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.
All-American selections for 1941 [ ]
Key [ ]
Bold = Consensus All-American
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 [ ]
Notes [ ]
↑ Dillon Graham (December 12, 1941). "Three Juniors on 1941 All-American Team" . The Evening Independent . http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NKkLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J1UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3836,2263565&dq=westfall+dudley&hl=en .
↑ "United Press All-Stars". Los Angeles Times . December 4, 1941.
↑ "Rokisky on Collier's Team" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . December 5, 1941. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZeUMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LWoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4459,6537831&dq=all-america-board&hl=en .
↑ Lawton Carver (December 1, 1941). "Albert Tops INS All-America Grid Selections" . Reading Eagle . http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Wo8hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uJcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4367,355573&dq=wildung+sinkwich&hl=en .
↑ Harry Grayson (November 21, 1941). "Duke's Lach Makes NEA All-America Team" . The Rock Hill Herald . http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kictAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zqQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1444,1037890&dq=nea+westfall&hl=en .
↑ Walter L. Johns, Central Press Sports Editor. "Midwest, South Top Captains' All-Americas" . Reading Eagle . http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YI8hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uJcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4839,1948324&dq=wildung+sinkwich&hl=en .
↑ 7.0 7.1 "Al DeMao, Rokisky on All-America Teams" . The Pittsburgh Press . 1941-11-29. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mFgbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bkwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5048,2795105&dq=wildung+sinkwich&hl=en .
↑ "Walter Camp Football Foundation All-American Selections" . Walter Camp Football Foundation. http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards/ .
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