The 1943 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as

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ns by various organizations and writers that chose

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s in 1943. The eight selectors recognized by the

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as "official" for the 1943 season are (1) ''

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'', as selected by

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, (2) the

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, (3) the

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, (4) the All-America Board, (5) ''Football News'', (6) the

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(INS), (7) '' Look'' magazine, and (8) the '' Sporting News''.

Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1943, the NCAA recognizes eight 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 which first-team designations they received.

All-American selections for 1943

Ends

* Ralph Heywood, USC (AAB; AP-1; FN; INS-1; LK; UP-1; CP-1; SS-1) *

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, Notre Dame (AAB; UP-1; INS-1; SN; CP-1) *

Pete Pihos Peter Louis Pihos (; October 22, 1923August 16, 2011) was an American football player and coach. Pihos played college football, principally as an end and fullback, for Indiana University from 1942 to 1943 and 1945 to 1946. He was selected as a ...

, Indiana (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-3; SN; UP-2; CO-1; NYS-1) * Albert Channell, Navy (AP-3; FN; LK) * John Monahan, Dartmouth (AP-2; NYS-1) * Roe Johnston, Navy (SS-1) * Herb Hein, Northwestern (CO-1) * Joe Parker, Texas (AP-1) * Robert Hall, Colorado College (AP-2) * Robert Gantt, Duke (UP-2)

Tackles

Don Whitmire Donald Boone Whitmire (July 1, 1922 – May 3, 1991) was an American football tackle who played college football from 1941 to 1944 at the University of Alabama and the United States Naval Academy (USNA). He is one of only four college football ...

, Navy (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; INS-1; LK; UP-1; CP-1) * Jim White, Notre Dame (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; INS-1; SN; UP-1; CP-1) *

Merv Pregulman Mervin Pregulman (October 10, 1922 – November 30, 2012) was an All-American football player, businessman, and philanthropist. He played football as a tackle and center for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1941 to 1943 and was se ...

, Michigan (AP-3; CO-1 FN; LK; SN; UP-2; SS-1) * Art McCaffray, College of the Pacific (UP-2; CO-1; NYS-1) * George Connor, Holy Cross (AP-2; NYS-1) * Cleo Calgani, Cornell (SS-1) *

Pat Preston Paddison Wade "Pat" Preston (June 15, 1921 – June 23, 2002) was an American football player and coach and college athletics administrator. He played professionally as a guard for four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Chica ...

, Duke (AP-1) * Francis Merritt, Army (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; FN) * Solon Burnett, Southwestern (Texas) (AP-3)

Guards

Alex Agase Alexander Arrasi Agase (March 27, 1922 – May 3, 2007) was an American football guard and linebacker who was named an All-American three times in college and played on three Cleveland Browns championship teams before becoming head football coac ...

, Purdue (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-3; FN; INS-1; LK; SN; UP-1; CP-1) * Pat Filley, Notre Dame (AP-2; CO-1; FN; SN; UP-1) *

John Steber John Warren Steber III (September 12, 1923 – October 1, 1975) was an American football guard in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football for the Vanderbilt Commodores and the Georgia Tech ...

, Georgia Tech. (AAB; AP-1 ackle UP-2; INS-1; NYS-1) *

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, Duke (SS-1; CP-1) * Harold Fisher, Southwestern (LK) *

, Duke (NYS-1) * Don Alvarez, Dartmouth (SS-1) * George Brown, Navy (AP-1) * John Jaffurs, Penn State (AP-2; UP-2) * Richard Ward, Washington (AP-3)

Centers

* Cas Myslinski, Army (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; FN; INS-1; LK; SN; UP-1; CP-1; SS-1) * Jack Martin, Navy (NYS-1) * Bill Gray, USC (AP-2) * Herbert Coleman, Notre Dame (UP-2) *

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, Tulane (AP-3)

Quarterbacks

Angelo Bertelli Angelo Bortolo Bertelli (June 18, 1921 – June 26, 1999) was an American football player. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1943 playing as a quarterback for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Early life Bertelli was born in West Springfield, Mass ...

, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-2; CO-1; FN; INS-1; LK; SN; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1; SS-1) *

Otto Graham Otto Everett Graham Jr. (December 6, 1921 – December 17, 2003) was an American professional football player who was a quarterback for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and National Football League (NFL). Graha ...

, Northwestern (AAB b AP-1; FN; UP-2; CP-1)

Halfbacks

* Bill Daley, Michigan (AAB b AP-1; CO-1 b FN; INS-1; LK; SN; UP-1; CP-1; NYS-1; SS-1) * Bob Odell, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-2; CO-1; INS-1; LK; NYS-1) *

Creighton Miller Creighton Miller (September 26, 1922 – May 22, 2002) was an American football player and attorney. As an attorney, he played a role in organizing the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA), the union that represents players in the ...

, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; CO-1; FN; INS-1; SN; UP-1) *

Eddie Prokop Edward Stanley "Eddie" Prokop (February 11, 1922 – May 30, 1955) was an American football player. He played college football at the Georgia Institute of Technology and in the National Football League in the 1940s. He was the first pick (4t ...

, Georgia Tech (AP-2; UP-2) *

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, Southwestern Louisiana (AP-2) * Harold Hamburg, Navy (UP-2) *

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, LSU (AP-3) *

Robert Hoernschemeyer Robert James "Hunchy" Hoernschemeyer (September 25, 1925 – June 18, 1980) was an American football player. A native of Cincinnati, he played college football as a halfback for the Indiana Hoosiers football in 1943 and 1944 and as a quarterback ...

, Indiana (AP-3) *

Bob Steuber Robert James Steuber (October 25, 1921November 29, 1996) was an American football halfback who has the distinction of having played NCAA college football after playing professional football in the NFL. Steuber played four seasons in the Nation ...

, DePauw (AP-3)

Fullbacks

* John Podesto, College of the Pacific (AP-3; LK; SS-1 alfback NYS-1) * Tony Butkovich, Purdue (killed on Okinawa, World War II) (AP-2; SN; UP-1; CP-1; SS-1)

Key

Bold = Consensus All-American * -1 – First-team selection * -2 – Second-team selection * -3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors

* AAB = All-America Board * AP =

* CO = ''

'', selected by

* FN = '' Football News'' * INS =

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* LK = NBC radio and '' Look'' magazine, selected under the supervision of Bill Stern, by 138 sports announcers and 25 key sports writers * SN = '' Sporting News'', selected through a poll of 86 sports writers in 40 states * UP =

Other selectors

* CP = Central Press Association, selected with the assistance of the nation's football captains * MS = Maxwell Stiles, noted California sports writer, based on the number of weeks a player was named player of the week at his position * NYS = ''

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'' * SS = ''Stars and Stripes'', selected by the sports writers for the Army publication * WC =

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References

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