The 1925 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Big Ten Conference teams chosen by various selectors for the 1925 Big Ten Conference football season.
All Big-Ten selections
Ends Bennie Oosterbaan, Michigan (AP-1; BE-1; BTW-1; NB-1; JW; UP-1; WE-1) Chuck Kassel, Illinois (AP-1; BE-1; BTW-1; UP-1; WE-1) Dick Romey, Iowa (AP-2; BE-2; JW; NB-1; WE-3) George Fisher, Indiana (BE-2) Jefferson Burrus, Wisconsin (BTW-2; UP-2) Roger B. Wheeler, Minnesota (BTW-2) Cookie Cunningham, Ohio State (AP-2) Elmer A. Lampe, Chicago (WE-2) William Flora, Michigan (WE-2) Frank E. Mathews, Northwestern (WE-3)
Tackles Fred Henderson, Chicago (AP-1; BE-1; BTW-1; JW; NB-1; UP-1; WE-1) Tom Edwards, Michigan (AP-2; BE-2; BTW-1; NB-1; UP-1; WE-1) Harry Hawkins, Michigan (AP-1; BE-1; BTW-1; JW; UP-2; WE-2) Elmer A. Lampe, Chicago (BE-2; UP-2 [end]) Paul Nelson, Wisconsin (BTW-2; WE-3) J. T. Bolan, Purdue (UP-2) John H. Nichols, Ohio State (AP-2) Charles A. Brown, Illinois (WE-2) Fred Hobscheid, Chicago (WE-3)
Guards Ed Hess, Ohio State (AP-1; BE-1; BTW-1; JW; NB-1; UP-1; WE-1) Bernie Shively, Illinois (AP-1; BE-1; JW) Sam Hibben, Chicago (NB-1) Ray J. Stipek, Wisconsin (AP-2; BE-2; BTW-2; WE-2) Len Walsh, Minnesota (BE-2; WE-1) John Lovette, Michigan (BTW-2; WE-3) Paul Kraguski, Iowa (UP-2, WE-3) Merwin Mitterwallner, Illinois (UP-2; WE-2)
Centers Robert J. Brown, Michigan (AP-1; BE-1; BTW-1 [guard]; JW; NB-1; UP-1 [guard]; WE-2) Tim Lowry, Northwestern (AP-2; BE-2; BTW-1; UP-1; WE-1) Alex W. Klein, Ohio State (BTW-2) Hal Griffen, Iowa (AP-2 [guard], UP-2) Robert Reitsch, Illinois (WE-3)
Quarterbacks Benny Friedman, Michigan (AP-1; BE-1; BTW-1; JW; UP-1; WE-1) Mel Taube, Purdue (BE-2) John Schirmer, Iowa (WE-2)
Halfbacks Red Grange, Illinois (AP-1; BE-1; BTW-1; NB-1 [quarterback]; JW; UP-1; WE-1) Austin McCarty, Chicago (AP-1; BE-1; BTW-1 [fullback]; WE-1 [fullback]) Wesley Fry, Iowa (AP-2 [fullback]; UP-1) Ralph Baker, Northwestern (NB-1) Harold V. Almquist, Minnesota (BTW-1; UP-2; WE-3 [qb]) Marty Karow, Ohio State (BE-2; JW; WE-2) Nick Kutsch, Iowa (BTW-2 [quarterback]; NB-1; WE-3) Doyle Harmon, Wisconsin (AP-2; BE-2; UP-2 [quarterback]; WE-1) Chester "Cotton" Wilcox, Purdue (AP-2 [quarterback]; BTW-2, WE-3) Larry Marks, Indiana (WE-2)
Fullbacks Tiny Lewis, Northwestern (AP-1; BE-2; BTW-2 [halfback]; UP-1; WE-2) Herb Joesting, Minnesota (AP-2; BE-1; UP-2) Bo Molenda, Michigan (BTW-2; NB-1; UP-2 [halfback]; WE-3) Earl Britton, Illinois (JW)
See also 1925 College Football All-America Team 1925 All-Western college football team
Key
AP = Associated Press, "as selected by seven of the Big Ten coaches, for the Associated Press tonight"
BE = Billy Evans with counsel from nine of the ten Big Ten coaches
BTW = Big Ten Weekly, selected by Albon Holden in the Big Ten Weekly, a publication devoted entirely to the athletics of the leading institutions of the west"
JW = John Wilce, head coach at Ohio State
NB = Norman E. Brown, sports editor of the Central Press Association
UP = United Press, "according to a consensus of opinion as expressed by coaches, trainers, athletic directors, and critics as compiled today by the United Press"
WE = Walter Eckersall
Bold = consensus first-team selection by at least three of the six selectors listed above
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