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1946 All-Pacific Coast football team
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The 1946 All-Pacific Coast football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific Coast teams for the 1946 college football season. The organizations selecting teams in 1946 included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP).
The UCLA Bruins won the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) championship with a 10–1 record, finished the season ranked #4 in the final AP Poll, and had four first-team players: quarterback Ernie Case (AP, UP), end Burr Baldwin (AP, UP), tackle Don Malmberg (AP, UP), and center/linebacker Don Paul (AP, UP).
Despite finishing second in the PCC with a 7–1–1 record, Oregon State did not land any player on the first teams selected by either the AP or the UP. USC, Stanford and Washington finished in third, fourth and fifth place in the PCC, and each placed two players on the first team.
Three players from teams outside the PCC received first-team honors, They were St. Mary's Gaels halfback Herman Wedemeyer (AP, UP), who was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, San Francisco Dons halfback Forest Hall (AP, UP), and Nevada end Horace Gillom (UP).
All-Pacific Coast selections
Quarterbacks
Ernie Case, UCLA (AP-1; UP-1)
Mickey McCardle, USC (AP-2; UP-2)
Denis O'Connor, St. Mary's (AP-3)
Halfbacks
Herman Wedemeyer, St. Mary's (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
Forrest Hall, Univ. of San Francisco (AP-1; UP-1)
Jake Leicht, Oregon (AP-2; UP-2)
Cal Rossi, UCLA (AP-3; UP-2)
Don Samuel, Oregon St. (AP-2)
Jerry Shipkey, UCLA (AP-2)
Bob Anderson, Stanford (UP-2)
Ernie Johnson, UCLA (AP-3)
Ken Carpenter, Oregon St. (AP-3)
Fullbacks
Lloyd Merriman, Stanford (AP-1; UP-1)
Ends
Burr Baldwin, UCLA (AP-1; UP-1)
Dick Hagen, Washington (AP-1; UP-2)
Horace Gillom, Nevada (AP-2; UP-1)
Tom Fears, UCLA (AP-3; UP-2)
Jim Callanan, USC (AP-2)
Jack Cunningham, California (AP-3)
Tackles
John Ferraro, USC (AP-1; UP-1)
Don Malmberg, UCLA (AP-1; UP-1)
Bill Chambers, UCLA (AP-2; UP-2)
Bill McPartland, St. Mary's (AP-3; UP-2)
Jim Turner, California (AP-2)
Fred Boensch, Stanford (AP-3)
Guards
Bill Hachten, Stanford (AP-1; UP-1)
Mike Garzoni, USC (AP-1; UP-2)
John Zeger, Washington (AP-3; UP-1)
Paul Evenson, Oregon St. (UP-2)
Martin Chaves, Oregon St. (AP-2)
Mike Dimitro, UCLA (AP-2)
Rod Franz, California (AP-3)
Centers
Don Paul, UCLA (AP-1; UP-1)
Bill Gray, Oregon St. (AP-2; UP-2)
Andy Lazor, Washington St. (AP-3)
Key
AP = Associated PressUclans Land 10 Men on All-Pacific Coast Football Club The Independent-Record, Helena, Montana November 27, 1945 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2647032/1946_all_pacific_coast_team/
4 Bruin Players Make A. P. Team The Spokesman-Review November 28, 1945 14 https://books.google.com/books?id=sixWAAAAIBAJ&dq=1946+All-Pacific+Coast+football+team&pg=PA29&article_id=6833,4266156
UP = United PressHorace Gillom, Nevada End, Makes UP's All-Pacific Coast Selection Nevada State Journal November 29, 1946 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2646931/1946_up_all_pacific_team/
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP
See also
1946 College Football All-America Team
References
All-Pacific Coast Football Team
Category:All-Pacific Coast football teams
Category:All-Pac-12 Conference football teams