The 1944 All-Pacific Coast football team consists of
American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific Coast teams for the
1944 college football season
The 1944 college football season was the 76th 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 ...
. The organizations selecting teams in 1944 included the
Associated Press (AP) and the
United Press (UP).
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The USC Trojans won the ]Pacific Coast Conference
The Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) was a college athletic conference in the United States which existed from 1915 to 1959. Though the Pac-12 Conference claims the PCC's history as part of its own, with eight of the ten PCC members (including a ...
(PCC) championship with an 8–0–2 record, finished the season ranked #7 in the final AP Poll, and had five players named to the first team by either the AP or UP: halfbacks Gordon Gray (AP, UP) and Jim Hardy
James Francis Hardy (April 24, 1923 – August 16, 2019) was an American football quarterback. He was born in Los Angeles.
High school career
Hardy attended and played high school football at Fairfax High School in Los Angeles.
College care ...
(AP, UP), ends Jim Callanan (AP, UP) and Don Hardy (AP, UP), and tackle John Ferraro (AP, UP).[
The Washington Huskies finished second in the PCC with a 5-3-0 record and placed two players on the first team: quarterback Keith DeCourcey (AP, UP) and guard Jim McCurdy (AP, UP). Despite a 3-6-1 record, the ]California Golden Bears
The California Golden Bears are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Berkeley. Referred to in athletic competition as ''California'' or ''Cal'', the university fields 30 varsity athletic programs and various club te ...
also placed two players on the first team: guard Bill Hachten (AP, UP) and center Roger Harding (American football), Roger Harding (AP, UP).[
Two players from teams outside the PCC received first-team honors. They were tackles James Turner of the Pacific Tigers football, Pacific Tigers (coached by Amos Alonzo Stagg) and Bob McClure (UP) of Nevada Wolf Pack football, Nevada.][
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All-Pacific Coast selections
Backs
* Keith DeCourcey, Washington (AP-1; UP-1)
* Gordon Gray, USC (AP-1; UP-1)
* Jim Hardy
James Francis Hardy (April 24, 1923 – August 16, 2019) was an American football quarterback. He was born in Los Angeles.
High school career
Hardy attended and played high school football at Fairfax High School in Los Angeles.
College care ...
, USC (AP-1; UP-1)
* John Roesch, UCLA (AP-1; UP-1)
* Bob Waterfield, UCLA (AP-2, UP-2)
* Dick Ottele, Washington (AP-2, UP-2)
* Jack Myers (American football), Jack Myers, UCLA (AP-2, UP-2)
* Duane Whitehead, USC (AP-2)
* Alf Sorensen, Nevada (UP-2)
Ends
* James Callanan, USC (AP-1; UP-1)
* Don Hardy, USC (AP-1; UP-1)
* Dave Hirschler, California (AP-2, UP-2)
* Dick Hagen, Washington (AP-2)
* Henry Melusky, Washington (UP-2)
Tackles
* John Ferraro, USC (AP-1; UP-1)
* James Turner, Pacific (AP-1, UP-2)
* Bob McClure, Nevada (AP-2; UP-1)
* Marshall Romer, USC (AP-2)
* Henry Borghi, California (UP-2)
Guards
* Bill Hachten, California (AP-1; UP-1)
* Jim McCurdy, Washington (AP-1; UP-1)
* Dick Madigan, California (AP-2, UP-2)
* John Simons, UCLA (AP-2, UP-2)
Centers
* Roger Harding (American football), Roger Harding, California (AP-1; UP-1)
* Gordon Berlin, Washington (AP-2, UP-2)
Key
AP = Associated Press
See also
*1944 College Football All-America Team
References
{{All-Pac-12 Conference football teams
1944 Pacific Coast Conference football season, All-Pacific Coast Football Team
All-Pacific Coast football teams
All-Pac-12 Conference football teams