The 1913 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1913 college football season. Five Western players were also selected as consensus All-Americans on the 1913 College Football All-America Team: Miller Pontius (tackle, Michigan), Ray Keeler (guard, Wisconsin), Paul Des Jardien (center, Chicago), Gus Dorais (quarterback, Notre Dame), and James B. Craig (halfback, Michigan).
All-Western selections Ends Lorin Solon, Minnesota (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-2, WE-1) Knute Rockne, Notre Dame (CDN-1, CON, CT, ECP-2, IO-1, WE-1) (CFHOF) Clark Shaughnessy, Minnesota (CDN-2 [fullback], CRH, ECP-1 [guard]) (CFHOF) Blake Miller, Michigan Agricultural (ECP-1) Norman K. Wilson, Illinois (ECP-2) Earl Huntington, Chicago (CDN-2, WE-2) Harold Ofstie, Wisconsin (CDN-2, IO-1) Harold Pogue, Illinois (IO-2) Ralph B. Henning, Michigan Agricultural (WE-2)
Tackles Bob Butler, Wisconsin (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1) Miller Pontius, Michigan (CDN-1, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-2) [CAA] Brown, South Dakota (CON, CRH) Vic Halligan, Nebraska (CT, WE-1) Archie Kirk, Iowa (ECP-2, IO-2) Gideon Smith, Michigan Agricultural (ECP-2) Chester W. Gifford, Michigan Agricultural (CDN-2, IO-2, WE-2) Harold Ernest Goettler, Chicago (CDN-2)
Guards Ernest Allmendinger, Michigan (CDN-2, CON, CRH, CT, WE-1) Ray Keeler, Wisconsin (CDN-2, CON, CRH, ECP-2, IO-1, WE-2) [CAA] Faunt V. Lenardson, Michigan Agricultural (CDN-1, CT, WE-1) Harris, Chicago (CDN-1, ECP-2, IO-2) George C. Paterson, Michigan (ECP-1) Boles Rosenthal, Minnesota (IO-1) H. B. Routh, Purdue (IO-2) James J. Gallagher, Missouri (WE-2)
Centers Paul Des Jardien, Chicago (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1) [CAA, CFHOF] C. E. Glossop, Purdue (CDN-2, ECP-2) George C. Paterson, Michigan (IO-2) Al Feeney, Notre Dame (WE-2)
Quarterbacks Gus Dorais, Notre Dame (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-2, IO-1, WE-1) [CAA, CFHOF] Pete Russell, Chicago (ECP-1, WE-2) Samuel Gross, Iowa (CDN-2) Wilbur Hightower, Northwestern (IO-2)
Halfbacks James B. Craig, Michigan (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1) [CAA] Nelson Norgren, Chicago (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1) William McAlmon, Minnesota (ECP-2) Gray, Chicago (CDN-2, ECP-2) Miller, Michigan Agricultural (CDN-2) Leonard Purdy, Nebraska (IO-2) Elmer Oliphant, Purdue (IO-2) (CFHOF) Dick Rutherford, Nebraska (WE-2) Joe Pliska, Notre Dame (WE-2)
Fullbacks Ray Eichenlaub, Notre Dame (CDN-1, CON, CRH, CT, ECP-1, IO-1, WE-1) (CFHOF) George E. Julian, Michigan State (ECP-2, IO-2, WE-2)
Key Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors
CDN = Chicago Daily News
CON = Based on "consensus of opinion of sporting writers and experts who have already picked teams"
CRH = Chicago Record-Herald by M. J. Wathey
CT = Chicago Tribune
ECP = E. C. Patterson for Collier's Weekly
IO = The Inter Ocean
WE = Walter Eckersall
CAA = Consensus All-American during the 1913 college football season
CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame
See also 1913 College Football All-America Team
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