The 1913 All-Western college football team consists of

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players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the

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. Five Western players were also selected as consensus All-Americans on the

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: Miller Pontius (tackle, Michigan), Ray Keeler (guard, Wisconsin), Paul Des Jardien (center, Chicago),

Gus Dorais Charles Emile "Gus" Dorais (July 2, 1891 – January 3, 1954) was an American football player, coach, and athletics administrator. Dorais played college football at the University of Notre Dame, where he was an All-American in 1913 at quarterba ...

(quarterback, Notre Dame), and James B. Craig (halfback, Michigan).

All-Western selections

Ends

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 pla ...

, Minnesota (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-2, WE-1) *

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, Notre Dame (CDN-1, CON, CT, ECP-2, IO-1, WE-1) (CFHOF) *

Clark Shaughnessy Clark Daniel Shaughnessy (born Clark Daniel O'Shaughnessy; March 6, 1892 – May 15, 1970) was an American football coach and innovator. He is sometimes called the "father of the T formation" and the original founder of the forward pass, althou ...

, Minnesota (CDN-2 ullback CRH, ECP-1 uard (CFHOF) * Blake Miller, Michigan Agricultural (ECP-1) * Norman K. Wilson, Illinois (ECP-2) * Earl Huntington, Chicago (CDN-2, WE-2) * Harold Ofstie, Wisconsin (CDN-2, IO-1) *

Harold Pogue Harold Pogue (November 25, 1893 – October 23, 1969) was an American football player and businessman. He played quarterback and Halfback (American football), halfback for Robert Zuppke's University of Illinois football teams and was selecte ...

, Illinois (IO-2) * Ralph B. Henning, Michigan Agricultural (WE-2)

Tackles

Bob Butler Robert Parker Butler (April 4, 1891 – December 17, 1959) was an American gridiron football player best known for playing college football for the University of Wisconsin. Nicknamed "Butts", he was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame i ...

, Wisconsin (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1) * Miller Pontius, Michigan (CDN-1, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-2) AA* Brown, South Dakota (CON, CRH) * Vic Halligan, Nebraska (CT, WE-1) * Archie Kirk, Iowa (ECP-2, IO-2) * Gideon Smith, Michigan Agricultural (ECP-2) * Chester W. Gifford, Michigan Agricultural (CDN-2, IO-2, WE-2) *

Harold Ernest Goettler Harold Ernest Goettler (July 21, 1890 – October 6, 1918) was a U.S. Army Air Service aviator killed in action on October 6, 1918, while locating the Lost Battalion of the 77th Division during World War I. He died of wounds resulting from Germa ...

, Chicago (CDN-2)

Guards

* Ernest Allmendinger, Michigan (CDN-2, CON, CRH, CT, WE-1) * Ray Keeler, Wisconsin (CDN-2, CON, CRH, ECP-2, IO-1, WE-2) AA* Faunt V. Lenardson, Michigan Agricultural (CDN-1, CT, WE-1) * Harris, Chicago (CDN-1, ECP-2, IO-2) * George C. Paterson, Michigan (ECP-1) * Boles Rosenthal, Minnesota (IO-1) * H. B. Routh, Purdue (IO-2) * James J. Gallagher, Missouri (WE-2)

Centers

* Paul Des Jardien, Chicago (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1) AA, CFHOF* C. E. Glossop, Purdue (CDN-2, ECP-2) * George C. Paterson, Michigan (IO-2) * Al Feeney, Notre Dame (WE-2)

Quarterbacks

, Notre Dame (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-2, IO-1, WE-1) AA, CFHOF* Pete Russell, Chicago (ECP-1, WE-2) * Samuel Gross, Iowa (CDN-2) * Wilbur Hightower, Northwestern (IO-2)

Halfbacks

* James B. Craig, Michigan (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1) AA*

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, Chicago (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1) * William McAlmon, Minnesota (ECP-2) * Gray, Chicago (CDN-2, ECP-2) * Miller, Michigan Agricultural (CDN-2) * Leonard Purdy, Nebraska (IO-2) *

Elmer Oliphant Elmer Quillen Oliphant (July 9, 1892 – July 3, 1975), nicknamed "Catchy''" or "''Ollie''", was an American football, basketball and track and field, track player and coach. He is one of the great scorers in college football history, credited wi ...

, Purdue (IO-2) (CFHOF) * Dick Rutherford, Nebraska (WE-2) * Joe Pliska, Notre Dame (WE-2)

Fullbacks

Ray Eichenlaub Raymond Joseph Eichenlaub (1892/1893 – November 9, 1949) was an American football player. Nicknamed "Eich", he was best known for playing college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Biography Eichenlaub was born in Columbus, Ohio—hi ...

, Notre Dame (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1) (CFHOF) * George E. Julian, Michigan State (ECP-2, IO-2, WE-2)

Key

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors CDN = ''Chicago Daily News'' CON = Based on "consensus of opinion of sporting writers and experts who have already picked teams" CRH = ''Chicago Record-Herald'' by M. J. Wathey CT = ''Chicago Tribune'' ECP = E. C. Patterson for ''

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'' IO = '' The Inter Ocean'' 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 ...

CAA = Consensus All-American during the 1913 college football season CFHOF =

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