1946 College Football All-America Team

The 1946 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 1946. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1946 season are (1) the All-America Board (AAB), (2) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), published by Look magazine, (3) the Associated Press (AP), (4) Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, (5) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (6) the International News Service (INS), (7) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (8) the Sporting News (SN), and (9) the United Press (UP).

Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1946, 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.

All-American selections for 1946

Ends

• Burr Baldwin, UCLA (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1, WC)
• Hub Bechtol, Texas (AAB, AFCA, FWAA, NEA-2, SN, UP-2, WC)
• Hank Foldberg, Army (AP-3, CO, INS-1, NEA-1, UP-1, CP-2)
• Elmer Madar, Michigan (AP-1, INS-2, CP-3)
• Al Baldwin, Arkansas (AP-2)
• Richard Hagen, Washington (AP-2)
• Barney Poole, Army (NEA-2, UP-2)
• Wallace Jones, Kentucky (INS-2, CP-2)
• Ray Poole, Mississippi (AP-3)
• Len Ford, Michigan (NEA-3)
• Browning, Denver (NEA-3)
• Clyde Lindsey, LSU (CP-2)
• Ike Armstrong, Oklahoma A&M (CP-3)

Tackles

• George Connor, Notre Dame (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1, WC)
• Dick Huffman, Tennessee (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, FWAA, INS-2, NEA-2, UP-2, CP-2, WC)
• Warren Amling, Ohio State (AP-2, FWAA [g], INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1)
• George Savitsky, Penn (FWAA, NEA-3, UP-2)
• John Ferraro, USC (AP-2, INS-2, CP-3)
• Bob Davis, Georgia Tech (NEA-2)
• Bernie Gallagher, Penn (AP-3, CP-2)
• Frank Wydo, Cornell (AP-3)
• Walt Barnes, LSU (NEA-3)
• Bill Kay, Iowa (CP-3)

Guards

• Weldon Humble, Rice (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, FWAA, INS-2, NEA-1, UP-1, CP-3, WC)
• Alex Agase, Illinois (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1, WC)
• John Mastrangelo, Notre Dame (AP-2, CO, INS-1, NEA-3, SN, UP-2, CP-3)
• Ed Hirsch, Northwestern (CP-1)
• Plato Andros, Oklahoma (AP-2, INS-2, NEA-3)
• Joe Steffy, Army (NEA-2, UP-2)
• Arthur Gerometta, Army (NEA-2)
• Knox Ramsey, William & Mary (AP-3)
• Herbert St. John, Georgia (AP-3)
• Dick Barwegan, Purdue (CP-2)
• Fritz Barzilauskas, Yale (CP-2)

Centers

• Paul Duke, Georgia Tech (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, NEA-1, UP-1, CP-1, WC)
• George Strohmeyer, Notre Dame (AP-3, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-2, SN, UP-2)
• Bryant Meeks, South Carolina (AP-2)
• Chuck Bednarik, Penn (INS-2)
• Dick Harris, Texas (NEA-3)
• John Cannady, Indiana (CP-2)
• Dick Scott, Navy (CP-3)

Quarterbacks

• Johnny Lujack, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO [tie], FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1, WC)
• Arnold Tucker, Army (AP-3, CO [tie], INS-2, NEA-2, UP-2, CP-2)
• Ben Raimondi, Indiana (AP-2)
• Ernie Case, UCLA (AP-2, CP-3)
• Bobby Layne, Texas (AP-2, INS-2, NEA-3 [fullback], UP-2 [fullback], CP-2)
• Mickey McCardle, USC (NEA-3)

Halfbacks

• Charley Trippi, Georgia (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1, WC)
• Glenn Davis, Army (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1, WC)
• Herman Wedemeyer, St. Mary's (AP-2, INS-2, NEA-2, UP-2, CP-2)
• Ray Evans, Kansas (AP-3)
• Charlie Justice, North Carolina (AP-3, NEA-2, UP-2)
• Bob Chappuis, Michigan (INS-2, CP-3)
• Clyde Scott, Arkansas (NEA-2)
• Harry Gilmer, Alabama (AP-3, NEA-3, CP-2)
• Forrest Hall, U. San Francisco (NEA-3)
• Tony Minisi, Penn (CP-3)
• Lloyd Merriman, Stanford (CP-3)

Fullbacks

• Felix Blanchard, Army (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1 CP-1, WC)

Black college All-Americans

During the 1940s, African-Americans were excluded from many college football programs. Many played the game at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The major All-America selectors in these years did not include players from HBCUs. However, The Pittsburgh Courier each year selected its own All-America team from African-American players, including those at HBCUs. The players chosen for 1946 were:

• Nathaniel Powell, Florida A&M, end
• Roger Pierce, Langston, end
• Robert Drummond, Tennessee A&I, tackle
• Robert Smith, Southern, tackle
• French Nickens, Virginia State, guard
• Herman Mabrie, Tuskegee, guard
• John Brown, North Carolina College, center
• Nathaniel Taylor, Tennessee A&I, back
• Whitney L. Van Cleve, Tuskegee, back
• Raymond Von Lewis, Texas College, back
• James Turpin, Morgan State, back

Key

• Bold – Consensus All-American
• -1 – First-team selection
• -2 – Second-team selection
• -3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors

• AAB = All-America Board
• AFCA = American Football Coaches Association, selected for the Saturday Evening Post
• AP = Associated Press
• CO = Collier's Weekly
• FWAA = Football Writers Association of America
• INS = International News Service
• NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association
• SN = Sporting News
• UP = United Press

Other selectors

• CP = Central Press Association, selected by college football captains
• WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation

See also

• 1946 All-Big Six Conference football team
• 1946 All-Big Ten Conference football team
• 1946 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team
• 1946 All-SEC football team
• 1946 All-Southern Conference football team
• 1946 All-Southwest Conference football team

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