1925 All-Big Ten Conference football team explained

The 1925 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 1925 Big Ten Conference football season.

All Big-Ten selections

Ends

• Bennie Oosterbaan, Michigan (AP-1; BE-1; BTW-1; NB-1; JW; UP-1; WE-1)
• Chuck Kassel, Illinois (AP-1; BE-1; BTW-1; UP-1; WE-1)
• Dick Romey, Iowa (AP-2; BE-2; JW; NB-1; WE-3)
• George Fisher, Indiana (BE-2)
• Jefferson Burrus, Wisconsin (BTW-2; UP-2)
• Roger B. Wheeler, Minnesota (BTW-2)
• Cookie Cunningham, Ohio State (AP-2)
• Elmer A. Lampe, Chicago (WE-2)
• William Flora, Michigan (WE-2)
• Frank E. Mathews, Northwestern (WE-3)

Tackles

• Fred Henderson, Chicago (AP-1; BE-1; BTW-1; JW; NB-1; UP-1; WE-1)
• Tom Edwards, Michigan (AP-2; BE-2; BTW-1; NB-1; UP-1; WE-1)
• Harry Hawkins, Michigan (AP-1; BE-1; BTW-1; JW; UP-2; WE-2)
• Elmer A. Lampe, Chicago (BE-2; UP-2 [end])
• Paul Nelson, Wisconsin (BTW-2; WE-3)
• J. T. Bolan, Purdue (UP-2)
• John H. Nichols, Ohio State (AP-2)
• Charles A. Brown, Illinois (WE-2)
• Fred Hobscheid, Chicago (WE-3)

Guards

• Ed Hess, Ohio State (AP-1; BE-1; BTW-1; JW; NB-1; UP-1; WE-1)
• Bernie Shively, Illinois (AP-1; BE-1; JW)
• Sam Hibben, Chicago (NB-1)
• Ray J. Stipek, Wisconsin (AP-2; BE-2; BTW-2; WE-2)
• Len Walsh, Minnesota (BE-2; WE-1)
• John Lovette, Michigan (BTW-2; WE-3)
• Paul Kraguski, Iowa (UP-2, WE-3)
• Merwin Mitterwallner, Illinois (UP-2; WE-2)

Centers

• Robert J. Brown, Michigan (AP-1; BE-1; BTW-1 [guard]; JW; NB-1; UP-1 [guard]; WE-2)
• Tim Lowry, Northwestern (AP-2; BE-2; BTW-1; UP-1; WE-1)
• Alex W. Klein, Ohio State (BTW-2)
• Hal Griffen, Iowa (AP-2 [guard], UP-2)
• Robert Reitsch, Illinois (WE-3)

Quarterbacks

• Benny Friedman, Michigan (AP-1; BE-1; BTW-1; JW; UP-1; WE-1)
• Mel Taube, Purdue (BE-2)
• John Schirmer, Iowa (WE-2)

Halfbacks

• Red Grange, Illinois (AP-1; BE-1; BTW-1; NB-1 [quarterback]; JW; UP-1; WE-1)
• Austin McCarty, Chicago (AP-1; BE-1; BTW-1 [fullback]; WE-1 [fullback])
• Wesley Fry, Iowa (AP-2 [fullback]; UP-1)
• Ralph Baker, Northwestern (NB-1)
• Harold V. Almquist, Minnesota (BTW-1; UP-2; WE-3 [qb])
• Marty Karow, Ohio State (BE-2; JW; WE-2)
• Nick Kutsch, Iowa (BTW-2 [quarterback]; NB-1; WE-3)
• Doyle Harmon, Wisconsin (AP-2; BE-2; UP-2 [quarterback]; WE-1)
• Chester "Cotton" Wilcox, Purdue (AP-2 [quarterback]; BTW-2, WE-3)
• Larry Marks, Indiana (WE-2)

Fullbacks

• Tiny Lewis, Northwestern (AP-1; BE-2; BTW-2 [halfback]; UP-1; WE-2)
• Herb Joesting, Minnesota (AP-2; BE-1; UP-2)
• Bo Molenda, Michigan (BTW-2; NB-1; UP-2 [halfback]; WE-3)
• Earl Britton, Illinois (JW)

See also

• 1925 College Football All-America Team
• 1925 All-Western college football team

Key

AP = Associated Press, "as selected by seven of the Big Ten coaches, for the Associated Press tonight"^[1]

BE = Billy Evans with counsel from nine of the ten Big Ten coaches^[2]

BTW = Big Ten Weekly, selected by Albon Holden in the Big Ten Weekly, a publication devoted entirely to the athletics of the leading institutions of the west"^[3]

JW = John Wilce, head coach at Ohio State^[4]

NB = Norman E. Brown, sports editor of the Central Press Association^[5]

UP = United Press, "according to a consensus of opinion as expressed by coaches, trainers, athletic directors, and critics as compiled today by the United Press"^[6]

WE = Walter Eckersall^[7]

Bold = consensus first-team selection by at least three of the six selectors listed above

Notes and References

1. News: Big Ten All Star Selection Is Made: Red Grange Is Only Unanimous Choice of Coaches -- Michigan Men on First Team. Joplin Globe. December 4, 1925. 8.
2. News: Billy Evans All-Big-Ten. Billy Evans. Mount Carmel (PA) Item. November 30, 1925. 5.
3. News: Big Ten Weekly's Teams. The Scranton Republican. December 4, 1925. 22.
4. News: Dr. J. W. Wilce. Wilce Picks All-Western Grid Eleven. Oakland Tribune. November 25, 1925. 29.
5. News: Norman E. Brown. Brown's All-Big Ten Team Selections. The Journal News (Hamilton, Ohio). December 1, 1925. 10.
6. News: United Press Expert Favors Michigan Stars in Big Ten. Edward C. Derr. The Daily Times (New Philadelphia, Ohio). December 1, 1925. 7.
7. News: Eckersall's All-Conference Football Teams. Detroit Free Press. December 6, 1925. 16.