The 1912 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1912 college football season.
All-Western selections Ends Joseph Hoeffel, Wisconsin (Ax, ECP-1, WE-1) Miller Pontius, Michigan (Ax, ECP-1, FY [tackle], WE-1) Roy Torbet, Michigan (FY) John Vruwink, Chicago (FY) Harold R. Mulligan, Nebraska (WE-2) Andrew N. Johnson, Northwestern (WE-2)
Tackles Bob Butler, Wisconsin (Ax, ECP-1, FY, WE-1) (CFHOF) Jim Trickey, Iowa (ECP-1, WE-2) Donald B. Barricklow, Ohio State (WE-1) Halstead Carpenter, Chicago (WE-2)
Guards Ray Keeler, Wisconsin (Ax, ECP-1, WE-1) Clark Shaughnessy, Minnesota (Ax [tackle], ECP-1) (CFHOF) Fred Ebert, Wabash (WE-1) Clem Quinn, Michigan (FY) Russell J. McCurdy, Michigan Agricultural (FY) Henry Hanson, Iowa (WE-2) Ernest Allmendinger, Michigan (WE-2)
Centers Paul Des Jardien, Chicago (Ax, ECP-1, WE-1) (CFHOF) Al Feeney, Notre Dame (WE-2) George C. Paterson, Michigan (Ax [guard], FY)
Quarterbacks Eddie Gillette, Wisconsin (Ax, ECP-1, FY, WE-1) Gus Dorais, Notre Dame (WE-2) (CFHOF)
Halfbacks James B. Craig, Michigan (Ax, ECP-1, FY, WE-1) John VanRiper, Wisconsin (Ax, ECP-1, WE-1) Elmer Oliphant, Purdue (WE-2) William McAlmon, Minnesota (FY, WE-2)
Fullbacks Ray Eichenlaub, Notre Dame (WE-1) (CFHOF) Alvin Tandberg, Wisconsin (Ax, ECP-1, WE-2) George C. Thomson, Michigan (FY)
Key Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors
Ax = George W. Axelson, Chicago football writer
ECP = E. C. Patterson for Collier's Weekly
FY = Fielding H. Yost, head football coach at University of Michigan, in the Detroit Free Press
WE = Walter Eckersall for the Chicago Tribune
CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame
See also 1912 College Football All-America Team
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