1943 All-America college football team
The 1943 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose All-America college football teams in 1943. The eight selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1943 season are Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, the Associated Press, the United Press, the All-America Board, Football News, the International News Service, Look magazine, and the Sporting News.
Consensus All-Americans
For the year 1943, the NCAA recognizes eight 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 | Number | Official selectors | Other selectors |
| Cas Myslinski | Center | Army | 8/8 | AAB, AP, CO, FN, INS, LK, SN, UP | CP, SS |
| Bill Daley | Halfback | [1943 1943 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan] | 8/8 | AAB, AP, CO, FN, INS, LK, SN, UP | CP, NYS, SS |
| Creighton Miller | Halfback | Notre Dame | 7/8 | AAB, AP, CO, FN, INS, SN, UP | -- |
| Angelo Bertelli | Quarterback | Notre Dame | 7/8 | AAB, CO, FN, INS, LK, SN, UP | CP, NYS, SS |
| Ralph Heywood | End | [1943 1943 USC Trojans football team|USC Trojans football team|USC] | 6/8 | AAB, AP, FN, INS, LK, UP | CP, SS |
| Jim White | Tackle | Notre Dame | 6/8 | AAB, AP, CO, INS, SN, UP | CP |
| Alex Agase | Guard | Purdue | 6/8 | AAB, FN, INS, LK, SN, UP | CP |
| Bob Odell | Halfback | Penn | 5/8 | AP, CO, INS, LK, NYS | -- |
| Don Whitmire | Tackle | Navy | 4/8 | AAB, INS, LK, UP | CP |
| Merv Pregulman | Tackle | Michigan | 4/8 | CO, FN, LK, SN | SS |
| Pat Filley | Guard | Notre Dame | 4/8 | CO, FN, SN, UP | -- |
| John Yonakor | End | Notre Dame | 3/8 | INS, SN, UP | CP |
All-American selections for 1943
Ends
Ralph Heywood, USC John Yonakor, Notre Dame- Pete Pihos, Indiana
- Albert Channell, Navy
- John Monahan, Dartmouth
- Roe Johnston, Navy
- Herb Hein, Northwestern
- Joe Parker, Texas
- Robert Hall, Colorado College
- Bob Gantt, Duke
Tackles
Don Whitmire, Navy Jim White, Notre Dame- Merv Pregulman, Michigan
- Art McCaffray, College of the Pacific
- George Connor, Holy Cross
- Ralph Calcagni, Cornell
- Pat Preston, Duke
- Francis Merritt, Army
- Solon Burnett, Southwestern
Guards
Alex Agase, Purdue Pat Filley, Notre Dame- John Steber, Georgia Tech.
- Bill Milner, Duke
- Harold Fisher, Southwestern
- Bill Milner, Duke
- Don Alvarez, Dartmouth
- George Brown, Navy
- John Jaffurs, Penn State
- Richard Ward, Washington
Centers
Cas Myslinski, Army- Jack Martin, Navy
- Bill Gray, USC
- Herbert Coleman, Notre Dame
- Lester Gatewood, Tulane
Quarterbacks
Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame- Otto Graham, Northwestern
Halfbacks
Bill Daley, Michigan Bob Odell, Penn Creighton Miller, Notre Dame- Eddie Prokop, Georgia Tech
- Alvin Dark, Southwestern Louisiana
- Harold Hamburg, Navy
- Steve Van Buren, LSU
- Robert Hoernschemeyer, Indiana
- Bob Steuber, DePauw
Fullbacks
- John Podesto, College of the Pacific
- Tony Butkovich, Purdue
Key
Bold = Consensus All-American- -1 – First-team selection
- -2 – Second-team selection
- -3 – Third-team selection
Official selectors
- AAB = All-America Board
- AP = Associated Press
- CO = Collier's Weekly, selected by Grantland Rice
- FN = Football News
- INS = International News Service
- LK = NBC radio and Look magazine, selected under the supervision of Bill Stern, by 138 sports announcers and 25 key sports writers
- SN = Sporting News, selected through a poll of 86 sports writers in 40 states
- UP = United Press
Other selectors
- CP = Central Press Association, selected with the assistance of the nation's football captains
- MS = Maxwell Stiles, noted California sports writer, based on the number of weeks a player was named player of the week at his position
- NYS = New York Sun
- SS = Stars and Stripes, selected by the sports writers for the Army publication
- WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation