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
Ends 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 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 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 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 Walter Eckersall, Chicago (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1, OL, SLG) (CFHOF) Frank K. Hare, Indiana (ECP-2)
Halfbacks 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 John Garrels, Michigan (CA, CC, CDN, CE, CEP, CIO, CJ, CRH, CT, ECP-1, OL, SLG) Earl Current, Minnesota (ECP-2)
Key CA = Chicago American
CC = Chicago Chronicle
CDN = Chicago Daily News
CE = Chicago Examiner
CEP = Chicago Evening Post
CIO = Chicago Inter-Ocean
CJ = Chicago Journal
CRH = Chicago Record-Herald
CT = Chicago Tribune
ECP = Elmer C. Patterson for Collier's Weekly
OL = O'Loughlin in The Minneapolis Journal
SLG = St. Louis Globe-Democrat
CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame
See also 1906 College Football All-America Team
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