The 1942 All-Pacific Coast football team consisted of

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players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific Coast teams for the

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. The organizations selecting teams in 1942 included the

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(AP) and the

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(UP).

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and

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finished first through fourth, respectively, in the

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(PCC), and each of those teams placed two players named on the first teams selected by either the AP or UP. Conference champion UCLA was ranked #13 in the final

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and was represented by quarterback

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(AP, UP) and guard

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(AP, UP). Stanford was ranked #12 in the final AP Poll and was represented by guard Chuck Taylor (AP, UP), a

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inductee, and tackle Ed Stamm (AP, UP). Three players from teams outside the PCC received first-team honors from the AP: halfback Jesse Freitas and end

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from the

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and tackle

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from the

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All-Pacific Coast selections

Quarterback

, UCLA (AP-1; UP-1) * Bob Erickson, Washington (AP-3)

Halfbacks

* Mickey McCardle, USC (AP-1; UP-1) * Jesse Freitas, Santa Clara (AP-1) * Tom Roblin, Oregon (AP-2; UP-1) * Jim Jurovich, California (AP-2) * Al Solari, UCLA (AP-2) * Vince Pacewic, Loyola (AP-2) * Jackie Fellows, Fresno State (AP-3) * Joe Day, Oregon State (AP-3)

Fullback

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, Washington State (AP-1; UP-1) * Randall Fawcett, Stanford (AP-3)

Ends

* John Ferguson, California (AP-1; UP-1) *

, Santa Clara (AP-1) *

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, Washington State (AP-2; UP-1) *

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, USC (AP-2) *

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, Stanford (AP-3) *

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, UCLA (AP-3)

Tackles

* Ed Stamm, Stanford (AP-1; UP-1) *

, Univ. of San Francisco (AP-1) *

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, USC (AP-3; UP-1) *

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, Stanford (AP-2) * Charles Fears, UCLA (AP-2) * Lloyd Wickett, Oregon State (AP-3)

Guards

, UCLA (AP-1; UP-1) * Chuck Taylor, Stanford (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame) * Bill Seixas, USC (AP-2) * Al Schiro, Santa Clara (AP-2) *

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, Oregon (AP-3) * Loren LaPrade, Stanford (AP-3)

Centers

* Walt Harrison, Washington (AP-1; UP-1) * Al Santucci, Santa Clara (AP-2) * Bill Armstrong, UCLA (AP-3) :

Key

AP =

UP =

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

References

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