1945 All-Pacific Coast football team

The 1945 All-Pacific Coast football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific Coast teams for the 1945 college football season. The organizations selecting teams in 1945 included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP).^[1]^[2]

The USC Trojans won the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) championship with a 7–4 record, finished the season ranked #11 in the final AP Poll, and had two players named to the first team by either the AP or UP: end Jim Callanan (AP, UP) and halfback Ted Teannehill (AP).

The Washington State Cougars finished in second place in the PCC with a 6–2–1 record and also placed two players on the first team: fullback Bill Lippincott (UP) and tackle Rod Giske (AP, UP).^[1]^[2]

Four players from teams outside the PCC received first-team honors. Three of those played for the St. Mary's Gaels: quarterback Herman Wedemeyer (AP, UP), halfback "Spike" Cordeiro (UP), and end Ed Ryan (AP, UP). The fourth was tackle Bob McClure (UP) of Nevada.^[1]^[2]

All-Pacific Coast selections

Quarterbacks

Jake Leicht, Oregon (AP-1; UP-1)
Denis O'Connor, St. Mary's (AP-2; UP-2)

Halfbacks

Herman Wedemeyer, St. Mary's (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
Charles Albert (Spike) Cordeiro Jr., St. Mary's (AP-3; UP-1)
Ted Tannehill, USC (AP-1 [back]; UP-2)
Cal Rossi, UCLA (AP-1 [back])
Bob Stevens, Oregon State (AP-2)
Skip Rowland, UCLA (AP-2)
Ernie Case, UCLA (AP-3; UP-2)
Stone, Washington (AP-3)

Fullbacks

Bill Lippincott, Washington State (AP-2; UP-1)
Theodore Kenfield, California (AP-3; UP-2)

Ends

Jim Callanan, USC (AP-1; UP-1)
Ed Ryan, St. Mary's (AP-1; UP-1)
Dick Lorenz, Oregon State (AP-2)
Max Dodge, Nevada (AP-3; UP-2)
Bob Nelson, Washington (AP-2; UP-2)
Francis Bacoka, Washington State (AP-3)

Tackles

Rod Giske, Washington State (AP-1; UP-1)
Wendell Beard, California (AP-1)
Bob McClure, Nevada (AP-2; UP-1)
Asher, UCLA (AP-2)
Jack Musick, USC (UP-2)
Don Malmberg, UCLA (UP-2)
Klein, Idaho (AP-3)
Al Beasley, St. Mary's (AP-3)

Guards

Alf Hemstad, Washington (AP-1; UP-1)
Al Sparlis, UCLA (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
David Schwayder, California (AP-2)
John Kaufman, Oregon (AP-2)
Bill Austin, Oregon State (UP-2)
Bolt, Fresno State (UP-2)
Fred Osterhout, Washington (AP-3)
Laurie Niemi, Washington State (AP-3)

Centers

Bill McGovern, Washington (AP-1; UP-1)
Vic Cuccia, St. Mary's (AP-2)
Walt McCormick, USC (AP-3; UP-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1]

UP = United Press^[2]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Wedemeyer Paces All-Coast Eleven". The Oregon Statesman. December 6, 1945. p. 8.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "United Press 1945 All-Pacific Coast Team". Nevada State Journal. November 30, 1945. p. 10.

[AP-1] "Wedemeyer Paces All-Coast Eleven". The Oregon Statesman. December 6, 1945. p. 8.

[UP-2] "United Press 1945 All-Pacific Coast Team". Nevada State Journal. November 30, 1945. p. 10.

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