1946 All-America college football team


The 1946 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 1946. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1946 season are the All-America Board, the American Football Coaches Association, published by Look magazine, the Associated Press, Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, the Football Writers Association of America, the International News Service, the Newspaper Enterprise Association, the Sporting News, and the United Press.

Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1946, 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.
NamePositionSchoolNumberOfficial selectorsOther selectors
Burr BaldwinEndUCLA9/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WC
Johnny LujackQuarterback[1946 1946 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]9/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WC
Charley TrippiHalfback[1946 1946 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia]9/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WC
Glenn DavisHalfback[1946 1946 Army Cadets football team|Army Cadets football team|Army]9/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WC
Doc BlanchardFullbackArmy9/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WC
George ConnorTackleNotre Dame8/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP, WC
Alex AgaseGuard[1946 1946 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|Illinois Fighting Illini football team|Illinois]8/9AAB, AFCA, AP, INS, NEA, SN, UP, CPWC
Weldon HumbleGuardRice7/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, NEA, UPWC
Paul DukeCenterGeorgia Tech6/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, NEA, UPCP, WC
Dick HuffmanTackle[1946 1946 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]5/9AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAAWC
Warren AmlingTackle[1946 1946 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State]5/9FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPCP
Hub BechtolEnd[1946 1946 Texas Longhorns football team|Texas Longhorns football team|Texas]4/9AAB, AFCA, FWAA, SNWC
Hank FoldbergEndArmy4/9CO, INS, NEA, UP--

All-American selections for 1946

Ends

Tackles

Guards

Centers

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

Fullbacks

Black college All-Americans

During the 1940s, African-Americans were excluded from many college football programs. Many played the game at historically black colleges and universities. The major All-America selectors in these years did not include players from HBCUs. However, The Pittsburgh Courier each year selected its own All-America team from African-American players, including those at HBCUs. The players chosen for 1946 were:

Key

Bold – Consensus All-American
  • -1 – First-team selection
  • -2 – Second-team selection
  • -3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors

Other selectors