1942 All-America college football team Last updated August 28, 2025 Consensus All-Americans For the year 1942, 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 Frank Sinkwich Halfback Georgia 1,004 9/9 AAB, AP, CO, INS, LK, NEA, NW, SN, UP CP, MS, NYS, PL, WC Dave Schreiner End Wisconsin 752 9/9 AAB, AP, CO, INS, LK, NEA, NW, SN, UP CP, MS, NYS, PL, WC Dick Wildung Tackle Minnesota 748 8/9 AAB, AP, CO, LK, NEA, NW, SN, UP CP, MS, NYS, PL, WC Mike Holovak Fullback Boston College 594 6/9 AP, CO, LK, NEA, NW, UP CP, NYS Paul Governali Quarterback Columbia 406 6/9 AAB, AP, CO, NW, SN, UP CP, NYS, PL, WC Joe Domnanovich Center Alabama 308 6/9 AAB, AP, CO, LK, NW, SN PL Billy Hillenbrand Halfback Indiana 486 5/9 AAB, CO, NEA, SN, UP CP, NYS, WC Bob Dove End Notre Dame 507 5/9 AAB, NEA, NW, SN, UP WC Al Wistert Tackle Michigan 532 4/9 AAB, LK, NW, UP NYS, WC, MS, PL) Harvey Hardy Guard Georgia Tech 516 4/9 INS, NEA, NW, UP CP, NYS Chuck Taylor Guard Stanford 4/9 AAB, AP, LK, SN PL, WC Julius Franks Guard Michigan 3/9 CO, INS, NW CP
All-American selections for 1942 Ends Dave Schreiner , Wisconsin (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; INS-1; LK-1; NEA-1; NW; SN-1; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1; WC-1; MS-1; PL) Bob Dove , Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; INS-2; NEA-1; NW; SN-1; UP-1; CP-2; NYS-2; WC-1) Don Currivan , Boston College (AP-2; UP-2; INS-1; NEA-3; CO-1; NYS-1) Bob Shaw , Ohio State (AP-1; SN-3; CP-1) George Poschner , Georgia (AP-2; UP-2; SN-2; CP-3; NEA-2; MS-1) Bruce Alford , TCU (AP-3) Al Hust, Tennessee (AP-3; INS-2; NEA-2) Nick Susoeff , Washington State ( NYS-2) James Kelleher, Army (SN-3; NEA-3) Bert Kuczynski , Penn (LK-1) Pete Pihos , Indiana (PL) Bob Gantt , Duke (SN-2) Alyn Beals , Santa Clara (CP-2) Saxon Judd , Tulsa (CP-3) Tackles Dick Wildung , Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; LK-1; NEA-1; NW; SN-1; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1; WC-1; MS-1; PL) Al Wistert , Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-2; LK-1; NEA-3; NW; SN-2; UP-1; CP-3; NYS-1; WC-1; MS-1; PL) Clyde Johnson , Kentucky (AP-1) Stan Mauldin , Texas (AP-2; CP-1) Don Whitmire , Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; SN-3; NEA-1) Norm Verry , USC (AP-3) Derrell Palmer , TCU (SN-3; INS-1; CP-2) Francis E. Merritt , Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (CP-2; NEA-2) Al Klug , Marquette (CP-3) Chuck Csuri , Ohio State (UP-2; SN-2; INS-1; NYS-2) Gil Bouley , Boston College (UP-2; SN-1; CP-2; NEA-3) Robin Olds , Army (CO-1; NYS-2) Lou Rymkus , Notre Dame ( NEA-2) Don McCafferty , Ohio State (INS-2) John Donaldson, Penn (INS-2) Guards Harvey Hardy , Georgia Tech (AP-2; INS-1; NEA-1; NW; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1) Chuck Taylor , Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame)(AAB; AP-1; LK-1; SN-1; CP-3; NEA-2; WC-1; PL) Julius Franks , Michigan (AP-2; CO-1; INS-1; NEA-2; NW; SN-3; CP-1; NYS-2) Merv Pregulman , Michigan (SN-3; NEA-1; MS-1 [4-way tie]) Buster Ramsey , William & Mary (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; SN-2; CP-2; NYS-2; MS-1 [4-way tie]) Jack Lescoulie, UCLA (AP-3; INS-2) Lindell Houston , Ohio State (AAB; AP-3; CO-1; CP-2; UP-2; NEA-3; NYS-1; WC-1; PL) Alex Agase , Illinois (College Football Hall of Fame) (LK-1; UP-1; SN-1; INS-2; CP-3; NEA-3; MS-1 [4-way tie]) Harry C. Wright , Notre Dame (SN-2) George Hecht , Alabama ( MS-1 [4-way tie]) Rocco Canale , Boston College (UP-2) Quarterbacks Paul Governali , Columbia (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; NEA-3; NW; SN-1; UP-1; CP-2; NYS-1; WC-1; PL) Glenn Dobbs , Tulsa (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; INS-1; NEA-1; NW; SN-2; UP-2; CP-2; NYS-2) Angelo Bertelli , Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (LK-1; SN-2; UP-2; CP-3) Jesse Freitas , Santa Clara (AP-3) Clint Castleberry , Georgia Tech (AP-3; UP-2; SN-3; INS-2; NEA-2) Otto Graham , Northwestern (College and Pro Hall of Fame) (SN-3; CP-3) Fullbacks Mike Holovak , Boston College (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; CO-1; LK-1; NEA-1; NW; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1) Bob Kennedy , Washington State (AP-2; INS-1; CP-1) Pat Harder , Wisconsin (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; P-3; UP-2; SN-2; INS-2; NEA-2; NYS-2; WC-1; MS-1) Joe Muha , VMI (NEA-3) Roy McKay , Texas (INS-2) Key Bold = Consensus All-American [ 2]
1 – First-team selection 2 – Second-team selection 3 – Third-team selection Other selectors CP = Central Press Association , selected with the assistance of the nation's football captains NYS = New York Sun WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation [ 4] MS = Maxwell Stiles , noted California sports writer, based on the number of weeks a player was named player of the week at his position PL = All-Players All-America team selected based on ballots cast by 1,706 major college lettermen and announced by Norman Sper, a radio football broadcaster [ 5] This page is based on this
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