| 1945 College Football All-America Team |
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| College Football All-America Team |
| 1945 college football season |
| 1943 1944 ← → 1946 1947 |
The 1945 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 1945. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1945 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) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (6) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (7) the International News Service (INS), (8) Look magazine, (9) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) and (10) the Sporting News.
For the year 1945, the NCAA recognizes 10 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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| Glenn Davis | Halfback | Army | 10/10 | AAB, AFCA, AP, COL, FWAA, INS, LK, NEA, SN, UP | CNS, CP, NL, NYS, OF, WC, YA |
| Doc Blanchard | Fullback | Army | 10/10 | AAB, AFCA, AP, COL, FWAA, INS, LK, NEA, SN, UP | CNS, CP, NL NYS, OF, WC, YA |
| Tex Coulter | Tackle | Army | 9/10 | AAB, AFCA, AP, COL FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CNS, CP, NL, NYS, OF, WC |
| Warren Amling | Guard | Ohio State | 9/10 | AAB, AFCA, AP, COL, FWAA, INS, LK, SN, UP | CNS, CP, NL, NYS, OF, WC |
| Herman Wedemeyer | Halfback | St. Mary's (CA) | 9/10 | AAB, AFCA, AP, COL, FWAA, INS, LK, SN, UP | CNS, CP, NL, OF, WC |
| John Green | Guard | Army | 7/10 | AAB, AFCA, AP, COL, FWAA, SN, UP | CNS, NYS, OF, WC |
| George Savitsky | Tackle | Penn | 7/10 | AAB, AFCA, COL, FWAA, LK, SN, UP | CNS, CP, WC |
| Bob Fenimore | Halfback | Oklahoma St. | 7/10 | AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, SN, UP | WC |
| Dick Duden | End | Navy | 6/10 | AAB, AFCA, AP, COL, FWAA, SN, UP | CNS, CP, NL, NYS, OF WC, YA |
| Vaughn Mancha | Center | Alabama | 6/10 | AP, COL, FWAA, INS, SN, UP | CNS, CP, NYS, OF, YA |
| Max Morris | End | Northwestern | 3/10 | AAB, AFCA, INS | WC, YA |
| Hub Bechtol | End | Texas | 3/10 | AP, COL, LK | CNS |
| Bob Ravensberg | End | Indiana | 3/10 | FWAA, LK, SN | CP |
| Harry Gilmer[1] | Quarterback | Alabama | 3/10 | COL, LK, SN | CNS, NL, NYS, OF |
During the 1940s, African-Americans were excluded from many college football programs and played the game at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). 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 players at the HBCUS. The players chosen for 1946 were: