1945 All-Southwest Conference football team

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The 1945 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1945 college football season. The selectors for the 1945 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP).

All Southwest selections[edit]

Backs[edit]

  • Bob Nemir, Rice (AP-1, UP-1 [qb])
  • Doak Walker, SMU (AP-1, UP-1 [hb])
  • Bob Goode, Texas A&M (AP-1, UP-1 [hb])
  • Bobby Layne, Texas (AP-1, UP-2 [fb])
  • Huey Keeney, Rice (AP-2, UP-2)
  • John Hoffman, Arkansas (AP-2)
  • Sammy Pierce, Baylor (AP-2)
  • Howard Maley, SMU (AP-2)
  • Leon Joslin, TCU (UP-2)
  • Jack Price, Baylor (UP-2)
  • Preston Smith, Texas A&M (UP-2)

Ends[edit]

  • Hub Bechtol, Texas (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Gene Wilson, SMU (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Dale Schwartzkopf, Texas (AP-2, UP-2)
  • Bruce Bradbeer, Rice (AP-2)
  • Joe Joiner, Baylor (UP-2)

Tackles[edit]

  • Tom Dean, SMU (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Monte Moncrief, Texas A&M (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Leonard Dickey, Texas A&M (AP-2, UP-2)
  • Jim Plyler, Texas (AP-2, UP-2)

Guards[edit]

  • Nick Nicholson, Rice (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Grant Darnell, Texas A&M (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Norman Morrill, TCU (AP-2)
  • Richard Johnson, Baylor (AP-2)
  • Sam Callan, Texas (UP-2)
  • Earl Cook, SMU (UP-2)

Centers[edit]

  • Dick Harris, Texas (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Earl Wheeler, Arkansas (AP-2, UP-2)

Key[edit]

AP = Associated Press[1]

UP = United Press[2]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "AP 1945 First Team". The Paris News. December 10, 1945. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "All-Southwest Conference". The Shreveport Times. December 6, 1945. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.