| 1946 College Football All-America Team |
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| College Football All-America Team |
| 1946 college football season |
| 1944 1945 ← → 1947 1948 |
The 1946 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 1946. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1946 season are (1) the All-America Board (AAB), (2) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), published by Look magazine, (3) the Associated Press (AP), (4) Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, (5) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (6) the International News Service (INS), (7) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (8) the Sporting News (SN), and (9) the United Press (UP).
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.
| Name | Position | School | Number | Official selectors | Other selectors |
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| Burr Baldwin | End | UCLA | 9/9 | AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| Johnny Lujack | Quarterback | Notre Dame | 9/9 | AAB, AFCA, AP, CO [tie], FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| Charley Trippi | Halfback | Georgia | 9/9 | AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| Glenn Davis | Halfback | Army | 9/9 | AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| Doc Blanchard | Fullback | Army | 9/9 | AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| George Connor | Tackle | Notre Dame | 8/9 | AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| Alex Agase | Guard | Illinois | 8/9 | AAB, AFCA, AP, INS, NEA, SN, UP, CP | WC |
| Weldon Humble | Guard | Rice | 7/9 | AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA, NEA, UP | WC |
| Paul Duke | Center | Georgia Tech | 6/9 | AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, NEA, UP | CP, WC |
| Dick Huffman | Tackle | Tennessee | 5/9 | AAB, AFCA, AP, CO, FWAA | WC |
| Warren Amling | Tackle | Ohio State | 5/9 | FWAA [g], INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP |
| Hub Bechtol | End | Texas | 4/9 | AAB, AFCA, FWAA, SN | WC |
| Hank Foldberg | End | Army | 4/9 | CO, INS, NEA, UP | -- |
During the 1940s, African-Americans were excluded from many college football programs. Many 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 African-American players, including those at HBCUs. The players chosen for 1946 were: