The 1946 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 1946. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1946 season are (1) the All-America Board (AAB), (2) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), published by Look magazine, (3) the Associated Press (AP), (4) Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, (5) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (6) the International News Service (INS), (7) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (8) the Sporting News (SN), and (9) the United Press (UP).
For the year 1946, 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.
Burr Baldwin, UCLA (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1, WC)
Hub Bechtol, Texas (AAB, AFCA, FWAA, NEA-2, SN, UP-2, WC)
Hank Foldberg, Army (CO, INS-1, NEA-1, UP-1, CP-2)
Elmer Madar, Michigan (AP-1, INS-2, CP-3)
Al Baldwin, Arkansas (AP-2)
Richard Hagen, Washington (AP-2)
George Poole, Army (NEA-2, UP-2)
Wallace Jones, Kentucky (INS-2, CP-2)
Ray Poole, Mississippi (AP-3)
Hank Foldberg, Army (AP-3)
Len Ford, Michigan (NEA-3)
Browning, Denver (NEA-3)
Clyde Lindsey, LSU (CP-2)
Ike Armstrong, Oklahoma A&M (CP-3)
George Connor, Notre Dame (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1, WC)
Dick Huffman, Tennessee (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, FWAA, INS-2, NEA-2, UP-2, CP-2, WC)
Warren Amling, Ohio State (AP-2, FWAA [g], INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1)
George Savitsky, Penn (FWAA, NEA-3, UP-2)
John Ferraro, USC (AP-2, INS-2, CP-3)
Bobby Davis, Georgia Tech (NEA-2)
Bernie Gallagher, Penn (AP-3, CP-2)
Frank Wydo, Cornell (AP-3)
Walt Barnes, LSU (NEA-3)
Bill Kay, Iowa (CP-3)
Weldon Humble, Rice (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, FWAA, INS-2, NEA-1, UP-1, CP-3, WC)
Alex Agase, Illinois (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1, WC)
John Mastrangelo, Notre Dame (AP-2, CO, INS-1, NEA-3, SN, UP-2, CP-3)
Ed Hirsch, Northwestern (CP-1)
Plato Andros, Oklahoma (AP-2, INS-2, NEA-3)
Joe Steffy, Army (NEA-2, UP-2)
Arthur Gerometta, Army (NEA-2)
Knox Ramsey, William & Mary (AP-3)
Herbert St. John, Georgia (AP-3)
Dick Barwegan, Purdue (CP-2)
Frank Barzilauskas, Yale (CP-2)
Paul Duke, Georgia Tech (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, NEA-1, UP-1, CP-1, WC)
George Strohmeyer, Notre Dame (AP-3, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-2, SN, UP-2)
Bryant Meeks, South Carolina (AP-2)
Chuck Bednarik, Penn (INS-2)
Harris, Texas (NEA-3)
John Cannady, Indiana (CP-2)
Dick Scott, Navy (CP-3)
Johnny Lujack, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO [tie], FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1, WC)
Arnold Tucker, Army (AP-3, CO [tie], INS-2, NEA-2, UP-2, CP-2)
Ben Raimondi, Indiana (AP-2)
Ernie Case, UCLA (AP-2, CP-3)
Bobby Layne, Texas (AP-2, INS-2, NEA-3 [fullback], UP-2 [fullback], CP-2)
Mickey McCardle, USC (NEA-3)
Charley Trippi, Georgia (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1, WC)
Glenn Davis, Army (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1, CP-1, WC)
Herman Wedemeyer, St. Mary's (AP-2, INS-2, NEA-2, UP-2, CP-2)
Ray Evans, Kansas (AP-3)
Charlie Justice, North Carolina (AP-3, NEA-2, UP-2)
Bob Chappuis, Michigan (INS-2, CP-3)
Clyde Scott, Arkansas (NEA-2)
Harry Gilmer, Alabama (AP-3, NEA-3, CP-2)
Hall, U. San Francisco (NEA-3)
Tony Minisi, Penn (CP-3)
Lloyd Merriman, Stanford (CP-3)
Felix Blanchard, Army (AAB, AFCA, AP-1, CO, FWAA, INS-1, NEA-1, SN, UP-1 CP-1, WC)
Bold – Consensus All-American
-1 – First-team selection
-2 – Second-team selection
-3 – Third-team selection
AAB = All-America Board
AFCA = American Football Coaches Association, selected for the Saturday Evening Post
AP = Associated Press
CO = Collier's Weekly
FWAA = Football Writers Association of America
INS = International News Service
NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association
SN = Sporting News
UP = United Press
CP = Central Press Association, selected by college football captains
WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation
