1944 College Football All-America Team |
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College Football All-America Team |
1944 college football season |
1942 1943 ← → 1945 1946 |
The 1944 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 1944. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1944 season are (1) Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, (2) the Associated Press, (3) the United Press, (4) the All-America Board, (5) Football News, (6) the International News Service (INS), (7) Look magazine, (8) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) and (9) the Sporting News.
Ohio State quarterback Les Horvath and Navy tackle Don Whitmire were the only players unanimously chosen as first-team player by all of the official selectors. Horvath won the 1944 Heisman Trophy as the Buckeyes turned in a 9–0 record and finished second in the national polls. Whitmire later served in Vietnam and held the rank of rear admiral.
Georgia Tech end Phil Tinsley received first-team honors from eight of the nine official selectors, and Army backfield duo of Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard each received seven first-team honors.
For the year 1944, 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 | Number | Official selectors | Other selectors |
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Don Whitmire | Tackle | Navy | 9/9 | AAB, AP, COL, FN, INS, LK, NEA, SN, UP | CP, FWAA, WC |
Les Horvath | Quarterback | Ohio State | 9/9 | AAB, AP, COL, FN, INS, LK, NEA, SN, UP | CP, FWAA, WC |
Phil Tinsley | End | Georgia Tech | 8/9 | AAB, AP, COL, FN, INS, LK, NEA, SN | CP, WC |
Glenn Davis | Halfback | Army | 7/9 | AAB, AP, FN, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, FWAA, WC |
Creighton Miller | Halfback | Notre Dame | 7/9 | AAB, AP, COL, FN, INS, SN, UP | -- |
Doc Blanchard | Fullback | Army | 7/9 | AAB, AP, FN, INS, LK, SN, UP | CP, FWAA, WC |
John Ferraro | Tackle | USC | 6/9 | AAB, AP, COL, FN, INS, NEA | CP, FWAA, WC |
Ben Chase | Guard | Navy | 5/9 | AAB, FN, INS, SN, UP | CP, WC |
Paul Walker | End | Yale | 4/9 | COL, FN, LK, NEA | CP, FWAA |
Bill Hackett | Guard | Ohio State | 4/9 | AAB, AP, COL, FN | CP, FWAA, WC |
John Tavener | Center | Indiana | 4/9 | UP, FWAA, INS, LK | CP, FWAA |
Bob Odell | Halfback | Penn | 4/9 | AP, CO, INS, LK | NYS |
Jack Dugger | End | Ohio State | 3/9 | INS, SN, UP | FWAA, WC |
Bold = Consensus All-American[1]