NFL 1940s All-Decade Team

{{short description|Official list of the NFL's best players in the 1940s}}

This is a list of all NFL players who had outstanding performances throughout the 1940s and have been compiled together into this fantasy group. The team was selected by voters of the Pro Football Hall of Fame retroactively in 1969 to mark the league's 50th anniversary.

class="wikitable sortable" |+ All information can be Referenced at the Hall of Fame website{{cite web |url= http://www.profootballhof.com/history/2010/1/10/nfls-all-decade-team-of-the-1940s/|title=NFL's All Decade Team of the 1940s | publisher=ProFootballHallofFame.com | accessdate=1 November 2013}} ! Position ! Player ! Team(s) ! Years ! Hall of Fame class
rowspan=3|Quarterback	{{sortname| Sammy | Baugh}}	Washington Redskins	1937–52	1963
{{sortname | Sid | Luckman}}	Chicago Bears	1939–50	1965
{{sortname | Bob | Waterfield}}	Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams	1945–52	1965
rowspan=9 | Halfback	{{sortname | Tony | Canadeo}}	Green Bay Packers	1941–44, 1946–52	1974
rowspan=3 | {{sortname | Bill | Dudley}}	Pittsburgh Steelers	1942, 1945–46	rowspan=3 | 1966
Detroit Lions	1947–49
Washington Redskins	1950–51, 1953
{{sortname | George | McAfee}}	Chicago Bears	1940–41, 1945–1950	1966
{{sortname | Charley | Trippi}}	Chicago Cardinals	1947–55	1968
{{sortname | Steve | Van Buren}}	Philadelphia Eagles	1944–51	1965
rowspan=2 |{{sortname | Byron | White | Whizzer White}}	Pittsburgh Steelers	1938	rowspan=2| Not Inducted
Detroit Lions	1940–41
rowspan=5 | Fullback	rowspan=2 | {{sortname | Pat | Harder}}	Chicago Cardinals	1946–50	rowspan=2 | Not Inducted
Detroit Lions	1951–53
rowspan=2 |{{sortname | Marion | Motley}}	Cleveland Browns{{ref label|AAFC|1|1}}	1946–53	rowspan=2| 1968
Pittsburgh Steelers	1955
{{sortname | Bill | Osmanski}}	Chicago Bears	1939–43, 1946–47	Not Inducted
rowspan=8 | End	rowspan=2 | {{sortname | Jim | Benton|dab=American football}}	Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams	1938–40,1942, 1944–47	rowspan=2 | Not Inducted
Chicago Bears	1943
{{sortname | Jack | Ferrante}}	Philadelphia Eagles	1941, 1944–50	Not Inducted
{{sortname | Ken | Kavanaugh}}	Chicago Bears	1940–41, 1945–50	Not Inducted
{{sortname | Dante | Lavelli}}	Cleveland Browns{{ref label|AAFC|1|1}}	1946–56	1975
{{sortname | Pete | Pihos}}	Philadelphia Eagles	1947–55	1970
{{sortname | Mac | Speedie}}	Cleveland Browns{{ref label|AAFC|1|1}}	1946–52	2020
{{sortname | Ed | Sprinkle}}	Chicago Bears	1944–55	2020
rowspan=9 | Tackle	{{sortname | Al | Blozis}}	New York Giants	1942–44	Not Inducted
{{sortname | George | Connor|George Connor (American football)}}	Chicago Bears	1948–55	1975
rowspan=2 |{{sortname | | Bucko Kilroy}}	Phil-Pitt Steagles{{ref label|Steagles|2|2}}	1943	rowspan=2 | Not Inducted
Philadelphia Eagles	1945–55
{{sortname | Buford "Baby" | Ray | Baby Ray}}	Green Bay Packers	1938–48	Not Inducted
rowspan=2 |{{sortname | Vic | Sears}}	Philadelphia Eagles	1941–42, 1945–53	rowspan=2 | Not Inducted
Phil-Pitt Steagles{{ref label|Steagles|2|2}}	1943
rowspan=2 |{{sortname | Al | Wistert}}	Phil-Pitt Steagles{{ref label|Steagles|2|2}}	1943	rowspan=2 | Not Inducted
Philadelphia Eagles	1944–51
rowspan=6 | Guard	rowspan=2 | {{sortname | Bruno | Banducci}}	Philadelphia Eagles	1944–45	rowspan=2 | Not Inducted
San Francisco 49ers{{ref label|AAFC|1|1}}	1946–54
{{sortname | Bill | Edwards|Monk Edwards}}	New York Giants	1940–42	Not Inducted
{{sortname | Garrard "Buster" | Ramsey | Buster Ramsey}}	Chicago Cardinals	1946–51	Not Inducted
{{sortname |Bill | Willis}}	Cleveland Browns{{ref label|AAFC|1|1}}	1946–53	1977
{{sortname |Len | Younce}}	New York Giants	1941, 1943–44, 1946–48	Not Inducted
rowspan=4 | Center	{{sortname | Charley | Brock}}	Green Bay Packers	1939–47	Not Inducted
{{sortname| Clyde "Bulldog" | Turner | Bulldog Turner}}	Chicago Bears	1940–52	1966
rowspan=2 |{{sortname | Alex | Wojciechowicz}}	Detroit Lions	1938–46	rowspan=2 |1968
Philadelphia Eagles	1946–50

Notes:

:{{note label|AAFC|1|1}} Team belonged to both the National Football Conference and the All-America Football Conference at different times

:{{note label|Steagles|2|2}} The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers were merged into one team for the 1943 season due to World War II{{cite web |url= http://bleacherreport.com/articles/411845-a-look-back-at-the-nfls-1943-steagles|title=A Look Back at the NFL's 1943 Steagles | publisher=BleacherReport.com | accessdate=16 February 2013}}

:{{note label|Finalist|3|3}} Four-time finalist to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame{{cite web |url= http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/yearlyfinalistsalltimealphabeticallisting.aspx|title=Hall of Famers: Yearly Finalists | publisher=ProFootballHoF.com | accessdate=16 February 2013}}