1940 All-America college football team |
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All-America college football team |
1940 college football season |
1938 1939 ← → 1941 1942 |
The 1940 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 1940. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1940 season are (1) Collier's Weekly , as selected by Grantland Rice, (2) the Associated Press (AP), (3) the United Press (UP), (4) the All-America Board (AAB), (5) the International News Service (INS), (6) Liberty magazine, (7) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (8) Newsweek , and (9) the Sporting News (SN).
Michigan halfback (and Heisman Trophy winner) Tom Harmon, Texas A&M fullback John Kimbrough, and Tennessee guard Bob Suffridge were the only three unanimous first-team All-Americans chosen by all nine official selectors.
For the year 1940, 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 | UP votes | Number | Official selectors | Other selectors |
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Tom Harmon | Halfback | Michigan | 478 | 9/9 | AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UP | CP, DH, FD, NYS, WC |
John Kimbrough | Fullback | Texas A&M | 474 | 9/9 | AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UP | CP, DH, FD, NYS, WC |
Bob Suffridge | Guard | Tennessee | 340 | 9/9 | AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UP | CP, DH, FD, NYS, WC |
George Franck | Halfback | Minnesota | 436 | 8/9 | AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NW, SN, UP | CP, DH FD, NYS, WC |
Nick Drahos | Tackle | Cornell | 382 | 8/9 | AAB, AP, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UP | CP, DH, FD, WC |
Frankie Albert | Quarterback | Stanford | 229 | 6/9 | AAB, AP, CO, INS, NW, UP | CP, DH, FD, WC |
Gene Goodreault | End | Boston College | 200 | 6/9 | AAB, CO, INS, NW, SN, UP | CP, DH, FD, WC |
Rudy Mucha | Center | Washington | 201 | 5/9 | AAB, CO, NW, SN, UP | CP, WC |
David Rankin | End | Purdue | 4/9 | AAB, CO, SN, UP | WC | |
Marshall Robnett | Guard | Texas A&M | 3/9 | AAB, NW, UP | CP, DH, FD, WC | |
Alf Bauman | Tackle | Northwestern | 184 | 3/9 | AAB, CO, UP | NYS, WC |
Urban Odson | Tackle | Minnesota | 3/9 | INS, LIB, NW | CP | |
Bold = Consensus All-American [1]