1916 All-Western college football team

The 1916 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1916 college football season.

All-Western selections

Ends

• Bert Baston, Minnesota (ECP-1) (CFHOF)
• Chic Harley, Ohio State (ECP-1) (CFHOF)
• Frederick I. Norman, Northwestern (ECP-2)
• Charles Bolen, Ohio State (ECP-2)

Tackles

• George Hauser, Minnesota (ECP-1)
• Fred Becker, Iowa (ECP-1)
• Manley R. Petty, Illinois (ECP-2)
• Frank A. R. Mayer, Minnesota (ECP-2)

Guards

• Charles Higgins, Chicago (ECP-1)
• Gilbert S. Sinclair, Minnesota (ECP-1)
• C. L. Eklund, Minnesota (ECP-2)
• Charlie Bachman, Notre Dame (ECP-2) (CFHOF)

Centers

• John L. Townley, Jr., Minnesota (ECP-1)
• Walter Niemann, Michigan (ECP-2)

Quarterbacks

• Bart Macomber, Illinois (ECP-1) (CFHOF)
• Claire Long, Minnesota (ECP-2)

Halfbacks

• Paddy Driscoll, Northwestern (ECP-1) (CFHOF/PFHOF)
• John Maulbetsch, Michigan (ECP-1) (CFHOF)
• Hal Hansen, Minnesota (ECP-2)
• Stan Cofall, Notre Dame (ECP-2)

Fullbacks

• Pudge Wyman, Minnesota (ECP-1)
• Bob Koehler, Northwestern (ECP-2)

Key

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors

ECP = E. C. Patterson in Collier's Weekly^[1]

CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame

See also

• 1916 College Football All-America Team
• 1916 All-Western Conference football team

References

1. E.C. Patterson (December 23, 1916). "Collier's All-Western Eleven". Collier's Weekly. p. 22.