1927 All-Big Ten Conference football team explained

The 1927 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 1927 Big Ten Conference football season.

All Big-Ten selections

Ends

• Bennie Oosterbaan, Michigan (AP-1, CDN-1, HJ-1; UP-1; WE-1)
• Waldo A. Fisher, Northwestern (AP-1, CDN-1, HJ-1; UP-1; WE-3)
• Ken Haycraft, Minnesota (AP-2, HJ-2; WE-1)
• Garland Grange, Illinois (AP-2, CDN-2; WE-2)
• Don Cameron, Wisconsin (HJ-2)
• LeRoy G. Heston, Michigan (CDN-2)
• Bob Tanner, Minnesota (WE-2)
• Herman Z. Nyland, Michigan (WE-3)

Tackles

• Leo Raskowski, Ohio State (AP-1, CDN-1, HJ-1; UP-1; WE-1)
• Butch Nowack, Illinois (AP-1, CDN-1, HJ-2; WE-1)
• Mike Gary, Minnesota (AP-2, HJ-1; UP-1; WE-3)
• Spike Nelson, Iowa (AP-2, CDN-2, HJ-2; WE-2)
• Lewis, Minnesota (CDN-2)
• Stanley Binish, Wisconsin (WE-2)
• Norman Gabel, Michigan (WE-3)

Guards

• Ray Baer, Michigan (AP-1, CDN-1, HJ-1; UP-1; WE-1)
• Hal Hanson, Minnesota (AP-1, HJ-2; WE-2)
• John R. Matthews, Indiana (AP-2; WE-1)
• George Gibson, Minnesota (AP-2)
• Ernest W. Schultz, Illinois (HJ-2)
• Justin Whitlock Dart, Northwestern (CDN-1)
• Wilbert O. Catterton, Indiana (CDN-2)
• Russ Crane, Illinois (CDN-2; WE-2)
• Buck Weaver, Chicago (WE-3)
• Carroll Ringwalt, Indiana (WE-3)

Centers

• Ken Rouse, Chicago (AP-1, CDN-1, HJ-1 [guard]; UP-1; WE-1)
• Robert Reitsch, Illinois (AP-2, CDN-2, HJ-1; UP-1; WE-2)
• Clare Randolph, Indiana (HJ-2)
• George MacKinnon, Minnesota (WE-3)

Quarterbacks

• Harold "Shorty" Almquist, Minnesota (AP-1 [halfback], CDN-1, HJ-1; UP-1; WE-1)
• Edwin Crofoot, Wisconsin (AP-1, CDN-2, HJ-2; UP-2 [halfback])
• Byron Eby, Ohio State (AP-2)
• Vic Gustafson, Northwestern (UP-2)
• Harold Barnhart, Minnesota (WE-2)
• Carl Pignatelli, Iowa (UP-3)
• Fred Grim, Ohio State (WE-3)

Halfbacks

• Louis Gilbert, Michigan (AP-1, CDN-1, HJ-1; UP-1; WE-1)
• Jud Timm, Illinois (AP-2, CDN-1, HJ-1; UP-1; WE-1)
• Chester "Cotton" Wilcox, Purdue (AP-2; UP-2)
• Mally Nydahl, Minnesota (HJ-2; WE-3)
• Ralph Welch, Purdue (CDN-2, HJ-2; WE-2)
• Hugh Mendenhall, Chicago (CDN-2)
• Paul Armil, Iowa (UP-3)
• Chuck Bennett, Indiana (UP-3; WE-2)
• Gene H. Rose, Wisconsin (WE-3)

Fullbacks

• Herb Joesting, Minnesota (AP-1, CDN-1, HJ-1; UP-1; WE-1)
• Tiny Lewis, Northwestern (AP-2, CDN-2, HJ-2; UP-2)
• George Rich, Michigan (WE-2)
• Fred Humbert, Illinois (UP-3)
• Abraham Koransky, Purdue (WE-3)

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1]

CDN = Chicago Daily News

HJ = Harold Johnson for the Chicago Evening American^[2]

UP = United Press, chosen by UP correspondent Clark B. Kelsey "in collaboration with a dozen football writers in Big Ten territory"^[3]

WE = Walter Eckersall^[4]

Bold = Consensus first-team selections of a majority of the AP, UP and Eckersall

See also

• 1927 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

1. News: Big Ten Grid Coaches Choose All-Conference Mythical Elevens. Daily Illini. November 24, 1927.
2. News: Illinois Players Receive Share of 'All' Team Honors. Daily Illini. November 24, 1927.
3. News: Two Illini, Reitsch, Timm, On United Press All Star Conference Eleven. The Daily Independent, Murphysboro Illinois. November 23, 1927. 4.
4. News: Eckersall's All-Conference Elevens. Detroit Free Press. November 27, 1927. 18.