1929 All-Big Ten Conference football team

The 1929 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Big Ten Conference teams chosen by various selectors for the 1929 Big Ten Conference football season.

All Big-Ten selections

Ends
  • Wes Fesler, Ohio State (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1; WE-1)
  • Robert E. Tanner, Minnesota (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1; WE-1)
  • Frank L. Baker, Northwestern (NEA-2; UP-3; WE-2)
  • Milt Gantenbein, Wisconsin (NEA-2; UP-3)
  • Joe Truskowski, Michigan (UP-2)
  • Wilbert O. Catterton, Indiana (UP-2)
  • Arnold E. Wolgast, Illinois (WE-2)

Tackles

Guards
  • Fred Roberts, Iowa (AP-1; UP-1; WE-2)
  • Henry J. Anderson, Northwestern (AP-1; NEA-1 [tackle]; UP-2; WE-1)
  • John Parks, Wisconsin (UP-1)
  • Russell J. Crane, Illinois (UP-2; WE-1)
  • Howard W. Poe, Michigan (NEA-2)
  • Sam T. Selby, Ohio State (NEA-2)
  • George Stears, Purdue (WE-2)
  • Denny Myers, Iowa (UP-3)
  • Alfred E. Steinke, Michigan (UP-3)

Centers

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks
  • Willis Glassgow, Iowa (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1; WE-1)
  • Ralph Welch, Purdue (AP-1; NEA-1 [fb]; UP-1; WE-1)
  • Oran Pape, Iowa (NEA-2; UP-2)
  • Art Pharmer, Minnesota (NEA-2 [hb]; UP-2)
  • Frank H. Walker, Illinois (WE-2)
  • Van Nice, Chicago (NEA-2)
  • Jud Timm, Illinois (UP-3)
  • George O. Ross, Indiana (UP-3)

Fullbacks
  • Russell Bergherm, Northwestern (AP-1; NEA-2; UP-1; WE-1)
  • Joe Gembis, Michigan (UP-2; WE-2 [hb])
  • Alex Yunevich, Purdue (WE-2)
  • Harold Rebholz, Wisconsin (UP-3)

Key

AP = Associated Press "selected with the aid of nine conference coaches"[1]

NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association selected by William Bracher, sports expert for NEA[2]

UP = United Press, based on consultations with coaches and football experts and "the consensus of its own men who have been covering games all season"[3]

WE = Walter Eckersall of the Chicago Tribune; his 1929 selections were his last, as he died of a heart attack in March 1930 at age 43[4]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of at least two of the listed selectors (AP, NEA, UP and Eckersall)

See also

References
  1. "Stars From Two Elevens Top Western Grid Ballot". The Independent, St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP story). November 30, 1929. p. 4A.
  2. "Bovard Selected On NEA All-Big 10 Football Eleven". The Escanaba Daily Press. November 30, 1929. p. 12.
  3. Bert Demby (November 26, 1929). "All Big Ten Football Team Named; Picking Best Centers Difficult". The News-Herald (Franklin, Pennsylvania). p. 12.
  4. "Eckersall's All-Conference Teams". Detroit Free Press. December 1, 1929. p. 15.
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