All-Big Ten Conference football team explained

The 1923 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 1923 Big Ten Conference football season.

Ends

• Ray Eklund, Minnesota (BE; NB-1; WE-1)
• Elmer A. Lampe, Chicago (NB-1; WE-2)
• John W. Hancock, Iowa (BE; WE-3)
• Lowell Otte, Iowa (WE-1)
• Russell Irish, Wisconsin (NB-2; WE-3)
• Frank Rokusek, Illinois (NB-2; WE-2)

Tackles

• Marty Below, Wisconsin (BE; NB-1; WE-1)
• Stanley Muirhead, Michigan (BE; NB-1; WE-1)
• Leo Kriz, Iowa (NB-2; WE-2)
• Gowdy, Chicago (NB-2; WE-3)
• Boni Petcoff, Ohio State (WE-2)
• Louis Gross, Minnesota (WE-3)

Guards

• Jim McMillen, Illinois (BE; NB-1; WE-1)
• Adolph Bieberstein, Wisconsin (BE; WE-2)
• George Abramson, Minnesota (NB-1)
• Lloyd Rohrke, Chicago (WE-1)
• Joe Pondelik, Chicago (NB-2)
• Thomas Butler, Indiana (NB-2; WE-3)
• Gay, Minnesota (WE-2)
• Bill Fleckenstein, Iowa (WE-3)

Centers

• Jack Blott, Michigan (BE; NB-1; WE-1)
• Billy Young, Ohio State (NB-2)
• Ralph Claypool, Purdue (WE-2)
• King, Chicago (WE-3)

Quarterbacks

• Hoge Workman, Ohio State (NB-1; WE-1)
• Irwin Uteritz, Michigan (NB-2)
• Harry A. Hall, Illinois (WE-2)
• Malcolm Graham, Minnesota (WE-3)

Halfbacks

• Red Grange, Illinois (BE; NB-1; WE-1)
• Earl Martineau, Minnesota (BE; NB-1; WE-2)
• Harry Kipke, Michigan (BE [qb]; NB-2; WE-1)
• Bill McElwain, Northwestern (NB-2; WE-3)
• Jack Harris, Wisconsin (WE-2)
• Cully Lidberg, Minnesota (WE-3)

Fullbacks

• Merrill Taft, Wisconsin (BE; NB-1; WE-1)
• Earl Britton, Illinois (NB-2; WE-3)
• John Webster Thomas, Chicago (WE-2)

See also

• 1923 College Football All-America Team

Key

BE = Billy Evans released an all-conference team based on his polling of the conference's head coaches, with eight of ten providing their votes^[1]

NB = Norman E. Brown

WE = Walter Eckersall^[2]

Bold = first-team selection by a majority of the selectors listed above

Notes and References

1. News: Coaches Select All-Conference Football Team for Evans. Billy Evans. The New Castle Herald. December 4, 1923. 9.
2. News: Eckersall's All-Conference Elevens. Detroit Free Press. December 2, 1923. 21.