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The 1917 All-Western college football team consists of
American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the
1917 college football season .
All-Western selections
Ends
Charles Bolen , Ohio State (FM, HP, LA, LGS, PD)
W. M. Kelley , Wisconsin (FM, GWA, LA, LGS, PD)
Charles Laun, Iowa (GWA)
Alan Boyd, Michigan (HP)
John Rasmussen, Camp Grant / Nebraska (REAL)
Gardiner, Camp Custer / Carlisle Indian (REAL)
Tackles
George Hauser , Minnesota (FM, HB, GWA, LA, LGS, PD)
Harold J. Courtney, Ohio State (LA, LGS, PD [guard])
Dave Philbin, Notre Dame (GWA)
Ernest Hubka , Nebraska (HP)
Hugh Blacklock , Great Lakes Naval Training Station / Michigan (REAL)
Ward, Camp Custer (REAL)
Guards
Charles Higgins , Chicago (FM, GWA, LA, PD)
Elmert T. Rundquist, Illinois (FM [tackle], LA, LGS)
Conrad L. Eklund , Minnesota (GWA, LGS, PD [tackle])
John Ulrich, Northwestern (FM)
Tillie Voss , Detroit (HP)
Joseph Hanish, Michigan (HP)
Whiting, Camp Grant – Chicago (REAL)
Robins, Great Lakes Naval Training Station / Springfield Normal (REAL)
Centers
Frank Rydzewski , Notre Dame (FM, GWA, LA, LGS, PD)
Frank Culver , Michigan (HP)
Pottinger, Great Lakes Naval Training Station – Wisconsin (REAL)
Quarterbacks
Halfbacks
Chic Harley , Ohio State (FM, GWA, HP, LA, LGS) (CFHOF)
Joe Brandy , Notre Dame (FM)
Hugo Otopalik , Nebraska (LGS)
Eber Simpson , Wisconsin (GWA)
Allen, Detroit (HP)
Fritz Shiverick , Camp Grant / Cornell (REAL)
James B. Craig , Fort Sheridan / Michigan (REAL)
Fullbacks
Bob Koehler , Northwestern (FM, GWA, LA, LGS)
Forrest Strome, Kalamazoo (HP)
Cedric C. Smith , Great Lakes Naval Training Station / Michigan (REAL)
Key
Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors
FM =
Frank G. Menke , sporting editor of Newspaper Feature Service
[1]
GWA = G. W. Axelson in Chicago Herald
[1]
HP = Howard Pearson in Detroit Journal
[1]
LA = Leonard Adams, football editor Chicago Journal
[1]
LGS = Lambert G. Sullivan, football editor of Chicago Daily News
[1]
PD =
Paddy Driscoll in Chicago Examiner
[1]
REAL = The Real All-Western Eleven (by Lambert G. Sullivan, football editor Chicago Daily News )
[1]
CFHOF =
College Football Hall of Fame
See also
References