1916 All-Western Conference football team

The 1916 All-Western Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the all-conference team for the Western Conference, later known as the Big Ten Conference, as chosen by various selectors for the 1916 college football season.

## All-Western Conference selections

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### Ends

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* Bert Baston, Minnesota (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1)
* Paul Meyers, Wisconsin (WE-1)
* Charles Bolen, Ohio (AX-1; ECP-2)
* Reynold Kraft, Illinois (WE-2; IV-1)
* Frederick I. Norman, Northwestern (WE-2; ECP-2)

### Tackles

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* Jackson, Chicago (WE-1)
* Frank A. R. Mayer, Minnesota (WE-1; ECP-2)
* George Hauser, Minnesota (AX-1; ECP-1)
* Fred Becker, Iowa (ECP-1)
* Manley R. Petty, Illinois (ECP-2)
* Elmer T. Rundquist, Illinois (WE-2)
* Reding Putnam, Northwestern (WE-2)

### Guards

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* Conrad L. Eklund, Minnesota (WE-1; IV-1; ECP-2)
* Leonard L. Charpier, Illinois (WE-1)
* M. J. Proud, Purdue (AX-1)
* Gilbert S. Sinclair, Minnesota (AX-1; ECP-1)
* Eldon J. Smith, Northwestern (IV-1)
* Charles Higgins, Chicago (WE-2; ECP-1)
* Charlie Bachman, Notre Dame (ECP-2)

### Centers

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* Fred Becker, Iowa (WE-1; AX-1 [tackle])
* John L. Townley, Jr., Minnesota (AX-1; IV-1; WE-2 [guard]; ECP-1)
* Charles Carpenter, Wisconsin (WE-2)
* Walter Niemann, Michigan (ECP-2)
* Fisher, Chicago (IV-2)
* Ferdinand Holtkamp, Ohio State (AX-2; IV-2 [guard])

### Quarterbacks

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* Bart Macomber, Illinois (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1)
* Claire Long, Minnesota (WE-2; AX-2; IV-2; ECP-2)

### Halfbacks

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* Chic Harley, Ohio State (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1)
* Paddy Driscoll, Northwestern (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1)
* John Maulbetsch, Michigan (ECP-1)
* Eber Simpson, Wisconsin (AX-2; IV-2)
* Archie Erehart, Indiana (WE-2; AX-2)
* J. Elwood Davis, Iowa (WE-2)
* Hal Hansen, Minnesota (ECP-2)
* Stan Cofall, Notre Dame (ECP-2)
* Joseph M. Sprafka, Minnesota (IV-2)

### Fullbacks

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* Pudge Wyman, Minnesota (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1)
* Bob Koehler, Northwestern (WE-2; AX-2; IV-2; ECP-2)

## Key

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WE = Walter Eckersall in the Chicago Tribune[1]

AX = G. W. Axelson in the Chicago Herald[1]

IV = Irving Vaughn in the Chicago Examiner[1]

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

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors

## See also

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* 1916 College Football All-America Team
* 1916 All-Western college football team

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Trio of All-Conference Selections". Pittsburgh Daily Post. November 29, 1916. p. 10.
2. ^ E.C. Patterson (December 23, 1916). "Collier's All-Western Eleven". Collier's Weekly. p. 22.

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