The 1943 All-Eastern football team consists of
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players chosen by various selectors as the best players at each position among the Eastern colleges and universities during the
1943 college football season
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All-Eastern selections
Backs
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Bob Odell, Penn (AP-1)
* Harold Hamberg, Navy (AP-1)
* Donald Kasprzak, Dartmouth (AP-1)
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Mike Micka, Colgate (AP-1)
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Stan Kozlowski, Holy Cross (AP-2)
* Ray Scussel, Yale (AP-2)
* Albert Postus, Villanova (AP-2)
* Hillis Hume, Navy (AP-2)
* Don Savage, Brown (AP-3)
* Norman Lynch, Coast Guard (AP-3)
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Glenn Davis, Army (AP-3)
* George Sutch, Rochester (AP-3)
Ends
* John F. Monahan, Dartmouth (AP-1)
* Albert Channell, Navy (AP-1)
* William Iannicelli, Franklin & Mary (AP-2)
* Ed Fiorentino, Brown (AP-2)
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Paul Walker, Yale (AP-3)
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John J. Hennessey, Army (AP-3)
Tackles
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George Connor, Holy Cross (AP-1)
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Francis E. Merritt, Army (AP-1)
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Don Whitmire, Navy (AP-2)
* Cleo Calcagni, Cornell (AP-2)
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Ed Sprinkle
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, Navy (AP-3)
* Bernard Gallagher, Princeton (AP-3)
Guards
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, Navy (AP-1)
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John Jaffurs, Penn State (AP-1)
* E. J. Jones, Franklin & Marshall (AP-2)
* Macauley Whiting, Yale (AP-2)
* Donald Alvarez, Dartmouth (AP-3)
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Ben Chase
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, Navy (AP-3)
Centers
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Cas Myslinski
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, Army (AP-1)
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Jack Martin, Navy (AP-2)
* George Titus, Holy Cross (AP-3)
Key
* AP =
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See also
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1943 College Football All-America Team
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References
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