National Football League 1940s All-Decade Team

Official list of the NFL's best players in the 1940s

This is a list of all NFL players who had outstanding performances throughout the 1940s and have been compiled together into this fantasy group. The team was selected by voters of the Pro Football Hall of Fame retroactively in 1969 to mark the league's 50th anniversary.

All information can be Referenced at the Hall of Fame website[1] Position  | Player  | Team(s)  | Years  | Hall of Fame class

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Quarterback |  Sammy Baugh | Washington Redskins | 1937-52 | 1963
Sid Luckman | Chicago Bears | 1939-50 | 1965
Bob Waterfield | Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams | 1945-52 | 1965
Halfback |  Tony Canadeo | Green Bay Packers | 1941-44, 1946-52 | 1974
Bill Dudley | Pittsburgh Steelers | 1942, 1945-46 | 1966
Detroit Lions | 1947-49
Washington Redskins | 1950-51, 1953
George McAfee | Chicago Bears | 1940-41, 1945-1950 | 1966
Charley Trippi | Chicago Cardinals | 1947-55 | 1968
Steve Van Buren | Philadelphia Eagles | 1944-51 | 1965
Byron White  | Pittsburgh Steelers | 1938 | Not Inducted
Detroit Lions | 1940-41
Fullback |  Pat Harder | Chicago Cardinals | 1946-50 | Not Inducted
Detroit Lions | 1951-53
Marion Motley | Cleveland Browns[1] | 1946-53 | 1968
Pittsburgh Steelers | 1955
Bill Osmanski | Chicago Bears | 1939-43, 1946-47 | Not Inducted
End |  Jim Benton | Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams | 1938-40,1942, 1944-47 | Not Inducted
Chicago Bears | 1943
Jack Ferrante | Philadelphia Eagles | 1941, 1944-50 | Not Inducted
Ken Kavanaugh | Chicago Bears | 1940-41, 1945-50 | Not Inducted
Dante Lavelli | Cleveland Browns[1] | 1946-56 | 1975
Pete Pihos | Philadelphia Eagles | 1947-55 | 1970
Mac Speedie | Cleveland Browns[1] | 1946-52 | 2020
Ed Sprinkle | Chicago Bears | 1944-55 | 2020
Tackle |  Al Blozis | New York Giants | 1942-44 | Not Inducted
George Connor | Chicago Bears | 1948-55 | 1975
Bucko Kilroy | Phil-Pitt Steagles[2] | 1943 | Not Inducted
Philadelphia Eagles | 1945-55
Buford "Baby" Ray  | Green Bay Packers | 1938-48 | Not Inducted
Vic Sears | Philadelphia Eagles | 1941-42, 1945-53 | Not Inducted
Phil-Pitt Steagles[2] | 1943
Al Wistert | Phil-Pitt Steagles[2] | 1943 | Not Inducted
Philadelphia Eagles | 1944-51
Guard |  Bruno Banducci | Philadelphia Eagles | 1944-45 | Not Inducted
San Francisco 49ers[1] | 1946-54
Bill Edwards | New York Giants | 1940-42 | Not Inducted
Garrard "Buster" Ramsey  | Chicago Cardinals | 1946-51 | Not Inducted
Bill Willis | Cleveland Browns[1] | 1946-53 | 1977
Len Younce | New York Giants | 1941, 1943-44, 1946-48 | Not Inducted
Center |  Charley Brock | Green Bay Packers | 1939-47 | Not Inducted
Clyde "Bulldog" Turner  | Chicago Bears | 1940-52 | 1966
Alex Wojciechowicz | Detroit Lions | 1938-46 | 1968
Philadelphia Eagles | 1946-50

Notes:

1 Team belonged to both the National Football Conference and the All-America Football Conference at different times
2 The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers were merged into one team for the 1943 season due to World War II[2]
3 Four-time finalist to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "NFL's All Decade Team of the 1940s". ProFootballHallofFame.com. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
2. ^ "A Look Back at the NFL's 1943 Steagles". BleacherReport.com. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
3. ^ "Hall of Famers: Yearly Finalists". ProFootballHoF.com. Retrieved 16 February 2013.

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