1943 College Football All-America Team

Official list of the best college football players of 1943

1943 College Football All-America Team
College Football All-America Team
1943 college football season
1941 1942 ← → 1944 1945

The 1943 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1943. The eight selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1943 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) Football News, (6) the International News Service (INS), (7) Look magazine, and (8) the Sporting News.

Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1943, the NCAA recognizes eight 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 selectors
Cas Myslinski Center Army 8/8 AAB, AP, CO, FN, INS, LK, SN, UP CP, SS
Bill Daley Halfback Michigan 8/8 AAB, AP, CO, FN, INS, LK, SN, UP CP, NYS, SS
Creighton Miller Halfback Notre Dame 7/8 AAB, AP, CO, FN, INS, SN, UP --
Angelo Bertelli Quarterback Notre Dame 7/8 AAB, CO, FN, INS, LK, SN, UP CP, NYS, SS
Ralph Heywood End USC 6/8 AAB, AP, FN, INS, LK, UP CP, SS
Jim White Tackle Notre Dame 6/8 AAB, AP, CO, INS, SN, UP CP
Alex Agase Guard Purdue 6/8 AAB, FN, INS, LK, SN, UP CP
Bob Odell Halfback Penn 5/8 AP, CO, INS, LK, NYS --
Don Whitmire Tackle Navy 4/8 AAB, INS, LK, UP CP
Merv Pregulman[1] Tackle Michigan 4/8 CO, FN, LK, SN SS
Pat Filley Guard Notre Dame 4/8 CO, FN, SN, UP --
John Yonakor End Notre Dame 3/8 INS, SN, UP CP

All-American selections for 1943

Ends

  • Ralph Heywood, USC (AAB; AP-1; FN; INS-1; LK; UP-1; CP-1; SS-1)
  • John Yonakor, Notre Dame (AAB; UP-1; INS-1; SN; CP-1)
  • Pete Pihos, Indiana (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-3; SN; UP-2; CO-1; NYS-1)
  • Albert Channell, Navy (AP-3; FN; LK)
  • John Monahan, Dartmouth (AP-2; NYS-1)
  • Roe Johnston, Navy (SS-1)
  • Herb Hein, Northwestern (CO-1)
  • Joe Parker, Texas (AP-1)
  • Robert Hall, Colorado College (AP-2)
  • Bob Gantt, Duke (UP-2)

Tackles

  • Don Whitmire, Navy (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; INS-1; LK; UP-1; CP-1)
  • Jim White, Notre Dame (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; INS-1; SN; UP-1; CP-1)
  • Merv Pregulman, Michigan (AP-3; CO-1 [g]; FN; LK; SN; UP-2; SS-1)
  • Art McCaffray, College of the Pacific (UP-2; CO-1; NYS-1)
  • George Connor, Holy Cross (AP-2; NYS-1)
  • Ralph Calcagni, Cornell (SS-1)
  • Pat Preston, Duke (AP-1)
  • Francis Merritt, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; FN)
  • Solon Burnett, Southwestern (Texas) (AP-3)

Guards

  • Alex Agase, Purdue (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-3; FN; INS-1; LK; SN; UP-1; CP-1)
  • Pat Filley, Notre Dame (AP-2; CO-1; FN; SN; UP-1)
  • John Steber, Georgia Tech. (AAB; AP-1 [tackle]; UP-2; INS-1; NYS-1)
  • Bill Milner, Duke (SS-1; CP-1)
  • Harold Fisher, Southwestern (LK)
  • Bill Milner, Duke (NYS-1)
  • Don Alvarez, Dartmouth (SS-1)
  • George Brown, Navy (AP-1)
  • John Jaffurs, Penn State (AP-2; UP-2)
  • Richard Ward, Washington (AP-3)

Centers

  • Cas Myslinski, Army (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; FN; INS-1; LK; SN; UP-1; CP-1; SS-1)
  • Jack Martin, Navy (NYS-1)
  • Bill Gray, USC (AP-2)
  • Herbert Coleman, Notre Dame (UP-2)
  • Lester Gatewood, Tulane (AP-3)

Quarterbacks

  • Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-2; CO-1; FN; INS-1; LK; SN; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1; SS-1)
  • Otto Graham, Northwestern (AAB [hb]; AP-1; FN; UP-2; CP-1)

Halfbacks

  • Bill Daley, Michigan (AAB [fb]; AP-1; CO-1 [fb]; FN; INS-1; LK; SN; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1; SS-1)
  • Bob Odell, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-2; CO-1; INS-1; LK; NYS-1)
  • Creighton Miller, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; FN; INS-1; SN; UP-1)
  • Eddie Prokop, Georgia Tech (AP-2; UP-2)
  • Alvin Dark, Southwestern Louisiana (AP-2)
  • Harold Hamburg, Navy (UP-2)
  • Steve Van Buren, LSU (AP-3)
  • Robert Hoernschemeyer, Indiana (AP-3)
  • Bob Steuber, DePauw (AP-3)

Fullbacks

  • John Podesto, College of the Pacific (AP-3; LK; SS-1 [halfback]; NYS-1)
  • Tony Butkovich, Purdue (killed on Okinawa, World War II) (AP-2; SN; UP-1; CP-1; SS-1)

Key

Bold = Consensus All-American[2]

  • -1 – First-team selection
  • -2 – Second-team selection
  • -3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors

Other selectors

See also

References

  1. ^ Tackles Don Whitmire and Merv Pregulman each received four of eight official first-team selections. Whitmire is recognized by the NCAA as a consensus All-American; Pregulman is not.
  2. ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 8. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1192. ISBN 1401337031.
  4. ^ "Miller and White of Notre Dame Gain All-America Football Posts" (PDF). The New York Times. December 8, 1943.
  5. ^ "Collier's Selects 1943 All-Stars". The Bend Bulletin (Bend, Oregon). December 10, 1943.
  6. ^ "5 Notre Dame Men Make All-America" (PDF). The New York Times. December 4, 1943.
  7. ^ "4 Eastern Players on Sun's Grid Team". Nashua Telegraph. Nashua, NH. December 4, 1943.
  8. ^ "Stars and Stripes Picks All-America From Afar" (PDF). The New York Times. December 5, 1943.
  9. ^ "Walter Camp Football Foundation All-American Selections". Walter Camp Football Foundation. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007.
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