The 1944 All-Pacific Coast football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific Coast teams for the 1944 college football season. The organizations selecting teams in 1944 included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP).[1][2]
The USC Trojans won the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) championship with an 8–0–2 record, finished the season ranked #7 in the final AP Poll, and had five players named to the first team by either the AP or UP: halfbacks Gordon Gray (AP, UP) and Jim Hardy (AP, UP), ends Jim Callanan (AP, UP) and Don Hardy (AP, UP), and tackle John Ferraro (AP, UP).[1][2]
The Washington Huskies finished second in the PCC with a 5-3-0 record and placed two players on the first team: quarterback Keith DeCourcey (AP, UP) and guard Jim McCurdy (AP, UP). Despite a 3-6-1 record, the California Golden Bears also placed two players on the first team: guard Bill Hachten (AP, UP) and center Roger Harding (AP, UP).[1][2]
Two players from teams outside the PCC received first-team honors. They were tackles James Turner of the Pacific Tigers (coached by Amos Alonzo Stagg) and Bob McClure (UP) of Nevada.[1][2]
All-Pacific Coast selections edit
Backs edit
- Keith DeCourcey, Washington (AP-1; UP-1)
- Gordon Gray, USC (AP-1; UP-1)
- Jim Hardy, USC (AP-1; UP-1)
- John Roesch, UCLA (AP-1; UP-1)
- Bob Waterfield, UCLA (AP-2, UP-2)
- Dick Ottele, Washington (AP-2, UP-2)
- Jack Myers, UCLA (AP-2, UP-2)
- Duane Whitehead, USC (AP-2)
- Alf Sorensen, Nevada (UP-2)
Ends edit
- James Callanan, USC (AP-1; UP-1)
- Don Hardy, USC (AP-1; UP-1)
- Dave Hirschler, California (AP-2, UP-2)
- Dick Hagen, Washington (AP-2)
- Henry Melusky, Washington (UP-2)
Tackles edit
- John Ferraro, USC (AP-1; UP-1)
- James Turner, Pacific (AP-1, UP-2)
- Bob McClure, Nevada (AP-2; UP-1)
- Marshall Romer, USC (AP-2)
- Henry Borghi, California (UP-2)
Guards edit
- Bill Hachten, California (AP-1; UP-1)
- Jim McCurdy, Washington (AP-1; UP-1)
- Dick Madigan, California (AP-2, UP-2)
- John Simons, UCLA (AP-2, UP-2)
Centers edit
- Roger Harding, California (AP-1; UP-1)
- Gordon Berlin, Washington (AP-2, UP-2)
Key edit
AP = Associated Press[1]
UP = United Press[2]
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP