1941 College Football All-America Team

The 1941 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers. The organizations choosing the teams included: the United Press, the Associated Press, Collier's Weekly, the New York Sun, and the Hearst newspapers.

Key
Bold = Consensus All-American
 * AP = Associated Press
 * AAB = All-American Board of Football
 * UP = United Press
 * CO = Collier's Weekly, selected by Grantland Rice
 * INS = International News Service, selected from a ballot of INS bureaus
 * NEA = NEA Sports Syndicate
 * HE =Hearst newspaper syndicate
 * CP = Central Press Association, selected with the assistance of the nation's football captains.
 * LIFE = Life magazine selected by sports announcer Bill Stern.
 * PARA = Paramount News selected by Bill Slater.
 * NYS = New York Sun
 * WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation
 * 1 - First Team Selection
 * 2 - Second Team Selection
 * 3 - Third Team Selection

Ends

 * Holt Rast, Alabama (AP-2; UP-1; INS-1; NEA-2; AAB-1; CP-1; LIFE; PARA; WC-1)
 * Bob Dove, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-1; INS-1; AAB-1; NEA-1; LIFE; WC-1)
 * Malcolm Kutner, Texas (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; INS-2; CO-1; CP-2)
 * Dave Schreiner, Wisconsin (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1)
 * Joe Blalock, Clemson (UP-2; CP-1)
 * Johnny Rokisky, Duquesne (AP-2; INS-2; NEA-1; CO-1; CP-2; PARA)
 * Jim Lansing, Fordham (CP-3)
 * Billy Henderson, Texas A&M (CP-3)
 * Nick Susoeff, Washington State (AP-3)
 * Bob Froude, Navy (UP-2)
 * Sterling, Texas A&M (NEA-2)
 * Bob Motl, Northwestern (NEA-3)
 * Alyn Beals, Santa Clara (NEA-3)

Tackles

 * Dick Wildung, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; INS-1; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-1; LIFE; PARA; WC-1)
 * Ernie Blandin, Tulane (AP-2; UP-1; INS-2; NEA-1; CO-1; NYS-1)
 * Bob Reinhard, California (AP-1; UP-2; INS-1; NEA-2; CO-1; CP-3; PARA)
 * Jim Daniell, Ohio State (CP-1)
 * Alf Bauman, Northwestern (AP-2; INS-2; NEA-2; CP-2; LIFE)
 * Al Wistert, Michigan (UP-2; CP-2)
 * Gene Flathmann, Navy (CP-2)
 * Paul Lillis, Notre Dame (CP-3)
 * Bill Chewning, Navy (AP-3; NEA-3)
 * Mike Karmazin, Duke (AP-3)
 * Floyd Spendlove, Utah (NEA-3)

Guards

 * Endicott Peabody, Harvard (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; INS-1; NEA-1; AAB-1; CO-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-1; LIFE; PARA; WC-1)
 * Ray Frankowski, Washington (AP-2; UP-1; INS-2; NEA-1; LIFE; WC-1)
 * Chal Daniel, Texas (AP-3; INS-1; NEA-3; CP-1)
 * Ralph Fife, Pittsurgh (AP-1; UP-2; NEA-2; CP-3)
 * Bernard Crimmins, Notre Dame (UP-2; INS-2; NEA-2; CO-1; PARA)
 * Martin Ruby, Texas A&M (CP-2)
 * Art Goforth, Rice (CP-3)
 * Ted Ramsey, Southern Methodist (AP-2)
 * Tom Melton, Purdue (AP-3)
 * Pfister, Harvard (NEA-3)

Centers

 * Darold Jenkins, Missouri (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; AAB-1; NEA-1; INS-2; NEA-1; CP-1; NYS-1; WC-1)
 * Vince Banonis, Detroit (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; INS-1; NEA-2; CO-1; PARA)
 * Al DeMao, Duquesne (UP-2; NEA-3; LIFE)
 * Quentin Greenough, Oregon State (AP-2)
 * Vic Lindskog, Stanford (CP-2)
 * Bob Gude, Vanderbilt (CP-3)

Quarterbacks

 * Frankie Albert, Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-2; INS-1; NEA-1; AAB-1; CO-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-1; LIFE; PARA; WC-1)
 * Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (CP-2)
 * Billy Hillenbrand, Indiana (CP-2)
 * Bill Sewell, Washington State (AP-3; NEA-3)

Halfbacks

 * Bruce Smith, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; INS-1; NEA-2; AAB-1; CO-1; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-1; LIFE; PARA; WC-1)
 * Frank Sinkwich, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; AAB-1; INS-2; NEA-3; CP-1; LIFE; WC-1)
 * "Bullet Bill" Dudley, Virginia (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1 [qb]; INS-2; NEA-2; CO-1; CP-2; NYS-1)
 * Jack Crain, Texas (AP-2; UP-2; NEA-2; CP-3; LIFE)
 * Jimmy Nelson, Alabama (AP-3; NEA-3; CP-3)
 * Derace Moser, Texas A&M (AP-2; INS-2; NEA-1; CP-3)
 * Jack Jenkins, Vanderbilt (AP-3)

Fullbacks

 * Bob Westfall, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-1; INS-1; AAB-1; CO-1; NEA-1; INS-1; CP-1; NYS-1; PARA; WC-1)
 * Steve Lach, Duke (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-2 [hb]; INS-1 [hb]; NEA-1; CP-2; PARA)
 * Steve Filipowicz, Fordham (AP-3; UP-2)
 * John Grigas, Holy Cross (INS-2; NEA-3)
 * Merle Hapes, Mississippi (NEA-2)
 * Pete Layden, Texas (CP-3)

Heisman Trophy voting
The chart below reflects the point total in the 1941 Heisman Trophy voting.

Other individual awards for 1941

 * Maxwell Award - Bill Dudley, Virginia
 * Walter Camp Award - Bill Dudley, Virginia
 * Knute Rockne Award - Endicott Peabody, Harvard
 * AFCA Coach of the Year	- Frank Leahy, Notre Dame