The 1913 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1913 college football season. Five Western players were also selected as consensus All-Americans on the 1913 College Football All-America Team: Miller Pontius (tackle, Michigan), Ray Keeler (guard, Wisconsin), Paul Des Jardien (center, Chicago), Gus Dorais (quarterback, Notre Dame), and James B. Craig (halfback, Michigan).[1]

All-Western selections

Ends

  • Lorin Solon, Minnesota (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-2, WE-1)
  • Knute Rockne, Notre Dame (CDN-1, CON, CT, ECP-2, IO-1, WE-1) (CFHOF)
  • Clark Shaughnessy, Minnesota (CDN-2 [fullback], CRH, ECP-1 [guard]) (CFHOF)
  • Blake Miller, Michigan Agricultural (ECP-1)
  • Norman K. Wilson, Illinois (ECP-2)
  • Earl Huntington, Chicago (CDN-2, WE-2)
  • Harold Ofstie, Wisconsin (CDN-2, IO-1)
  • Harold Pogue, Illinois (IO-2)
  • Ralph B. Henning, Michigan Agricultural (WE-2)

Tackles

Guards

  • Ernest Allmendinger, Michigan (CDN-2, CON, CRH, CT, WE-1)
  • Ray Keeler, Wisconsin (CDN-2, CON, CRH, ECP-2, IO-1, WE-2) [CAA]
  • Faunt V. Lenardson, Michigan Agricultural (CDN-1, CT, WE-1)
  • Harris, Chicago (CDN-1, ECP-2, IO-2)
  • George C. Paterson, Michigan (ECP-1)
  • Boles Rosenthal, Minnesota (IO-1)
  • H. B. Routh, Purdue (IO-2)
  • James J. Gallagher, Missouri (WE-2)

Centers

  • Paul Des Jardien, Chicago (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1) [CAA, CFHOF]
  • C. E. Glossop, Purdue (CDN-2, ECP-2)
  • George C. Paterson, Michigan (IO-2)
  • Al Feeney, Notre Dame (WE-2)

Quarterbacks

  • Gus Dorais, Notre Dame (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-2, IO-1, WE-1) [CAA, CFHOF]
  • Pete Russell, Chicago (ECP-1, WE-2)
  • Samuel Gross, Iowa (CDN-2)
  • Wilbur Hightower, Northwestern (IO-2)

Halfbacks

  • James B. Craig, Michigan (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1) [CAA]
  • Nelson Norgren, Chicago (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1)
  • William McAlmon, Minnesota (ECP-2)
  • Gray, Chicago (CDN-2, ECP-2)
  • Miller, Michigan Agricultural (CDN-2)
  • Leonard Purdy, Nebraska (IO-2)
  • Elmer Oliphant, Purdue (IO-2) (CFHOF)
  • Richard B. Rutherford, Nebraska (WE-2)
  • Joe Pliska, Notre Dame (WE-2)

Fullbacks

Key

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors

CDN = Chicago Daily News[2]

CON = Based on "consensus of opinion of sporting writers and experts who have already picked teams"[3][4][5]

CRH = Chicago Record-Herald by M. J. Wathey[6]

CT = Chicago Tribune[6]

ECP = E. C. Patterson for Collier's Weekly[7]

IO = The Inter Ocean[8]

WE = Walter Eckersall[9]

CAA = Consensus All-American during the 1913 college football season[1]

CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Chicagoan Prefers Non-Conference Men On His All-Western". The Evening Times, Grand Forks, ND. November 25, 1913. p. 8.
  3. ↑ "All Stars of East and West". The Calumet News. December 3, 1913. p. 7.
  4. ↑ "Football Critics Select All-Western Eleven". The Evening Times, Grand Forks, ND. December 6, 1913. p. 6.
  5. ↑ "Football Critics Select All-Western Eleven". The Topeka Daily State Journal. December 6, 1913. p. 7.
  6. 1 2 "Chicago Writers To the Fore With Their All-Western Elevens". The Evening Times, Grand Forks, ND. December 1, 1913. p. 10.
  7. ↑ E. C. Patterson (1913). "Collier's All-Western Eleven". Collier's Weekly. p. 26.
  8. ↑ Matt Foley (November 23, 1913). "All-Western Football Teams". The Inter Ocean. p. 28.
  9. ↑ Walter Eckersall (November 30, 1913). "Craig, Leonardson and Allmendinger For 'All-Western'". Detroit Free Press. p. 17.
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