The 1946 All-Pacific Coast football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific Coast teams for the 1946 college football season . The organizations selecting teams in 1946 included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP).[ 1] [ 2]
The UCLA Bruins won the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) championship with a 10โ1 record, finished the season ranked #4 in the final AP Poll , and had four first-team players: quarterback Ernie Case (AP, UP), end Burr Baldwin (AP, UP), tackle Don Malmberg (AP, UP), and center/linebacker Don Paul (AP, UP).[ 1] [ 2]
Despite finishing second in the PCC with a 7โ1โ1 record, Oregon State did not land any player on the first teams selected by either the AP or the UP. USC , Stanford and Washington finished in third, fourth and fifth place in the PCC, and each placed two players on the first team.[ 1] [ 2]
Three players from teams outside the PCC received first-team honors, They were St. Mary's Gaels halfback Herman Wedemeyer (AP, UP), who was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame , San Francisco Dons halfback Forest Hall (AP, UP), and Nevada end Horace Gillom (UP).
All-Pacific Coast selections
Quarterbacks
Ernie Case , UCLA (AP-1; UP-1)
Mickey McCardle, USC (AP-2; UP-2)
Denis O'Connor, St. Mary's (AP-3)
Halfbacks
Fullbacks
Ends
Burr Baldwin , UCLA (AP-1; UP-1)
Dick Hagen, Washington (AP-1; UP-2)
Horace Gillom , Nevada (AP-2; UP-1)
Tom Fears , UCLA (AP-3; UP-2)
Jim Callanan, USC (AP-2)
Jack Cunningham, California (AP-3)
Tackles
John Ferraro , USC (AP-1; UP-1)
Don Malmberg , UCLA (AP-1; UP-1)
Bill Chambers , UCLA (AP-2; UP-2)
Bill McPartland, St. Mary's (AP-3; UP-2)
Jim Turner, California (AP-2)
Fred Boensch , Stanford (AP-3)
Guards
Bill Hachten , Stanford (AP-1; UP-1)
Mike Garzoni , USC (AP-1; UP-2)
John Zeger, Washington (AP-3; UP-1)
Paul Evenson, Oregon St. (UP-2)
Martin Chaves, Oregon St. (AP-2)
Mike Dimitro, UCLA (AP-2)
Rod Franz , California (AP-3)
Centers
Don Paul , UCLA (AP-1; UP-1)
Bill Gray , Oregon St. (AP-2; UP-2)
Andy Lazor, Washington St. (AP-3)
Key
AP = Associated Press [ 1]
[ 3]
UP = United Press [ 2]
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP
See also
References