1941 All-Pro Team
| 1941 All-Pro Team |
|---|
| All-Pro |
| 1941 NFL season |
| Selectors |
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National Football League Associated Press United Press Collyer's Eye New York Daily News Chicago Herald American |
| 1939 1940 ← → 1942 1943 |
The 1941 All-Pro Team consisted of American football players chosen by various selectors for the All-Pro team of the National Football League (NFL) for the 1941 NFL season. Teams were selected by, among others, the so-called "official" All-Pro team selected by a committee of professional football writers for the NFL (NFL),[1][2] the sports writers of the Associated Press (AP),[3] the United Press (UP),[4] Collyer's Eye (CE),[5] the New York Daily News (NYDN),[5] and the Chicago Herald American.[5]
Players displayed in bold were consensus first-team selections. Five players were named to the first team by all six selectors: Green Bay Packers halfback Cecil Isbell; Chicago Bears halfback George McAfee; Green Bay Packers end Don Hutson; Chicago Bears guard Dan Fortmann; and Chicago Bears center Bulldog Turner.
| Position | Player | Team | Selector(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterback | Sid Luckman | Chicago Bears | NFL-1, AP-1, NYDN-1, CHA-1 |
| Quarterback | Cecil Isbell | Green Bay Packers | NFL-1, AP-1, UP-1, CE-1, NYDN-1, CHA-1 |
| Halfback | George McAfee | Chicago Bears | NFL-1, AP-1, UP-1, CE-1, NYDN-1, CHA-1 |
| Halfback | Ward Cuff | New York Giants | UP-1 |
| Fullback | Pug Manders | Brooklyn Dodgers | AP-1, UP-1, CE-1, NYDN-1 |
| Fullback | Clarke Hinkle | Green Bay Packers | NFL-1 |
| Fullback | Bill Osmanski | Chicago Bears | CE-1 |
| Fullback | Norm Standlee | Chicago Bears | CHA-1 |
| End | Don Hutson | Green Bay Packers | NFL-1, AP-1, UP-1, CE-1, NYDN-1, CHA-1 |
| End | Perry Schwartz | Brooklyn Dodgers | NFL-1, AP-1, CE-1, NYDN-1 |
| End | Dick Plasman | Chicago Bears | UP-1 |
| End | Jim Lee Howell | New York Giants | CHA-1 |
| Tackle | Bruiser Kinard | Brooklyn Dodgers | NFL-1, UP-1, NYDN-1, CHA-1 |
| Tackle | Willie Wilkin | Washington Redskins | NFL-1, AP-1, NYDN-1, CHA-1 |
| Tackle | John Mellus | New York Giants | AP-1, CE-1 |
| Tackle | Baby Ray | Green Bay Packers | UP-1, CE-1 |
| Guard | Dan Fortmann | Chicago Bears | NFL-1, AP-1, UP-1, CE-1, NYDN-1, CHA-1 |
| Guard | Joe Kuharich | Chicago Cardinals | NFL-1, AP-1, CE-1, CHA-1 |
| Guard | Riley Matheson | Cleveland Rams | UP-1 |
| Guard | Bob Suffridge | Philadelphia Eagles | NYDN-1 |
| Center | Bulldog Turner | Chicago Bears | NFL-1, AP-1, UP-1, CE-1, NYDN-1, CHA-1 |
References
[edit]- ^ "All-National Pro Stars". The Times Herald (Port Huron, MI). December 30, 1941. p. 11.
- ^ "Four ChiBears Named On All-Pro Loop Team". The Times Herald (Port Huron, MI). December 30, 1941. p. 11.
- ^ Dillon Graham (December 9, 1940). "4 Bears Chosen on All-Loop Pro Team". Ironwood (MI) Daily Globe. p. 10.
- ^ George Kirksey (December 12, 1941). "Bears, Packers Top All-Star Pro Gridders". Arizona Republic. p. 21.
- ^ a b c "1941 NFL All-Pros". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2017.