Offense
PositionPlayerTeam
QB Don Jonas* WPG
RB Jim Evenson* BC
RB Mack Herron WPG
RB George Reed SSK
TE Herm Harrison CGY
SE Jim Thorpe WPG
FL Bob LaRose WPG
C Basil Bark (Tie) CGY
C Bob Swift (Tie) WPG
G Jack Abendschan, Jr. SSK
G Bob Lueck WPG
T Bill Frank, Jr. WPG
T Ken Sugarman BC
Defense
PositionPlayerTeam
DT John Helton CGY
DT John LaGrone, III EDM
DE Bill Baker SSK
DE Craig Koinzan (Tie) CGY
DE Dick Suderman (Tie) CGY
MLB Wayne Harris CGY
OLB Wayne Shaw SSK
OLB Dave Gasser (Tie) EDM
OLB Rob McLaren (Tie) WPG
DB Dick Dupuis* EDM
DB Frank Andruski CGY
DB Bruce Bennett SSK
DB Larry Robinson CGY
DB Howard Starks CGY

* – indicates unanimous selection

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Conference Breakdown

Career to 1971 Western Conference Player All-Star Selections

Player Season Division Selection
Abendschan, Jack Jr. 7th 5th
Andruski, Frank 6th 4th
Baker, Bill 4th 1st
Bark, Basil 7th 3rd
Bennett, Bruce 6th 5th
Dupuis, Dick 7th 1st
Evenson, Jim 4th 4th
Frank, Bill Jr. 10th 5th
Gasser, Dave 5th 2nd
Harris, Wayne 11th 11th
Harrison, Herm 8th 6th
Helton, John 3rd 3rd
Herron, Mack 1st 1st
Jonas, Don 2nd 1st
Koinzan, Craig 3rd 1st
LaGrone, John III 5th 4th
LaRose, Bob 2nd 1st
Lueck, Bob 6th 3rd
McLaren, Rob 3rd 1st
Reed, George 9th 6th
Robinson, Larry 11th 2nd
Shaw, Wayne 11th 6th
Starks, Howard 5th 1st
Suderman, Dick 7th 3rd
Sugarman, Ken 8th 4th
Swift, Bob 8th 1st
Thorpe, Jim 3rd 2nd

Number of times player, through 1971, has been selected to First Team Division All-Star teams. Named to divisional team on offense and defense counts as two selections.

Note: All-Canadian selections began in 1962, division selections began in 1932 (IRFU) and 1937 (WIFU).

1971 Western Conference Team All-Star Selections

Team All-Canadian Selections Division Selections
Calgary Stampeders 5 9
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 5 8
Saskatchewan Roughriders 2 5
Edmonton Elks 1 3
BC Lions 1 2

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