The 1946 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 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 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 selectorsBurr BaldwinEndUCLA9/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCJohnny LujackQuarterbackNotre Dame9/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO [tie], FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCCharley TrippiHalfbackGeorgia9/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCGlenn DavisHalfbackArmy9/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCDoc BlanchardFullbackArmy9/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCGeorge ConnorTackleNotre Dame8/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCAlex AgaseGuardIllinois8/9AAB, AFCA, AP, INS, NEA, SN, UP, CPWCWeldon HumbleGuardRice7/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, NEA, UPWCPaul DukeCenterGeorgia Tech6/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, NEA, UPCP, WCDick HuffmanTackleTennessee5/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAAWCWarren AmlingTackleOhio State5/9FWAA [g], INS, NEA, SN, UPCPHub BechtolEndTexas4/9AAB, AFCA, FWAA, SNWCHank FoldbergEndArmy4/9CO, INS, NEA, UP--
All-American selections for 1946 Ends Burr Baldwin, UCLA Hub Bechtol, Texas Hank Foldberg, Army Elmer Madar, Michigan Al Baldwin, Arkansas Richard Hagen, Washington Barney Poole, Army Wallace Jones, Kentucky Ray Poole, Mississippi Len Ford, Michigan Browning, Denver Clyde Lindsey, LSU Ike Armstrong, Oklahoma A&M
Tackles George Connor, Notre Dame Dick Huffman, Tennessee Warren Amling, Ohio State George Savitsky, Penn John Ferraro, USC Bob Davis, Georgia Tech Bernie Gallagher, Penn Frank Wydo, Cornell Walt Barnes, LSU Bill Kay, Iowa
Guards Weldon Humble, Rice Alex Agase, Illinois John Mastrangelo, Notre Dame Ed Hirsch, Northwestern Plato Andros, Oklahoma Joe Steffy, Army Arthur Gerometta, Army Knox Ramsey, William & Mary Herbert St. John, Georgia Dick Barwegan, Purdue Fritz Barzilauskas, Yale
Centers Paul Duke, Georgia Tech George Strohmeyer, Notre Dame Bryant Meeks, South Carolina Chuck Bednarik, Penn Dick Harris, Texas John Cannady, Indiana Dick Scott, Navy
Quarterbacks Johnny Lujack, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) Arnold Tucker, Army Ben Raimondi, Indiana Ernie Case, UCLA Bobby Layne, Texas Mickey McCardle, USC
Halfbacks Charley Trippi, Georgia Glenn Davis, Army Herman Wedemeyer, St. Mary's Ray Evans, Kansas Charlie Justice, North Carolina Bob Chappuis, Michigan Clyde Scott, Arkansas Harry Gilmer, Alabama Forrest Hall, U. San Francisco Tony Minisi, Penn Lloyd Merriman, Stanford
Fullbacks Felix Blanchard, Army
Black college All-Americans 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
Key Bold – Consensus All-American -1 – First-team selection -2 – Second-team selection -3 – Third-team selection
Official selectors AAB = All-America Board AFCA = American Football Coaches Association, selected for the Saturday Evening Post AP = Associated Press CO = Collier's Weekly FWAA = Football Writers Association of America INS = International News Service NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association SN = Sporting News UP = United Press
Other selectors CP = Central Press Association, selected by college football captains WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation
See also 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