1903 All-Western college football team
| 1903 All-Western college football team |
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| 1903 college football season |
| 1901 1902 ← → 1904 1905 |
The 1903 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1903 Western Conference football season.
All-Western selections
[edit]Ends
[edit]- Curtis Redden, Michigan (BMA, BM-2, CIO-1, CRH, CT, FL-1, MJ-1, WC)
- Allen Abbott, Wisconsin (BMA, BM-1, CIO-1, CRH, CT, FL-2)
- Eddie Rogers, Minnesota (BMA, BM-1, CIO-2, FL-1, MJ-1, WC)
- James Irving Bush, Wisconsin (BM-2, MJ-2)
- Frank Longman, Michigan (MJ-2)
- Frederick A. Speik, Chicago (CIO-2, FL-2)
Tackles
[edit]- Joe Maddock, Michigan (BMA, BM-1, CIO-1, CRH, CT, FL-1, MJ-1, WC)
- Fred Schacht, Minnesota (BMA, BM-1, CIO-1, CRH, CT, FL-1, MJ-1, WC)
- Joe Curtis, Michigan (CIO-2, FL-2, MJ-2)
- Harry I. Allen, Northwestern (BM-2, MJ-2)
- Tiny Maxwell, Chicago (CIO-2)
- Thomas S. Hammond, Michigan (BM-2)
- Henry H. Kafir, Northwestern (FL-2)
Guards
[edit]- Robert Philips, Northwestern (BMA, CIO-1, CRH, FL-2, WC)
- Wilson Berthke, Wisconsin (BMA, BM-1, CIO-2, FL-1, MJ-1, WC)
- Walton Willard Thorp, Minnesota (BM-1, CIO-2, CT, MJ-1)
- Claude Rothgeb, Illinois (BMA, CIO-1, FL-1, MJ-2)
- Henry Schulte, Michigan (CT)
- Charles A. Fairweather, Illinois (CRH, FL-2)
- John B. Warren, Minnesota (BM-2, MJ-2)
- Pat Beacom, Notre Dame (BM-2)
Centers
[edit]- Moses Land Strathern, Minnesota (BMA, BM-1, CIO-1, CRH, FL-1, MJ-1, WC)
- George W. Gregory, Michigan (BM-2, CIO-2, CT, FL-2, MJ-2)
Quarterbacks
[edit]- Walter Eckersall, Chicago (BMA, BM-2, CIO-1, CT, FL-2, MJ-1) (CFH0F)
- Sigmund Harris, Minnesota (BM-1, CIO-2, CRH, FL-1, MJ-2, WC)
Halfbacks
[edit]- Willie Heston, Michigan (BMA, BM-1, CIO-1, CRH, CT, FL-1 [fullback], MJ-1, WC) (CFHOF)
- James B. Irsfield, Minnesota (BMA, CIO-2, CT, FL-1, MJ-2, WC)
- E. J. Vanderboom, Wisconsin (BM-1, FL-2, MJ-1)
- George Edward Schnur, Chicago (CIO-1, FL-1)
- Herb Graver, Michigan (CRH)
- Walter G. Diener, Illinois (BM-2, MJ-2)
- Zora G. Clevenger, Indiana (CIO-2) (CFHOF)
- Otto Nelson Davies, Minnesota (BM-2)
Fullbacks
[edit]- Louis J. Salmon, Notre Dame (BMA, BM-1, CIO-1, CT, MJ-1, WC) (CFHOF)
- Mark Catlin Sr., Chicago (CIO-2, CRH, FL-2 [halfback], MJ-2)
- Earl Current, Minnesota (BM-2)
- Chauncey Colton, Northwestern (FL-2)
Key
[edit]BMA = Billy Mac, a team selected by aggregating the choices made by ten critics in St. Paul, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago and Detroit[1]
BM = Billy Mac in The St. Paul Globe[2]
CIO = Chicago Inter-Ocean[3]
CRH = Chicago Record-Herald[3]
CT = Chicago Tribune[3]
FL = Fred Lowenthal, former star football player at University of Illinois[4]
MJ = The Minneapolis Journal[5]
WC = Walter Camp[6]
CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Billy Mac (December 1, 1903). "All-Western Team Picked By Critics". The St. Paul Globe. p. 5.
- ^ Billy Mac (November 29, 1903). "Five Gophers On All-Western Team". The St. Paul Globe. p. 15.
- ^ a b c "Schacht Picked By All Chicago Papers". The Saint Paul Globe. November 30, 1903. p. 5.
- ^ "Lowenthal Picks An All-Western Eleven". The St. Paul Globe. November 29, 1903. p. 14.
- ^ "All-Western Team". The Minneapolis Journal. November 28, 1903. p. 8.
- ^ "Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1904". American Sports Publishing Company. 1904. p. 33.