The 1921 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of

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players selected to the All-Big Ten Conference teams chosen by various selectors for the

1921 Big Ten Conference football season The 1921 Big Ten Conference football season was the 26th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference (also known as the Western Conference) and was a part of the 1921 college football season. The 1921 Iowa ...

All Big-Ten selections

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Fritz Crisler Herbert Orin "Fritz" Crisler (; January 12, 1899 – August 19, 1982) was an American college football coach who is best known as "the father of two-platoon football," an innovation in which separate units of players were used for offense and d ...

, Chicago (BE-1; CA-1; WE-1; LH-1) * Stevens Gould, Wisconsin (CA-1; WE-1; LH-1; BE-2 alfback * Truck Myers, Ohio State (WE-1; LH-1) *

Lester Belding Lester Cort Belding (December 5, 1900 – May 27, 1965) was an American athlete and coach in football and track and field. He was the first football player from the University of Iowa to be named an All-American. He was inducted into the Nationa ...

, Iowa (BE-1; WE-2) * Gus Tebell, Wisconsin (BE-2; WE-3) *

Paul G. Goebel Paul Gordon Goebel (May 28, 1901 – January 26, 1988) was an American football end who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1920 to 1922. He was an All-American in 1921 and was the team's captain in 1922. He played profession ...

, Michigan (BE-2; WE-3)

Tackles

* Charles McGuire, Chicago (BE-1; CA-1; WE-1; LH-1) * Duke Slater, Iowa (BE-1; CA-1; WE-1; LH-1) * James Brader, Wisconsin (BE-2; WE-2) *

Iolas Huffman Iolas Melitus Huffman (February 4, 1898 – November 12, 1989) was an American football and baseball player. He was a first-team All-American football player for Ohio State in 1920 and 1921. He was also the captain of the 1920 Buckeyes foot ...

(BE-2; WE-2) * Robert H. Spiers, Ohio State (WE-3) * Ed Carman, Purdue (WE-3)

Guards

Robert J. Dunne Robert Jerome "Duke" Dunne (August 29, 1899 – May 18, 1980) was an American football player and coach, and state court judge in Illinois. He played for the University of Michigan from 1918 to 1921, and competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Af ...

, Michigan (CA-1; WE-1; LH-1) *

Lloyd Pixley Lloyd A. "Butch" Pixley (c. 1900 − July 30, 1954) was an American football player. A native of Columbus, Ohio, he played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes at the guard position in 1918, 1919, 1921, and 1922. Under wartime S.A.T.C. r ...

, Ohio State (BE-1; CA-1; LH-1) * Dean W. Trott, Ohio State (BE-1; WE-1) *

Charles Redmon Charles Marion Redmon (February 23, 1900 – April 6, 1939) was an American football and track and field athlete for the University of Chicago. Redmon was born in 1900 in Peru, Indiana. He was the son of a dentist, Dr. Charles E. Redmon. He gra ...

, Chicago (BE-2; WE-2) * Albert W. T. Mohr, Jr., Illinois (WE-2) * Ferdinand Birk, Purdue (BE-2) *

Paul Minick Paul Daniel Minick (December 17, 1899 – December 22, 1978) was an American football player and coach and film actor. Early years Minick was born in 1899 at Villisca, Iowa. He attended West High School in Des Moines, Iowa. University of Iowa M ...

, Iowa (WE-3) * William G. McCaw, Indiana (WE-3)

Centers

* Ernie Vick, Michigan (BE-2; CA-1; WE-1) * George C. Bunge, Wisconsin (BE-1; WE-2; LH-1) * Jack Heldt, Iowa (WE-3)

Quarterbacks

* Aubrey Devine, Iowa (BE-1; CA-1; WE-1; LH-1) *

Milton Romney Milton Addas "Mitt" Romney (June 20, 1899 – November 10, 1975) was an American professional football player who played in the offensive backfield for the Racine Legion from 1923 to 1924 Hoge Workman Harry Hallworth "Hoge" Workman (September 25, 1899 – May 20, 1972) was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball and a player-coach in the National Football League. Listed at 5' 11", 170 lb., Workman batted and threw right-handed. A nativ ...

, Ohio State (BE-2) *

Irwin Uteritz Irwin Charles "Utz" Uteritz (July 4, 1899 – December 14, 1963) was an American athlete and coach. He played American football and baseball for the University of Michigan from 1921 to 1923. At 140 pounds, he was one of the lightest quarterbacks ...

, Michigan (WE-3)

Halfbacks

* Alvah Elliott, Wisconsin (BE-1; CA-1; WE-1; LH-1) * Laurie Walquist, Illinois (CA-2; WE-2; LH-1) * John D. Stuart, Ohio State (BE-2; CA-1; WE-3) *

Don Peden Don C. Peden (December 30, 1898 – February 23, 1970) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Ohio University from 1924 to 1946, compiling a record of 121 wins, 46 losses and 11 draws Peden' ...

, Illinois (WE-1) * Roland Williams, Wisconsin (BE-1) *

Franklin Cappon Franklin C. "Cappy" Cappon (October 17, 1900 – November 29, 1961) was an American college football and college basketball player and coach. He played football and basketball at Phillips University and the University of Michigan and coached at ...

, Michigan (CA-2; WE-2) * Earl Martineau, Minnesota (WE-3)

Fullbacks

Gordon Locke Gordon C. Locke (August 3, 1898 – November 9, 1969) was an American college football player and coach He played college football at the University of Iowa, where he was an All-American. Locke served as the head football coach at Western Reserve ...

, Iowa (BE-1; CA-1; WE-1; LH-1) * Guy Sundt, Wisconsin (BE-2; CA-2; WE-3) *

John Webster Thomas John Webster Thomas (February 13, 1900 – August 19, 1977) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a Fullback (gridiron football), fullback at the University of Chicago from 1921 to 1923 under Amos Alonzo Stagg. T ...

, Chicago (WE-2)

Key

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Billy Evans William George Evans (February 10, 1884 – January 23, 1956), nicknamed "The Boy Umpire", was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1906 to 1927. He became, at age 22, the youngest umpire in majo ...

, "N.E.A. Sports Expert; American League Umpire; and Football Official" CA = ''Chicago American'', selected by Harold Johnson 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 C ...

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References

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