NFL 1940s All-Decade Team

This is a list of all NFL players who had outstanding performances throughout the 1940s and have been compiled together into this fantasy group. The team was selected by voters of the Pro Football Hall of Fame retroactively in 1969 to mark the league's 50th anniversary.

All information can be Referenced at the Hall of Fame website ^[1]

Position	Player	Team(s)	Years	Hall of Fame class
Quarterback	Sammy Baugh	Washington Redskins	1937–52	1963
	Sid Luckman	Chicago Bears	1939–50	1965
	Bob Waterfield	Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams	1945–52	1965
Halfback	Tony Canadeo	Green Bay Packers	1941–44, 1946–52	1974
	Bill Dudley	Pittsburgh Steelers	1942, 1945–46	1966
		Detroit Lions	1947–49
		Washington Redskins	1950–51, 1953
	George McAfee	Chicago Bears	1940–41, 1945–1950	1966
	Charley Trippi	Chicago Cardinals	1947–55	1968
	Steve Van Buren	Philadelphia Eagles	1944–51	1965
	Byron White	Pittsburgh Steelers	1938	Not Inducted
		Detroit Lions	1940–41
Fullback	Pat Harder	Chicago Cardinals	1946–50	Not Inducted
		Detroit Lions	1951–53
	Marion Motley	Cleveland Browns [1]	1946–53	1968
		Pittsburgh Steelers	1955
	Bill Osmanski	Chicago Bears	1939–43, 1946–47	Not Inducted
End	Jim Benton	Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams	1938–40,1942, 1944–47	Not Inducted
		Chicago Bears	1943
	Jack Ferrante	Philadelphia Eagles	1941, 1944–50	Not Inducted
	Ken Kavanaugh	Chicago Bears	1940–41, 1945–50	Not Inducted
	Dante Lavelli	Cleveland Browns [1]	1946–56	1975
	Pete Pihos	Philadelphia Eagles	1947–55	1970
	Mac Speedie	Cleveland Browns [1]	1946–52	2020
	Ed Sprinkle	Chicago Bears	1944–55	2020
Tackle	Al Blozis	New York Giants	1942–44	Not Inducted
	George Connor	Chicago Bears	1948–55	1975
	Bucko Kilroy	Phil-Pitt Steagles [2]	1943	Not Inducted
		Philadelphia Eagles	1945–55
	Buford "Baby" Ray	Green Bay Packers	1938–48	Not Inducted
	Vic Sears	Philadelphia Eagles	1941–42, 1945–53	Not Inducted
		Phil-Pitt Steagles [2]	1943
	Al Wistert	Phil-Pitt Steagles [2]	1943	Not Inducted
		Philadelphia Eagles	1944–51
Guard	Bruno Banducci	Philadelphia Eagles	1944–45	Not Inducted
		San Francisco 49ers [1]	1946–54
	Bill Edwards	New York Giants	1940–42	Not Inducted
	Garrard "Buster" Ramsey	Chicago Cardinals	1946–51	Not Inducted
	Bill Willis	Cleveland Browns [1]	1946–53	1977
	Len Younce	New York Giants	1941, 1943–44, 1946–48	Not Inducted
Center	Charley Brock	Green Bay Packers	1939–47	Not Inducted
	Clyde "Bulldog" Turner	Chicago Bears	1940–52	1966
	Alex Wojciechowicz	Detroit Lions	1938–46	1968
		Philadelphia Eagles	1946–50

Notes:

¹ Team belonged to both the National Football Conference and the All-America Football Conference at different times

² The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers were merged into one team for the 1943 season due to World War II ^[2]

³ Four-time finalist to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame ^[3]

References

1. "NFL's All Decade Team of the 1940s". ProFootballHallofFame.com. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
2. "A Look Back at the NFL's 1943 Steagles". BleacherReport.com. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
3. "Hall of Famers: Yearly Finalists". ProFootballHoF.com. Retrieved 16 February 2013.