1941 College Football All-America Team

The 1941 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 1941. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1941 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) the International News Service (INS), (6) Liberty magazine, (7) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (8) Newsweek, and (9) the Sporting News.

Harvard center Endicott Peabody, who won the 1941 Knute Rockne Award, was the only player to be unanimously named to the first team of all nine official selectors. Dick Wildung of Minnesota and Bob Westfall of Michigan each received eight official first-team designations. Bruce Smith of Minnesota won the 1941 Heisman Trophy and received seven official first-team nominations.

Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1941, 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 selectors
Endicott PeabodyGuardHarvard9/9AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UPCP, NYS, LIFE, PARA, WC
Dick WildungTackleMinnesota8/9AAB, AP, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UPCP, LIFE, PARA, WC
Bob WestfallFullbackMichigan8/9AAB, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UPCP, NYS, PARA, WC
Frankie AlbertQuarterbackStanford7/9AAB, AP, CO, INS, NEA, NW, SNCP, LIFE, PARA, WC
Bruce SmithHalfbackMinnesota7/9AAB, AP, CO, INS, NW, SN, UPCP, NYS, LIFE, PARA, WC
Holt RastEndAlabama6/9AAB, INS, LIB, SN, NW, UPCP, LIFE, PARA, WC
Darold JenkinsCenterMissouri6/9AAB, AP, NEA, NW, SN, UPCP, NYS, WC
Bob DoveEndNotre Dame5/9AAB, INS, NEA, NW, UPLIFE; WC
Ernie BlandinTackleTulane5/9CO, LIB, NEA, NW, UPNYS
Bill DudleyHalfbackVirginia5/9AP, CO, LIB, NW, UPNYS
Frank SinkwichHalfbackGeorgia5/9AAB, AP, LIB, SN, UPCP, LIFE, WC
Ray FrankowskiGuardWashington4/9AAB, NEA, NW, UPLIFE, WC

All-American selections for 1941

Ends

  • Holt Rast, Alabama (AAB-1; AP-2; INS-1; LIB; NEA-2; SN; NW; UP-1; CP-1; LIFE-1; PARA; WC-1)
  • Bob Dove, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB-1; AP-3; INS-1; NEA-1; NW; UP-1; LIFE-1; WC-1)
  • Malcolm Kutner, Texas (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; INS-2; CO-1; CP-2. LIFE-2)
  • Dave Schreiner, Wisconsin (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1)
  • Joe Blalock, Clemson (SN; UP-2; CP-1, LIFE-3)
  • John Rokisky, Duquesne (AP-2; INS-2; NEA-1; CO-1; CP-2; PARA)
  • Jim Lansing, Fordham (LIB; CP-3)
  • Nick Susoeff, Washington State (AP-3)
  • Bob Froude, Navy (UP-2)
  • Sterling, Texas A&M (NEA-2)
  • Bob Motl, Northwestern (NEA-3)
  • Alyn Beals, Santa Clara (NEA-3)
  • Billy Henderson, Texas A&M (CP-3, LIFE-2)
  • Dale Gentry, Washington State (LIFE-3)

Tackles

  • Dick Wildung, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB-1; AP-1; INS-1; LIB; NEA-1; NW; SN; UP-1; CP-1; LIFE-1; PARA; WC-1)
  • Ernie Blandin, Tulane (AP-2; CO-1; INS-2; LIB; NEA-1; NW; UP-1; NYS-1)
  • Bob Reinhard, California (AP-1; UP-2; INS-1; NEA-2; CO-1; CP-3; PARA, LIFE-2)
  • Alf Bauman, Northwestern (AAB-1; AP-2; INS-2; NEA-2; SN; CP-2; LIFE-1)
  • Jim Daniell, Ohio State (CP-1)
  • Al Wistert, Michigan (UP-2; CP-2, LIFE-2)
  • Gene Flathmann, Navy (CP-2)
  • Bill Chewning, Navy (AP-3; NEA-3)
  • Mike Karmazin, Duke (AP-3, LIFE-2 [as G])
  • Floyd Spendlove, Utah (NEA-3)
  • Paul Lillis, Notre Dame (CP-3, LIFE-3)
  • John Whyonic, Alabama (LIFE-3)

Guards

  • Endicott Peabody, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB-1; AP-1; CO-1; INS-1; LIB; NEA-1; NW; SN; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1; LIFE-1; PARA; WC-1)
  • Ray Frankowski, Washington (AAB-1; AP-2; INS-2; NEA-1; NW; UP-1; LIFE-1; WC-1)
  • Chal Daniel, Texas (AP-3; INS-1; NEA-3; SN; CP-1, LIFE-3)
  • Ralph Fife, Pittsburgh (AP-1; UP-2; NEA-2; CP-3, LIFE-2)
  • Bernard Crimmins, Notre Dame (CO-1; LIB; INS-2; NEA-2; UP-2; PARA)
  • Martin Ruby, Texas A&M (CP-2)
  • Ted Ramsey, SMU (AP-2)
  • Tom Melton, Purdue (AP-3)
  • Pfister, Harvard (NEA-3)
  • Art Goforth, Rice (CP-3)
  • Urban Odson, Minnesota (LIFE-3)

Centers

  • Darold Jenkins, Missouri (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB-1; AP-1; INS-2; NEA-1; NW; SN; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1; WC-1, LIFE-2)
  • Vince Banonis, Detroit (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; CO-1; INS-1; LIB; NEA-2; PARA)
  • Al DeMao, Duquesne (UP-2; NEA-3; LIFE-1)
  • Quentin Greenough, Oregon State (AP-2, LIFE-3)
  • Vic Lindskog, Stanford (CP-2)
  • Bob Gude, Vanderbilt (CP-3)

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

  • Bruce Smith, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB-1; AP-1; CO-1; INS-1; NEA-2; NW; SN; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1; LIFE; PARA; WC-1, LIFE-1)
  • Frank Sinkwich, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB-1; AP-1; INS-2; LIB; NEA-3; SN; UP-1; CP-1; LIFE; WC-1, LIFE-1)
  • Bill Dudley, Virginia (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; CO-1; INS-2; LIB; NEA-2; NW; UP-1 [qb]; CP-2; NYS-1, LIFE-3)
  • Jack Crain, Texas (AP-2; UP-2; NEA-2; CP-3; LIFE-1)
  • Jimmy Nelson, Alabama (AP-3; NEA-3; CP-3)
  • Derace Moser, Texas A&M (AP-2; INS-2; NEA-1; CP-3)
  • Jack Jenkins, Vanderbilt (AP-3)
  • Bill Busik, Navy (LIFE-2)
  • Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (LIFE-2)
  • Hank Mazur, Army (LIFE-3)

Fullbacks

  • Bob Westfall, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB-1; AP-2; CO-1; INS-1; LIB; NEA-1; NW; SN; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1; PARA; WC-1, LIFE-3)
  • Steve Lach, Duke (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; INS-1 [hb]; LIB; NEA-1; UP-2 [hb]; CP-2; PARA. LIFE-2)
  • Steve Filipowicz, Fordham (AP-3; UP-2, LIFE-3)
  • John Grigas, Holy Cross (INS-2; NEA-3)
  • Merle Hapes, Ole Miss (NEA-2)
  • Pete Layden, Texas (CP-3)

Key

Bold = Consensus All-American[1]

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

Official selectors

Other selectors

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 8. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1184. ISBN 1401337031.
  3. ↑ Dillon Graham (December 12, 1941). "Three Juniors on 1941 All-American Team". The Evening Independent.
  4. ↑ "Rokisky on Collier's Team". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 5, 1941.
  5. ↑ Lawton Carver (December 1, 1941). "Albert Tops INS All-America Grid Selections". Reading Eagle.
  6. ↑ Harry Grayson (November 21, 1941). "Duke's Lach Makes NEA All-America Team". The Rock Hill Herald.
  7. ↑ "United Press All-Stars". Los Angeles Times. December 4, 1941.
  8. ↑ Walter L. Johns, Central Press Sports Editor (December 7, 1941). "Midwest, South Top Captains' All-Americas". Reading Eagle.
  9. 1 2 "Al DeMao, Rokisky on All-America Teams". The Pittsburgh Press. 1941-11-29.
  10. ↑ "Walter Camp Football Foundation All-American Selections". Walter Camp Football Foundation. Archived from the original on 2007-12-18.
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