The 1916 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1916 college football season.
All-Western selections Ends Bert Baston, Minnesota (ECP-1; JV-1) (CFHOF) Chic Harley, Ohio State (ECP-1; JV-1) (CFHOF) Tim Corey, Nebraska (JV-1) Frederick I. Norman, Northwestern (ECP-2) Charles Bolen, Ohio State (ECP-2; JV-2) Flynn, Minnesota (JV-2)
Tackles George Hauser, Minnesota (ECP-1; JV-1) Fred Becker, Iowa (ECP-1) Howard Courtney, Ohio State (JV-1) Manley R. Petty, Illinois (ECP-2) Frank A. R. Mayer, Minnesota (ECP-2; JV-2) Runquist, Illinois (JV-2)
Guards Charles Higgins, Chicago (ECP-1) Gilbert S. Sinclair, Minnesota (ECP-1) Conrad L. Eklund, Minnesota (ECP-2; JV-1) Charlie Bachman, Notre Dame (ECP-2; JV-1) (CFHOF) Alan Boyd, Michigan (JV-2) Gorgas, Chicago (JV-2)
Centers John L. Townley, Jr., Minnesota (ECP-1; JV-1) Walter Niemann, Michigan (ECP-2) Slip Madigan, Notre Dame (JV-1)
Quarterbacks Bart Macomber, Illinois (ECP-1; JV-1) (CFHOF) Claire Long, Minnesota (ECP-2; JV-2)
Halfbacks Paddy Driscoll, Northwestern (ECP-1; JV-2) (CFHOF/PFHOF) John Maulbetsch, Michigan (ECP-1) (CFHOF) Harold Hansen, Minnesota (ECP-2) Stan Cofall, Notre Dame (ECP-2; JV-1) Loren Caley, Nebraska (JV-2)
Fullbacks Pudge Wyman, Minnesota (ECP-1; JV-1) Bob Koehler, Northwestern (ECP-2; JV-2)
Key Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors
ECP = E. C. Patterson in Collier's Weekly
JV = Jack Veiock
CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame
See also 1916 College Football All-America Team 1916 All-Western Conference football team
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