1945 All-Southwest Conference football team

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The 1945 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1945 college football season. The selectors for the 1945 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP).

All Southwest selections

Backs

Bob Nemir, Rice (AP-1, UP-1 [qb])
Doak Walker , SMU (AP-1, UP-1 [hb])
Bob Goode, Texas A&M (AP-1, UP-1 [hb])
Bobby Layne, Texas (AP-1, UP-2 [fb])
Huey Keeney, Rice (AP-2, UP-2)
John Hoffman, Arkansas (AP-2)
Sammy Pierce, Baylor (AP-2)
Howard Maley, SMU (AP-2)
Leon Joslin, TCU (UP-2)
Jack Price, Baylor (UP-2)
Preston Smith, Texas A&M (UP-2)

Ends

Hub Bechtol , Texas (AP-1, UP-1)
Gene Wilson , SMU (AP-1, UP-1)
Dale Schwartzkopf, Texas (AP-2, UP-2)
Bruce Bradbeer, Rice (AP-2)
Joe Joiner, Baylor (UP-2)

Tackles

Tom Dean, SMU (AP-1, UP-1)
Monte Moncrief, Texas A&M (AP-1, UP-1)
Leonard Dickey, Texas A&M (AP-2, UP-2)
Jim Plyler, Texas (AP-2, UP-2)

Guards

Nick Nicholson , Rice (AP-1, UP-1)
Grant Darnell, Texas A&M (AP-1, UP-1)
Norman Morrill, TCU (AP-2)
Richard Johnson, Baylor (AP-2)
Sam Callan, Texas (UP-2)
Earl Cook, SMU (UP-2)

Centers

Dick Harris, Texas (AP-1, UP-1)
Earl Wheeler, Arkansas (AP-2, UP-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press ^[1]

UP = United Press ^[2]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP

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References

↑ "AP 1945 First Team". The Paris News. December 10, 1945. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "All-Southwest Conference". The Shreveport Times. December 6, 1945. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.

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[1] "AP 1945 First Team". The Paris News. December 10, 1945. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "All-Southwest Conference". The Shreveport Times. December 6, 1945. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.

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