The 1908 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1908 college football season.
All-Western selections
editEnds
edit- James Dean, Wisconsin (ALF, CDN, WE)
- Walter Henry Rademacher, Minnesota (CDN, CRH)
- Harlan Page, Chicago (ALF, WE)
- Anderson, Wisconsin (CRH)
Tackles
edit- James Walker, Minnesota (ALF, CDN, CRH, WE)
- Oscar Osthoff, Wisconsin (ALF, CDN)
- Ralph Dimmick, Notre Dame (WE)
Guards
edit- Albert Benbrook, Michigan (CDN, CRH, WE) (CFHOF)
- Glenn D. Butzer, Illinois (ALF, CDN, CRH)
- Sam Dolan, Notre Dame (WE)
- William Mackmiller, Wisconsin (ALF)
Centers
edit- Henry E. Farnum, Minnesota (CDN, CRH)
- Andrew W. Smith, Michigan (WE)
- Benjamin Harrison Badenoch, Chicago (ALF)
Quarterbacks
edit- John McGovern, Minnesota (ALF, CRH, WE) (CFHOF)
- Harlan Page, Chicago (CDN)
Halfbacks
edit- Dave Allerdice, Michigan (CDN, WE)
- Joe Magidsohn, Michigan (CRH, WE)
- William Lucas Crawley, Chicago (ALF, CRH)
- Reuben Martin Rosenwald, Minnesota (ALF, CDN)
Fullbacks
edit- Earle T. Pickering, Minnesota (ALF, CRH)
- Oscar William Worthwine, Chicago (CDN)
- Robert E. Vaughan, Notre Dame (WE)
Key
editBold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors
ALF = A. L. Fridstein in Daily Maroon (Univ. of Chicago)[1]
CDN = Chicago Daily News[1]
CRH = Chicago Record-Herald[1]
WE = Walter Eckersall in the Chicago Tribune[1]
CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Walter Camp, ed. (1909). Spalding's Official Football Guide for 1909. American Sports Publishing Company. p. 31.