1924 All-Big Ten Conference football team

{{short description|American college football all-star team}}

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The 1924 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 1924 Big Ten Conference football season.

Ends

  • Cookie Cunningham, Ohio State (BE-1; BI; DI-1; HC-2; IN-1; LD-1; WE-2)
  • Lowell Otte, Iowa (BE-1; BI; DI-2; HC-1; IN-1; LD-2; WE-1)
  • Chuck Kassel, Illinois (DI-1; WE-1)
  • Steve Polaski, Wisconsin (BE-2; HC-2; IN-3; LD-1, DI-2)
  • Rokusek, Illinois (HC-1; IN-2; LD-2)
  • Walter H. Seidel, Northwestern (WE-2)
  • Dick Romey, Iowa (BE-2)
  • Fred Just, Minnesota (IN-2)
  • Tom Hogan, Purdue (IN-3)

Tackles

  • Franklin Gowdy, Chicago (BE-1; BI; DI-1; HC-2; IN-1; LD-1; WE-1)
  • John W. Hancock, Iowa (BE-1; HC-1; IN-1; LD-1; WE-2)
  • Ted Cox, Minnesota (BI; LD-2; WE-1; BE-2; DI-1; HC-1; IN-3)
  • Tom Edwards, Michigan (BE-2)
  • Henderson, Chicago (WE-2)
  • Richard L. Hall, Illinois (IN-2)
  • Jack Harris, Wisconsin (DI-2; IN-2; HC-2 [fullback]; WE-2 [halfback])
  • Ledrue Galloway, Iowa (DI-2)
  • Louis Gross, Minnesota (HC-2)
  • Ferd Wellman, Purdue (IN-3)

Guards

  • Joe Pondelik, Chicago (BE-1; BI; DI-1; HC-1; IN-1; LD-1; WE-1)
  • George Abramson, Minnesota (BE-2; DI-1; IN-1; LD-1; WE-1)
  • Edward Slaughter, Michigan (BE-1; BI; DI-2; HC-1; IN-2; LD-2; WE-3)
  • Adolph Bieberstein, Wisconsin (BE-2; HC-2; IN-2)
  • Charles W. Parsons, Northwestern (WE-2)
  • Harold O. Steele, Michigan (WE-2)
  • Henderson, Chicago (LD-2)
  • Louis F. Slimmer, Illinois (HC-2; IN-3)
  • Pokrass, Chicago (DI-2; IN-3)

Centers

  • Ralph Claypool, Purdue (IN-1; DI-1; HC-2; LD-1; WE-1)
  • Robert J. Brown, Michigan (BE-1; HC-1; WE-3)
  • Thomas Butler, Indiana (BE-2; BI; IN-2; LD-2)
  • Tim Lowry, Northwestern (WE-2)
  • Oscar Teckemeyer, Wisconsin (DI-2; IN-3)

Quarterbacks

  • Leland Parkin, Iowa (BE-1; BI [halfback]; DI-2; HC-1; IN-1; LD-1; WE-1)
  • Tod Rockwell, Michigan (BE-2; HC-2; IN-2; WE-2)
  • Max J. Lorber, Indiana (BI; IN-3; WE-3)
  • Malcolm Graham, Minnesota (DI-1)
  • Harry A. Hall, Illinois (LD-2)

Halfbacks

  • Ralph Baker, Northwestern (BE-1; DI-1; HC-1; IN-1; LD-1; WE-1)
  • Red Grange, Illinois (BE-1; BI; DI-1; HC-1; IN-1; LD-1; WE-1)
  • Rudolph Bahr, Purdue (HC-2; IN-2; WE-2)
  • Wally McIlwain, Illinois (LD-2)
  • Benny Friedman, Michigan (WE-3)
  • Joseph F. Sloate, Indiana (WE-3)
  • Wilbur Scantlebury, Iowa (IN-3)
  • Herb Steger, Michigan (DI-2; IN-3)
  • Thomas, Chicago (DI-2)

Fullbacks

  • Cully Lidberg, Minnesota (BE-1; HC-1; LD-1)
  • Clarence Schutte, Minnesota (BE-2 [halfback]; DI-1; HC-2 [halfback]; IN-2 [halfback]; LD-2 [halfback]; WE-2)
  • McCarty, Chicago (BE-2; BI; IN-1)
  • Harry Thomas, Chicago (BE-2 [halfback]; WE-1)
  • Earl Britton, Illinois (IN-2; LD-2; WE-3)
  • Robert H. Wienecke, Northwestern (DI-2; IN-3)

See also

Key

BE = Billy Evans{{cite news|title=Billy Evans' All-Western Conference Selections|newspaper=The News-Palladium (Benton Harbor, Michigan)|date=December 1, 1924|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/51085025/?terms=parkin%2Bbaker%2Bgrange}}

BI = Bill Ingram, Indiana head football coach{{cite news|title=Ingram Names Two Hawks On All-Conference|newspaper=Iowa City Press-Citizen|date=November 25, 1924|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/16094786/?terms=gowdy%2Bpondelik%2Bparkin}}

DI = Daily Illini{{cite news|title=Illinois Student Paper Picks All Conference Team|newspaper=The Journal News (Hamilton, Ohio)|date=December 1, 1924|page=34|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/19372179/?terms=gowdy%2Bpondelik%2Bparkin}}

HC = Hank Casserly, sporting editor of the Capital Times in Madison, Wisconsin{{cite news|title=Sports Writers Pick Stars of Big Ten Season: Capital Times Dopester Fails to Name Single Badger on First Squad|newspaper=The Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin)|date=November 26, 1924|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/20711269/?terms=gowdy%2Bpondelik%2Bparkin}}

IN = The Indianapolis News{{cite news|author=W. F. Fox, Jr.|title=The News' All Conference Selections, 1924|newspaper=The Indianapolis News|date=November 29, 1924|page=16|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/36037886/?terms=gowdy%2Bpondelik%2Bparkin}}

LD = Larry Dailey{{cite news|author=Larry Dailey|title=Grange Only Illini on Dailey's All-Conference Eleven|newspaper=Decatur Herald|date=November 30, 1924|page=26|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/90163277/?terms=gowdy%2Bpondelik%2Bparkin}}

WE = Walter Eckersall{{cite news|title=Eckie Selects Big 10 Honor Grid Teams|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=November 30, 1924|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1924/11/30/page/25/article/notre-dame-and-army-teams-triumph}}

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of a majority of selectors

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