The 1944 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose All-America college football 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 9âÂÂ0 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.
Consensus All-Americans
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.
All-American selections for 1944
Ends
- Phil Tinsley, Georgia Tech <small>(AAB; AP-1; COL; FN; FWAA-2; INS-1; LK; NEA; SN; UP-2; CP-1; WC)</small>
- Paul Walker, Yale <small>(COL; FN; FWAA-1; INS-2; LK; NEA; UP-2; CP-1)</small>
- Jack Dugger, Ohio State <small>(AAB; AP-3; FWAA-1; INS-1; SN; UP-1; CP-2; WC)</small>
- Hub Bechtol, Texas (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(AP-1)</small>
- Henry Walker, Virginia <small>(AP-2)</small>
- Leon Bramlett, Navy<small>(AP-2)</small>
- Barney Poole, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(AP-3; UP-1; INS-2; CP-2)</small>
- Frank Bauman, Purdue <small>(UP-3; FWAA-2)</small>
- Ben Martin, Navy <small>(UP-3)</small>
- Art Renner, Michigan <small>(UP-4)</small>
Tackles
- Don Whitmire, Navy (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(AAB; AP-1; COL; FN; FWAA-1; INS-1; LK; NEA; SN; UP-1; CP-1; WC)</small>
- John Ferraro, USC (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(AAB; AP-1; COL; FN; FWAA-1; INS-1; NEA [g]; UP-2; CP-1; WC)</small>
- George Savitsky, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(NEA; UP-3)</small>
- Bill Willis, Ohio State (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) <small>(AP-2; FWAA-2; INS-2; LK; SN; UP-1)</small>
- Milan Lazetich, Michigan <small>(AP-2; FWAA-2; INS-2; UP-3; CP-2)</small>
- Monte Moncrief, Texas A&M <small>(AP-3)</small>
- Robert McClure, Nevada <small>(AP-3; UP-4)</small>
- DeWitt "Tex" Coulter, Army <small>(UP-2)</small>
- George Owen, Wake Forest <small>(UP-4)</small>
- George Sullivan, Notre Dame <small>(UP-4; CP-2)</small>
Guards
- Bill Hackett, Ohio State <small>(AAB; AP-1; COL; FN; FWAA-1; INS-2; UP-2; CP-1; WC)</small>
- Ben Chase, Navy <small>(AAB; FN; FWAA-2; INS-1; SN; UP-1; CP-1; WC)</small>
- Hamilton Nichols, Rice <small>(AP-1)</small>
- Joe Stanowicz, Army <small>(FWAA-1; INS-1; UP-1; CP-2)</small>
- Clyde Flowers, TCU <small>(NEA)</small>
- John Green, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(AP-2; COL; INS-2)</small>
- Bill Hachten, California <small>(AP-2; UP-4; LK)</small>
- Ralph Serpico, Illinois <small>(AP-3; SN; UP-3; FWAA-2)</small>
- Bob Dobelstein, Tennessee <small>(AP-3)</small>
- Pat Filley, Notre Dame <small>(UP-2)</small>
- Ellis Jones, Tulsa <small>(UP-3; CP-2; LK)</small>
- Ernie Knotts, Duke <small>(UP-4)</small>
Centers
Quarterbacks
- Les Horvath, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(AAB; AP-1; COL [fb]; FN; FWAA-1; INS-1; LK; NEA; SN; UP-1; CP-1; WC)</small>
- Buddy Young, Illinois (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(AP-2; UP-2; INS-2; CP-2; LK)</small>
- Doug Kenna, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(UP-3; COL; CP-2)</small>
- Jim Hardy, USC <small>(UP-4; FWAA-2)</small>
- Frank Broyles, Georgia Tech <small>(FWAA-2)</small>
Halfbacks
- Glenn Davis, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(AAB; AP-1; FN; FWAA-1; INS-1; NEA; SN; UP-1; CP-1; WC)</small>
- Creighton Miller, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(CO-1; FN; INS-1; SN)</small>
- Bob Odell, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(CO-1; INS-1; LK; NYS-1)</small>
- Bob Jenkins, Navy <small>(AAB; AP-2; COL; FWAA-2; INS-2; NEA; SN; UP-1; WC)</small>
- Bob Fenimore, Oklahoma A&M (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(AP-1; COL; FN; FWAA-1; INS-2; NEA; UP-3; CP-2)</small>
- Jug Girard, Wisconsin <small>(LK)</small>
- Bob Kelly, Notre Dame <small>(AP-3; UP-2; INS-2)</small>
- Shorty McWilliams, Mississippi State <small>(AP-2; UP-2)</small>
- Thomas Davis, Duke <small>(AP-3; UP-4; CP-2)</small>
- Harold Hamburg, Navy <small>(AP-3; UP-3)</small>
- Clyde Scott, Navy (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(UP-4)</small>
Fullbacks
- Doc Blanchard, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(AAB; AP-1; FN; FWAA-1; INS-1; LK; SN; UP-1; CP-1; WC)</small>
- Babe Dimancheff, Purdue <small>(AP-2; UP-2; FWAA-2; INS-1; CP-1)</small>
- Bob Wiese, Michigan/Navy <small>(UP-3)</small>
- Gordon Gray, USC <small>(AP-3; UP-4)</small>
Key
Bold = Consensus All-American
- -1 â First-team selection
- -2 â Second-team selection
- -3 â Third-team selection
Official selectors
Other selectors
See also
References