1943 College Football All-America Team

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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 (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)
  • Robert Gantt, Duke (UP-2)

Tackles

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

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; AP-1; FN; UP-2; CP-1)

Halfbacks

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

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