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

Tackles

Guards

Centers

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

Fullbacks

Key

Bold = Consensus All-American[1]

Official selectors

Other selectors

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 6. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  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.
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