The 1914 All-Western college football team consists of

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players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1914 college football season.

All-Western selections

Ends

Perry Graves Perry Henry Graves, Sr. (September 6, 1889 – January 9, 1979), was an All-American football player who played end for the University of Illinois from 1913 to 1915. In later life, he owned lumber companies. Biography A native of Rockford, Illi ...

, Illinois (CC, CON, DJ, FM-1, GH, HP, LGS, SC) *

Boyd Cherry Boyd Vincent Cherry (March 6, 1893 – November 14, 1970) was an American football and basketball player. He played college football and basketball at Ohio State University. In 1914 he became the first Ohio State Buckeyes football player to recei ...

, Ohio State (CC, CON, DJ, FC, FM-1, GH, WE-2, WW) * Blake Miller, Michigan Agricultural (FC, HP, LA, WE-1) * George K. Squier, Illinois (FM-2, WW) * Bert Baston, Minnesota (SC) (CFHOF) *

Mal Elward Allen Henry "Mal" Elward (June 23, 1892 – December 31, 1982) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Grinnell College from 1922 to 1923, at J ...

, Notre Dame (WE-2) * Arthur H. Gunderson, Iowa (FM-2)

Tackles

Vic Halligan Victor H. Halligan (November 22, 1892 – March 10, 1973) was an American football player. He played for the University of Nebraska from 1912 to 1914 and was the first All-American football player to be selected from the Nebraska Cornhuskers f ...

, Nebraska (CC, CON, DJ, FM-1, GH, HP, LA, LGS, SC, WE-1, WW) *

Cub Buck Howard Pierce "Cub" Buck (August 7, 1892 – June 14, 1966) was an American football player and college coach. He played as a tackle at the University of Wisconsin, captaining the team and earning consensus All-American honors in 1915. Buck th ...

, Wisconsin (CC, CON, LA uard LGS, SC, WE-1) * William D. Cochran, Michigan (FC, HP, WE-2) *

Laurens Shull Laurens Corning "Spike" Shull (January 17, 1894 – August 5, 1918) was an All-American football player who was killed in action during World War I. He played football, baseball and basketball for the University of Chicago from 1913 to 1916. He ...

, Chicago (FC, FM-2, LA) * Ray Keeler, Wisconsin (FM-1, LA uard * Butler (?), Wisconsin (DJ) * Jim Copley, Missouri Mines (WW) * Walter Essman, Christian Brothers (GH) * Lennox F. Armstrong, Illinois (FM-2, WE-2)

Guards

Ralph Chapman Ralph D. "Slouie" Chapman (May 8, 1892 – August 1969) was an American football player. He was the son of P. T. Chapman, a wealthy banker in Vienna, Illinois. He played at the guard position for Robert Zuppke's University of Illinois footb ...

, Illinois (CC, CON, DJ, FC, FM-1, GH, HP, LGS, SC, WE-1) * H. B. Routh, Purdue (CC, CON, FM-2, GH, SC, WE-1, WW) * Arlie Mucks, Wisconsin (DJ, FC, FM-1, HP, WE-2) *

Charlie Bachman Charles William Bachman Jr. (December 1, 1892 – December 14, 1985) was an American college American football, football player and head coach. Bachman was an Illinois native and an alumnus of the University of Notre Dame, where he played colleg ...

, Notre Dame (LGS) (CFHOF) * Boles Rosenthal, Minnesota (FM-2 enter WE-2) * Emmett Keefe, Notre Dame (FM-2)

Centers

Paul Des Jardien Paul Raymond "Shorty" Des Jardien (August 24, 1893 – March 7, 1956) was an American football, baseball and basketball player. He played for the University of Chicago where he was selected as the first-team All-American center in both 1913 a ...

, Chicago (CC, CON, DJ, FC, FM-1, GH, LA, LGS, SC, WE-1, WW uard (CFHOF) * James Raynsford, Michigan (HP, WE-2) * John W. Watson, Illinois (WW)

Quarterbacks

* George Clark, Illinois (CC, CON, DJ, FC, FM-1, GH, HP, LA, SC, WE-2, WW) *

Dutch Bergman Arthur J. "Dutch" Bergman (February 23, 1895 – August 18, 1972) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now New Mexico State University, from 19 ...

, Notre Dame (WE-1) * Pete Russell, Chicago (LGS) *

Tommy Hughitt Tommy Hughitt (born Ernest Fredrick Hughitt; December 27, 1892 – December 27, 1961) was a Canadian-American National Football League utility player, coach, referee and politician. He was also an All-American quarterback for the University ...

, Michigan (FM-2)

Halfbacks

John Maulbetsch John Frederick Maulbetsch (June 20, 1890 – September 14, 1950) was an All-American football halfback at Adrian College in 1911 and for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1914 to 1916. He is also a member of the College Football Hal ...

, Michigan (CC, CON, DJ, FC, FM-1, GH, HP, LA, LGS ullback SC, WE-1, WW) (CFHOF) *

Harold Pogue Harold Pogue (November 25, 1893 – October 23, 1969) was an American football player and businessman. He played quarterback and halfback for Robert Zuppke's University of Illinois football teams and was selected as a first-team All-America ...

, Illinois (CC, CON, DJ, FC, FM-1, GH, HP ullback LA, LGS, SC, WE-1, WW) * Gray, Chicago (FM-2, LGS) * Richard B. Rutherford, Nebraska (WE-2) * Wilbur Hightower, Northwestern (WE-2) *

Guy Chamberlin Berlin Guy "Champ" Chamberlin (January 16, 1894 – April 4, 1967), sometimes misspelled Guy Chamberlain, was an American football player and coach. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1962 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame ...

, Nebraska (FM-2)

Fullbacks

Lorin Solon Lorin Solon (March 1, 1892 – March 1967) was an All-American football player who played at the end and fullback positions for the University of Minnesota. Solon was the Gophers' "surest ground gainer, its best goal kicker, a great defense play ...

, Minnesota (CC, CON, DJ, FM-1, GH, LA nd LGS nd SC, WE-1 nd WW) *

George E. Julian George Edward "Carp" Julian (February 6, 1893 – May 9, 1977) was an American football player. He played at the Fullback (American football), fullback position at Michigan Agricultural College (MAC), now known as Michigan State University, from ...

, Michigan Agricultural (FC, HP alfback LA, WE-1) *

Ray Eichenlaub Raymond James "Ray" "Iron Eich" Eichenlaub (July 15, 1892 – November 9, 1949) was an American college football player who was a fullback for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team of the University of Notre Dame. He received All-American ...

, Notre Dame (WE-2) * Eugene Schobinger, Illinois (FM-2)

Key

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors CC = Selections of Western coaches and critics CON = Consensus of opinion of coaches and critics compiled by E.B. Moss of the

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, New York City DJ =

Dick Jemison Richard Stubbs Jemison (September 19, 1886 – January 9, 1965) was an early 20th-century American sportswriter in the South who was for eleven years the sporting editor of the ''Atlanta Constitution''. He wrote extensively on baseball and f ...

, sporting editor ''

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'' FC = F. M. Church, sporting editor, ''

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'' FM =

Frank G. Menke Frank Grant Menke (October 10, 1885 – May 13, 1954) was an American newspaper reporter, author, and sports historian. He wrote for the Hearst Newspapers from 1912 to 1932 and his articles appeared daily in 300 newspapers across the country. He ...

, sporting editor of the

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GH = George Henger in ''St. Louis Times'' HP = Howard Pearson, sporting editor ''

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'' LA = Leonard Adams in ''Chicago Daily Journal'' LGS = Lambert G. Sullivan in ''

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'' SC = Sidney Casner, sporting editor ''Illinois Magazine'' and ''Daily Illini'' 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 ...

WW = Wilbur Wood in ''St. Louis Republic'' CFHOF =

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References

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