1940 College Football All-America Team

The 1940 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. The individuals selected to the most All-American teams were Michigan halfback (and Heisman Trophy winner) Tom Harmon, Texas A&M fullfback John Kimbrough, and Tennessee guard Bob Suffridge.

Consensus All-Americans
The chart below reflects the published point total from the United Press poll (512 points possible), and also reflects the number of polls in which the leading candidates were selected as a first-team All-American, and their point total in the 1940 Heisman Trophy voting.

Key
Bold = Consensus All-American
 * AP = Associated Press, based on a nationwide survey of expert opinion
 * UP = United Press
 * CO = Collier's Weekly, selected by Grantland Rice
 * INS = International News Service, selected through a nationwide poll of coaches and sports writers
 * NEA = NEA Sports Syndicate, picked with the aid and assistance of coaches, scouts, officials and football writers of the nation.
 * CP = Central Press Association, selected with the assistance of the nation's football captains
 * NYS = New York Sun
 * WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation
 * DH = Deke Houlgate
 * FD = Football Digest
 * 1 - First Team Selection
 * 2 - Second Team Selection
 * 3 - Third Team Selection

Ends

 * Gene Goodreault, Boston College (College Football Hall of Fame) (UP-1; INS-1; CP-1; CO-1; WC-1; DH; FD-1)
 * David Rankin, Purdue (AP-2; UP-1; INS-2; CP-2; CO-1; WC-1; FD-2)
 * Paul Severin, North Carolina (AP-1; UP-2; INS-2; CP-2; NEA-1; DH; FD-1)
 * Ervin "Buddy" Elrod, Mississippi State (AP-1; CP-1; NYS-1)
 * Jay MacDowell, Washington (CP-4; NEA-1; NYS-1)
 * Ed Frutig, Michigan (AP-3; UP-3; INS-1; CP-3)
 * Joe Blalock, Clemson (UP-2)
 * Loren MacKinney, Harvard (AP-2)
 * William Jennings, Oklahoma (AP-3)
 * Robert Ison, Georgia Tech (UP-3)
 * Roland Goss, Southern Methodist (CP-3)
 * Smith, UCLA (FD-2)
 * Holt Rast, Alabama (CP-4)

Tackles

 * Alf Bauman, Northwestern (AP-3; UP-1; INS-2; CP-3; CO-1; NYS-1; WC-1; FD-2)
 * Nick Drahos, Cornell (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; INS-1; CP-1; NEA-1; WC-1; DH; FD-1)
 * Urban Odson, Minnesota (UP-2; INS-1; CP-1; FD-2)
 * Robert Reinhard, California (AP-1; INS-2; CP-2; CO-1)
 * Forrest Behm, Nebraska (NEA-1)
 * Tony Ruffa, Duke (AP-2; UP-3; CP-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; DH; FD-1)
 * Chip Routt, Texas A&M (UP-3)
 * William Collins, Lafayette
 * Abe Shires, Tennessee (CP-3)

Guards

 * Bob Suffridge, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; INS-1; CP-1; CO-1; NEA-1; NYS-1; WC-1; DH; FD-1)
 * Marshall Robnett, Texas A&M (AP-2; UP-1; INS-2; CP-1; WC-1; DH; FD-1)
 * Augie Lio, Georgetown (College Football Hall of Fame) (UP-2; INS-2; CP-2; CO-1; NYS-1; FD-2)
 * Helge Pulkema, Minnesota (NEA-1)
 * Warren Alfson, Nebraska (AP-1; UP-2; INS-1; CP-2; FD-2)
 * 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 (UP-3)
 * Ed Molinski, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (UP-3; CP-3)
 * Hal Lahar, Oklahoma (CP-3)
 * George Kinard, Mississippi (CP-4)
 * J.W. Goree, Louisiana State (CP-4)

Centers

 * Rudy Mucha, Washington (AP-2; UP-1; INS-2; CP-1; CO-1; WC-1)
 * Chet Gladchuk, Boston (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-2)
 * Roy Frick, Penn (INS-1; CP-3; NYS-1; FD-2)
 * Paul Hiemenz, Northwestern
 * Leon Gajecki, Penn State (CP-2; NEA-1)
 * Ray Apolskis, Marquette (AP-3; UP-3; CP-4; DH; FD-1)

Quarterbacks

 * Frankie Albert, Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; INS-1; CP-1; CO-1; WC-1; DH; FD-1)
 * Paul Christman, Missouri (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-2; INS-2; CP-3; DH; FD-1)
 * Henry Toczylowski, Boston College (NYS-1)
 * Walter Matuszczak, Cornell
 * Don Scott, Ohio State (UP-3; CP-3)
 * Forrest Evashevski, Michigan (CP-4; FD-2)

Halfbacks

 * Tom Harmon, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; INS-1; CP-1; CO-1; NEA-1; NYS-1; WC-1; DH; FD-1)
 * George Franck, Minnesota  (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; INS-1; CP-1; CO-1; NYS-1; WC-1; DH; FD-1)
 * Charley O'Rourke, Boston College (AP-2; UP-2; INS-2; CP-2; NEA-1; FD-2)
 * Hugh Gallarneau, Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame) (NEA-1)
 * Frank Reagan, Penn (AP-2; UP-2; INS-2; CP-2; FD-2)
 * "Bullet Bill" Dudley, Virginia (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3)
 * James Thompson, Texas A&M (AP-3; CP-4)
 * Bob Foxx, Tennessee (AP-3; INS-2; CP-4)
 * James Kisselburgh, Oregon State (AP-3; CP-4)
 * Hapes, Mississippi (UP-3)
 * Steve Juzwik, Notre Dame (UP-3)
 * Jimmy Nelson, Alabama (CP-2)
 * Dave Allerdice, Princeton (CP-3)
 * Milt Piepul, Notre Dame (CP-3)
 * Sewell, Washington State (FD-2)

Fullbacks

 * John Kimbrough, Texas A&M (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; INS-1; CP-1; CO-1; NEA-1; NYS-1; WC-1; DH; FD-1)
 * George Paskvan, Wisconsin (AP-2; UP-3)
 * Norm Standlee, Stanford (UP-2; CP-2; FD-2)