1942 All-SEC football team

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The 1942 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 1942 college football season. Georgia won the conference. Frank Sinkwich won the Heisman Trophy.

American football Team field sport

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, which is the team controlling the oval-shaped football, attempts to advance down the field by running with or passing the ball, while the defense, which is the team without control of the ball, aims to stop the offense's advance and aims to take control of the ball for themselves. The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs, or plays, and otherwise they turn over the football to the defense; if the offense succeeds in advancing ten yards or more, they are given a new set of four downs. Points are primarily scored by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponent's goalposts for a field goal. The team with the most points at the end of a game wins.

Southeastern Conference College athletics conference of universities in the southern United States

The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the Southern part of the United States. Its fourteen members include the flagship public universities of eleven states, two additional public land grant universities, and one private research university. The conference is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. The SEC participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I in sports competitions; for football, it is part of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A.

In 1942, Georgia Bulldogs were the national champions, defeating UCLA in the Rose Bowl on January 1, 1943. Nine ranking authorities listed in the NCAA record books listed the Bulldogs as #1. Ohio State was crowned #1 in the final AP Poll at the end of November, but did not make a bowl appearance. At the time, the AP poll did not put out a post-bowl poll.

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All-SEC selections

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George Poschner, was a former football end who played for the University of Georgia from 1939 to 1942. During his tenure with the Bulldogs, he participated in the 1941 Orange Bowl and the 1942 Rose Bowl.

Tackles

Donald Boone Whitmire was an American football tackle who played college football from 1941 to 1944 at the University of Alabama and the United States Naval Academy (USNA). He is one of only four college football players to ever be named as an All-American at two different schools. In 1956, Whitmire was elected into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Clyde Elmer Johnson was an American football player. He played college football for the Kentucky Wildcats football team and was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team tackle on the 1942 College Football All-America Team. He was Kentucky's first All-American football player. At six feet, six inches, and 269 pounds, he was one of the largest football players of his day. He was drafted by the Cleveland Rams with the 35th pick in the 1943 NFL Draft, but his professional debut was delayed during World War II. After the war, he played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Rams in 1946 and 1947 and for the Los Angeles Dons in 1948. He died in 1997 in Orange County, California, at age 80.

Mitchell "Mitch" Olenski was an American football player and coach. Olenski played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, while serving in the Army at Fort Warren and then professionally with the Miami Seahawks and Detroit Lions. He also served as a coach for the Alabama Informals football team in their lone 1943 season and at Fort Warren in 1944 and 1945.

Guards

Harvey Boland Hardy was an American football player who played collegiately for the Georgia Tech football team, was a consensus All-American, and was an MVP of the 1943 Cotton Bowl Classic.

Oscar Lee Britt was an American football guard in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Mississippi and was drafted in the 14th round of the 1943 NFL Draft. Oscars pro football contract was for $225,00 a game, an original Leatherhead player.

Centers

Joseph John Domnanovich was a professional American football Center in the National Football League. He played six seasons for the Boston Yanks (1946–1948) and the New York Bulldogs/Yanks (1949–1951). Prior to his professional career Domanovich played for Coach Frank Thomas at the University of Alabama from 1938-1942. He played both linebacker and center and became All-American center at Alabama. He was voted to the All-time Alabama team for the first 50 years (1892–1942) in 1943. Between college and his pro career he served in the 3rd Army European Theater Special Services from 1943-1946. He was inducted into the Alabama Football Hall of Fame in 1984 and the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 1989.

Quarterbacks

Lt. Clinton Dillard Castleberry, Jr. was a football player in the 1940s. Georgia Tech coach Bobby Dodd said that if Castleberry had lived to finish his playing career “he’d have probably been an All-American for three years and been the greatest back in Georgia Tech history.”

Jacque Sumpter Jenkins was an American football running back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Vanderbilt University where he was an All-SEC blocking back, and was drafted in the first round of the 1943 NFL Draft.

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Key

AP = Associated Press [1]

UP = United Press. [2]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UP

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References

  1. ↑ "Southeastern All-Star Grid Eleven Chosen". The Monroe News-Star. December 9, 1942. p. 10. Retrieved June 6, 2015– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. ↑ Jack Woliston (November 25, 1942). "Alabama Gets Three Places on Mythical". The Anniston Star. p. 8. Retrieved May 29, 2015– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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