1941 All-Southwest Conference football team

The 1941 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1941 college football season. The selectors for the 1941 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP).

The 1941 Texas A&M Aggies football team won the conference championship, was ranked No. 9 in the final AP Poll, and placed four players on the first team: back Derace Moser (AP-1, UP-1); ends James Sterling (AP-1, UP-1); tackle Martin Ruby (AP-1, UP-1); and center Bill Sibley (AP-1, UP-1).

The 1941 Texas Longhorns football team was ranked No. 4 in the final AP Poll and also placed four players on the first team: backs Jack Crain and Pete Layden (AP-1, UP-1); end Malcolm Kutner (AP-1, UP-1); and guard Chal Daniel (AP-1, UP-1).

All Southwest selections

Backs
  • Pete Layden, Texas (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Preston Johnston, SMU (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Derace Moser, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1) (Southwest Conference MVP, 1941)
  • Jack Crain, Texas (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Jack Wilson, Baylor (AP-2, UP-2)
  • Vernon Martin, Texas (AP-2, UP-2)
  • Milton Crain, Baylor (AP-2, UP-2)
  • Kyle Gillespie, TCU (AP-2)
  • Bob Brumley, Rice (UP-2)

Ends
  • James Sterling, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Malcolm Kutner, Texas (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
  • Bruce Alford Sr., TCU (AP-2, UP-2)
  • Bill Henderson, Texas A&M (AP-2)
  • Russell, Baylor (UP-2)

Tackles
  • Derrell Palmer, TCU (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Martin Ruby, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1) (College Football Hall of Fame)
  • Jeff Coats, Arkansas (AP-2, UP-2)
  • Julian Garrett, Texas (AP-2, UP-2)

Guards
  • Chal Daniel, Texas (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Art Goforth, Rice (AP-1)
  • Ted Ramsey, SMU (AP-2, UP-1)
  • Buddy Jungmichel, Texas (AP-2, UP-2)
  • Goforth, Rice (UP-2)

Centers
  • Bill Sibley, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Daryl Cato, Arkansas (AP-2, UP-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press[1]

UP = United Press[2]

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

See also

References
  1. "All-Southwest Selections". The Paris News. December 10, 1941. p. 4.
  2. "United Press All-S'West '11". The Abilene Reporter-News. December 2, 1941. p. 6.
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