The 1946 All-Big Nine Conference football team consists of

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players selected to the All-Big Ten Conference teams selected by the

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(AP) and

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(UP) for the

1946 Big Nine Conference football season The 1946 Big Nine Conference football season was the 51st season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Nine Conference (also known as the Big Ten Conference and the Western Conference) and was a part of the 1946 college footb ...

. The top vote getters in the AP polling were

Bob Chappuis Robert Richard Chappuis ( ; February 24, 1923 – June 14, 2012) was an American football player who played halfback and quarterback for the University of Michigan Wolverines in 1942, 1946, and 1947. His college years were interrupted by servic ...

and

Warren Amling Dr. Warren Eugene Amling (December 29, 1924 – November 1, 2001) was an American football and basketball player, playing for the Ohio State Buckeyes from 1944 to 1946. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1984. In 1945 A ...

, who each received 17 out of 18 possible points.

All Big-Ten selections

Ends

Elmer Madar Elmer F. Madar (November 28, 1920 – February 9, 1972) was an All American football player at the University of Michigan in 1942 and 1946. Life and career Born in Sykesville, Pennsylvania, Madar played football at Northeastern High School i ...

, Michigan (AP-1, UP-1) *

Cecil Souders Cecil Belvedire "Cy" Souders (January 3, 1921 – August 30, 2021) was an American football player. He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the Detroit Lions. Until his death on August 30, 2021, he was reputedly the o ...

, Ohio State (AP-1, UP-2) *

Ike Owens Isaac Andrew Owens AFM (7 November 1918 – 15 October 1998) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Blaengarw RFC (in Blaengarw, Bridgen ...

, Illinois (UP-1) * Sam Zatkoff, Illinois (UP-2)

Tackles

* Russ Deal, Indiana (AP-1, UP-1) *

, Ohio State (AP-1, UP-2) * Jack Carpenter, Michigan (UP-1) * Bill Kay, Iowa (AP-2, UP-2) * Bill Ivy, Northwestern (AP-2)

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 ...

, Illinois (AP-1, UP-1) *

Dick Barwegen Richard J. Barwegen (December 25, 1921 – September 3, 1966) was an American professional football player who was an offensive lineman for five seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected to four Pro Bowls during his career ...

, Purdue (AP-1, UP-2) *

Earl Banks Earl C. Banks (June 11, 1924 – October 27, 1993) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at Morgan State College—now known as Morgan State University—from 1960 to 1973, compili ...

, Iowa (UP-1) *

Dominic Tomasi Dominic Tomasi (February 11, 1928 - December 1, 1986) was an American football player who played guard for the University of Michigan Wolverines. He was a four-year starter and was selected as both the captain and Most Valuable Player of the Nati ...

, Michigan (UP-2)

Centers

John Cannady John Hanley Cannady (September 5, 1923 – September 28, 2002) was an American football linebacker in the National Football League for the New York Giants. He played college football at Indiana University and was drafted in the third roun ...

, Indiana (AP-1, UP-2) *

Fred Negus Frederick Wilson Negus (November 7, 1923 – April 18, 2005) was an American football player. He played college football for Wisconsin and Michigan and professional football in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the National Footbal ...

, Wisconsin (AP-2, UP-1)

Quarterbacks

Ben Raimondi Benjamin Louis "Ben" Raimondi (January 23, 1925 – April 16, 2020) was a professional American football player for the All-America Football Conference's New York Yankees. He played quarterback in seven games during the 1947 season. Raimond ...

, Indiana (AP-1, UP-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 (UP-2)

Halfbacks

, Michigan (AP-1, UP-1) *

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, Northwestern (AP-1, UP-1) *

Julie Rykovich Julius Alphonsus Rykovich (April 6, 1923 – December 23, 1974) was an American football halfback, kickoff returner, and defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and the Chicago Bears. Rykovich also pla ...

, Illinois (UP-2) * Billy Bye, Minnesota (UP-2)

Fullbacks

Dick Hoerner Lester Junior "Dick" Hoerner (July 25, 1922 – December 11, 2010) was an American football player. He played fullback for the University of Iowa in 1942 and 1946 and for the Los Angeles Rams from 1947 to 1951. He helped lead the Rams to t ...

, Iowa (AP-1, UP-2) * Joe Whisler, Ohio State (UP-1 ack

Key

AP =

, chosen by conference coaches UP =

, based on polling of conference coaches, scouts and newspapermen Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UPI

References

{{All-Big Ten Conference football teams 1946 Big Nine Conference football season All-Big Ten Conference football teams