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.

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"

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

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"

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

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