1912 All-Western college football team explained

The 1912 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1912 college football season.

All-Western selections

Ends

Tackles

Guards

Centers

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

Fullbacks

Key

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors

Ax = George W. Axelson, Chicago football writer[1]

ECP = E. C. Patterson for Collier's Weekly[2]

FY = Fielding H. Yost, head football coach at University of Michigan, in the Detroit Free Press[3] [4]

WE = Walter Eckersall for the Chicago Tribune[5]

CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Chicago Football Man Selects Two All-Star Elevens. The Washington Times. November 26, 1912. 13.
  2. News: Collier's All-Western Football Team. E. C. Patterson. Collier's. December 7, 1912. 12.
  3. News: Hurry-Up Yost's All-Western Team Favors Michigan. The Calumet News. November 30, 1912. 7.
  4. News: Six Michigan Players in Yost's All-Western Team: Torbet, Quinn, Pontius, Paterson, Craig and Thomson Earn Places on Mythical Eleven--"Hurry-Up" Thinks Michigan Superior of Conference Outfits. Detroit Free Press. November 28, 1912. 11. https://archive.today/20130131142540/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1749709912.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+28,+1912&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&edition=&startpage=11&desc=SIX+MICHIGAN+PLAYERS+IN+YOST'S+ALL-WESTERN+TEAM. dead. January 31, 2013.
  5. News: Walter H. Eckersall. Eckersall Picks Western Eleven. Chicago Tribune. December 1, 1912.