1945 All-SEC football team

{{short description|American college football all-star team}}

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The 1945 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 1945 college football season. Alabama won the conference title.

All-SEC selections

=Ends=

  • Bill Hildebrand, Miss. St. (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Rebel Steiner, Alabama (AP-1, UP-2)
  • Reid Moseley, Georgia (AP-2, UP-1)
  • Clyde Lindsey, LSU (AP-2, UP-2)
  • Buddy Pike, Tennessee (AP-3)
  • Walter Kilzer, Georgia Tech (AP-3)

=Tackles=

  • Bob Davis, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Tom Whitley, Alabama (AP-1, UP-2)
  • Mike Castronis, Georgia (AP-2, UP-1)
  • Jack White, Florida (AP-3, UP-2)
  • Wash Serini, Kentucky (AP-2)
  • Dub Garrett, Miss. St. (AP-3)

=Guards=

  • Bob Dobelstein, Tennessee (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Felix Trapani, LSU (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Gaston Bourgeois, Tulane (AP-2, UP-2)
  • Herbert St. John, Georgia (AP-3, UP-2)
  • Jack Green, Alabama (AP-2)
  • George Hills, Georgia Tech (AP-3)

=Centers=

  • Vaughn Mancha, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Paul Duke, Georgia Tech (AP-2, UP-2)
  • Hugh Bowers, Tulane (AP-3)

=Quarterbacks=

  • Harry Gilmer, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1)

=Halfbacks=

  • Charley Trippi, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Harper Davis, Miss. St. (AP-1, UP-1)
  • Buster Stephens, Tennessee (AP-2, UP-2)
  • Curtis Kuykendall, Auburn (AP-2, UP-2)
  • Bill Fuqua, Vanderbilt (AP-3, UP-2)
  • Billy Bevis, Tennessee (AP-3)
  • Jim Cason, LSU (AP-3)
  • Graham Bramlett, Miss. St. (AP-3)

=Fullbacks=

  • Gene Knight, LSU (AP-1, UP-1)
  • George Mathews, Georgia Tech (AP-2, UP-2)
  • Lowell Tew, Alabama (AP-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2562426/the_ogden_standardexaminer/|work=The Ogden Standard-Examiner|date=December 4, 1945|page=12|title='Bama Dominates Mythical Team|accessdate=June 6, 2015|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iVksAAAAIBAJ&dq=All-Southeastern+conference+football&pg=PA4&article_id=5323,3002925|work=Herald-Journal|date=December 5, 1945|page=7|title=Alabama's Gilmer Leads In Voting for Southeastern|accessdate=January 11, 2024}}

UP = United Press.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9968440/the_anniston_star/|date=November 27, 1945|page=8|work=The Anniston Star|title=Gilmer and Mancha Get Berths on UP All-Southeastern|author=Burns Bennett|accessdate=May 31, 2015|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UP

See also

References

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