The 1943 All-Pacific Coast football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific Coast teams for the 1943 college football season. The organizations selecting teams in 1943 included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP).[1][2]
The USC Trojans won the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) championship with an 8-2 record and had three players named to the first team by either the AP or UP: quarterback Mickey McCardle (AP, UP), end Ralph Heywood (AP, UP), and center Bill Gray (AP, UP).[1][2]
The Washington Huskies finished with a 4-1 record, were ranked #12 in the final AP Poll and placed four players on the first team: backs Sam Robinson (UP) and Pete Susick (AP), end Jack Tracy (AP, UP), and guard Bill Ward (AP, UP).[1][2]
Five players from teams outside the PCC received first-team honors. Four of them played for the Pacific Tigers football team coached by Amos Alonzo Stagg: fullback John Podesto (AP, UP), tackles Art McCaffray (AP, UP) and Earl Klapstein (UP), and guard Bart Gianelli (AP, UP). The fifth was College Football Hall of Fame back Herman Wedemeyer (UP) of the St. Mary's Gaels.[1][2]
All-Pacific Coast selections edit
Quarterback edit
- Mickey McCardle, USC (AP-1; UP-1)
- Jack Verutti, Pacific (UP-2)
Halfbacks edit
- Sam Robinson, Washington (UP-1)
- Herman Wedemeyer, St.Mary's (UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
- Art Honegger, California (AP-1; UP-2)
- Pete Susick, Washington (AP-1; UP-2)
- Howard Callanon, USC (UP-2)
Fullback edit
- Johnny Podesto, Pacific (AP-1; UP-1)
Ends edit
- Ralph Heywood, USC (AP-1; UP-1)
- Jack Tracy, Washington (AP-1; UP-1)
- Carl Lueder, Pacific (UP-2)
- Herb Weiner, UCLA (UP-2)
Tackles edit
- Art McCaffray, Pacific (AP-1; UP-1)
- Earl Klapstein, Pacific (UP-1)
- Don Malmbertg, UCLA (AP-1; UP-2)
- Mill Hatchen, California (UP-2)
Guards edit
- Bill Ward, Washington (AP-1; UP-1)
- Bart Gianelli, Pacific (AP-1; UP-1)
- John Ceccarelli, Pacific (UP-2)
- Mark Garzoni, USC (UP-2)
Centers edit
- Bill Gray, USC (AP-1; UP-1)
- Jack Murden, Nevada (UP-2)
Key edit
AP = Associated Press[1]
UP = United Press[2]
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP