The 1926 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Big Ten Conference teams chosen by various selectors for the

1926 Big Ten Conference football season The 1926 Big Ten Conference football season was the 31st 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 1926 college football season. Season overview ...

. Herb Joesting and Bennie Oosterbaan were the only two players chosen unanimously in the Associated Press poll of conference coaches.

All Big-Ten selections

Ends

* Bennie Oosterbaan, Michigan (AP-1; UP-1; BE-1; WE-1) * Roger B. Wheeler, Minnesota (AP-1; UP-2; BE-1; WE-1) * William Flora, Michigan (AP-2; UP-1; BE-3) * Chuck Kassel, Illinois (AP-2, UP-3) * Jefferson Burrus, Wisconsin (UP-2; BE-2) * Waldo A. Fisher, Northwestern (UP-3; BE-2) * Laurie Apitz, Chicago (BE-3)

Tackles

* Spike Nelson, Iowa (AP-1; UP-2; BE-1) *

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, Ohio State (AP-2; UP-1; BE-2; WE-1) * Robert W. Johnson, Northwestern (UP-2; BE-1; UP-2 ackle WE-1) * Mike Gary, Minnesota (AP-1; UP-3; BE-3) *

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, Michigan (AP-2; UP-3; BE-2) * Leo R. Uridil, Ohio State (BE-3)

Guards

* Ed Hess, Ohio State (AP-1; UP-1; BE-1; WE-1) * Bernie Shively, Illinois (AP-1; UP-2; BE-1; WE-1) * Harold W. Hanson, Minnesota (AP-2; UP-1 ackle BE-2) * Bart, Northwestern (UP-1) * John Lovette, Michigan (AP-2; BE-2) * Louis A. Briner, Indiana (UP-3) * John Lovette, Michigan (UP-3) * Theodore R. Meyer, Ohio State (BE-3) * A. L. Spencer, Purdue (BE-3)

Centers

* Robert Reitsch, Illinois (AP-1; UP-1; BE-2; WE-1) * Alex Klein, Ohio State (AP-2; UP-2; BE-1) * Ken Rouse, Chicago (UP-3; BE-3)

Quarterbacks

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, Michigan (AP-1; UP-1; BE-1 WE-1) * Harold Almquist, Minnesota (AP-2; BE-2) * Franklin B. Lanum, Illinois (UP-2) *

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, Ohio State (UP-3; BE-3)

Halfbacks

* Ralph Baker, Northwestern (AP-1; UP-1; BE-1; WE-1) * Marty Karow, Ohio State (AP-1; UP-1; BE-2 s fb WE-1) * Nick Kutsch, Iowa (AP-2; UP-2; BE-3) * Chester "Cotton" Wilcox, Purdue (AP-2; UP-2; BE-1) * Louis Gilbert, Michigan (UP-3; BE-2) * Byron Eby, Ohio State (UP-3) *

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, Northwestern (BE-3)

Fullbacks

* Herb Joesting, Minnesota (AP-1; UP-1; BE-1; WE-1) * Loren L. Lewis, Northwestern (AP-2; UP-2; BE-3) *

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, Illinois (UP-3; BE-2

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Key

AP = Associated Press UP = United Press BE = Billy Evans WE = Walter Eckersall Bold = Consensus first-team selection by majority of the selectors listed above

References

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