1945 All-Big Ten Conference football team

The 1945 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Big Ten Conference teams selected by the Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP) for the 1945 college football season. The UP released the point total for each player in its polling; each player's UP point total is listed below.

All Big-Ten selections

Ends

• Max Morris, Northwestern (AP-1; UP-1 [80 points])
• Ted Kluszewski, Indiana (AP-1; UP-1 [60 points])
• Bob Ravensburg, Indiana (UP-2 [50 points])
• Bob Carley, Minnesota (UP-2 [20 points])

Tackles

• Russ Thomas, Ohio State (AP-1; UP-1 [60 points])
• Clarence Esser, Wisconsin (AP-1; UP-2 [35 points])
• Tom Hughes, Purdue (UP-1 [40 points])
• John Goldsberry, Indiana (UP-2 [15 points])

Guards

• Warren Amling, Ohio State (AP-1; UP-1 [85 points])
• Jim Lecture, Northwestern (AP-1; UP-1 [40 points])
• Les Bingaman, Illinois (UP-2 [35 points])
• Paul Schuetz, Northwestern (UP-2 [25 points])

Centers

• Harold Watts, Michigan (AP-1; UP-1 [60 points])
• Dick Van Dusen, Minnesota (UP-2 [15 points])

Quarterbacks

• Pete Pihos, Indiana (AP-1; UP-1 [50 points])
• Joe Ponsetto, Michigan (UP-2 [35 points])

Halfbacks

• George Taliaferro, Indiana (AP-1; UP-1 [55 points])
• Ed Cody, Purdue (AP-1; UP-1 [60 points])
• Dick Connors, Northwestern (UP-2 [40 points])
• Bob DeMoss, Purdue (UP-2 [35 points])

Fullbacks

• Ollie Cline, Ohio State (AP-1; UP-1 [80 points])
• Dick Fisher, Ohio State (UP-2 [50 points])

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UPI

See also

• 1945 College Football All-America Team

References