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1917 All-Western college football team
1917 college football season
1915 1916 ← → 1919 1920

The 1917 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1917 college football season.

All-Western selections

Ends

Charles Bolen, Ohio State (FM, HP, LA, LGS, PD)
W. M. Kelley, Wisconsin (FM, GWA, LA, LGS, PD)
Charles Laun, Iowa (GWA)
Alan Boyd, Michigan (HP)
John Rasmussen, Camp Grant / Nebraska (REAL)
Gardiner, Camp Custer / Carlisle Indian (REAL)

Tackles

George Hauser, Minnesota (FM, HB, GWA, LA, LGS, PD)
Harold J. Courtney, Ohio State (LA, LGS, PD [guard])
Dave Philbin, Notre Dame (GWA)
Ernest Hubka, Nebraska (HP)
Hugh Blacklock, Great Lakes Naval Training Station / Michigan (REAL)
Ward, Camp Custer (REAL)

Guards

Charles Higgins, Chicago (FM, GWA, LA, PD)
Elmert T. Rundquist, Illinois (FM [tackle], LA, LGS)
Conrad L. Eklund, Minnesota (GWA, LGS, PD [tackle])
John Ulrich, Northwestern (FM)
Tillie Voss, Detroit (HP)
Joseph Hanish, Michigan (HP)
Whiting, Camp Grant – Chicago (REAL)
Robins, Great Lakes Naval Training Station / Springfield Normal (REAL)

Centers

Frank Rydzewski, Notre Dame (FM, GWA, LA, LGS, PD)
Frank Culver, Michigan (HP)
Pottinger, Great Lakes Naval Training Station – Wisconsin (REAL)

Quarterbacks

Archie Weston, Michigan (FM, LA [halfback], LGS)
Eber Simpson, Wisconsin (LA, PD)
Howard Yerges, Sr., Ohio State (GWA)
Harry Costello, Camp Custer / Georgetown (REAL)

Halfbacks

Chic Harley, Ohio State (FM, GWA, HP, LA, LGS) (CFHOF)
Joe Brandy, Notre Dame (FM)
Hugo Otopalik, Nebraska (LGS)
Eber Simpson, Wisconsin (GWA)
Allen, Detroit (HP)
Fritz Shiverick, Camp Grant / Cornell (REAL)
James B. Craig, Fort Sheridan / Michigan (REAL)

Fullbacks

Bob Koehler, Northwestern (FM, GWA, LA, LGS)
Forrest Strome, Kalamazoo (HP)
Cedric C. Smith, Great Lakes Naval Training Station / Michigan (REAL)

Key

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors
FM = Frank G. Menke, sporting editor of Newspaper Feature Service^[1]
GWA = G. W. Axelson in Chicago Herald^[1]
HP = Howard Pearson in Detroit Journal^[1]
LA = Leonard Adams, football editor Chicago Journal^[1]
LGS = Lambert G. Sullivan, football editor of Chicago Daily News^[1]
PD = Paddy Driscoll in Chicago Examiner^[1]
REAL = The Real All-Western Eleven (by Lambert G. Sullivan, football editor Chicago Daily News)^[1]
CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Walter Camp, ed. (1918). Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1918. American Sports Publishing Company. pp. 16–17.

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