1945 All-Pacific Coast football team

The 1945 All-Pacific Coast football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific Coast teams for the 1945 college football season. The organizations selecting teams in 1945 included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP).[1][2]

The USC Trojans won the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) championship with a 7–4 record, finished the season ranked #11 in the final AP Poll, and had two players named to the first team by either the AP or UP: end Jim Callanan (AP, UP) and halfback Ted Teannehill (AP).

The Washington State Cougars finished in second place in the PCC with a 6–2–1 record and also placed two players on the first team: fullback Bill Lippincott (UP) and tackle Rod Giske (AP, UP).[1][2]

Four players from teams outside the PCC received first-team honors. Three of those played for the St. Mary's Gaels: quarterback Herman Wedemeyer (AP, UP), halfback "Spike" Cordeiro (UP), and end Ed Ryan (AP, UP). The fourth was tackle Bob McClure (UP) of Nevada.[1][2]

All-Pacific Coast selections

Quarterbacks

  • Jake Leicht, Oregon (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Denis O'Connor, St. Mary's (AP-2; UP-2)

Halfbacks

  • Herman Wedemeyer, St. Mary's (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
  • Charles Albert (Spike) Cordeiro Jr., St. Mary's (AP-3; UP-1)
  • Ted Tannehill, USC (AP-1 [back]; UP-2)
  • Cal Rossi, UCLA (AP-1 [back])
  • Bob Stevens, Oregon State (AP-2)
  • Skip Rowland, UCLA (AP-2)
  • Ernie Case, UCLA (AP-3; UP-2)
  • Stone, Washington (AP-3)

Fullbacks

  • Bill Lippincott, Washington State (AP-2; UP-1)
  • Theodore Kenfield, California (AP-3; UP-2)

Ends

  • Jim Callanan, USC (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Ed Ryan, St. Mary's (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Dick Lorenz, Oregon State (AP-2)
  • Max Dodge, Nevada (AP-3; UP-2)
  • Bob Nelson, Washington (AP-2; UP-2)
  • Francis Bacoka, Washington State (AP-3)

Tackles

  • Rod Giske, Washington State (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Wendell Beard, California (AP-1)
  • Bob McClure, Nevada (AP-2; UP-1)
  • Asher, UCLA (AP-2)
  • Jack Musick, USC (UP-2)
  • Don Malmberg, UCLA (UP-2)
  • Klein, Idaho (AP-3)
  • Al Beasley, St. Mary's (AP-3)

Guards

  • Alf Hemstad, Washington (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Al Sparlis, UCLA (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
  • David Schwayder, California (AP-2)
  • John Kaufman, Oregon (AP-2)
  • Bill Austin, Oregon State (UP-2)
  • Bolt, Fresno State (UP-2)
  • Fred Osterhout, Washington (AP-3)
  • Laurie Niemi, Washington State (AP-3)

Centers

  • Bill McGovern, Washington (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Vic Cuccia, St. Mary's (AP-2)
  • Walt McCormick, USC (AP-3; UP-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press[1]

UP = United Press[2]

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Wedemeyer Paces All-Coast Eleven". The Oregon Statesman. December 6, 1945. p. 8.
  2. ^ a b c d "United Press 1945 All-Pacific Coast Team". Nevada State Journal. November 30, 1945. p. 10.