The 1941 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1941 college football season. The selectors for the 1941 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP).
The 1941 Texas A&M Aggies football team won the conference championship, was ranked No. 9 in the final AP Poll, and placed four players on the first team: back Derace Moser (AP-1, UP-1); ends James Sterling (AP-1, UP-1); tackle Martin Ruby (AP-1, UP-1); and center Bill Sibley (AP-1, UP-1).
The 1941 Texas Longhorns football team was ranked No. 4 in the final AP Poll and also placed four players on the first team: backs Jack Crain and Pete Layden (AP-1, UP-1); end Malcolm Kutner (AP-1, UP-1); and guard Chal Daniel (AP-1, UP-1).
All Southwest selections
Backs Pete Layden, Texas (AP-1; UP-1) Pres Johnston, SMU (AP-1; UP-1) Derace Moser, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1) (Southwest Conference MVP, 1941) Jack Crain, Texas (AP-1; UP-1) Jack Wilson, Baylor (AP-2, UP-2) Vernon Martin, Texas (AP-2, UP-2) Milton Crain, Baylor (AP-2, UP-2) Kyle Gillespie, TCU (AP-2) Bob Brumley, Rice (UP-2)
Ends James Sterling, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1) Malcolm Kutner, Texas (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame) Bruce Alford Sr., TCU (AP-2, UP-2) Bill Henderson, Texas A&M (AP-2) Jack Russell, Baylor (UP-2)
Tackles Derrell Palmer, TCU (AP-1; UP-1) Martin Ruby, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame) Jeff Coats, Arkansas (AP-2, UP-2) Julian Garrett, Texas (AP-2, UP-2)
Guards Chal Daniel, Texas (AP-1; UP-1) Art Goforth, Rice (AP-1) Ted Ramsey, SMU (AP-2, UP-1) Buddy Jungmichel, Texas (AP-2, UP-2) Art Goforth, Rice (UP-2)
Centers Bill Sibley, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1) Daryl Cato, Arkansas (AP-2, UP-2)
Key AP = Associated Press
UP = United Press
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP
See also 1941 College Football All-America Team
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