Offense
PositionPlayerTeam
QB Don Jonas WPG
RB Tom Campana SSK
RB Mack Herron WPG
RB George Reed SSK
TE Tyrone Walls EDM
WR Gerry Shaw (Tie) CGY
WR Jim Thorpe (Tie) WPG
WR Jim Young (Tie) BC
C Bob Swift WPG
G Bob Lueck WPG
G Granville Liggins (Tie) CGY
G Larry Watkins (Tie) EDM
T Bill Frank, Jr. WPG
T Charlie Turner EDM
Defense
PositionPlayerTeam
DT John Helton CGY
DT Joe Critchlow (Tie) WPG
DT John LaGrone, III (Tie) EDM
DE Bill Baker SSK
DE Jim Heighton WPG
MLB Mickey Doyle WPG
OLB Dave Gasser EDM
OLB Ray Nettles BC
DB Frank Andruski CGY
DB Bruce Bennett SSK
DB Grady Cavness WPG
DB Dick Dupuis EDM
DB Gene Lakusiak WPG
DB Larry Robinson CGY

* – indicates unanimous selection

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Conference Breakdown

Career to 1972 Western Conference Player All-Star Selections

Player Season Division Selection
Andruski, Frank 7th 5th
Baker, Bill 5th 2nd
Bennett, Bruce 7th 6th
Campana, Tom 1st 1st
Cavness, Grady 1st 1st
Critchlow, Joe 4th 1st
Doyle, Mickey 3rd 1st
Dupuis, Dick 8th 2nd
Frank, Bill Jr. 11th 6th
Gasser, Dave 6th 3rd
Heighton, Jim 4th 1st
Helton, John 4th 4th
Herron, Mack 2nd 2nd
Jonas, Don 3rd 2nd
LaGrone, John III 6th 5th
Lakusiak, Gene 6th 1st
Liggins, Granville 5th 1st
Lueck, Bob 7th 4th
Nettles, Ray 1st 1st
Reed, George 10th 7th
Robinson, Larry 12th 3rd
Shaw, Gerry 8th 1st
Swift, Bob 9th 2nd
Thorpe, Jim 4th 3rd
Turner, Charlie 5th 1st
Walls, Tyrone 1st 1st
Watkins, Larry 3rd 1st
Young, Jim 6th 2nd

Number of times player, through 1972, 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).

1972 Western Conference Team All-Star Selections

Team All-Canadian Selections Division Selections
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 6 11
Saskatchewan Roughriders 3 4
BC Lions 2 2
Edmonton Elks 1 6
Calgary Stampeders 1 5

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