The 1941 All-Pro Team consisted of
American football
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players chosen by various selectors for the
All-Pro
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team of the
National Football League
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(NFL) for the
1941 NFL season. Teams were selected by, among others, the so-called "official" All-Pro team selected by a committee of professional football writers for the NFL (NFL), the sports writers of the
Associated Press
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(AP), the
United Press
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(UP),
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Collyer's Eye
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'' (CE),
the ''
New York Daily News
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'' (NYDN),
[ and the '' Chicago Herald American''.][
Players displayed in bold were consensus first-team selections. Five players were named to the first team by all six selectors: Green Bay Packers halfback ]Cecil Isbell
Cecil Frank Isbell (July 11, 1915 – June 23, 1985) was an American football quarterback and coach. He played five years in the National Football League (NFL) with the Green Bay Packers, leading them to the NFL Championship in 1939. He retire ...
; Chicago Bears halfback George McAfee
George Anderson McAfee (March 13, 1918 – March 4, 2009) was an American professional football player who was a back for the Chicago Bears from 1940 to 1941 and 1945 to 1950 in the National Football League (NFL). As an undergraduate at D ...
; Green Bay Packers end Don Hutson
Donald Montgomery Hutson (January 31, 1913 – June 26, 1997) was an American professional football player and assistant coach in the National Football League (NFL). He played as an end and spent his entire 11-year professional career with the ...
; Chicago Bears guard Dan Fortmann
Daniel John Fortmann (April 11, 1916 – May 23, 1995) was an American professional football player who was a guard and linebacker for the Chicago Bears in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Colgate University. Pla ...
; and Chicago Bears center Bulldog Turner
Clyde Douglas "Bulldog" Turner (March 10, 1919 – October 30, 1998) was an American football player and coach. He was elected, as a player, to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1960 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966. He was also selec ...
.
References
{{NFL All-Pro Teams
All-Pro Teams
1941 National Football League season