1945 College Football All-America Team

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 for the 1945 college football season. The organizations that chose the teams included: the United Press; the Associated Press; the Football Writers Association of America; Collier's Weekly selected by Grantland Rice; and the New York Sun.

All-American selections for 1945

Ends

• Dick Duden, Navy (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; FWAA-1; SN; COL-1; CP-1; INS-2; YANK; NYS; OF-1; WC-1; CNS-1; NL)
• Hub Bechtol, Texas (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; FWAA-2; COL-1; CP-2; LOOK; CNS-1)
• Bob Ravensberg, Indiana (UP-2; FWAA-1; SN; CP-1; INS-2; LOOK; CNS-2)
• Max Morris, Northwestern (AP-2; UP-2; FWAA-2; CP-2; INS-1; YANK; WC-1)
• Hank Foldberg, Army (AP-2; UP-1; CP-3; INS-1; NEA-1; NYS; OF-1; CNS-2)
• Henry Walker, Virginia (AP-3)
• Neill Armstrong, Oklahoma A&M (AP-3)
• Paul Walker, Yale (CP-3; NL)
• Richard Pitzer, Army (NEA-1)

Tackles

• Tex Coulter, Army (AP-1; UP-1; FWAA-1; SN; COL-1; CP-1; INS-1; NEA-1; NYS; OF-1; WC-1; CNS-1; NL)
• George Savitsky, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-1; FWAA-1; SN; COL-1; CP-1; INS-2; LOOK; WC-1; CNS-1)
• Albert Nemetz, Army (AP-1; UP-2; FWAA-2; INS-2; NEA-1; YANK; NYS; CNS-2)
• Tom Hughes, Purdue (UP-2; FWAA-2; CP-2; LOOK; OF-1; CNS-2; NL)
• Thomas Dean, Southern Methodist Univ. (AP-2; YANK)
• Mike Castronis, Georgia (INS-1)
• Jim Kekeris, Missouri (AP-2; CP-2)
• Clarence Esser, Wisconsin (AP-3)
• Buster McClure, Nevada (CP-3)
• Monte Moncrief, Texas A&M (CP-3)

Guards

• Warren Amling, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; FWAA-1; SN; COL-1; CP-1; INS-1; LOOK; NYS; OF-1; WC-1; CNS-1; NL)
• John Green, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; FWAA-1; SN; COL-1; NYS; OF-1; WC-1; CNS-1)
• Al Sparlis, UCLA (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; CP-1; INS-2; LOOK; CNS-2)
• John Mastrangelo, Notre Dame (AP-2; UP-2; FWAA-2; CP-2; INS-1; YANK; CNS-2)
• James Carrington, Navy (UP-2; FWAA-2; INS-2)
• Joseph Dickinson, Penn (AP-2; CP-2)
• Jim Lecture, Northwestern (AP-3; CP-3)
• John Green, Army (CP-3; NEA-1; YANK)
• Arthur Gerometta, Army (NEA-1)
• Hills, Georgia Tech (NL)

Centers

• Vaughn Mancha, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; FWAA-1; SN; COL-1; CP-1; INS-1; YANK; NYS; OF-1; CNS-1)
• Dick Scott, Navy (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-2; FWAA-2; CP-2; INS-2; LOOK; WC-1; CNS-2; NL)
• Ralph Jenkins, Clemson (AP-3)
• Harold Watts, Michigan (CP-3)
• Herschel Fuson, Army (NEA-1)

Quarterbacks

• Harry Gilmer, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-2; FWAA-2; SN; COL-1; CP-2; INS-2; LOOK; NYS; OF-1 [qb]; CNS-1; NL)
• Frank Dancewicz, Notre Dame (AP-2; UP-2; FWAA-2; CP-1; CNS-2)
• Arnold Tucker, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (CP-3; INS-2; NEA-1)
• Gene Rossides, Columbia (CP-3)

Halfbacks

• Glenn Davis, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; FWAA-1; SN; COL-1; CP-1; INS-1; NEA-1; YANK; LOOK; NYS; OF-1; WC-1; CNS-1; NL)
• Herman Wedemeyer, St. Mary's (Calif.) (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; FWAA-1; SN; COL-1; CP-1; INS-1; LOOK; OF-1; WC-1; CNS-1; NL)
• Bob Fenimore, Oklahoma State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; FWAA-1; SN; CP-2; INS-1; WC-1; CNS-2)
• Jake Leicht, Oregon (YANK; NYS)
• George Taliaferro, Indiana (AP-3; CP-3; INS-2; CNS-2)
• Clyde Scott, Navy (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; UP-2)
• Stan Kozlowski, Holy Cross (AP-3; CP-2)
• Robert Evans, Penn (AP-3)
• Thomas McWilliam, Army (NEA-1)

Fullbacks

• Doc Blanchard, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; FWAA-1; SN; COL-1; CP-1; INS-1; NEA-1; YANK; LOOK; NYS; OF-1; WC-1; CNS-1; NL)
• Pete Pihos, Indiana (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-2; FWAA-2; CP-2; YANK; CNS-2)
• Ollie Cline, Ohio State (AP-2; FWAA-2)
• Walt Schlinkman, Texas Tech (INS-2)
• Ed Cody, Purdue (CP-3)

Key

• AP = Associated Press^[1]
• UP = United Press^[2]
• FWAA = Football Writers Association of America^[3]
• SN = Sporting News, selected by a poll of 163 sports writers and sportscasters^[4]
• COL = Collier's Weekly as selected by Grantland Rice^[5]
• CP = Central Press Association, selected for the 15th straight year with the aid of the captains of the leading college teams^[6]
• INS = International News Service, "selected on the basis of ballots and information gathered from International News Service sports writers and football authorities all over the nation"^[7]
• NEA = Newspaper Editors Association. In a departure from normal practice, the NEA named the starters from the Army football team, which had won 17 straight games, as its All-American team for 1945I^[8]
• YANK = Yank Magazine, based on a poll of 25 of the country's most widely known college football coaches^[9]
• LOOK = Look magazine^[10]
• NYS = New York Sun^[10]
• OF = Oscar Fraley, United Press sports writer^[11]
• WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation^[12]
• CNS = Consensus All-American team picked based on assigning points to players selected as All-Americans by Oscar Fraley, Christy Walsh, United Press, Look, New York Sun, New York News, International News, Associated Press, Sporting News, and Collies-Rice^[10]
• NL = Navy Log^[13]

Bold = Consensus All-American^[14]

• 1 - First Team Selection
• 2 - Second Team Selection
• 3 - Third Team Selection

Heisman Trophy voting

The chart below reflects the point total in the 1945 Heisman Trophy voting.

Notes