1940 All-America college football team

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The 1940 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 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.

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Name Position School UP votes Number Official selectors Other selectors
Tom HarmonHalfbackMichigan4789/9AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UPCP, DH, FD, NYS, WC
John KimbroughFullbackTexas A&M4749/9AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UPCP, DH, FD, NYS, WC
Bob SuffridgeGuardTennessee3409/9AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UPCP, DH, FD, NYS, WC
George FranckHalfbackMinnesota4368/9AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NW, SN, UPCP, DH FD, NYS, WC
Nick DrahosTackleCornell3828/9AAB, AP, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UPCP, DH, FD, WC
Frankie AlbertQuarterbackStanford2296/9AAB, AP, CO, INS, NW, UPCP, DH, FD, WC
Gene GoodreaultEndBoston College2006/9AAB, CO, INS, NW, SN, UPCP, DH, FD, WC
Rudy MuchaCenterWashington2015/9AAB, CO, NW, SN, UPCP, WC
David RankinEndPurdue4/9AAB, CO, SN, UPWC
Marshall RobnettGuardTexas A&M3/9AAB, NW, UPCP, DH, FD, WC
Alf BaumanTackleNorthwestern1843/9AAB, CO, UPNYS, WC
Urban OdsonTackleMinnesota3/9INS, LIB, NWCP
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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

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

Other selectors

See also

References

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