The 1942 Santa Ana Army Air Base Flyers football team represented the United States Army Air Forces's

Santa Ana Army Air Base Santa Ana Army Air Base (SAAAB) was a World War II-era air base located near Santa Ana, California. The air base was decommissioned in 1946, and part of the land was annexed by Costa Mesa in 1953. The air base was used for basic training, alth ...

(Santa Ana AAB or SAAAB), located near

Santa Ana, California Santa Ana () is the second most populous city and the county seat of Orange County, California. Located in the Greater Los Angeles region of Southern California, the city's population was 310,227 at the 2020 census, making Santa Ana the List of ...

, during the

1942 college football season The 1942 college football season was the 74th season of intercollegiate football in the United States. Competition included schools from the Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Big Six C ...

Garrett Arbelbide Garrett W. Arbelbide (September 5, 1909 – July 24, 1983) was an American football and baseball player and football coach. A native of San Bernardino County, California, he grew up in Redlands and played college football at the end position for ...

served as the team's head coach for the first three games of the season. In mid-October, he was succeed by Lieutenant Bobby Decker, who installed a T formation offense. Marty Brill was an assistant coach for the team. Santa Ana AAB's roster included

Homer Beatty Homer Taylor Beatty (August 31, 1915 – March 16, 2000) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at California State University, Los Angeles—renamed from Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Scie ...

, George Bernhardt, Dick Danehe, Dick Horne,

Joe Margucci Joseph Americus Margucci (September 5, 1921 – April 27, 1996) was an American football quarterback and halfback. Margucci was born in 1921 in New York City. He attended Franklin High School in Los Angeles. He played college football for Santa ...

, and

Tony Tonelli Amerigo Steven "Tony" Tonelli (September 1, 1917 – January 30, 1987) was an American football player. Tonelli was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1917. He attended Thomas High School in West Virginia. He next enrolled at the University of ...

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