1944 All-SEC football team

The 1944 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 1944 college football season. Georgia Tech won the conference.

All-SEC selections

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Ends

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  • Phil Tinsley, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Ray Olson, Tulane (AP-1)
  • Dewell Rushing, Florida (UP-1)
  • Ralph Jones, Alabama (AP-2)
  • Reid Moseley, Georgia (AP-2)
  • Charley Webb, LSU (UP-2)
  • Don Ray Wells, Georgia (UP-2)
  • Bill Hildebrand, Miss. St. (AP-3)
  • Bob McCain, Ole Miss (AP-3)

Tackles

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  • Wash Serini, Kentucky (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Hillery Horne, Miss. St. (AP-1)
  • John Wozniak, Alabama (UP-1)
  • Dub Garrett, Miss. St. (AP-2, UP-2)
  • Andy Perbach, Georgia (AP-2)
  • Jim Little, Kentucky (UP-2)
  • Tom Whitley, Alabama (AP-3)
  • Mike Castronis, Georgia (AP-3)

Guards

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  • Bob Dobelstein, Tennessee (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Herbert St. John, Georgia (AP-1)
  • Felix Trapani, LSU (UP-1)
  • Maurice Furchgott, Georgia Tech (AP-2)
  • Gaston Bourgeois, Tulane (AP-2, UP-2)
  • Arnette, Ole Miss (UP-2)

Centers

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Quarterbacks

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  • Shorty McWilliams, Miss. St. (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Harry Gilmer, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2, UP-1)
  • Dinky Bowen, Georgia Tech (AP-2, UP-2)

Halfbacks

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  • Dub Jones, Tulane (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Buster Stephens, Tennessee (AP-1, UP-2)
  • Curtis Kuykendall, Auburn (UP-2)
  • James Rutland, Georgia (UP-2)
  • Norman Klein, Kentucky (AP-3)
  • Bobby Forbes, Florida (AP-3)
  • George Mathews, Georgia Tech (AP-3)

Fullbacks

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  • Frank Broyles, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UP-1 [as hb])
  • Billy Bevis, Tennessee (AP-2)

AP = Associated Press.[1]

UP = United Press[2]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UP

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Auburn Player Named Center For All-South". The Anniston Star. November 24, 1944. p. 7. Retrieved May 31, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.  
  2. ^ "Bama, Auburn Picked On U. P. All-SEC Eleven". The Anniston Star. November 29, 1944. p. 8. Retrieved June 6, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.