1940 College Football All-America Team
Official list of the best college football players of 1940
The 1940 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 1940. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1940 season are (1) Collier's Weekly Grantland Rice , (2) the Associated Press (AP), (3) the United Press (UP), (4) the All-America Board (AAB), (5) the International News Service (INS), (6) Liberty Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (8) Newsweek Sporting News
Michigan halfback (and Heisman Trophy winner) Tom Harmon , Texas A&M fullback John Kimbrough , and Tennessee guard Bob Suffridge were the only three unanimous first-team All-Americans chosen by all nine official selectors.
Consensus All-Americans
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
Ends
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)
Tackles
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)
Guards
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)
Centers
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)
Quarterbacks
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)
Halfbacks
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)
Fullbacks
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)
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
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