The 1945 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1945 college football season. The selectors for the 1945 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP).
All Southwest selections
editBacks
edit- Bob Nemir, Rice (AP-1, UP-1 [qb])
- Doak Walker, SMU (AP-1, UP-1 [hb])
- Rob Goode, Texas A&M (AP-1, UP-1 [hb])
- Bobby Layne, Texas (AP-1, UP-2 [fb])
- Huey Keeney, Rice (AP-2, UP-2)
- John Hoffman, Arkansas (AP-2)
- Sammy Pierce, Baylor (AP-2)
- Howard Maley, SMU (AP-2)
- Leon Joslin, TCU (UP-2)
- Jack Price, Baylor (UP-2)
- Preston Smith, Texas A&M (UP-2)
Ends
edit- Hub Bechtol, Texas (AP-1, UP-1)
- Gene Wilson, SMU (AP-1, UP-1)
- Dale Schwartzkopf, Texas (AP-2, UP-2)
- Bruce Bradbeer, Rice (AP-2)
- Joe Joiner, Baylor (UP-2)
Tackles
edit- Tom Dean, SMU (AP-1, UP-1)
- Monte Moncrief, Texas A&M (AP-1, UP-1)
- Leonard Dickey, Texas A&M (AP-2, UP-2)
- Jim Plyler, Texas (AP-2, UP-2)
Guards
edit- Nick Nicholson, Rice (AP-1, UP-1)
- Grant Darnell, Texas A&M (AP-1, UP-1)
- Norman Morrill, TCU (AP-2)
- Richard Johnson, Baylor (AP-2)
- Sam Callan, Texas (UP-2)
- Earl Cook, SMU (UP-2)
Centers
edit- Dick Harris, Texas (AP-1, UP-1)
- Earl Wheeler, Arkansas (AP-2, UP-2)
Key
editAP = Associated Press[1]
UP = United Press[2]
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UPSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "AP 1945 First Team". The Paris News. December 10, 1945. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "All-Southwest Conference". The Shreveport Times. December 6, 1945. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
