| 1942 College Football All-America Team |
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| College Football All-America Team |
| 1942 college football season |
| 1940 1941 ← → 1943 1944 |
The 1942 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1942. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1942 season are (1) Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, (2) the Associated Press, (3) the United Press, (4) the All-America Board, (5) the International News Service (INS), (6) Look magazine, (7) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (8) Newsweek, and (9) the Sporting News.
Two individuals were unanimous selections; they were Georgia halfback (and Heisman Trophy winner) Frank Sinkwich and Wisconsin end Dave Schreiner.[1]
For the year 1942, the NCAA recognizes nine published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.
| Name | Position | School | UP votes | Number | Official selectors | Other selectors |
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| Frank Sinkwich | Halfback | Georgia | 1,004 | 9/9 | AAB, AP, CO, INS, LK, NEA, NW, SN, UP | CP, MS, NYS, PL, WC |
| Dave Schreiner | End | Wisconsin | 752 | 9/9 | AAB, AP, CO, INS, LK, NEA, NW, SN, UP | CP, MS, NYS, PL, WC |
| Dick Wildung | Tackle | Minnesota | 748 | 8/9 | AAB, AP, CO, LK, NEA, NW, SN, UP | CP, MS, NYS, PL, WC |
| Mike Holovak | Fullback | Boston College | 594 | 6/9 | AP, CO, LK, NEA, NW, UP | CP, NYS |
| Paul Governali | Quarterback | Columbia | 406 | 6/9 | AAB, AP, CO, NW, SN, UP | CP, NYS, PL, WC |
| Joe Domnanovich | Center | Alabama | 308 | 6/9 | AAB, AP, CO, LK, NW, SN | PL |
| Billy Hillenbrand | Halfback | Indiana | 486 | 5/9 | AAB, CO, NEA, SN, UP | CP, NYS, WC |
| Bob Dove | End | Notre Dame | 507 | 5/9 | AAB, NEA, NW, SN, UP | WC |
| Al Wistert | Tackle | Michigan | 532 | 4/9 | AAB, LK, NW, UP | NYS, WC, MS, PL) |
| Harvey Hardy | Guard | Georgia Tech | 516 | 4/9 | INS, NEA, NW, UP | CP, NYS |
| Chuck Taylor | Guard | Stanford | 4/9 | AAB, AP, LK, SN | PL, WC | |
| Julius Franks | Guard | Michigan | 3/9 | CO, INS, NW | CP |
Bold = Consensus All-American[2]
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1942 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
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