# 1913 All-Western college football team

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)
* Richard B. 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