The 1905 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1905 Western Conference football season.
All-Western selections
Ends Mark Catlin Sr., Chicago (CA, CC, CDN, CEJ, CP, CRH, CT, ECP-1, MJ, JHR) Bobby Marshall, Minnesota (CC, CDN, CP, CT, ECP-1, JHR, MJ) (CFHOF) James Irving Bush, Wisconsin (CA, ECP-2) Homer Thomas, Purdue (CRH) Benton J. Bloom, Indiana (CEJ) John Garrels, Michigan (ECP-2)
Tackles Wilson Bertke, Minnesota (CA, CC, CDN, CEJ, CP, CRH, CT, ECP-1, JHR, MJ) Joe Curtis, Michigan (CA, CDN, CEJ, CP, CRH, CT, ECP-1) William "Bill" Ittner, Minnesota (CEJ [guard], ECP-1 [guard] JHR, MJ) Art Badenoch, Chicago (ECP-2) Percy P. Brush, Minnesota (ECP-2)
Guards Henry Schulte, Michigan (CA, CC, CDN, CP, CRH, ECP-1, JHR, MJ) Walter D. Graham, Michigan (CC, CP, CT, ECP-2, JHR, MJ) Merrill C. Meigs, Chicago (CDN) Theodore Vita, Minnesota (CA) Melville Archibald Hill, Chicago (CC [tackle], CT) Louis Donovan, Wisconsin (CRH, ECP-2) E. P. King, Purdue (CEJ)
Centers Germany Schulz, Michigan (CC, CDN, CEJ, CP, CRH, CT, ECP-2, JHR, MJ) (CFHOF) Richard W. Remp, Wisconsin (CA) Burton Pike Gale, Chicago (ECP-1)
Quarterbacks Walter Eckersall, Chicago (CA, CC, CDN, CEJ, CP, CRH, CT, ECP-1, JHR, MJ) (CFHOF) Arthur Melzner, Wisconsin (ECP-2)
Halfbacks Thomas S. Hammond, Michigan (CA, CC, CDN, CEJ, CP, CRH, CT, ECP-1, JHR, MJ) Albion Findlay, Wisconsin (CA, CC, CDN, CEJ, CP, CRH, CT, ECP-1, JHR, MJ) Leo DeTray, Chicago (ECP-2) Joseph Cutting, Minnesota (ECP-2)
Fullbacks Hugo Bezdek, Chicago (CA, CC, CDN, CEJ, CP, CRH, CT, ECP-1, JHR, MJ) (CFHOF) Leonard Roseth, Wisconsin (ECP-2)
Key CA = Chicago American
CC = Chicago Chronicle
CDN = Chicago Daily News
CEJ = Chicago Evening Journal
CP = Chicago Evening Post
CRH = Chicago Record-Herald
CT = Chicago Tribune
ECP = E. C. Patterson for Collier's Weekly
JHR = J. H. Ritchie in Illustrated Outdoor News
MJ = The Minneapolis Journal
CFHOF = College Football Hall of Fame
See also 1905 College Football All-America Team
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