1940 All-America college football team

Official list of the best college football players of 1940 August 2023 25em 1940 All-America college football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid All-America college football team 1940 college football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 1938 1939 ← → 1941 1942 The 1940 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 1940. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1940 season are (1) Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, (2) the Associated Press (AP), (3) the United Press (UP), (4) the All-America Board (AAB), (5) the International News Service (INS), (6) Liberty magazine, (7) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (8) Newsweek, and (9) the Sporting News (SN). Michigan halfback (and Heisman Trophy winner) Tom Harmon, Texas A&M fullback John Kimbrough, and Tennessee guard Bob Suffridge were the only three unanimous first-team All-Americans chosen by all nine official selectors. Consensus All-Americans For the year 1940, 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 UP votes Number Official selectors Other selectors Tom Harmon Halfback Michigan 4789/9AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UPCP, DH, FD, NYS, WC John Kimbrough Fullback Texas A&M 4749/9AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UPCP, DH, FD, NYS, WC Bob Suffridge Guard Tennessee 3409/9AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UPCP, DH, FD, NYS, WC George Franck Halfback Minnesota 4368/9AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NW, SN, UPCP, DH FD, NYS, WC Nick Drahos Tackle Cornell 3828/9AAB, AP, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UPCP, DH, FD, WC Frankie Albert Quarterback Stanford 2296/9AAB, AP, CO, INS, NW, UPCP, DH, FD, WC Gene Goodreault End Boston College 2006/9AAB, CO, INS, NW, SN, UPCP, DH, FD, WC Rudy Mucha Center Washington 2015/9AAB, CO, NW, SN, UPCP, WC David Rankin End Purdue 4/9AAB, CO, SN, UPWC Marshall RobnettGuardTexas A&M 3/9AAB, NW, UPCP, DH, FD, WC Alf Bauman Tackle Northwestern1843/9AAB, CO, UPNYS, WC Urban OdsonTackle Minnesota 3/9INS, LIB, NWCP All-American selections for 1940 Ends Gene Goodreault, Boston College (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; CO-1; INS-1; NW; SN; UP-1; CP-1; DH; FD-1; WC-1; NEA-2) David Rankin, Purdue (AAB; AP-2; CO-1; INS-2; SN; UP-1; CP-2; FD-2; WC-1) Paul Severin, North Carolina (AP-1; INS-2; NEA-1; NW; UP-2; CP-2; DH; FD-1) Buddy Elrod, Mississippi State (AP-1; LIB; CP-1; NYS-1; NEA-3) Ed Frutig, Michigan (AP-3; INS-1; LIB; UP-3; CP-3) Jay MacDowell, Washington (NEA-1; CP-4; NYS-1) Joe Blalock, Clemson (UP-2) Loren MacKinney, Harvard (AP-2) William Jennings, Oklahoma (AP-3) Bob Ison, Georgia Tech (UP-3) Roland Goss, SMU (CP-3) Smith, UCLA (FD-2) Holt Rast, Alabama (NEA-2; CP-4) Jack Russell, Baylor (NEA-3) Tackles Alf Bauman, Northwestern (AAB; AP-3; CO-1; INS-2; UP-1; CP-3; FD-2; NYS-1; WC-1; NEA-3) Nick Drahos, Cornell (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; INS-1; LIB; NEA-1; NW; SN; UP-1; INS-1; CP-1; DH; FD-1; WC-1) Urban Odson, Minnesota (INS-1; LIB; NW; UP-2; CP-1; FD-2) Bob Reinhard, California (AP-1; CO-1; INS-2; CP-2; NEA-2) Forrest Behm, Nebraska (NEA-1) Tony Ruffa, Duke (AP-2; UP-3; CP-2; NEA-2) Fred Hartman, Rice (AP-2; CP-4) Vic Sears, Oregon State (CP-4; NYS-1) Joe Ungerer, Fordham (AP-3) Mike Enich, Iowa (UP-2; SN; DH; FD-1) Chip Routt, Texas A&M (UP-3) William Collins, Lafayette () Abe Shires, Tennessee (CP-3; NEA-3) Guards Bob Suffridge, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; INS-1; CO-1; LIB; NEA-1; NW; SN; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1; DH; FD-1; WC-1) Marshall Robnett, Texas A&M (AAB; AP-2; INS-2; NW; UP-1; CP-1; DH; FD-1; WC-1; NEA-3) Warren Alfson, Nebraska (AP-1; INS-1; UP-2; CP-2; FD-2) Augie Lio, Georgetown (College Football Hall of Fame) (CO-1; INS-2; UP-2; CP-2; FD-2; NYS-1; NEA-2) Helge Pukema, Minnesota (NEA-1) Hunter Cohern, Mississippi State (AP-2) George Kerr, Boston College (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3) Cecil Schefel, Denver (AP-3) Ray Frankowski, Washington (LIB; UP-3) Ed Molinski, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (SN; UP-3; CP-3; NEA-2) Hal Lahar, Oklahoma (CP-3) George Kinard, Ole Miss (CP-4) John W. Goree, LSU (CP-4) Tom Smith, Iowa State (NEA-3) Centers Rudy Mucha, Washington (AAB; AP-2; CO-1; INS-2; NW; SN; UP-1; CP-1; WC-1) Leon Gajecki, Penn State (LIB; NEA-1; CP-2) Chet Gladchuk, Boston College (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-2) Ray Frick, Penn (INS-1; CP-3; FD-2; NYS-1) Ray Apolskis, Marquette (AP-3; UP-3; CP-4; DH; FD-1; NEA-2) Stuart Clarkson, Texas A&M-Kingsville (NEA-3) Quarterbacks Frankie Albert, Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; INS-1; NW; UP-1; CP-1; DH; FD-1; WC-1) Paul Christman, Missouri (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; INS-2; UP-2; CP-3; DH; FD-1; NEA-2) Henry Toczylowski, Boston College (NYS-1) Don Scott, Ohio State (UP-3; CP-3; NEA-2 [fb]) Forest Evashevski, Michigan (CP-4; FD-2) Jim Lalanne, North Carolina (NEA-3) Halfbacks Tom Harmon, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; INS-1; LIB; NEA-1; NW; SN; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1; DH; FD-1; WC-1) George Franck, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; INS-1; LIB; NW; SN; UP-1; CP-1; DH; FD-1; NYS-1; WC-1; NEA-2) Charlie O'Rourke, Boston College (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; INS-2; NEA-1 [qb]; UP-2; CP-2; FD-2) Hugh Gallarneau, Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame) (NEA-1) Frank Reagan, Penn (AP-2; INS-2; LIB; SN; UP-2; CP-2; FD-2) Bill Dudley, Virginia (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3) Bob Foxx, Tennessee (AP-3; INS-2; CP-4) Jim Kisselburgh, Oregon State (AP-3; CP-4) Jim Thomason, Texas A&M (AP-3; CP-4; NEA-2) Merle Hapes, Ole Miss (UP-3; NEA-3) Steve Juzwik, Notre Dame (UP-3) Jimmy Nelson, Alabama (CP-2) Dave Allerdice, Princeton (CP-3) Milt Piepul, Notre Dame (CP-3) Bill Sewell, Washington State (FD-2) Dean McAdams, Washington (NEA-3) Fullbacks John Kimbrough, Texas A&M (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; INS-1; LIB; NEA-1; NW; SN; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1; WC-1; DH; FD-1) George Paskvan, Wisconsin (AP-2; UP-3) Norm Standlee, Stanford (UP-2; CP-2; FD-2; NEA-3) 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 1181 ESPN Books 2005 1401337031 AP = Associated Press, based on a nationwide survey of expert opinionHerb Barker Two Dixie Stars Fill Flank Posts on All-America The Sunday Spartanburg Herald-Journal 1940-12-08 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9mAsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6soEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7034,3584967&dq=associated-press+harmon&hl=en CO = Collier's Weekly, selected by Grantland RiceAll-Star Team Is Announced by Collier's Sarasota Herald-Tribune 1940-12-06 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nXUcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jmQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3002,5633370&dq=goodreault+suffridge&hl=en INS = International News Service, selected through a nationwide poll of coaches and sports writersMichigan, Minnesota Dominate All-America St. Petersburg Times 1940-12-03 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4bsKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W00DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5691,985539&dq=goodreault+suffridge&hl=en LIB = Liberty magazine NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association, picked with the aid and assistance of coaches, scouts, officials and football writers of the nation.Harry Grayson Harry Grayson NEA Has Harmon and Kimbrough On All-American Sarasota Herald-Tribune 1940-11-26 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lnUcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jmQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1782,4918921&dq=nea+harmon&hl=en NW = Newsweek SN = The Sporting News UP = United PressHarry Ferguson Albert Named on United Press All-America 11 Lodi News-Sentinel 1940-12-04 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hnMzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A-8HAAAAIBAJ&pg=6512,3500692&dq=goodreault+suffridge&hl=en Other selectors CP = Central Press Association, selected with the assistance of the nation's football captainsWalter L. Johns Captains Pick All-America for Central Press; Reinhard on List Berkeley Daily Gazette 1940-12-10 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EC4xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LuQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1656,3364767&dq=goodreault+suffridge&hl=en DH = Deke HoulgateAll-America Addendum College Football Historical Society Newsletter May 1999 http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv12/CFHSNv12n3f.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20100610210955/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv12/CFHSNv12n3f.pdf dead June 10, 2010 FD = Football DigestAll-America Addendum College Football Historical Society Newsletter May 2006 http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv19/CFHSNv19n3f.pdf 2010-03-05 2010-06-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20100613012901/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv19/CFHSNv19n3f.pdf dead NYS = New York SunNew York Sun Now Names All-Americans Los Angeles Times 1940-12-01 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 1940 Little All-America college football team 1940 All-Big Six Conference football team 1940 All-Big Ten Conference football team 1940 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team 1940 All-SEC football team 1940 All-Southwest Conference football team References 2 All-America team Category:All-America college football teams