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1906 All-Western college football team

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The 1906 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1906 college football season.

All-Western selections

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Ends

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  • Bobby Marshall, Minnesota (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1, OL, SLG) (CFHOF)
  • Mysterious Walker, Chicago (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CIO, CJ, CRH, ECP-1, SLG)
  • Franz "Dutch" Frurip, Wabash (CT)
  • Frank W. Johnson, Nebraska (ECP-2)
  • Charles J. Moynihan, Illinois (ECP-2)

Tackles

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  • Joe Curtis, Michigan (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1, SLG)
  • Ed Parry, Chicago (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP [end], CIO, CJ, CRH [guard], ECP-1, OL [end], SLG)
  • George Leland Case, Minnesota (CC [guard], CE [guard], CEP, CRH [guard], CT, ECP-2, OL)
  • Franklin C. Wade, Indiana (ECP-2)

Guards

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  • Forest Van Hook, Illinois (CDN, CEP, CT, ECP-1, SLG)
  • Theodore Vita, Minnesota (CA, CDN, CE, CEP, CJ, CT, ECP-2, OL, SLG)
  • William "Bill" Ittner, Minnesota (CC, CIO, CRH [tackle], ECP-1, OL [tackle])
  • Warren A. Gelbach, Wisconsin (CIO)
  • Walter D. Graham, Michigan (CJ, ECP-2)
  • Smith, Minnesota (CA, OL)

Centers

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  • Orren Eark Safford, Minnesota (CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CRH, ECP-1, OL, SLG)
  • Lloyd A. Waugh, Indiana (CJ, ECP-2)
  • Stechm, Wisconsin (CT)
  • W. Wellinghoff, Purdue (CA)

Quarterbacks

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Halfbacks

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  • Walter Steffen, Chicago (CA, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CT, ECP-2, SLG) (CFHOF)
  • John Schuknecht, Minnesota (CC, CDN, CIO, CRH, ECP-1, OL, SLG)
  • Heze Clark, Indiana (CE, CEP, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1)
  • Hodge, Illinois (CA)
  • Paul Magoffin, Michigan (CC, ECP-2)
  • William C. Doane, Minnesota (OL)

Fullbacks

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  • John Garrels, Michigan (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1, OL, SLG)
  • Earl Current, Minnesota (ECP-2)

Key

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CA = Chicago American[1]

CC = Chicago Chronicle[1]

CDN = Chicago Daily News[1]

CE = Chicago Examiner[1]

CEP = Chicago Evening Post[1]

CIO = Chicago Inter-Ocean[1]

CJ = Chicago Journal[1]

CRH = Chicago Record-Herald[1]

CT = Chicago Tribune[1]

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

OL = O'Loughlin in The Minneapolis Journal[3]

SLG = St. Louis Globe-Democrat[1]

CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Walter Camp, ed. (1907). Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1907. American Sports Publishing Company. pp. 23, 25.
  2. "Pick Stars of the Gridiron". The Pittsburgh Press. January 9, 1907.
  3. O'Loughlin (December 2, 1906). "An All-Western Team To Play the "New" Game". The Minneapolis Journal. p. 2 (Sports).