1929 All-Big Ten Conference football team explained

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)
• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 1929 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

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