The 1903 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1903 Western Conference football season.
All-Western selections Ends Curtis Redden, Michigan (BMA, BM-2, CIO-1, CRH, CT, FL-1, MJ-1, WC) Allen Abbott, Wisconsin (BMA, BM-1, CIO-1, CRH, CT, FL-2) Eddie Rogers, Minnesota (BMA, BM-1, CIO-2, FL-1, MJ-1, WC) James Irving Bush, Wisconsin (BM-2, MJ-2) Frank Longman, Michigan (MJ-2) Frederick A. Speik, Chicago (CIO-2, FL-2)
Tackles Joe Maddock, Michigan (BMA, BM-1, CIO-1, CRH, CT, FL-1, MJ-1, WC) Fred Schacht, Minnesota (BMA, BM-1, CIO-1, CRH, CT, FL-1, MJ-1, WC) Joe Curtis, Michigan (CIO-2, FL-2, MJ-2) Harry I. Allen, Northwestern (BM-2, MJ-2) Tiny Maxwell, Chicago (CIO-2) Thomas S. Hammond, Michigan (BM-2) Henry H. Kafir, Northwestern (FL-2)
Guards Robert Philips, Northwestern (BMA, CIO-1, CRH, FL-2, WC) Wilson Berthke, Wisconsin (BMA, BM-1, CIO-2, FL-1, MJ-1, WC) Walton Willard Thorp, Minnesota (BM-1, CIO-2, CT, MJ-1) Claude Rothgeb, Illinois (BMA, CIO-1, FL-1, MJ-2) Henry Schulte, Michigan (CT) Charles A. Fairweather, Illinois (CRH, FL-2) John B. Warren, Minnesota (BM-2, MJ-2) Pat Beacom, Notre Dame (BM-2)
Centers Moses Land Strathern, Minnesota (BMA, BM-1, CIO-1, CRH, FL-1, MJ-1, WC) George W. Gregory, Michigan (BM-2, CIO-2, CT, FL-2, MJ-2)
Quarterbacks Walter Eckersall, Chicago (BMA, BM-2, CIO-1, CT, FL-2, MJ-1) (CFH0F) Sigmund Harris, Minnesota (BM-1, CIO-2, CRH, FL-1, MJ-2, WC)
Halfbacks Willie Heston, Michigan (BMA, BM-1, CIO-1, CRH, CT, FL-1 [fullback], MJ-1, WC) (CFHOF) James B. Irsfield, Minnesota (BMA, CIO-2, CT, FL-1, MJ-2, WC) E. J. Vanderboom, Wisconsin (BM-1, FL-2, MJ-1) George Edward Schnur, Chicago (CIO-1, FL-1) Herb Graver, Michigan (CRH) Walter G. Diener, Illinois (BM-2, MJ-2) Zora Clevenger, Indiana (CIO-2) (CFHOF) Otto Nelson Davies, Minnesota (BM-2)
Fullbacks Louis J. Salmon, Notre Dame (BMA, BM-1, CIO-1, CT, MJ-1, WC) (CFHOF) Mark Catlin Sr., Chicago (CIO-2, CRH, FL-2 [halfback], MJ-2) Earl Current, Minnesota (BM-2) Chauncey Colton, Northwestern (FL-2)
Key BMA = Billy Mac, a team selected by aggregating the choices made by ten critics in St. Paul, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago and Detroit
BM = Billy Mac in The St. Paul Globe
CIO = Chicago Inter-Ocean
CRH = Chicago Record-Herald
CT = Chicago Tribune
FL = Fred Lowenthal, former star football player at University of Illinois
MJ = The Minneapolis Journal
WC = Walter Camp
CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame
See also 1903 College Football All-America Team
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