1916 All-Western Conference football team

The 1916 All-Western Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the all-conference team for the Western Conference, later known as the Big Ten Conference, as chosen by various selectors for the 1916 college football season.

Ends

 * Bert Baston, Minnesota (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1)
 * Paul Meyers, Wisconsin (WE-1)
 * Charles Bolen, Ohio (AX-1; ECP-2)
 * Reynold Kraft, Illinois (WE-2; IV-1)
 * Frederick I. Norman, Northwestern (WE-2; ECP-2)

Tackles

 * Jackson, Chicago (WE-1)
 * Frank A. R. Mayer, Minnesota (WE-1; ECP-2)
 * George Hauser, Minnesota (AX-1; ECP-1)
 * Fred Becker, Iowa (ECP-1)
 * Manley R. Petty, Illinois (ECP-2)
 * Elmer T. Rundquist, Illinois (WE-2)
 * Reding Putnam, Northwestern (WE-2)

Guards

 * Conrad L. Eklund, Minnesota (WE-1; IV-1; ECP-2)
 * Leonard L. Charpier, Illinois (WE-1)
 * M. J. Proud, Purdue (AX-1)
 * Gilbert S. Sinclair, Minnesota (AX-1; ECP-1)
 * Eldon J. Smith, Northwestern (IV-1)
 * Charles Higgins, Chicago (WE-2; ECP-1)
 * Charlie Bachman, Notre Dame (ECP-2)

Centers

 * Fred Becker, Iowa (WE-1; AX-1 [tackle])
 * John L. Townley, Jr., Minnesota (AX-1; IV-1; WE-2 [guard]; ECP-1)
 * Charles Carpenter, Wisconsin (WE-2)
 * Walter Niemann, Michigan (ECP-2)
 * Fisher, Chicago (IV-2)
 * Ferdinand Holtkamp, Ohio State (AX-2; IV-2 [guard])

Quarterbacks

 * Bart Macomber, Illinois (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1)
 * Claire Long, Minnesota (WE-2; AX-2; IV-2; ECP-2)

Halfbacks

 * Chic Harley, Ohio State (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1)
 * Paddy Driscoll, Northwestern (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1)
 * John Maulbetsch, Michigan (ECP-1)
 * Eber Simpson, Wisconsin (AX-2; IV-2)
 * Archie Erehart, Indiana (WE-2; AX-2)
 * J. Elwood Davis, Iowa (WE-2)
 * Hal Hansen, Minnesota (ECP-2)
 * Stan Cofall, Notre Dame (ECP-2)
 * Joseph M. Sprafka, Minnesota (IV-2)

Fullbacks

 * Pudge Wyman, Minnesota (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1)
 * Bob Koehler, Northwestern (WE-2; AX-2; IV-2; ECP-2)

Key
WE = Walter Eckersall in the Chicago Tribune

AX = G. W. Axelson in the Chicago Herald

IV = Irving Vaughn in the Chicago Examiner

ECP = E. C. Patterson in Collier's Weekly

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors