The 1916 All-Western Conference football team consists of

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players selected to the all-conference team for the Western Conference, later known as the

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, as chosen by various selectors for the

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All-Western Conference selections

Ends

* Bert Baston, Minnesota (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1) * Paul Meyers, Wisconsin (WE-1) * Charles Bolen, Ohio (AX-1; ECP-2) *

Reynold Kraft Reynold Rudolph Kraft (March 29, 1895 – November 7, 1951) was a player in the National Football League (NFL) for the Minneapolis Marines in 1922 as an end. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Illinois. Biography Kraft wa ...

, Illinois (WE-2; IV-1) * Frederick I. Norman, Northwestern (WE-2; ECP-2)

Tackles

* Jackson, Chicago (WE-1) * Frank A. R. Mayer, Minnesota (WE-1; ECP-2) *

George Hauser George Wesley Hauser (February 24, 1893 – November 8, 1968) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Colgate University from 1926 until 1927 and at the University of Minnesota from 1942 to 1944, compili ...

, Minnesota (AX-1; ECP-1) * Fred Becker, Iowa (ECP-1) * Manley R. Petty, Illinois (ECP-2) * Elmer T. Rundquist, Illinois (WE-2) * Reding Putnam, Northwestern (WE-2)

Guards

* Conrad L. Eklund, Minnesota (WE-1; IV-1; ECP-2) * Leonard L. Charpier, Illinois (WE-1) * M. J. Proud, Purdue (AX-1) * Gilbert S. Sinclair, Minnesota (AX-1; ECP-1) * Eldon J. Smith, Northwestern (IV-1) * Charles Higgins, Chicago (WE-2; ECP-1) *

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

, Notre Dame (ECP-2)

Centers

* Fred Becker, Iowa (WE-1; AX-1 ackle * John L. Townley, Jr., Minnesota (AX-1; IV-1; WE-2 uard ECP-1) * Charles Carpenter, Wisconsin (WE-2) * Walter Niemann, Michigan (ECP-2) * Fisher, Chicago (IV-2) * Ferdinand Holtkamp, Ohio State (AX-2; IV-2 uard

Quarterbacks

Bart Macomber Franklin Bart Macomber (September 4, 1894 – December 19, 1971) was an American football player. He played halfback and quarterback for the University of Illinois from 1914 to 1916 and helped the school to its first national football champions ...

, Illinois (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1) * Claire Long, Minnesota (WE-2; AX-2; IV-2; ECP-2)

Halfbacks

* Chic Harley, Ohio State (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1) *

Paddy Driscoll John Leo "Paddy" Driscoll (January 11, 1895 – June 29, 1968) was an American professional football and baseball player and football coach. A triple-threat man in football, he was regarded as the best drop kicker and one of the best overall pl ...

, Northwestern (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1) *

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 (ECP-1) *

Eber Simpson Eber Edward Simpson (July 24, 1895 – December 19, 1964) was an American football, basketball and baseball player, football coach, and physician. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he starred in football, basketball, and b ...

, Wisconsin (AX-2; IV-2) * Archie Erehart, Indiana (WE-2; AX-2) * J. Elwood Davis, Iowa (WE-2) * Hal Hansen, Minnesota (ECP-2) *

Stan Cofall Stanley Bingham Cofall (May 5, 1894 – September 21, 1961) was an American football player and coach. Early life Cofall was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Fred and Ida Bingham Cofall. In 1910 he played football at East Technical High School. He the ...

, Notre Dame (ECP-2) * Joseph M. Sprafka, Minnesota (IV-2)

Fullbacks

Pudge Wyman Arnold Douglas "Pudge" Wyman (August 20, 1895 – March 4, 1961) was an American football player. He was an All-American fullback for the University of Minnesota from 1915–1916 and halfback for the Rock Island Independents in the first seaso ...

, Minnesota (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1) *

Bob Koehler Robert Adam Charles Koehler (April 7, 1894 – July 1, 1949) was an American football player who played fullback for seven seasons for the Decatur Staleys and the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League The National Football ...

, Northwestern (WE-2; AX-2; IV-2; ECP-2)

Key

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 ''

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'' AX = G. W. Axelson in the ''Chicago Herald'' IV = Irving Vaughn in the ''Chicago Examiner'' ECP = E. C. Patterson in ''

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'' Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors

References

{{All-Big Ten Conference football teams 1916 Western Conference football season All-Big Ten Conference football teams