1940 All-Pacific Coast football team
The 1940 All-Pacific Coast football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific Coast teams for the 1940 college football season. The organizations selecting teams in 1940 included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP).[1][2]
The 1941 Stanford Indians football team compiled an undefeated 10-0 record, were ranked #2 in the final AP Poll, and had six players receiving first-team honors: quarterback Frankie Albert (AP, UP), halfback Pete Kmetovic (AP), fullback Norm Standlee (AP, UP), end Fred Meyer (AP), and tackles Bob Reinhard and Bruno Banducci (UP).[1][2]
The 1941 Washington Huskies football team finished in second place with a 5-4 record and was represented by four players on either the AP or UP first team: halfback Dean McAdams (AP, UP), end Jay MacDowell (AP, UP), guard Ray Frankowski (AP, UP), and center Rudy Mucha (AP, UP).[1][2]
No players from teams outside the PCC received first-team honors from the AP or UP.[1][2]
All-Pacific Coast selections edit
Quarterback edit
- Frankie Albert, Stanford (AP-1; UP-1)
- Bobby Robertson, USC (AP-3; UP-2)
- George Peters, Oregon State (AP-2)
- Don Means, Washington (AP-3)
Halfbacks edit
- Dean McAdams, Washington (AP-1; UP-1)
- Pete Kmetovic, Stanford (AP-1; UP-2)
- Bill Sewell, Washington State (AP-2; UP-1)
- Hugh Gallarneau, Stanford (AP-2)
- Jackie Robinson, UCLA (UP-2)
- Orv Hatcher, California (AP-3)
Fullback edit
- Norm Standlee, Stanford (AP-1; UP-1)
- Jim Kisselburgh, Oregon State (AP-2; UP-2)
- Jack Stackpool, Washington (AP-3)
Ends edit
- Jay MacDowell, Washington (AP-1; UP-1)
- Fred Meyer, Stanford (AP-1; UP-2)
- Milt Smith, UCLA (AP-2; UP-1)
- Al Krueger, USC (AP-2; UP-2)
- John Leovich, Oregon State (AP-3)
- John Ruskusky, Saint Mary's (AP-3)
Tackles edit
- Bob Reinhard, Stanford (AP-1; UP-1)
- Vic Sears, Oregon State (AP-1; UP-2)
- Bruno Banducci, Stanford (AP-2; UP-1)
- Jim Stuart, Oregon (AP-2; UP-2)
- Glen Conley, Washington (AP-3)
- Stan Johnson, Washington State (AP-3)
Guards edit
- Ray Frankowski, Washington (AP-1; UP-1)
- Len Younce, Oregon State (AP-1; UP-1)
- Chuck Taylor, Stanford (AP-2; UP-2)
- Rupe Thornton, Santa Clara (AP-2)
- Ben Sohn, USC (UP-2)
- Dick Palmer, Stanford (AP-3)
- Charles Donohue, California (AP-3)
Centers edit
- Rudy Mucha, Washington (AP-1; UP-1)
- Vic Lindskog, Stanford (AP-2; UP-2)
- Ed Dempsey, USC (AP-3)
Key edit
AP = Associated Press, selected based on "annual consensus poll of sports writers, officials and coaches"[1] [3]
UP = United Press: "Sports editors of the United Press client newspapers of the Pacific Coast made the selections ..."[2] [4]
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "The Associated Press 1940 All-Pacific Coast First Team". News-Herald, Klammath Fall, Oregon. December 6, 1940. p. 10.
- ^ a b c d e "Frankie Albert Unanimous Choice On All-Coast Team". Nevada State Journal. December 6, 1940. p. 10.
- ^ "Associated Press All-Coast". Eugene Register-Guard. December 6, 1940. p. 12.
- ^ "United Press Names All-Coast Elevens". Eugene Register-Guard. December 6, 1940. p. 12.