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[edit]

Ends[edit]

Wes Fesler, Ohio State (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1; WE-1)
Bob Tanner, Minnesota (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1; WE-1)
Frank 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[edit]

Bronko Nagurski, Minnesota (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1; WE-1)
Elmer Sleight, Purdue (AP-1; NEA-2; UP-1; WE-1)
Lou Gordon, Illinois (NEA-1; UP-2)
Unger, Indiana (UP-2)
Jack Riley, Northwestern (WE-2)
Peter Westra, Iowa (NEA-1; WE-2)
Milo Lubratovich, Wisconsin (UP-3)
George Van Bibber, Purdue (NEA-2; UP-3)

Guards[edit]

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)
Russ 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[edit]

Mickey Erickson, Northwestern (AP-1; UP-1; WE-2)
Alan Bovard, Michigan (NEA-1; WE-1)
Ed Kawal, Illinois (NEA-2; UP-2)
Buck Weaver, Chicago (UP-3)

Quarterbacks[edit]

Glen Harmeson, Purdue (AP-1; NEA-1 [hb]; UP-1; WE-1)
Frosty Peters, Illinois (NEA-1)
Alan M. Holman, Ohio State (UP-2; WE-2)
Win Brockmeyer, Minnesota (UP-3)

Halfbacks[edit]

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)
Errett Van Nice, Chicago (NEA-2)
Jud Timm, Illinois (UP-3)
George O. Ross, Indiana (UP-3)

Fullbacks[edit]

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[edit]

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)

References[edit]

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

[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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