1946 All-America college football team

Official list of the best college football players of 1946 August 2023 25em 1946 All-America college football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid All-America college football team 1946 college football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 1944 1945 ← → 1947 1948 The 1946 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose All-America college football teams in 1946. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1946 season are (1) the All-America Board (AAB), (2) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), published by Look magazine, (3) the Associated Press (AP), (4) Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, (5) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (6) the International News Service (INS), (7) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (8) the Sporting News (SN), and (9) the United Press (UP). Consensus All-Americans For the year 1946, the NCAA recognizes nine published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received. Name Position School Number Official selectors Other selectorsBurr BaldwinEndUCLA9/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCJohnny LujackQuarterbackNotre Dame9/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO [tie], FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCCharley TrippiHalfbackGeorgia9/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCGlenn DavisHalfbackArmy9/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCDoc BlanchardFullbackArmy9/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCGeorge ConnorTackleNotre Dame8/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCAlex AgaseGuardIllinois8/9AAB, AFCA, AP, INS, NEA, SN, UP, CPWCWeldon HumbleGuardRice7/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, NEA, UPWCPaul DukeCenterGeorgia Tech6/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, NEA, UPCP, WCDick HuffmanTackleTennessee5/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAAWCWarren AmlingTackleOhio State5/9FWAA [g], INS, NEA, SN, UPCPHub BechtolEndTexas4/9AAB, AFCA, FWAA, SNWCHank FoldbergEndArmy4/9CO, INS, NEA, UP-- All-American selections for 1946 Ends Burr Baldwin, UCLA (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1, WC) Hub Bechtol, Texas (AAB, AFCA, FWAA, NEA-2, SN, UP-2, WC) Hank Foldberg, Army (AP-3, CO, INS-1, NEA-1, UP-1, CP-2) Elmer Madar, Michigan (AP-1, INS-2, CP-3) Al Baldwin, Arkansas (AP-2) Richard Hagen, Washington (AP-2) Barney Poole, Army (NEA-2, UP-2) Wallace Jones, Kentucky (INS-2, CP-2) Ray Poole, Mississippi (AP-3) Len Ford, Michigan (NEA-3) Browning, Denver (NEA-3) Clyde Lindsey, LSU (CP-2) Ike Armstrong, Oklahoma A&M (CP-3) Tackles George Connor, Notre Dame (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1, WC) Dick Huffman, Tennessee (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, FWAA, INS-2, NEA-2, UP-2, CP-2, WC) Warren Amling, Ohio State (AP-2, FWAA [g], INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1) George Savitsky, Penn (FWAA, NEA-3, UP-2) John Ferraro, USC (AP-2, INS-2, CP-3) Bob Davis,Georgia Tech Football - Records http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/geot/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/08-media-guide-119-208.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20181215121343/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/geot/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/08-media-guide-119-208.pdf December 15, 2018 2008 dead Georgia Tech (NEA-2) Bernie Gallagher, Penn (AP-3, CP-2) Frank Wydo, Cornell (AP-3) Walt Barnes, LSU (NEA-3) Bill Kay, Iowa (CP-3) Guards Weldon Humble, Rice (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, FWAA, INS-2, NEA-1, UP-1, CP-3, WC) Alex Agase, Illinois (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1, WC) John Mastrangelo, Notre Dame (AP-2, CO, INS-1, NEA-3, SN, UP-2, CP-3) Ed Hirsch, Northwestern (CP-1) Plato Andros, Oklahoma (AP-2, INS-2, NEA-3) Joe Steffy, Army (NEA-2, UP-2) Arthur Gerometta, Army (NEA-2) Knox Ramsey, William & Mary (AP-3) Herbert St. John, Georgia (AP-3) Dick Barwegan, Purdue (CP-2) Fritz Barzilauskas, Yale (CP-2) Centers Paul Duke, Georgia Tech (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, NEA-1, UP-1, CP-1, WC) George Strohmeyer, Notre Dame (AP-3, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-2, SN, UP-2) Bryant Meeks, South Carolina (AP-2) Chuck Bednarik, Penn (INS-2) Dick Harris, Texas (NEA-3) John Cannady, Indiana (CP-2) Dick Scott, Navy (CP-3) Quarterbacks Johnny Lujack, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO [tie], FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1, WC) Arnold Tucker, Army (AP-3, CO [tie], INS-2, NEA-2, UP-2, CP-2) Ben Raimondi, Indiana (AP-2) Ernie Case, UCLA (AP-2, CP-3) Bobby Layne, Texas (AP-2, INS-2, NEA-3 [fullback], UP-2 [fullback], CP-2) Mickey McCardle, USC (NEA-3) Halfbacks Charley Trippi, Georgia (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1, WC) Glenn Davis, Army (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1, WC) Herman Wedemeyer, St. Mary's (AP-2, INS-2, NEA-2, UP-2, CP-2) Ray Evans, Kansas (AP-3) Charlie Justice, North Carolina (AP-3, NEA-2, UP-2) Bob Chappuis, Michigan (INS-2, CP-3) Clyde Scott, Arkansas (NEA-2) Harry Gilmer, Alabama (AP-3, NEA-3, CP-2) Forrest Hall, U. San Francisco (NEA-3) Tony Minisi, Penn (CP-3) Lloyd Merriman, Stanford (CP-3) Fullbacks Felix Blanchard, Army (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1 CP-1, WC) Black college All-Americans During the 1940s, African-Americans were excluded from many college football programs. Many played the game at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The major All-America selectors in these years did not include players from HBCUs. However, The Pittsburgh Courier each year selected its own All-America team from African-American players, including those at HBCUs. The players chosen for 1946 were: Nathaniel Powell, Florida A&M, end Roger Pierce, Langston, end Robert Drummond, Tennessee A&I, tackle Robert Smith, Southern, tackle French Nickens, Virginia State, guard Herman Mabrie, Tuskegee, guard John Brown, North Carolina College, center Nathaniel Taylor, Tennessee A&I, back Whitney L. Van Cleve, Tuskegee, back Raymond Von Lewis, Texas College, back James Turpin, Morgan State, back Here They Are! The All-Americans of 1946 The Pittsburgh Courier December 14, 1946 17 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104536483/1946-all-americans/ Newspapers.com Key Bold – Consensus All-AmericanFootball Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 8 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf -1 – First-team selection -2 – Second-team selection -3 – Third-team selection Official selectors AAB = All-America BoardESPN College Football Encyclopedia 1204 ESPN Books 2005 1401337031 AFCA = American Football Coaches Association, selected for the Saturday Evening PostDavis, Blanchard Repeat On Grid Coaches Eleven Troy Record 1946-12-07 AP = Associated PressThe 1946 AP All-America Cumberland Evening Times 1946-12-04Davis, Blanchard Earn All-America Positions The Milwaukee Journal December 4, 1946 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19461204&id=Mi0aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8iMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5666,2452230 October 7, 2016 May 6, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160506050648/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19461204&id=Mi0aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8iMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5666,2452230 dead CO = Collier's WeeklyColliers Picks 12 Men On Its All-American Wisconsin State Journal 1946-12-06 FWAA = Football Writers Association of AmericaFWAA All-America Since 1944 Football Writers Association of America http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf 2009-04-11 2019-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20190304073432/http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf dead INS = International News Service4 Irish, 3 Cadets on INS All America The Lima News 1946-12-03INS Names Four Irish on All-America Team Lawton Carver St. Petersburg Times December 3, 1946 10 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19461203&id=q70wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0E4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3924,7295129 NEA = Newspaper Enterprise AssociationNEA 1946 All Americas Anniston Star 1946-11-24NEA 1946 All-Americans The Pittsburgh Press November 23, 1946 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19461123&id=qVkbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1EwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4860,2728511 SN = Sporting News UP = United PressCarl Lundquist United Press Honors Three Army Gridders Wisconsin State Journal 1946-12-04Army, Notre Dame Dominate UP Team The Milwaukee Journal December 4, 1946 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19461204&id=Mi0aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8iMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5666,2452230 October 7, 2016 May 6, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160506050648/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19461204&id=Mi0aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8iMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5666,2452230 dead Other selectors CP = Central Press Association, selected by college football captainsArmy, Irish Place Two Each On Captains' All American Wisconsin State Journal 1946-12-03 WC = Walter Camp Football FoundationWalter Camp Football Foundation All-American Selections http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards/ Walter Camp Football Foundation dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071218214203/http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards/ 2007-12-18 See also 1946 All-Big Six Conference football team 1946 All-Big Ten Conference football team 1946 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team 1946 All-SEC football team 1946 All-Southern Conference football team 1946 All-Southwest Conference football team References 2 All-America team Category:All-America college football teams