1943 College Football All-America Team
Consensus All-Americans
Table:
Name

Position

School

Number

Official selectors

Other selectors

Cas Myslinski
Center
Army
8/8
AAB, AP, CO, FN, INS, LK, SN, UP
CP, SS

Bill Daley
Halfback
Michigan
8/8
AAB, AP, CO, FN, INS, LK, SN, UP
CP, NYS, SS

Creighton Miller
Halfback
Notre Dame
7/8
AAB, AP, CO, FN, INS, SN, UP
--

Angelo Bertelli
Quarterback
Notre Dame
7/8
AAB, CO, FN, INS, LK, SN, UP
CP, NYS, SS

Ralph Heywood
End
USC
6/8
AAB, AP, FN, INS, LK, UP
CP, SS

Jim White
Tackle
Notre Dame
6/8
AAB, AP, CO, INS, SN, UP
CP

Alex Agase
Guard
Purdue
6/8
AAB, FN, INS, LK, SN, UP
CP

Bob Odell
Halfback
Penn
5/8
AP, CO, INS, LK, NYS
--

Don Whitmire
Tackle
Navy
4/8
AAB, INS, LK, UP
CP

Merv Pregulman[1]
Tackle
Michigan
4/8
CO, FN, LK, SN
SS

Pat Filley
Guard
Notre Dame
4/8
CO, FN, SN, UP
--

John Yonakor
End
Notre Dame
3/8
INS, SN, UP
CP

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Casimir J. Cas Myslinski ( March 6 , 1920 - October 26 , 1993 ) was an American university administrator , United States Air Force and Army officer , and college football player .
Center ( C ) is a position in gridiron football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team 's offense . The center is also the player who passes ( or snaps ) the ball between his legs to the quarterback at the start of each play . In recent years , the importance of centers for a football team has increased , due to the re-emergence of 3-4 defenses . According to Baltimore Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome , you need to have somebody who can neutralize that nose tackle . If you do n't , everything can get screwed up . Your running game wo n't be effective and you 'll also have somebody in your quarterback 's face on every play .
The Army Black Knights football team , previously known as the Army Cadets , represents the United States Military Academy in college football . Army is currently a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) member of the NCAA . The Black Knights currently play home games in Michie Stadium with a capacity of 38,000 at West Point , New York . The Black Knights are coached by Jeff Monken who is in his sixth season as head coach . Army is a five-time national champion , winning the title in 1914 , 1916 , and from 1944-1946 . With the exception of seven seasons ( 1998-2004 ) where the team was a member of Conference USA , Army has competed as an independent , meaning that they have no affiliation with any conference . Currently , Army is one of six FBS schools whose football teams do not belong to any conference ; the others being BYU , Liberty , New Mexico State , Notre Dame , and UMass . However , for all other sports Army is primarily a member of the Patriot League . Three players from Army have won the Heisman Trophy : Doc Blanchard ( 1945 ) , Glenn Davis ( 1946 ) , and Pete Dawkins ( 1958 ) . The three major service academies - Air Force , Army , and Navy - compete for the Commander-in-Chief 's Trophy , which is awarded to the academy that defeats the others in football that year ( or retained by the previous winner in the event of a three-way tie ) . Army has won eight CIC Trophies , most recently in 2018 .
William Edward Bill Daley ( September 16 , 1919 - October 19 , 2015 ) was an All-American fullback who played for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers from 1940-1942 and for the University of Michigan Wolverines in 1943 . The Gophers were National Champions in his freshman and sophomore years . He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and was assigned to the V-12 Navy College Training Program at the University of Michigan . He played football for the Wolverines in 1943 where he rushed for 817 yards in just six games before being reassigned by the Navy . Based on his performance in 1943 , he was named an All-American and finished sixth in the Heisman Trophy voting . Daley has the unique status of having played in and won Little Brown Jug games for both Minnesota and Michigan , compiling a record of 4-0 in those contests . After active service in the Pacific Theater during World War II , Daley played professional football for three years in the All-America Football Conference with the Brooklyn Dodgers ( 1946 ) , the Miami Seahawks ( 1946 ) , the Chicago Rockets ( 1947 ) , and the New York Yankees ( 1948 ) . He later was one of the radio announcers for Minnesota Golden Gophers football for ten years and for the Minnesota Vikings when they first arrived in Minnesota . Since 1973 , he has owned and operated the Daley Illustration Gallery in downtown Minneapolis , Minnesota .
A halfback ( HB ) is an offensive position in American football , whose duties involve lining up in the backfield and carrying the ball on most rushing plays , i.e . a running back . When the principal ball carrier lines up deep in the backfield , and especially when that player is placed behind another player ( usually a blocking back ) , as in the I formation , that player is instead referred to as a tailback ( see History below ) . The halfback position is one of the more glamorous positions on the field , and is commonly viewed as a requirement for a team 's success . Sometimes the halfback can catch the ball from the backfield on short passing plays as he is an eligible receiver . Occasionally , they line up as additional wide receivers . When not running or catching the ball , the primary responsibility of a halfback is to aid the offensive linemen in blocking , either to protect the quarterback or another player carrying the football .
The 1943 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1943 Big Ten Conference football season . Fritz Crisler , in his sixth year as head coach , led the team to an 8-1 record and a tie with Purdue for the Western Conference championship . The team was ranked # 3 in the final AP Poll behind Notre Dame and the Iowa Pre-Flight School . Michigan outscored its opponents 302 to 73 in nine games . The team 's total of 302 points ( 33.5 points per game ) was the highest point total for a Michigan team since the 1917 team scored 304 points in 10 games ( 30.4 points per game ) . Defensively , the team held every opponent , except Notre Dame , to seven or fewer points . After opening the season with three consecutive victories , the Wolverines lost to Notre Dame by a 35-12 score in game matching teams ranked # 1 and # 2 in the AP Poll . In the fifth game of the season , the team responded with a 49-6 victory over a Minnesota team ranked # 11 by the AP . The game marked the worst defeat to that time in the history of the Minnesota football program and Michigan 's first victory over the Golden Gophers since 1932 . The Wolverines finished the season with a 45-7 victory over Ohio State - the largest margin of victory in the Michigan-Ohio State football rivalry since Michigan 's 86-0 victory in 1902 . At the end of the season , several Michigan players received individual honors . Despite missing the last three games of the season due to military service , fullback Bill Daley finished seventh in the voting for the Heisman Trophy and was selected as consensus All-American .
Creighton Miller ( September 26 , 1922 - May 22 , 2002 ) was an American football player and attorney . As an attorney , he played a role in organizing the National Football League Players Association ( NFLPA ) , the union that represents players in the National Football League . He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame and the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in 1976 . Miller was born in Cleveland , Ohio and was the seventh member of his family to play football at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend , Indiana . He was a star halfback for a Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team that won the national championship in 1943 . Miller was named an All-American that year , finished fourth in Heisman Trophy voting and led the nation in rushing yards , with 911 . Miller was drafted by the Brooklyn Tigers of the National Football League ( NFL ) but did not play professionally because of high blood pressure . He coached briefly at Notre Dame and as an assistant in 1946 for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference before becoming a lawyer practicing in Cleveland . Working with Browns players including Dante Lavelli and Abe Gibron , he helped found the NFLPA in 1956 and served as its first legal counsel . He stayed in the position until 1968 , the same year the union was recognized by the NFL . Miller continued to practice law in Cleveland , specializing in maritime and asbestos litigation , until his death in 2002 .
Angelo Bortolo Bertelli ( June 18 , 1921 - June 26 , 1999 ) was an American football player . He won the Heisman Trophy in 1943 playing as a quarterback for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish .
The quarterback ( commonly abbreviated QB ) , colloquially known as the signal caller , is a position in gridiron football . Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line . In modern American football , the quarterback is usually considered the leader of the offensive team , and is often responsible for calling the play in the huddle . The quarterback also touches the ball on almost every offensive play , and is the offensive player that almost always throws forward passes . When the QB is tackled behind the line of scrimmage , it is called a sack .
Ralph Alvin Heywood ( September 11 , 1921 - April 10 , 2007 ) was an American American football player . He played college football at University of Southern California ( USC ) and professionally in the National Football League ( NFL ) and the All-America Football Conference ( AFC ) . He , along with Harry Marker , are the only NFL players to serve in World War II , the Korean War , and the Vietnam War .
An end in American and Canadian football is a player who lines up at either end of the line of scrimmage , usually beside the tackles . Rules state that a legal offensive formation must always consist of seven players on the line of scrimmage and that the player on the end of the line constitutes an eligible receiver .
The 1943 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California ( USC ) in the 1943 college football season . In their second year under head coach Jeff Cravath , the Trojans compiled an 8-2 record ( 5-0 against conference opponents ) , won the Pacific Coast Conference championship , defeated Washington in the 1944 Rose Bowl , and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 155 to 58 .
James Joseph William White ( February 8 , 1920 - April 5 , 1987 ) was an American football tackle who played five seasons with the New York Giants of the National Football League . He played college football at the University of Notre Dame and attended All Hallows High School in New York , New York .
Tackle is a playing position in gridiron football . Historically , in the one-platoon system prevalent in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries , a tackle played on both offense and defense . In the modern system of specialized units , offensive tackle and defensive tackle are separate positions , and the stand-alone term tackle refers to the offensive tackle position only . The offensive tackle ( OT , T ) is a position on the offensive line , left and right . Like other offensive linemen , their job is to block : to physically keep defenders away from the offensive player who has the football and enable him to advance the football and eventually score a touchdown . The term tackle is a vestige of an earlier era of football in which the same players played both offense and defense .
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 coach at Northwestern University and Purdue University . Agase grew up in Illinois and attended the University of Illinois , where he was a standout as a guard starting in 1941 . He was named an All-American in 1942 . Agase then entered the U.S. Marines during World War II and played a season at Purdue while in training . He was again named an All-American in 1943 . After his discharge from the Marines , he came back to Illinois and played a final season in 1946 , after which he was named an All-American for a third time . Agase began his professional football career with the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference ( AAFC ) in 1947 , but was soon traded to the Chicago Rockets and then the Browns , where he remained until 1952 . Cleveland won two AAFC championships and one National Football League championship while Agase was on the team . After retiring from football , Agase was worked as an assistant coach for the Dallas Texans and , after a brief return to playing for the Baltimore Colts , Iowa State University . He was hired as an assistant at Northwestern in 1956 under head coach Ara Parseghian . Agase remained as an assistant until Parseghian left to coach at Notre Dame in 1963 and he was named the new head coach . Agase guided the Northwestern Wildcats to a 32-58-1 win-loss-tie record in nine seasons .
In gridiron football , a guard ( G ) is a player who lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team on the line of scrimmage used primarily for blocking . Right guards ( RG ) is the term for the guards on the right of the offensive line , while left guards ( LG ) are on the left side . Guards are to the right or left of the center . The guard 's job is to protect the quarterback from the incoming linemen during pass plays , as well as creating openings ( holes ) for the running backs to head through . Guards are automatically considered ineligible receivers , so they can not intentionally touch a forward pass , unless it is to recover a fumble or is first touched by a defender or eligible receiver .
The Purdue Boilermakers football team represents Purdue University in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) of college football . Purdue plays its home games at Ross-Ade Stadium on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette , Indiana . The head coach of Purdue is Jeff Brohm , the 36th head coach in program history . The Boilermakers compete in the Big Ten Conference as a member of the West Division . Purdue had most recently been a part of the Leaders Division of the Big Ten , but moved to the West Division in 2014 due to conference expansion . With a 618-575-48 record at the conclusion of the 2019 season , Purdue has the 50th-most victories among NCAA FBS programs . Purdue was originally classified as a Major College school in the 1937 season until 1972 . Purdue received Division I classification in 1973 , becoming a Division I-A program from 1978 to 2006 and an FBS program from 2006 to the present . The Boilermakers have registered 64 winning seasons in their history , with 19 of those seasons resulting in eight victories or more , 10 seasons resulting in at least nine wins , and one season with ten victories or more . Of those successful campaigns , Purdue has produced five unbeaten seasons in its history , going 4-0 in 1891 , 8-0 in 1892 , 8-0 in 1929 , 7-0-1 in 1932 and 9-0 in 1943 . The Boilermakers have won a total of 12 conference championships in their history ; eight Big Ten Conference titles and four Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles .
Robert Harper Odell ( March 5 , 1922 - December 15 , 2012 ) was an American football player who , as a college senior at the University of Pennsylvania , won the Maxwell Award in 1943 . In 1944 he was drafted in the second round ( 15th overall ) by the Chicago-Pittsburgh Cardinals-Steelers but served in the United States Navy from 1944 through 1946 . The Pittsburgh Steelers offered Odell $ 8,000 to play for the 1946 season . However , his doctor recommended that he give up football due to a knee injury suffered while playing basketball . He was the head football coach at the University of Pennsylvania in the late 1960s and at Williams College from 1971 to 1986 . With a record of 75-49-4 in 16 years as the head coach at Williams , Odell ranks third in career wins behind Dick Farley and Charlie Caldwell . He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1992 . He died of kidney disease in a nursing home in 2012 .
The Penn Quakers football team is the college football team at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . The Penn Quakers have competed in the Ivy League since its inaugural season of 1956 , and are currently a Division I Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) . Penn has played in 1,364 football games , the most of any school in any division . Penn plays its home games at historic Franklin Field , the oldest football stadium in the US . All Penn games are broadcast on WNTP or WFIL radio .
Donald Boone Whitmire ( July 1 , 1922 - May 3 , 1991 ) was an American football tackle who played college football from 1941 to 1944 at the University of Alabama and the United States Naval Academy ( USNA ) . He is one of only four college football players to ever be named as an All-American at two different schools . In 1956 , Whitmire was elected into the College Football Hall of Fame . After his graduation from USNA , in the same class as future United States President Jimmy Carter , Whitmire was commissioned an ensign in the United States Navy , where he later reached the rank of rear admiral . While serving with the Seventh Fleet , he commanded Task Force 76 , which supported the evacuation of Saigon in April 1975 .
The Navy Midshipmen football team represents the United States Naval Academy in NCAA Division I FBS ( Football Bowl Subdivision ) college football . The Naval Academy completed its final season as an FBS independent school ( not in a conference ) in 2014 , and became a single-sport member of the American Athletic Conference beginning in the 2015 season . The team has been coached by Ken Niumatalolo since December 2007 . Navy has 19 players and three coaches in the College Football Hall of Fame and won the college football national championship in 1926 according to the Boand and Houlgate poll systems . The 1910 team also was undefeated and unscored upon ( the lone tie was a 0-0 game ) . The mascot is Bill the Goat . The three major service academies - Air Force , Army , and Navy - compete for the Commander-in-Chief 's Trophy , which is awarded to the academy that defeats the others in football that year ( or retained by the previous winner in the event of a three-way tie ) .
Mervin Pregulman ( October 10 , 1922 - November 29 , 2012 ) was an All-American football player , businessman , and philanthropist . He played football as a tackle and center for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1941 to 1943 and was selected as a first-team All-American in 1943 . He was inducted into the United States Navy and served in the Pacific Theater during World War II , narrowly surviving a kamikaze attack on his ship in 1945 . Pregulman was a first-round draft pick ( seventh overall pick ) of the Green Bay Packers in the 1944 NFL Draft . He played four years of professional football with the Packers ( 1946 ) , Detroit Lions ( 1947-48 ) , and New York Bulldogs ( 1949 ) . He later became the president of Siskin Steel & Supply Co.in Chattanooga , Tennessee . He was also active in philanthropy and community service , including service as president of the Siskin Foundation and a member of the University of Chattanooga Foundation 's board of trustees . In 2004 , he became the 13th recipient of the University of Michigan 's Gerald R. Ford Award . He was also inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1982 .
Patrick J. Filley ( c. 1923 - April 13 , 2000 ) was an American football guard , coach and university administrator . He was a native of South Bend , Indiana , who played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish . He was also a state champion wrestler at Central High School in South Bend . In his four years as a football player at Notre Dame , the Irish lost only five games . Filley was twice selected captain of the Notre Dame football team , including the 1943 national championship team . He was a consensus All-American at the guard position in 1943 . After World War II , Filley served for 29 years as a coach and administrator at Cornell University from 1945-1984 , He was first hired as the freshman team football coach . In 1955 , he became an administrator , having responsibility over the years as assistant to the athletic director , ticket manager , athletic business manager , associate director of athletics in charge of operations , and associate athletic director in charge of scheduling . He was inducted into the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988 .
John Joseph Jumbo Yonakor ( August 4 , 1921 - April 18 , 2001 ) was an American football defensive and offensive end in the All-America Football Conference ( AAFC ) and National Football League ( NFL ) for the Cleveland Browns , New York Yanks , and the Washington Redskins . Yonakor grew up in Boston , Massachusetts and played college football at the University of Notre Dame , where he was named an All-American on a team that won the national championship in 1943 . After two years in the military during World War II , Yonakor was selected in the first round of the 1945 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles . He instead signed with the Browns of the upstart AAFC . Yonakor spent four seasons playing primarily as a defensive end for the Browns as the team won four league championships between 1946 and 1949 . The Browns then sold Yonakor to the NFL 's New York Yanks , where he played for a year . He then spent a season with the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League . Returning to the NFL in 1952 , he played a final season for the Redskins before retiring . Yonakor worked in Cleveland 's steel industry for several years after leaving pro football . He settled in Euclid , Ohio in the early 1960s and was an assembly-line worker making diesel engines for White Motor Company . His son Rich was a star athlete in Euclid and went on to play one season for the National Basketball Association 's San Antonio Spurs . Yonakor died in 2001 .
The 1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1943 college football season . The Irish , coached by Frank Leahy , ended the season with 9 wins and 1 loss , winning the national championship . The 1943 team became the fourth Irish team to win the national title and the first for Frank Leahy . Led by Notre Dame 's first Heisman Trophy winner , Angelo Bertelli , Notre Dame beat seven teams ranked in the top 13 and played seven of its ten games on the road . Despite a season ending loss to Great Lakes , Notre Dame was awarded its first national title by the Associated Press .