1946 All-SEC football team

The 1946 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 1946 college football season. Georgia and Tennessee shared the conference title.

All-SEC selections

Ends

• Ray Poole, Ole Miss (AP-1, UP-1)
• Wallace Jones, Kentucky (AP-1, UP-3)
• Broughton Williams, Florida (AP-3, UP-1)
• Bill Hildebrand, Miss. St. (UP-2)
• John North, Vanderbilt (UP-2)
• Frank Hubbell, Tennessee (AP-2)
• Joe Tereshinski Sr., Georgia (AP-2)
• Jim Powell, Tennessee (UP-3)
• Ted Cook, Alabama (AP-3)

Tackles

• Dick Huffman, Tennessee (AP-1, UP-1)
• Bob Davis, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UP-2)
• Al Sidorik, Miss. St. (UP-1)
• Walt Barnes, LSU (UP-2)
• Dub Garrett, Miss. St. (AP-2)
• Ed Champagne, LSU (AP-2)
• Al Satterfield, Vanderbilt (AP-3, UP-3)
• Charley Compton, Alabama (UP-3)
• Jack Bush, Georgia (AP-3)

Guards

• Herbert St. John, Georgia (AP-1, UP-1)
• Wren Worley, LSU (AP-1, UP-2)
• Bill Healy, Georgia Tech (AP-2, UP-1)
• Gaston Bourgeois, Tulane (AP-3, UP-2)
• William Robertson, Vanderbilt (AP-2)
• Mike Mihalic, Miss. St. (UP-3)
• Ray Drost, Tennessee (UP-3)
• Amos Harris, Miss. St. (AP-3)

Centers

• Paul Duke, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UP-1)
• Vaughn Mancha, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2, UP-2)
• Bert Corley, Miss. St. (UP-3)
• Jay Rhodemyre, Kentucky (AP-3)

Quarterbacks

• Frank Broyles, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UP-2)
• Y. A. Tittle, LSU (AP-2, UP-1)
• John Rauch, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2, UP-3)

Halfbacks

• Harry Gilmer, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1)
• Charlie Conerly, Ole Miss (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2, UP-1)
• Shorty McWilliams, Miss. St. (AP-1, UP-3)
• Travis Tidwell, Auburn (AP-2, UP-2)
• Don Phelps, Kentucky (UP-2)
• Walt Slater, Tennessee (AP-3, UP-3)
• Dan Sandifer, LSU (AP-3)
• Pat McHugh, Georgia Tech (AP-3)
• Harper Davis, Miss. St. (AP-3)

Fullbacks

• Charley Trippi, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1)
• Gene Knight, LSU (UP-2)
• George Mathews, Georgia Tech (UP-3)

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1][2]

UP = United Press.^[3]

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

See also

• 1946 College Football All-America Team

References

1. "Eight Teams Place Men On AP All-Southeastern Conference Eleven". Freeport Journal-Standard. November 30, 1946. p. 8. Retrieved June 6, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "All-Southeastern Conference First Team Has 6 Repeaters". Dayton Beach Morning Journal. November 29, 1946. p. 8. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
3. William Tucker (November 21, 1946). "Travis Tidwell, Auburn Back, On 2nd Team". The Anniston Star. p. 16. Retrieved May 30, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.