The 1941 All-Southern Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by the Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP) for the All-Southern Conference football team for the 1941 college football season.
The 1941 Duke Blue Devils football team won the Southern Conference championship, was ranked No. 2 in the final AP Poll, and placed four players on the first team: back Steve Lach (AP-1, UP-1), end Bob Gantt (AP-1, UP-2); tackle Mike Karmazin (AP-1, UP-1); and center Bob Barnett (AP-1, UP-1).
All-Southern Conference selections
Backs Steve Lach, Duke (AP-1, UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame) Harvey Johnson, William & Mary (AP-1, UP-1) Charlie Timmons, Clemson (AP-1, UP-1) Stan Stasica, South Carolina (AP-1, UP-1) Bosh Pritchard, VMI (AP-2, UP-2) Joe Muha, VMI (AP-2, UP-2) Tommy Prothro, Duke (AP-3, UP-2) Booty Payne, Clemson (AP-2) Winston Siegfried, Duke (AP-2) John Polanski, Wake Forest (UP-2) David Monroe Spencer, Davidson (AP-3) Harry Dunkle, North Carolina (AP-3) Dewey Proctor, Furman (AP-3)
Ends Joe Blalock, Clemson (AP-1, UP-1) Bob Gantt, Duke (AP-1, UP-2) Glenn Knox, William & Mary (AP-2, UP-1) Al Piasecky, Duke (AP-2, UP-2) Cline, Wake Forest (AP-3) Stan Nowak, South Carolina (AP-3)
Tackles Mike Karmazin, Duke (AP-1, UP-1) George Fritts, Clemson (AP-1, UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame) Marvin Bass, William & Mary (AP-2, UP-2) Dick Steck, North Carolina (AP-2, UP-2) Ralph Burlin, Maryland (AP-3) Pat Preston, Wake Forest (AP-3)
Guards Buster Ramsey, William & Mary (AP-1, UP-1) Carl Givler, Wake Forest (AP-1, UP-1) Roger McClure, Virginia Tech (AP-2, UP-2) Frank Kapriva, Wake Forest (AP-3, UP-2) Wade Padgett, Clemson (AP-2) John Goddard, Duke (AP-3)
Centers Bob Barnett, Duke (AP-1, UP-1) Lou Sossamon, South Carolina (AP-2, UP-2) Carl Suntheimer, North Carolina (AP-3)
Key AP = Associated Press, selected by the region's sports writers and coaches
UP = United Press, based on a poll of coaches and sports writers in the Southern Conference area
See also 1941 College Football All-America Team
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