The 1907 All-Western college football team consists of

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players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1907 college football season. One player,

Germany Schulz Adolph George "Germany" Schulz (April 19, 1883 – April 14, 1951) was an All-American American football center for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1904 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1908. While playing at Michigan, Schulz is credited with ...

, was also a consensus All-American.

All-Western selections

Ends

* Harry S. Hammond, Michigan (CA, CDN, CE, CIO, CJ, COL, CRH, WE) * Hewitt, Chicago (CA, CDN, CP, CRH) *

Harlan Page Harlan Orville "Pat" Page (March 20, 1887 – November 23, 1965) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He was one of basketball's first star players in the early 1900s. The 5'9" Chicago native played guard at the Un ...

, Chicago (CIO, CJ, CP) (CBHOF) * Harlan Rogers, Wisconsin (CE)

Tackles

* Walter Rheinschild, Michigan (CA, CDN, CE, COL, CP, CRH, WE) * John Messmer, Wisconsin (CA, CIO, CJ, COL uard CRH, WE uard * George Leland Case, Minnesota (CDN, CIO, CP, WE) * Ivan Doseff, Chicago (CE, CJ, COL)

Guards

* Forest Van Hook, Illinois (CA, CDN, CE, CIO, CJ, COL, CP, CRH, WE) *

Walter D. Graham Walter DeWitt "Octy" Graham (January 23, 1885 – July 14, 1927) was an American football player. He played for the University of Michigan from 1904 to 1907 and was one of the leading players on the famed "Point-a-Minute" teams of 1904 and 1 ...

, Michigan (CIO, CJ, CP, CRH) * William John Bandelin, Minnesota (CA, CE) * Harris, Chicago (CDN)

Centers

, Michigan (CA, CDN, CE, CIO, CJ, COL, CP, CRH, WE) (CFHOF)

Quarterbacks

Walter Steffen Walter Peter Steffen (October 9, 1886 – March 9, 1937) was an American college football player and coach, lawyer, politician, and judge. He emerged on the national scene as a high school quarterback, leading his North Division High School team ...

, Chicago (CA, CDN, CE, CIO, CJ, COL, CP, CRH, WE) (CFHOF)

Halfbacks

Leo DeTray Leo Carter DeTray (November 20, 1888 – October 9, 1967) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football the Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio in 1910, University of Mississippi (Ole ...

, Chicago (CA ullback CDN, CE, CIO, CJ, COL, CP, CRH ullback WE) * Carroll N. Kirk, Iowa (CA, CE, CRH) * John Robert Schuknecht, Minnesota (CIO, CJ, COL ullback *

Harold Iddings Harold Jonathan Iddings (May 16, 1885 – August 25, 1952) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball and track and field. A 1909 graduate from the University of Chicago, he served as head football coach at Miami University ...

, Chicago (CDN, COL nd WE) *

Oscar Osthoff Oscar Paul Osthoff (March 23, 1883 – December 9, 1950) was an American athlete and coach. Osthoff won the gold medal in the all-around dumbbell event and the silver medal in the two hand lift competition at the 1904 Summer Olympics. He l ...

, Wisconsin (CP)

Fullbacks

George Capron George H. Capron (July 27, 1886 – October 1972) was an American football and baseball player. Capron played football and baseball for the University of Minnesota from 1907 to 1908. In 1907, the Minnesota football team scored only 55 points, ...

, Minnesota (CA alfback CDN, CE, CIO, CJ, COL alfback CP, CRH alfback WE nd * John H. Weller, Nebraska (WE)

Key

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors CA = ''Chicago American'' CDN = ''Chicago Daily News'' CE = ''Chicago Examiner'' CIO = ''Chicago Inter-Ocean'' CJ = ''Chicago Journal'' COL = ''

Collier's Weekly ''Collier's'' was an American general interest magazine founded in 1888 by Peter Fenelon Collier. It was launched as ''Collier's Once a Week'', then renamed in 1895 as ''Collier's Weekly: An Illustrated Journal'', shortened in 1905 to ''Colli ...

'' CP = ''Chicago Evening Post'' CRH = ''Chicago Record-Herald'' WE =

Walter Eckersall Walter Herbert "Eckie" Eckersall (June 17, 1883 – March 24, 1930) was an American college football player, official, and sportswriter for the ''Chicago Tribune''. He played for the Maroons of the University of Chicago, and was elected to the ...

for the ''

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'' CFHOF =

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CBHOF =

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