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1942 All-SEC Football Team
The 1942 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 1942 college football season. Georgia won the conference. Frank Sinkwich won the Heisman Trophy. All-SEC selections Ends *George Poschner, Georgia (AP-1, UP-1) *Al Hust, Tennessee (AP-1, UP-2) *Marty Comer, Tulane (AP-2, UP-1) *Robert Patterson, Miss. St. (AP-2) *V. Davis, Georgia (UP-2) *Sam Sharp, Alabama (AP-3) *Jack Marshall, Georgia Tech (AP-3) Tackles *Don Whitmire, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1) * Clyde Johnson, Kentucky (AP-1, UP-1) * Mitchell Olenski, Alabama (AP-2, UP-2) *Denver Crawford, Tennessee (AP-2) *J. H. McClurkin, Auburn (UP-2) *Gene Ellenson, Georgia (AP-3) *Richard Huffman, Tennessee (AP-3) Guards *Harvey Hardy, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UP-1) *Walter Ruark, Georgia (AP-1, UP-2) *George Hecht, Alabama (AP-2, UP-1) *Oscar Britt, Ole Miss (AP-3, UP-2) *Raymond Ray, Miss. St. (AP-2) *Curtis Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with possession of the oval-shaped football, attempts to advance down the field by running with the ball or passing it, while the defense, the team without possession of the ball, aims to stop the offense's advance and to take control of the ball for themselves. The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs or plays; if they fail, they turn over the football to the defense, but if they succeed, they are given a new set of four downs to continue the drive. Points are scored primarily by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponent's goalposts for a field goal. The team with the most points at the end of a game wins. American football evolved in the United States, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Domnanovich
Joseph John Domnanovich (March 21, 1919 – January 20, 2009) was a professional American football center in the National Football League. He played six seasons for the Boston Yanks (1946–1948) and the New York Bulldogs/Yanks (1949–1951). Prior to his professional career Domanovich played for Coach Frank Thomas at the University of Alabama from 1938–1942. He played both linebacker and center and became All-American center at Alabama. He was voted to the All-time Alabama team for the first 50 years (1892–1942) in 1943. Between college and his pro career he served in the 3rd Army European Theater Special Services from 1943–1946. He was inducted into the Alabama Football Hall of Fame in 1984 and the Indiana Football Hall of Fame The Indiana Football Hall of Fame is a sports museum and hall of fame in Richmond, Indiana. It honors persons associated with high school, college and professional American football in Indiana. It also works to establish scholarships and endo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1942 College Football All-America Team
The 1942 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1942. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1942 season are (1) ''Collier's Weekly'', as selected by Grantland Rice, (2) the Associated Press, (3) the United Press, (4) the All-America Board, (5) the International News Service (INS), (6) ''Look'' magazine, (7) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (8) ''Newsweek'', and (9) the '' Sporting News''. Two individuals were unanimous selections; they were Georgia halfback (and Heisman Trophy winner) Frank Sinkwich and Wisconsin end Dave Schreiner. Consensus All-Americans For the year 1942, the NCAA recognizes nine published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Press
United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century. At its peak, it had more than 6,000 media subscribers. Since the first of several sales and staff cutbacks in 1982, and the 1999 sale of its broadcast client list to its main U.S. rival, the Associated Press, UPI has concentrated on smaller information-market niches. History Formally named United Press Associations for incorporation and legal purposes, but publicly known and identified as United Press or UP, the news agency was created by the 1907 uniting of three smaller news syndicates by the Midwest newspaper publisher E. W. Scripps. It was headed by Hugh Baillie (1890–1966) from 1935 to 1955. At the time of his retirement, UP had 2,900 clients in the United States, and 1,500 abroad. In 1958, it became United Press Interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspapers
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. It produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. newspapers and broadcasters. The AP has earned 56 Pulitzer Prizes, including 34 for photography, since the award was established in 1917. It is also known for publishing the widely used '' AP Stylebook''. By 2016, news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,300 newspapers and broadcasters, English, Spanish, and Arabic. The AP operates 248 news bureaus in 99 countries. It also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides newscasts twice hourly for broadcast and satellite radio and television stations. Many newspapers and broadcasters outside the United States are AP subscribers, paying a fee to use AP material without being contributing members of the cooperative. As part of their cooperative agreement with the AP, most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvin Dark
Alvin Ralph Dark (January 7, 1922 – November 13, 2014), nicknamed "Blackie" and "The Swamp Fox", was an American professional baseball shortstop and manager. He played fourteen years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston/Milwaukee Braves (1946, 1948–49, 1960), the New York Giants (1950–56), the St. Louis Cardinals (1956–58), the Chicago Cubs (1958–59), and the Philadelphia Phillies (1960). Later, he managed the San Francisco Giants (1961–64), the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics (1966–67, 1974–75), the Cleveland Indians (1968–71), and the San Diego Padres (1977). He was a three-time All-Star and a two-time World Series champion, once as a player (1954) and once as a manager (1974). Born in Oklahoma, Dark grew up in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He played baseball, basketball, and football at Louisiana State University before transferring to Southwestern Louisiana Institute to engage in officer training for the United States Marine Corps. After serving in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russ Craft
William Russell Craft (October 15, 1919 – January 12, 2009) was an American football defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at the University of Alabama and was drafted in the fifteenth round of the 1943 NFL Draft. In 1948, Craft was a key member of the Eagles in what became known as the Blizzard Bowl, in which the Eagles’ defense overwhelmed the Cardinals on the way to a 7–0 victory that earned Philadelphia its first N.F.L. championship. In 1949, he was a notable player in helping the Eagles win a second World Championship, a 1947 Division Championship, and was selected to the Pro Bowl twice, in 1951 and 1952. Craft had some other notable achievements. In 1950, against the Chicago Cardinals, the Eagles' defense recorded eight interceptions, including an NFL-record-tying four by Craft. Craft had 22 career interceptions. Then in 1952, while playing against the Pittsburgh Stee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Cifers
Robert Gale Cifers (September 5, 1920 – July 1, 2001) was a professional American football halfback and punter in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It .... Cifers died in a Nashville, Tennessee hospital of an unknown cause. External links * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cifers, Bob 1920 births 2001 deaths People from Church Hill, Tennessee Players of American football from Tennessee American football halfbacks Tennessee Volunteers football players Pittsburgh Steelers players Detroit Lions players Green Bay Packers players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monk Gafford
Roy Haynes "Monk" Gafford, Jr. (October 1, 1920 – February 19, 1987) was an American football player. He played college football for the Auburn Tigers football team and gained 1,004 yards rushing in 1942 with an average of 7.6 yards per carry. He was selected by the International News Service as a first-team halfback on the 1942 College Football All-America Team. He was selected by the Steagles with the 17th pick in the 1943 NFL Draft. However, his professional football career was delayed due to military service during World War II. After the war, Gafford played three seasons in the AAFC with the Miami Seahawks in 1946 and the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1946, 1947 and 1948 seasons. He was the president of a steel plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Jenkins (American Football)
Jacque Sumpter Jenkins (May 6, 1921 – April 30, 1982) was an American football running back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Vanderbilt University where he was an All- SEC blocking back, and was drafted in the first round (tenth overall) of the 1943 NFL Draft The 1943 National Football League Draft was held on April 8, 1943, at the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. With the first overall pick of the draft, the Detroit Lions selected running back Frank Sinkwich. This draft is the first NFL draf .... References 1921 births 1982 deaths People from Texarkana, Texas Players of American football from Texas American football running backs Vanderbilt Commodores football players Washington Redskins players American football quarterbacks {{runningback-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clint Castleberry
Lt. Clinton Dillard Castleberry Jr. (October 10, 1923 – November 7, 1944) was an American college football player in 1942, a halfback for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Future head coach Bobby Dodd, then an assistant, said that if Castleberry had lived to finish his playing career “he’d have probably been an All-American for three years and been the greatest back in Georgia Tech history.” College football Castleberry showed extraordinary ability as a Georgia Tech "pony" back, standing at only and weighing only . At Boys High School in Atlanta, he averaged 171 rushing yards per game and scored 102 points. In 1942, freshmen were ruled eligible to play varsity ball as college rosters were drained by World War II, which allowed Castleberry to display his spectacular prowess early. On October 3, 1942, Georgia Tech beat Notre Dame for the first time since 1928, especially impressive as the game was played in South Bend and Notre Dame had not lost a game in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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