The 1909 All-Western college football team consists of

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players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1909 college football season.

All-Western selections

Ends

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 (ECP-1, WE) * James Dean, Wisconsin (ECP-2, WE) * Walter Henry Rademacher, Minnesota (ECP-1) * Frederick L. Conklin, Michigan (ECP-2)

Tackles

* James Walker, Minnesota (ECP-1, WE) *

George Philbrook George Warren Philbrook (October 10, 1884 – March 25, 1964) was an American football player and coach, track and field athlete and coach, and college athletics administrator. He competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics, where failed to complete his ...

, Notre Dame (ECP-1) * Ralph Dimmick, Notre Dame (WE) * F. E. Boyle, Wisconsin (ECP-2) * Homer W. Dutter, Indiana (ECP-2)

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 (ECP-1, WE) (CFHOF) * Sam Dolan, Notre Dame (ECP-1, WE) * Glenn D. Butzer, Illinois (ECP-2) * Harry W. Powers, Minnesota (ECP-2)

Centers

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 (ECP-2, WE) * Henry E. Farnum, Minnesota (ECP-1)

Quarterbacks

* John McGovern, Minnesota (ECP-1, WE) (CFHOF) * Otto E. Seiler, Illinois (ECP-2)

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 (ECP-1, 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 (ECP-1, WE) * William Lucas Crawley, Chicago (ECP-2) * Harry "Red" Miller, Notre Dame (ECP-2)

Fullbacks

* Earle T. Pickering, Minnesota (ECP-1) * Robert E. Vaughan, Notre Dame (WE) *

John Wilce John Woodworth Wilce (May 12, 1888 – May 17, 1963) was an American football player and coach, physician, and university professor. He served as the head football coach at Ohio State University from 1913 to 1928, compiling a record of 78–33–9 ...

, Wisconsin (ECP-2) (CFHOF)

Key

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors ECP = E. C. Patterson for ''

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'' 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

{{All-Western college football teams 1909 Western Conference football season All-Western college football teams