The 1942 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 1942. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1942 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) the International News Service (INS), (6) Look magazine, (7) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (8) Newsweek, and (9) the Sporting News.

Two individuals were unanimous selections; they were Georgia halfback (and Heisman Trophy winner) Frank Sinkwich and Wisconsin end Dave Schreiner.

Consensus All-Americans For the year 1942, 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 Frank Sinkwich Halfback Georgia 1,0049/9AAB, AP, CO, INS, LK, NEA, NW, SN, UPCP, MS, NYS, PL, WC Dave Schreiner End Wisconsin 7529/9AAB, AP, CO, INS, LK, NEA, NW, SN, UPCP, MS, NYS, PL, WC Dick Wildung Tackle Minnesota 7488/9AAB, AP, CO, LK, NEA, NW, SN, UPCP, MS, NYS, PL, WC Mike Holovak Fullback Boston College 5946/9AP, CO, LK, NEA, NW, UPCP, NYS Paul Governali Quarterback Columbia 4066/9AAB, AP, CO, NW, SN, UPCP, NYS, PL, WC Joe Domnanovich Center Alabama 3086/9AAB, AP, CO, LK, NW, SNPL Billy HillenbrandHalfback Indiana 4865/9AAB, CO, NEA, SN, UPCP, NYS, WC Bob Dove End Notre Dame 5075/9AAB, NEA, NW, SN, UPWC Al Wistert Tackle Michigan 5324/9AAB, LK, NW, UPNYS, WC, MS, PL) Harvey Hardy Guard Georgia Tech 5164/9INS, NEA, NW, UPCP, NYS Chuck Taylor Guard Stanford 4/9AAB, AP, LK, SNPL, WC Julius Franks Guard Michigan 3/9CO, INS, NWCP

All-American selections for 1942 Ends Dave Schreiner, Wisconsin (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; INS-1; LK-1; NEA-1; NW; SN-1; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1; WC-1; MS-1; PL) Bob Dove, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; INS-2; NEA-1; NW; SN-1; UP-1; CP-2; NYS-2; WC-1) Don Currivan, Boston College (AP-2; UP-2; INS-1; NEA-3; CO-1; NYS-1) Bob Shaw, Ohio State (AP-1; SN-3; CP-1) George Poschner, Georgia (AP-2; UP-2; SN-2; CP-3; NEA-2; MS-1) Bruce Alford, TCU (AP-3) Al Hust, Tennessee (AP-3; INS-2; NEA-2) Nick Susoeff, Washington State ( NYS-2) James Kelleher, Army (SN-3; NEA-3) Bert Kuczynski, Penn (LK-1) Pete Pihos, Indiana (PL) Bob Gantt, Duke (SN-2) Alyn Beals, Santa Clara (CP-2) Saxon Judd, Tulsa (CP-3)

Tackles Dick Wildung, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; LK-1; NEA-1; NW; SN-1; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1; WC-1; MS-1; PL) Al Wistert, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-2; LK-1; NEA-3; NW; SN-2; UP-1; CP-3; NYS-1; WC-1; MS-1; PL) Clyde Johnson, Kentucky (AP-1) Stan Mauldin, Texas (AP-2; CP-1) Don Whitmire, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; SN-3; NEA-1) Norm Verry, USC (AP-3) Derrell Palmer, TCU (SN-3; INS-1; CP-2) Francis E. Merritt, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (CP-2; NEA-2) Al Klug, Marquette (CP-3) Chuck Csuri, Ohio State (UP-2; SN-2; INS-1; NYS-2) Gil Bouley, Boston College (UP-2; SN-1; CP-2; NEA-3) Robin Olds, Army (CO-1; NYS-2) Lou Rymkus, Notre Dame ( NEA-2) Don McCafferty, Ohio State (INS-2) John Donaldson, Penn (INS-2)

Guards Harvey Hardy, Georgia Tech (AP-2; INS-1; NEA-1; NW; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1) Chuck Taylor, Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame)(AAB; AP-1; LK-1; SN-1; CP-3; NEA-2; WC-1; PL) Julius Franks, Michigan (AP-2; CO-1; INS-1; NEA-2; NW; SN-3; CP-1; NYS-2) Merv Pregulman, Michigan (SN-3; NEA-1; MS-1 [4-way tie]) Buster Ramsey, William & Mary (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; SN-2; CP-2; NYS-2; MS-1 [4-way tie]) Jack Lescoulie, UCLA (AP-3; INS-2) Lindell Houston, Ohio State (AAB; AP-3; CO-1; CP-2; UP-2; NEA-3; NYS-1; WC-1; PL) Alex Agase, Illinois (College Football Hall of Fame) (LK-1; UP-1; SN-1; INS-2; CP-3; NEA-3; MS-1 [4-way tie]) Harry C. Wright, Notre Dame (SN-2) George Hecht, Alabama ( MS-1 [4-way tie]) Rocco Canale, Boston College (UP-2)

Centers Joe Domnanovich, Alabama (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; INS-2; LK-1; NW; SN-1; UP-2; CP-1; NYS-1; WC-1; MS-1; PL) Spencer Moseley, Yale (AP-3; UP-1; SN-2; CP-2; NEA-1) Fred Naumetz, Boston College (SN-3; INS-1; CP-3; NYS-2) Lou Sossamon, South Carolina (AP-2) Walt Harrison, Washington (NEA-2) Buddy Gatewood, Baylor (NEA-3)

Quarterbacks Paul Governali, Columbia (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; NEA-3; NW; SN-1; UP-1; CP-2; NYS-1; WC-1; PL) Glenn Dobbs, Tulsa (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; INS-1; NEA-1; NW; SN-2; UP-2; CP-2; NYS-2) Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (LK-1; SN-2; UP-2; CP-3) Jesse Freitas, Santa Clara (AP-3) Clint Castleberry, Georgia Tech (AP-3; UP-2; SN-3; INS-2; NEA-2) Otto Graham, Northwestern (College and Pro Hall of Fame) (SN-3; CP-3)

Halfbacks Frank Sinkwich, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; INS-1; LK-1; NEA-1; NW; SN-1; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1; WC-1; MS-1; PL) Billy Hillenbrand, Indiana (AAB; AP-2; UP-1; SN-1; CP-1; NEA-1; CO-1; NYS-1; WC-1) Monk Gafford, Auburn (AP-2; INS-1; CP-3; NYS-2; PL) Bob Steuber, Missouri (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; SN-1; CP-2; NEA-2; NYS-2; PL) Bill Daley, Minnesota (SN-3; CP-2; NEA-3; MS-1) J. T. "Blondy" Black, Mississippi State (CP-3; NEA-3) Gene Fekete, Ohio State (SN-3; CP-3) Jackie Fellows, Fresno State (LK-1; MS-1) Henry Mazur, Army (INS-2)

Fullbacks Mike Holovak, Boston College (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; CO-1; LK-1; NEA-1; NW; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1) Bob Kennedy, Washington State (AP-2; INS-1; CP-1) Pat Harder, Wisconsin (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; P-3; UP-2; SN-2; INS-2; NEA-2; NYS-2; WC-1; MS-1) Joe Muha, VMI (NEA-3) Roy McKay, Texas (INS-2)

Key Bold = Consensus All-American 1 – First-team selection 2 – Second-team selection 3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors AAB = All-America Board AP = Associated Press CO = Collier's Weekly, selected by Grantland Rice INS = International News Service LK = NBC radio and Look magazine, selected under the supervision of Bill Stern, by 138 sports announcers and 25 key sports writers NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association NW = Newsweek SN = Sporting News, selected through a poll of 86 sports writers in 40 states UP = United Press

Other selectors CP = Central Press Association, selected with the assistance of the nation's football captains NYS = New York Sun WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation MS = Maxwell Stiles, noted California sports writer, based on the number of weeks a player was named player of the week at his position PL = All-Players All-America team selected based on ballots cast by 1,706 major college lettermen and announced by Norman Sper, a radio football broadcaster

See also 1942 Little All-America college football team 1942 All-Big Six Conference football team 1942 All-Big Ten Conference football team 1942 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team 1942 All-SEC football team

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