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.
Consensus All-Americans
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.
All-American selections for 1945
Ends
Dick Duden, Navy (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AFCA; AP-1; COL-1; FWAA-1; INS-2; SN; UP-1; YA; CNS-1; CP-1; NL; NYS; OF-1; WC-1) Hub Bechtol, Texas (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; COL-1; FWAA-2; LK; CNS-1; CP-2) Bob Ravensberg, Indiana (UP-2; FWAA-1; SN; CP-1; INS-2; LK; CNS-2) Max Morris, Northwestern (AAB; AFCA; AP-2; FWAA-2; INS-1; UP-2; YA; CP-2; WC-1) Hank Foldberg, Army (AP-2; INS-1; NEA-1; UP-1; CNS-2; CP-3; NYS; OF-1) 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 (AAB; AFCA; AP-1; COL-1; FWAA-1; INS-1; NEA-1; SN; UP-1; CNS-1; CP-1; NL; NYS; OF-1; WC-1) George Savitsky, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AFCA; AP-3; COL-1; FWAA-1; INS-2; LK; SN; UP-1; CNS-1; CP-1; WC-1) Albert Nemetz, Army (AP-1; FWAA-2; INS-2; NEA-1; UP-2; YA; NYS; CNS-2) Tom Hughes, Purdue (LK; FWAA-2; UP-2; CP-2; OF-1; CNS-2; NL) Thomas Dean, Southern Methodist Univ. (AP-2; YA) 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) (AAB; AFCA; AP-1; COL-1; FWAA-1; INS-1; LK; SN; UP-1; CNS-1; CP-1; NL; NYS; OF-1; WC-1) John Green, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AFCA; AP-1; COL-1; FWAA-1; SN; UP-1; CNS-1; NYS; OF-1; WC-1) Al Sparlis, UCLA (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; INS-2; LK; CNS-2; CP-1) John Mastrangelo, Notre Dame (AP-2; FWAA-2; INS-1; UP-2; YA; CNS-2; CP-2) James Carrington, Navy (FWAA-2; INS-2; UP-2) Joseph Dickinson, Penn (AP-2; CP-2) Jim Lecture, Northwestern (AP-3; CP-3) John Green, Army (CP-3; NEA-1; YA) Arthur Gerometta, Army (NEA-1) Hills, Georgia Tech (NL)
Centers
Vaughn Mancha, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; COL-1; FWAA-1; INS-1; SN; UP-1; YA; CNS-1; CP-1; NYS; OF-1) Dick Scott, Navy (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AFCA; AP-2; FWAA-2; INS-2; LK; UP-2; CNS-2; CP-2; NL; WC-1) 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; COL-1; INS-2; LK; UP-2; FWAA-2; SN; UP-2; CNS-1; CP-2; NL; NYS; OF-1 [qb]) Frank Dancewicz, Notre Dame (AP-2; FWAA-2; UP-2; CNS-2; CP-1) 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) (AAB; AFCA; AP-1; COL-1; FWAA-1; INS-1; LK; NEA-1; SN; UP-1; YA; CNS-1; CP-1; NL; NYS; OF-1; WC-1) Herman Wedemeyer, St. Mary's (Calif.) (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AFCA; AP-1; COL-1; FWAA-1; INS-1; LK; SN; UP-1; CNS-1; CP-1; NL; OF-1; WC-1) Bob Fenimore, Oklahoma State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AFCA; AP-1; FWAA-1; INS-1; SN; UP-1; CP-2; CNS-2; WC-1) Jake Leicht, Oregon (YA; NYS) George Taliaferro, Indiana (AP-3; INS-2; CP-3; 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) (AAB; AFCA; AP-1; COL-1; FWAA-1; INS-1; LK; NEA-1; SN; UP-1; YA; CNS-1; CP-1; NL; NYS; OF-1; WC-1) Pete Pihos, Indiana (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; FWAA-2; UP-2; CNS-2; CP-2; YA) Ollie Cline, Ohio State (AP-2; FWAA-2) Walt Schlinkman, Texas Tech (INS-2) Ed Cody, Purdue (CP-3)