The 1946 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP) as the best players at each position among teams playing in the Southwest Conference during the 1946 college football season.
In the UP voting, Texas quarterback Bobby Layne received the highest total with 38 points. Rice guard Weldon Humble ranked second with 37 points. [1] Humble and Texas end Hub Bechtol were also consensus picks for the 1943 All-America college football team. [2]
All Southwest selections
Backs
- Bobby Layne, Texas (AP-1, UP-1)
- Clyde Scott, Arkansas (AP-1, UP-1)
- Carl Russ, Rice (AP-1, UP-1)
- Huey Keeney, Rice (AP-1, UP-1)
- Jim Canady, Texas (AP-2, UP-2)
- Virgil Eikenberg (AP-2, UP-2)
- Ken Holland, Arkansas (AP-2, UP-2)
- Aubrey Fowler, Arkansas (AP-2)
- Willie Zapalac, Texas A&M (UP-2)
Ends
- Gene Wilson, SMU (AP-1, UP-1)
- Alton Baldwin, Arkansas (AP-1, UP-1)
- Hub Bechtol, Texas (AP-2, UP-2)
- Win Williams, Rice (AP-2, UP-2)
Tackles
- Weldon Edwards, TCU (AP-1, UP-1)
- Charles Lively, Arkansas (AP-1, UP-2)
- Charles Malmberg, Rice (AP-2, UP-1)
- Monte Moncrief, Texas A&M (AP-2, UP-2)
Guards
- Weldon Humble, Rice (AP-1, UP-1)
- Jim Sid Wright, SMU (AP-1, UP-1)
- Spot Collins, Texas (AP-2, UP-2)
- Odell Stautzenberger, Texas A&M (AP-2, UP-2)
Centers
- Dick Harris, Texas (AP-1, UP-1)
- Bill Thomas, Arkansas (AP-2, UP-2)
Key
AP = Associated Press [3]
UP = United Press [1]
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UPSee also
References
- ^ a b Claude Ramsey (December 5, 1946). "Layne, Harris Make UP's All-Conference". Austin American-Statesman. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 8. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- ^ "Layne, Harris Only UT Player on AP Selection". The Austin American. December 3, 1946. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.