1940 College Football All-America Team

Official list of the best college football players of 1940

1940 College Football All-America Team
College Football All-America Team
1940 college football season
1938 1939 ← → 1941 1942

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, as selected by 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 magazine, (7) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (8) Newsweek, and (9) the Sporting News (SN).

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, Boston College (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; CO-1; INS-1; NW; SN; UP-1; CP-1; DH; FD-1; WC-1; NEA-2)
David Rankin, Purdue (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, Northwestern (AAB; AP-3; CO-1; INS-2; UP-1; CP-3; FD-2; NYS-1; WC-1; NEA-3)
Nick Drahos, Cornell (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; INS-1; LIB; NEA-1; NW; SN; UP-1; INS-1; CP-1; DH; FD-1; WC-1)
Urban Odson, Minnesota (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, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (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, Texas A&M (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, Washington (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, Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame) (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, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (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, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (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, Texas A&M (College Football Hall of Fame) (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

AAB = All-America Board^[2]
AP = Associated Press, based on a nationwide survey of expert opinion^[3]
CO = Collier's Weekly, selected by Grantland Rice^[4]
INS = International News Service, selected through a nationwide poll of coaches and sports writers^[5]
LIB = Liberty magazine^[2]
NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association, picked with the aid and assistance of coaches, scouts, officials and football writers of the nation.^[6]
NW = Newsweek^[2]
SN = The Sporting News^[2]
UP = United Press^[7]

Other selectors

CP = Central Press Association, selected with the assistance of the nation's football captains^[8]
DH = Deke Houlgate^[9]
FD = Football Digest^[10]
NYS = New York Sun^[11]
WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation^[12]

References

^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 8. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1181. ISBN 1401337031.
^ Herb Barker (December 8, 1940). "Two Dixie Stars Fill Flank Posts on All-America". The Sunday Spartanburg Herald-Journal.
^ "All-Star Team Is Announced by Collier's". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. December 6, 1940.
^ "Michigan, Minnesota Dominate All-America". St. Petersburg Times. December 3, 1940.
^ Harry Grayson (November 26, 1940). "NEA Has Harmon and Kimbrough On All-American". Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
^ Harry Ferguson (December 4, 1940). "Albert Named on United Press All-America 11". Lodi News-Sentinel.
^ Walter L. Johns (December 10, 1940). "Captains Pick All-America for Central Press; Reinhard on List". Berkeley Daily Gazette.
^ "All-America Addendum" (PDF). College Football Historical Society Newsletter. May 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2010.
^ "All-America Addendum" (PDF). College Football Historical Society Newsletter. May 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 13, 2010. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
^ "New York Sun Now Names All-Americans". Los Angeles Times. December 1, 1940.
^ "Walter Camp Football Foundation All-American Selections". Walter Camp Football Foundation. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007.

1940 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

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