The 1915 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1915 college football season.
All-Western selections
Ends Bert Baston, Minnesota (Ax-1; ECP-1; S; WE-1) (CFHOF) Guy Chamberlin, Nebraska (Ax-1; ECP-2, FM-1; S) (CFHOF/PFHOF) George K. Squier, Illinois (Ax-2; ECP-1, DJ, FM-1; WE-1) Albert J. Quist, Minnesota (Ax-2; ECP-2; WE-2) Blake Miller, Michigan State (DJ) Carl Brelos, Chicago (WE-2)
Tackles Cub Buck, Wisconsin (Ax-1; ECP-1, DJ [as guard], FM-1; S; WE-1) Laurens Shull, Chicago (Ax-1; ECP-2, DJ, FM-1; WE-1) Elmer T. Rundquist, Illinois (ECP-1) Ross Petty, Illinois (ECP-2) Vic Halligan, Nebraska (DJ) Gideon Smith, Michigan Agricultural (S) Ivan B. Boughton, Ohio State (Ax-2; WE-2) Robert H. Randolph, Northwestern (Ax-2; WE-2)
Guards Merton Dunnigan, Minnesota (Ax-1; ECP-1; FM-1; WE-1) Freeman Fitzgerald, Notre Dame (Ax-2; FM-1; S) Frank Blocker, Purdue (Ax-1; ECP-1; WE-1) Fred R. Hanschmann, Illinois (ECP-2) Gilbert S. Sinclair, Minnesota (ECP-2) William D. Cochran, Michigan (DJ) Earl Abbott, Nebraska (Ax-2; S) Austin Stromberg, Northwestern (WE-2) Irving J. Barron, Iowa (WE-2)
Centers Jack Watson, Illinois (Ax-1; ECP-1; DJ; FM-1; S; WE-1) H. F. Hanson, Minnesota (ECP-2; FM-2; WE-2) Lyman Frimodig, Michigan Agr. (FM-3) Fisher, Chicago (Ax-2)
Quarterbacks Pete Russell, Chicago (Ax-1; ECP-1, DJ [as hb], FM-1; S; WE-1) George Clark, Illinois (ECP-2; DJ; FM-2; WE-2) C. I. "Shorty" Long, Minnesota (FM-3) Frank B. Whitaker, Indiana (Ax-2)
Halfbacks Bart Macomber, Illinois (Ax-2; ECP-1; FM-3; S; WE-1) (CFHOF) John Maulbetsch, Michigan (Ax-2; ECP-1, FM-3 [as fb]; S) (CFHOF) Dick Rutherford, Nebraska (Ax-1; FM-1) Neno DaPrato, Michigan Agr. (FM-1) Paddy Driscoll, Northwestern (Ax-1) Eber Simpson, Wisconsin (ECP-2) Dow Byers, Wisconsin (ECP-2, FM-2; WE-1) Stan Cofall, Notre Dame (FM-2) James Ballentine, Minnesota (WE-2) Harold A. Winters, Ohio State (FM-3)
Fullbacks Bernie Bierman, Minnesota (Ax-1; ECP-1, DJ [as hb], FM-1; S; WE-1) (CFHOF) Pudge Wyman, Minnesota (ECP-2) Harold Pogue, Illinois (DJ; WE-2) Charlie Bachman, Notre Dame (Ax-2) (CFHOF) Patterson, Northwestern (WE-2)
Key Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors
Ax = G. W. Axelson of the Chicago Herald
ECP = E. C. Patterson in Collier's Weekly
DJ = Dick Jemison in the Atlanta Constitution.
FM = Frank G. Menke of the International News Service
S = Sullivan in The News of Chicago
WE = Walter Eckersall of the Chicago Tribune
CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by at least three of the selectors listed
See also 1915 College Football All-America Team
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