1941 All-Pacific Coast football team
The 1941 All-Pacific Coast football team consists of
The
AP Poll, and was represented on the first team by center Quentin Greenough on the AP and UP teams. The 1941 Washington State Cougars football team compiled a 6-4 record, was ranked No. 19 in the final AP Poll, and landed three players on either the AP or UP first teams: halfback Billy Sewell (AP, UP) and ends Nick Susoeff (AP, UP) and Dale Gentry (AP). Despite finishing in fourth place, the 1941 Stanford Indians football team also had three players receiving first-team honors: quarterback Frankie Albert (AP, UP), guard Chuck Taylor (AP, UP), and end Fred Meyer (UP),[1][2]
While no players from teams outside the PCC received first-team honors from the AP or UP, three players from the 1941 Santa Clara Broncos football team received second-team honors.[1][2]
All-Pacific Coast selections
Backs
- Frankie Albert, Stanford (AP-1, UP-1)
- Pete Kmetovic, Stanford (AP-1, UP-1)
- Bill Sewell, Washington State (AP-1, UP-1)
- Bobby Robertson, USC (AP-1, UP-1)
- Don Durdan, Oregon State (AP-2, UP-2)
- Curt Mecham, Oregon (AP-2, UP-2)
- Jack Stackpool, Washington (AP-3, UP-2)
- Tom Roblin, Oregon (AP-2)
- Bob Kennedy, Washington State (AP-2)
- Ken Casanega, Santa Clara (UP-2)
- Al Derian, California (AP-3)
- George Peters, Oregon State (AP-3)
- Eso Naranche, Montana (AP-3)
Ends
- Nick Susoeff, Washington State (AP-1, UP-1)
- Dale Gentry, Washington State (AP-1, UP-2)
- Fred Meyer, Stanford (UP-1, AP-2)
- Alyn Beals, Santa Clara (AP-2, UP-2)
- George Zellick, Oregon State (AP-3)
- Earl Younglove, Washington (AP-3)
Tackles
- Bob Reinhard, California (AP-1, UP-1)
- Glen Conley, Washington (AP-1, UP-1)
- Bruno Banducci, Stanford (AP-2, UP-2)
- Joe Beckman, Washington State (AP-3, UP-2)
- Ed Stamm, Stanford (AP-2)
- Don Willer, USC (AP-3)
Guards
- Ray Frankowski, Washington (AP-1, UP-1)
- Chuck Taylor, Stanford (AP-1, UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
- Rupert Thornton, Santa Clara (AP-2, UP-2)
- William Halveston, Oregon State (AP-2)
- Ray Segale, Oregon (AP-3, UP-2)
- Martin Chaves, Oregon State (AP-3)
Centers
- Quentin Greenough, Oregon State (AP-1, UP-1)
- Walter Harrison, Washington (AP-2, UP-2)
- Vic Lindskog, Stanford (AP-3)
Key
AP = 17th annual Associated Press team selected "by sports writers, coaches and officials representing every section of the Far West"[1]
UP =
United Press, selected by sports editors of UP client newspapers[2]
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP
See also
References
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d "Mecham Fails to Make Either A.P. or U.P. All-Coast Team". The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon. December 4, 1941. p. 15.