Official list of the best college football players of 1940
The1940 All-America college football team is composed ofcollege football players who were selected asAll-Americans by various organizations and writers that choseAll-America college football teams in 1940. The nine selectors recognized by theNCAA as "official" for the 1940 season are (1)Collier's Weekly Grantland Rice , (2) theAssociated Press (AP), (3) theUnited Press (UP), (4) the All-America Board (AAB), (5) theInternational News Service (INS), (6)Liberty Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (8)Newsweek Sporting News
Michigan halfback (andHeisman Trophy winner)Tom Harmon ,Texas A&M fullback John Kimbrough , andTennessee guard Bob Suffridge were the only three unanimous first-team All-Americans chosen by all nine official selectors.
Consensus All-Americans [ edit ] For the year 1940, 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 UP votes Number Official selectors Other selectors Tom Harmon Halfback Michigan 478 9/9 AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UP CP, DH, FD, NYS, WC John Kimbrough Fullback Texas A&M 474 9/9 AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UP CP, DH, FD, NYS, WC Bob Suffridge Guard Tennessee 340 9/9 AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UP CP, DH, FD, NYS, WC George Franck Halfback Minnesota 436 8/9 AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NW, SN, UP CP, DH FD, NYS, WC Nick Drahos Tackle Cornell 382 8/9 AAB, AP, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UP CP, DH, FD, WC Frankie Albert Quarterback Stanford 229 6/9 AAB, AP, CO, INS, NW, UP CP, DH, FD, WC Gene Goodreault End Boston College 200 6/9 AAB, CO, INS, NW, SN, UP CP, DH, FD, WC Rudy Mucha Center Washington 201 5/9 AAB, CO, NW, SN, UP CP, WC David Rankin End Purdue 4/9 AAB, CO, SN, UP WC Marshall Robnett Guard Texas A&M 3/9 AAB, NW, UP CP, DH, FD, WC Alf Bauman Tackle Northwestern 184 3/9 AAB, CO, UP NYS, WC Urban Odson Tackle Minnesota 3/9 INS, LIB, NW CP
All-American selections for 1940 [ edit ] Gene Goodreault (AAB; CO-1; INS-1; NW; SN; UP-1; CP-1; DH; FD-1; WC-1; NEA-2) David Rankin (AAB; AP-2; CO-1; INS-2; SN; UP-1; CP-2; FD-2; WC-1) Paul Severin , North Carolina(AP-1; INS-2; NEA-1; NW; UP-2; CP-2; DH; FD-1) Buddy Elrod , Mississippi State(AP-1; LIB; CP-1; NYS-1; NEA-3) Ed Frutig , Michigan(AP-3; INS-1; LIB; UP-3; CP-3) Jay MacDowell , Washington(NEA-1; CP-4; NYS-1) Joe Blalock , Clemson(UP-2) Loren MacKinney , Harvard(AP-2) William Jennings , Oklahoma(AP-3) Bob Ison , Georgia Tech(UP-3) Roland Goss , SMU(CP-3) Smith, UCLA(FD-2) Holt Rast , Alabama(NEA-2; CP-4) Jack Russell, Baylor(NEA-3) Alf Bauman (AAB; AP-3; CO-1; INS-2; UP-1; CP-3; FD-2; NYS-1; WC-1; NEA-3) Nick Drahos (AAB; AP-1; INS-1; LIB; NEA-1; NW; SN; UP-1; INS-1; CP-1; DH; FD-1; WC-1) Urban Odson (INS-1; LIB; NW; UP-2; CP-1; FD-2) Bob Reinhard , California(AP-1; CO-1; INS-2; CP-2; NEA-2) Forrest Behm , Nebraska(NEA-1) Tony Ruffa , Duke(AP-2; UP-3; CP-2; NEA-2) Fred Hartman , Rice(AP-2; CP-4) Vic Sears , Oregon State(CP-4; NYS-1) Joe Ungerer , Fordham(AP-3) Mike Enich , Iowa(UP-2; SN; DH; FD-1) Chip Routt , Texas A&M(UP-3) William Collins , Lafayette() Abe Shires , Tennessee(CP-3; NEA-3) Bob Suffridge (AAB; AP-1; INS-1; CO-1; LIB; NEA-1; NW; SN; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1; DH; FD-1; WC-1) Marshall Robnett (AAB; AP-2; INS-2; NW; UP-1; CP-1; DH; FD-1; WC-1; NEA-3) Warren Alfson , Nebraska(AP-1; INS-1; UP-2; CP-2; FD-2) Augie Lio , Georgetown (College Football Hall of Fame)(CO-1; INS-2; UP-2; CP-2; FD-2; NYS-1; NEA-2) Helge Pukema , Minnesota(NEA-1) Hunter Cohern , Mississippi State(AP-2) George Kerr , Boston College (College Football Hall of Fame)(AP-3) Cecil Schefel , Denver(AP-3) Ray Frankowski , Washington(LIB; UP-3) Ed Molinski , Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame)(SN; UP-3; CP-3; NEA-2) Hal Lahar , Oklahoma(CP-3) George Kinard , Ole Miss(CP-4) John W. Goree, LSU(CP-4) Tom Smith, Iowa State(NEA-3) Rudy Mucha (AAB; AP-2; CO-1; INS-2; NW; SN; UP-1; CP-1; WC-1) Leon Gajecki , Penn State(LIB; NEA-1; CP-2) Chet Gladchuk , Boston College (College Football Hall of Fame)(AP-1; UP-2) Ray Frick , Penn(INS-1; CP-3; FD-2; NYS-1) Ray Apolskis , Marquette(AP-3; UP-3; CP-4; DH; FD-1; NEA-2) Stuart Clarkson, Texas A&M-Kingsville(NEA-3) Frankie Albert (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; INS-1; NW; UP-1; CP-1; DH; FD-1; WC-1) Paul Christman , Missouri (College Football Hall of Fame)(AP-2; INS-2; UP-2; CP-3; DH; FD-1; NEA-2) Henry Toczylowski , Boston College(NYS-1) Don Scott , Ohio State(UP-3; CP-3; NEA-2 [fb]) Forest Evashevski , Michigan(CP-4; FD-2) Jim Lalanne, North Carolina(NEA-3) Tom Harmon (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; INS-1; LIB; NEA-1; NW; SN; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1; DH; FD-1; WC-1) George Franck (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; INS-1; LIB; NW; SN; UP-1; CP-1; DH; FD-1; NYS-1; WC-1; NEA-2) Charlie O'Rourke , Boston College (College Football Hall of Fame)(AP-2; INS-2; NEA-1 [qb]; UP-2; CP-2; FD-2) Hugh Gallarneau , Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame)(NEA-1) Frank Reagan , Penn(AP-2; INS-2; LIB; SN; UP-2; CP-2; FD-2) Bill Dudley , Virginia (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame)(AP-3) Bob Foxx , Tennessee(AP-3; INS-2; CP-4) Jim Kisselburgh , Oregon State(AP-3; CP-4) Jim Thomason , Texas A&M(AP-3; CP-4; NEA-2) Merle Hapes , Ole Miss(UP-3; NEA-3) Steve Juzwik , Notre Dame(UP-3) Jimmy Nelson , Alabama(CP-2) Dave Allerdice , Princeton(CP-3) Milt Piepul , Notre Dame(CP-3) Bill Sewell , Washington State(FD-2) Dean McAdams , Washington(NEA-3) John Kimbrough (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; INS-1; LIB; NEA-1; NW; SN; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1; WC-1; DH; FD-1) George Paskvan , Wisconsin(AP-2; UP-3) Norm Standlee , Stanford(UP-2; CP-2; FD-2; NEA-3) Bold = Consensus All-American[ 1]
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