1944 All-America college football team

Official list of the best college football players of 1944 August 2023 25em 1944 All-America college football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid All-America college football team 1944 college football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 1942 1943 ← → 1945 1946 The 1944 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 1944. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1944 season are (1) Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, (2) the Associated Press, (3) the United Press, (4) the All-America Board, (5) Football News, (6) the International News Service (INS), (7) Look magazine, (8) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) and (9) the Sporting News. Ohio State quarterback Les Horvath and Navy tackle Don Whitmire were the only players unanimously chosen as first-team player by all of the official selectors. Horvath won the 1944 Heisman Trophy as the Buckeyes turned in a 9–0 record and finished second in the national polls. Whitmire later served in Vietnam and held the rank of rear admiral. Georgia Tech end Phil Tinsley received first-team honors from eight of the nine official selectors, and Army backfield duo of Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard each received seven first-team honors. Consensus All-Americans For the year 1944, 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 selectors Don WhitmireTackleNavy9/9AAB, AP, COL, FN, INS, LK, NEA, SN, UPCP, FWAA, WC Les HorvathQuarterbackOhio State9/9AAB, AP, COL, FN, INS, LK, NEA, SN, UPCP, FWAA, WC Phil TinsleyEndGeorgia Tech8/9AAB, AP, COL, FN, INS, LK, NEA, SNCP, WC Glenn DavisHalfbackArmy7/9AAB, AP, FN, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, FWAA, WC Creighton MillerHalfbackNotre Dame7/9AAB, AP, COL, FN, INS, SN, UP-- Doc BlanchardFullbackArmy7/9AAB, AP, FN, INS, LK, SN, UPCP, FWAA, WC John FerraroTackleUSC6/9AAB, AP, COL, FN, INS, NEACP, FWAA, WC Ben ChaseGuardNavy5/9AAB, FN, INS, SN, UPCP, WC Paul WalkerEndYale4/9COL, FN, LK, NEACP, FWAA Bill HackettGuardOhio State4/9AAB, AP, COL, FNCP, FWAA, WC John TavenerCenterIndiana4/9UP, FWAA, INS, LKCP, FWAA Bob OdellHalfbackPenn4/9AP, CO, INS, LKNYS Jack DuggerEndOhio State3/9INS, SN, UPFWAA, WC All-American selections for 1944 Ends Phil Tinsley, Georgia Tech (AAB; AP-1; COL; FN; FWAA-2; INS-1; LK; NEA; SN; UP-2; CP-1; WC) Paul Walker, Yale (COL; FN; FWAA-1; INS-2; LK; NEA; UP-2; CP-1) Jack Dugger, Ohio State (AAB; AP-3; FWAA-1; INS-1; SN; UP-1; CP-2; WC) Hub Bechtol, Texas (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1) Henry Walker, Virginia (AP-2) Leon Bramlett, Navy(AP-2) Barney Poole, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-1; INS-2; CP-2) Frank Bauman, Purdue (UP-3; FWAA-2) Ben Martin, Navy (UP-3) Art Renner, Michigan (UP-4) Tackles Don Whitmire, Navy (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; COL; FN; FWAA-1; INS-1; LK; NEA; SN; UP-1; CP-1; WC) John Ferraro, USC (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; COL; FN; FWAA-1; INS-1; NEA [g]; UP-2; CP-1; WC) George Savitsky, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (NEA; UP-3) Bill Willis, Ohio State (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; FWAA-2; INS-2; LK; SN; UP-1) Milan Lazetich, Michigan (AP-2; FWAA-2; INS-2; UP-3; CP-2) Monte Moncrief, Texas A&M (AP-3) Robert McClure, Nevada (AP-3; UP-4) DeWitt "Tex" Coulter, Army (UP-2) George Owen, Wake Forest (UP-4) George Sullivan, Notre Dame (UP-4; CP-2) Guards Bill Hackett, Ohio State (AAB; AP-1; COL; FN; FWAA-1; INS-2; UP-2; CP-1; WC) Ben Chase, Navy (AAB; FN; FWAA-2; INS-1; SN; UP-1; CP-1; WC) Hamilton Nichols, Rice (AP-1) Joe Stanowicz, Army (FWAA-1; INS-1; UP-1; CP-2) Clyde Flowers, TCU (NEA) John Green, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; COL; INS-2) Bill Hachten, California (AP-2; UP-4; LK) Ralph Serpico, Illinois (AP-3; SN; UP-3; FWAA-2) Bob Dobelstein, Tennessee (AP-3) Pat Filley, Notre Dame (UP-2) Ellis Jones, Tulsa (UP-3; CP-2; LK) Ernie Knotts, Duke (UP-4) Centers John Tavener, Indiana (College Football Hall of Fame) (UP-1; FWAA-1; INS-1; LK; CP-1) Caleb Warrington, Auburn (AAB; AP-1; COL; FWAA-2; INS-2; NEA; SN; UP-3; WC) Felto Prewitt, Tulsa (AP-2; FN) Robert St. Onge, Army (AP-3) John T. Martin, Navy (UP-2) Gordon Appleby, Ohio State (UP-4) Gordon Berlin, Washington (CP-2) Quarterbacks Les Horvath, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; COL [fb]; FN; FWAA-1; INS-1; LK; NEA; SN; UP-1; CP-1; WC) Buddy Young, Illinois (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-2; INS-2; CP-2; LK) Doug Kenna, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (UP-3; COL; CP-2) Jim Hardy, USC (UP-4; FWAA-2) Frank Broyles, Georgia Tech (FWAA-2) Halfbacks Glenn Davis, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; FN; FWAA-1; INS-1; NEA; SN; UP-1; CP-1; WC) Creighton Miller, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (CO-1; FN; INS-1; SN) Bob Odell, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (CO-1; INS-1; LK; NYS-1) Bob Jenkins, Navy (AAB; AP-2; COL; FWAA-2; INS-2; NEA; SN; UP-1; WC) Bob Fenimore, Oklahoma A&M (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; COL; FN; FWAA-1; INS-2; NEA; UP-3; CP-2) Jug Girard, Wisconsin (LK) Bob Kelly, Notre Dame (AP-3; UP-2; INS-2) Shorty McWilliams, Mississippi State (AP-2; UP-2) Thomas Davis, Duke (AP-3; UP-4; CP-2) Harold Hamburg, Navy (AP-3; UP-3) Clyde Scott, Navy (College Football Hall of Fame) (UP-4) Fullbacks Doc Blanchard, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; FN; FWAA-1; INS-1; LK; SN; UP-1; CP-1; WC) Babe Dimancheff, Purdue (AP-2; UP-2; FWAA-2; INS-1; CP-1) Bob Wiese, Michigan/Navy (UP-3) Gordon Gray, USC (AP-3; UP-4) 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 1196 ESPN Books 2005 1401337031 AP = Associated PressOrlo Robertson Army, Ohio State Land 2 Players On AP All-American '44 Grid Team Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune 1944-12-08 COL = Collier's Weekly: "chosen by Grantland Rice and 10 veteran football writers from all sections of the country"Colliers All-American Includes 4 Army Men Long Beach Independent 1944-12-08 FN = Football News INS = International News ServiceINS Selects All-American Chester Times 1944-12-02 LK = Look magazine, selected by NBC sports reporter and commentator Bill SternHal Sayles Speaking of Sports Abilene Reporter-News 1944-11-30 NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association: "It still is the duty of every football writer, it seems, to pick an All-America team. Selecting one has become a futility that even a World War can't stop. So without further ado and with no apologies, here we go again."Red Grange Navy Wins Two Places On NEA All-American Eleven; Davis, Jenkins, Fenimore And Horvath Are Backs The News Frederick, MD December 1944 SN = Sporting News UP = United Press: "selected for the United Press ... by sports editors and writers from all over the country"Leo H. Petersen 1944 All-American Squad Announced: Bob McCIure Of Nevada U. Rated On UP Fourth Team Nevada State Journal 1944-11-30 Other selectors CP = Central Press Association: "Mighty Army, Navy, and Ohio State dominated the 1944 Central Press Captains' All-American team, picked for the 14th straight season with the help of the nation's football captains. As in the past two years, service players are not included in the selections."Walter L. Johns Army, Navy, Ohio State Dominate Central Press All-American Team Wisconsin State Journal 1944-12-04Central Press All-American New Castle News 1944-12-01Central Press, " Central Press, 1944 All-American," The Deseret News, p. 14 (December 7, 1944). Retrieved October 3, 2014. FWAA = Football Writers Association of AmericaFWAA All America Football Writers Association of America http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf 2009-07-25 2019-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20190304073432/http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf dead WC = Walter Camp Football FoundationWalter Camp Football Foundation http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards// dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090330065940/http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards 2009-03-30 See also 1944 All-Big Six Conference football team 1944 All-Big Ten Conference football team 1944 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team 1944 All-SEC football team References 2 All-America team Category:All-America college football teams