1946 College Football All-America Team

College Football All-America Team
1946 college football season
1944 1945 ← → 1947 1948

The 1946 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America 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[edit]

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 selectors

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Burr Baldwin | End | UCLA | 9/9 | AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC
Johnny Lujack | Quarterback | Notre Dame | 9/9 | AAB, AFCA, AP, CO [tie], FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC
Charley Trippi | Halfback | Georgia | 9/9 | AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC
Glenn Davis | Halfback | Army | 9/9 | AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC
Doc Blanchard | Fullback | Army | 9/9 | AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC
George Connor | Tackle | Notre Dame | 8/9 | AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC
Alex Agase | Guard | Illinois | 8/9 | AAB, AFCA, AP, INS, NEA, SN, UP, CP | WC
Weldon Humble | Guard | Rice | 7/9 | AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, NEA, UP | WC
Paul Duke | Center | Georgia Tech | 6/9 | AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, NEA, UP | CP, WC
Dick Huffman | Tackle | Tennessee | 5/9 | AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA | WC
Warren Amling | Tackle | Ohio State | 5/9 | FWAA [g], INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP
Hub Bechtol | End | Texas | 4/9 | AAB, AFCA, FWAA, SN | WC
Hank Foldberg | End | Army | 4/9 | CO, INS, NEA, UP | \--

## All-American selections for 1946[edit]

### Ends[edit]

* 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 (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)
* George Poole, Army (NEA-2, UP-2)
* Wallace Jones, Kentucky (INS-2, CP-2)
* Ray Poole, Mississippi (AP-3)
* Hank Foldberg, Army (AP-3)
* Len Ford, Michigan (NEA-3)
* Browning, Denver (NEA-3)
* Clyde Lindsey, LSU (CP-2)
* Ike Armstrong, Oklahoma A&M (CP-3)

### Tackles[edit]

* 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)
* Bobby Davis,[1] 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Felix Blanchard, Army (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1 CP-1, WC)

## Black college All-Americans[edit]

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

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## Key[edit]

* Bold – Consensus All-American[3]
* -1 – First-team selection
* -2 – Second-team selection
* -3 – Third-team selection

### Official selectors[edit]

* AAB = All-America Board[4]
* AFCA = American Football Coaches Association, selected for the Saturday Evening Post[5]
* AP = Associated Press[6][7]
* CO = Collier's Weekly[8]
* FWAA = Football Writers Association of America[9]
* INS = International News Service[10][11]
* NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association[12][13]
* SN = Sporting News[4]
* UP = United Press[14][15]

### Other selectors[edit]

* CP = Central Press Association, selected by college football captains[16]
* WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation[17]

## See also[edit]

* 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[edit]

1. ^ "Georgia Tech Football - Records" (PDF). 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 15, 2018.
2. ^ "Here They Are! The All-Americans of 1946". The Pittsburgh Courier. December 14, 1946. p. 17 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 8. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
4. ^ a b ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1204\. ISBN 1401337031.
5. ^ "Davis, Blanchard Repeat On Grid Coaches Eleven". Troy Record. December 7, 1946.
6. ^ "The 1946 AP All-America". Cumberland Evening Times. December 4, 1946.
7. ^ "Davis, Blanchard Earn All-America Positions". The Milwaukee Journal. December 4, 1946. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
8. ^ "Colliers Picks 12 Men On Its All-American". Wisconsin State Journal. December 6, 1946.
9. ^ "FWAA All-America Since 1944" (PDF). Football Writers Association of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2009.
10. ^ "4 Irish, 3 Cadets on INS All America". The Lima News. December 3, 1946.
11. ^ Lawton Carver (December 3, 1946). "INS Names Four Irish on All-America Team". St. Petersburg Times. p. 10.
12. ^ "NEA 1946 All Americas". Anniston Star. November 24, 1946.
13. ^ "NEA 1946 All-Americans". The Pittsburgh Press. November 23, 1946.
14. ^ Carl Lundquist (December 4, 1946). "United Press Honors Three Army Gridders". Wisconsin State Journal.
15. ^ "Army, Notre Dame Dominate UP Team". The Milwaukee Journal. December 4, 1946. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
16. ^ "Army, Irish Place Two Each On Captains' All American". Wisconsin State Journal. December 3, 1946.
17. ^ "Walter Camp Football Foundation All-American Selections". Walter Camp Football Foundation. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007.

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* QB Johnny Lujack
* HB Glenn Davis
* HB Charley Trippi
* FB Doc Blanchard

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* E Burr Baldwin
* E Hub Bechtol
* E Hank Foldberg
* T Warren Amling
* T George Connor
* T Dick Huffman
* G Alex Agase
* G Weldon Humble
* C Paul Duke

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