The 1908 All-Western college football team consists of

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players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1908 college football season.

All-Western selections

Ends

* James Dean, Wisconsin (ALF, CDN, WE) * Walter Henry Rademacher, Minnesota (CDN, 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 (ALF, WE) * Anderson, Wisconsin (CRH)

Tackles

* James Walker, Minnesota (ALF, CDN, CRH, 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 (ALF, CDN) * Ralph Dimmick, Notre Dame (WE)

Guards

Albert Benbrook Albert "Benny" Benbrook (August 24, 1887 – August 16, 1943) was an American football guard who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1908 to 1910. He was chosen by Walter Camp as a first-team All-American in 1909 and 1910 and ...

, Michigan (CDN, CRH, WE) (CFHOF) * Glenn D. Butzer, Illinois (ALF, CDN, CRH) * Sam Dolan, Notre Dame (WE) * William Mackmiller, Wisconsin (ALF)

Centers

* Henry E. Farnum, Minnesota (CDN, CRH) *

Andrew W. Smith Andrew William Smith (December 9, 1886 – September 6, 1959) was an American football player and coach, college athletics administrator, United States Army officer, and physician. Smith grew up in Fredonia, Kansas and enrolled at the Homeopathic ...

, Michigan (WE) * Benjamin Harrison Badenoch, Chicago (ALF)

Quarterbacks

* John McGovern, Minnesota (ALF, CRH, WE) (CFHOF) *

, Chicago (CDN)

Halfbacks

Dave Allerdice David Way Allerdice (March 26, 1887 – January 10, 1941) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as the University of Michigan as a halfback from 1907 to 1909. Allerdice served as the head football coach at Butler U ...

, Michigan (CDN, WE) *

Joe Magidsohn Joseph Magidsohn (December 20, 1888 – February 14, 1969) was an American football player and official. He played halfback for the University of Michigan Wolverines in 1909 and 1910 and was selected as a second-team All-American by Walter Ca ...

, Michigan (CRH, WE) * William Lucas Crawley, Chicago (ALF, CRH) * Reuben Martin Rosenwald, Minnesota (ALF, CDN)

Fullbacks

* Earle T. Pickering, Minnesota (ALF, CRH) * Oscar William Worthwine, Chicago (CDN) * Robert E. Vaughan, Notre Dame (WE)

Key

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors ALF = A. L. Fridstein in ''Daily Maroon'' (Univ. of Chicago) CDN = ''Chicago Daily News'' 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 ...

in the ''Chicago Tribune'' CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame

References

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