1941 All-Big Ten Conference football team

The 1941 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Big Ten Conference teams selected by the Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP) for the 1941 college football season.

All Big-Ten selections

Ends

Dave Schreiner, Wisconsin (AP-1; UP-1)
Bob Motl, Northwestern (AP-1; UP-2)
Bob Fitch, Minnesota (AP-2; UP-1)
Bob Shaw, Ohio State (AP-2; UP-2)
Joe Rogers, Michigan (AP-2)

Tackles

Alf Bauman, Northwestern (AP-1; UP-1)
Dick Wildung, Minnesota (AP-1; UP-1)
Al Wistert, Michigan (AP-2; UP-2)
James Daniell, Ohio State (AP-2; UP-2)

Guards

Tom Melton, Purdue (AP-1; UP-1)
Leonard Levy, Minnesota (AP-1; UP-1)
Lin Houston, Ohio State (AP-2)
Merv Pregulman, Michigan (UP-2)
Helge Pukema, Minnesota (AP-2)
Charles A. Steele, Indiana (AP-2)
George Zorich, Northwestern (UP-2)

Centers

Robert Ingalls, Michigan (AP-1; UP-1)
Bill Diehl, Iowa (AP-2)
Iron Man Bob Johnson, Purdue (UP-2)

Quarterbacks

Billy Hillenbrand, Indiana (AP-1; UP-1 [back])
Tom Farris, Wisconsin (AP-2)
Bill Garnaas, Minnesota (UP-2)

Halfbacks

Bill Daley, Minnesota (AP-1; UP-1 [back])
Bruce Smith, Minnesota (AP-1; UP-2) (1941 Heisman Trophy winner)
Otto Graham, Northwestern (AP-2)
Richard Fisher, Ohio State (AP-2)
Bill Garnaas, Minnesota (AP-2)
Tom Kuzma, Michigan (UP-2)

Fullbacks

Bob Westfall, Michigan (AP-1; UP-1 [back])
Pat Harder, Wisconsin (AP-2; UP-1 [back])
Jack Graf, Ohio State (UP-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press, chosen by conference coaches^[1]

UP = United Press, selected "by experts representing every section blanketed by the western conference"^[2]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UPI

References

↑ "Four Minnesotans On Big Ten Team". The Independent, St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP story). November 27, 1941. p. 16.
↑ "Eleven Best in Big Ten Circles on Honor Rolls". Freeport Journal-Standard (Freeport, Illinois). November 21, 1941. p. 13.

All-Big Ten Conference football teams

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