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1942 All-Pro Team
The 1942 All-Pro Team consisted of American football players who were chosen by various selectors for the All-Pro team for the 1942 football season. Teams were selected by, among others, the "official" All-Pro team announced by the NFL and selected by a committee of nine reporters (NFL), the Associated Press (AP), the International News Service (INS), and the ''New York Daily News The New York ''Daily News'', officially titled the ''Daily News'', is an American newspaper based in Jersey City, NJ. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson as the ''Illustrated Daily News''. It was the first U.S. daily printed in Ta ...'' (NYDN). Selections References {{NFL All-Pro Teams All-Pro Teams 1942 National Football League season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Pro
All-Pro is an honor bestowed upon professional American football players that designates the best player at each position during a given season. All-Pro players are typically selected by press organizations, who select an "All-Pro team," a list that consists of at least 22 players, one for each offensive and defensive position, plus various special teams players depending on the press organization that compiles the list. All-Pro lists are exclusively limited to the major leagues, usually only the National Football League; in the past, other leagues recognized as major, such as the American Football League of the 1960s or the All-America Football Conference of the 1940s, have been included in All-Pro lists. Beginning in the early 1920s, All-Pro teams have traditionally been assembled from press polls of individually voting sportswriters. After polling the writers, the votes are tallied to determine the selected players and the results have historically been published through va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Hutson
Donald Montgomery Hutson (January 31, 1913 – June 26, 1997) was an American professional football player and assistant coach in the National Football League (NFL). He played as an end and spent his entire 11-year professional career with the Green Bay Packers. Under head coach Curly Lambeau, Hutson led the Packers to four NFL Championship Games, winning three: 1936, 1939, and 1944. Hutson joined the Packers in 1935 and played 11 seasons before he retired in 1945. He led the league in receiving yards in seven separate seasons and in receiving touchdowns in nine. A talented safety on defense, he also led the NFL in interceptions in 1940. Hutson was an eight-time All-Pro selection, a four-time All-Star, and was twice awarded the Joe F. Carr Trophy as the NFL Most Valuable Player. Hutson is considered to have been the first modern wide receiver, and is credited with creating many of the modern pass routes used in the NFL today. He was the dominant receiver of his day, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulldog Turner
Clyde Douglas "Bulldog" Turner (March 10, 1919 – October 30, 1998) was an American football player and coach. He was elected, as a player, to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1960 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966. He was also selected in 1969 to the NFL 1940s All-Decade Team. Turner played college football as a center at Hardin–Simmons University from 1937 to 1939 and was selected as an All-American in 1939. After being selected by the Chicago Bears in the first round of the 1940 NFL Draft, he played professional football for the Bears, principally as a center on offense and linebacker on defense, for 13 years from 1940 to 1952. He was selected as a first-team All-Pro eight times (1940–1944, 1946–1948) and was a member of Bears teams that won NFL championships in 1940, 1941, 1943, and 1946. After his playing career was over, Turner held assistant coaching positions with Baylor University (1953) and the Chicago Bears (1954–1957). He was the head coach of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milt Simington
Milton Richard Simington (August 26, 1918 January 17, 1943) was an American football guard who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland Rams and Pittsburgh Steelers. He was selected to the NFL All-Star team in 1942. Playing career Simington played college football at the University of Arkansas before being selected by the Cleveland Rams in the 1941 NFL Draft. In August 1942, he was traded along with Johnny Binotto by the Rams to the Pittsburgh Steelers in exchange for George Platukis. Simington was selected for the NFL All-Star team based on his performance during the 1942 NFL season, but he suffered a mild heart attack during practices for the game which ended his playing career. He suffered a second heart attack a few weeks later which proved fatal; he died in Shreveport, Louisiana on January 17, 1943 at the age of 24. At the time of his death he had been planning to enter officer training school Officer Training School (OTS) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riley Matheson
Riley M. Matheson (December 12, 1914 – June 1987) was an American professional football player who was an offensive lineman for ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland / Los Angeles Rams, the Detroit Lions, and the San Francisco 49ers. Playing guard on offense and linebacker on defense, Matheson made both the Associated Press and United Press All-NFL Teams in 1944 and 1945. Matheson also played two final seasons with the Canadian Football League's Calgary Stampeders, being named an All star both seasons. The Professional Football Researchers Association The Professional Football Researchers Association (PFRA) is an organization of researchers whose mission is to preserve and, in some cases, reconstruct professional football history. It was founded on June 22, 1979 in Canton, Ohio by writer/hist ... named Matheson to the PRFA Hall of Very Good Class of 2010 References 1914 births 1987 deaths People from Clay County, Texas American fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monk Edwards
William Bennett "Monk" Edwards (July 19, 1920 – May 19, 2009) was an American football lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants. He played college football at Baylor University as a fullback from 1936 to 1939 and was selected in the 18th round of the 1940 NFL Draft. Career Monk became a lawyer and served in the Federal Bureau of Investigation during World War II. He worked in the legal department for Gulf Oil from 1946 until he retired in 1976. Honors *1972: Baylor Bears The Baylor Bears are the athletic teams that represent Baylor University. The teams participate in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as one of only two private school members of the Big 12 Conference. Prior to j ... Hall-of-Fame inductee References 1920 births 2009 deaths 20th-century American lawyers American football centers American football guards American football tackles Baylor Bears football players Fort Benning Doughboy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Fortmann
Daniel John Fortmann (April 11, 1916 – May 23, 1995) was an American professional football player who was a guard and linebacker for the Chicago Bears in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Colgate University. Playing for Chicago from 1936 to 1943, he was selected as an All-Pro for seven consecutive years from 1937 to 1943. He was the Bears' team captain starting in 1940 and led the team to NFL championships in 1940, 1941, and 1943. Fortmann was the line coach for the Pittsburgh Panthers football team in 1944 and in 1945 served in the United States Navy in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II. He engaged in a medical practice in Southern California from 1946 to 1984 and was the team physician for the Los Angeles Rams from 1947 to 1963. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1983. Early years Fortmann was born in 1916 in Pearl River, New York. His father, Bernhard Gerhart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruiser Kinard
Frank Manning "Bruiser" Kinard Sr. (October 23, 1914 – September 7, 1985) was an American football tackle and coach and university athletic administrator. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a charter member in 1951 and into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971. A native of Pelahatchie, Mississippi, he played college football for Ole Miss from 1935 to 1937. He was the first player from any Mississippi school to receive first-team All-American honors, receiving those honors in both 1936 and 1937. Kinard was drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers in the third round of the 1938 NFL Draft and played seven years in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dodgers/Tigers from 1938 to 1944. He was selected as a first-team All-Pro in six of his seven years in the NFL (1938, 1940–1944). After missing the 1945 NFL season due to wartime service in the United States Navy, he played two years in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the New York Yankees from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Kolman
Edward Victor Kolman (October 21, 1915 – July 31, 1985) was a professional American football player who played offensive tackle for six seasons for the Chicago Bears and New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East divisio .... External links * 1915 births 1985 deaths Sportspeople from Brooklyn Players of American football from New York (state) American football offensive tackles Temple Owls football players Chicago Bears players New York Giants players New York Giants coaches Boys High School (Brooklyn) alumni {{offensive-lineman-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Artoe
Lee Robert Reno Artoe (March 2, 1917April 1, 2005) was a professional American football player in the National Football League (NFL) and All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for 7 seasons. A tackle, Artoe played for the NFL's Chicago Bears (1940–1942, 1945). In the AAFC, he played for the Los Angeles Dons (1946–1947) and Baltimore Colts (1948). Artoe played college football at University of Santa Clara, with the Santa Clara Broncos, and in 1940 was picked in the 11th round by Chicago. He returned a fumble in the 1942 NFL Championship Game 52 yards for the first score of the game. : Vol. 18, No. 4 (1996) -Retrieved 2011-1-15 Artoe served in the U.S. Navy as a member of the |
Willie Wilkin
Wilbur Byrne "Wee Willie" Wilkin (April 20, 1916 – May 16, 1973) was an American football tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. Wilkin also played in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the Chicago Rockets. He attended St. Mary's College of California. Early life Born in Bingham Canyon, Utah, Wilkin attended Springville High School, where he played football, basketball, and track and field. College career Wilkin played college football at Saint Mary's College in Moraga, California, graduating in 1938. He was inducted into the Gaels' Athletic Hall of Fame in 1973. After college, Wilkin briefly worked in a silver mine in Mexico.Maxymuk, John (2012). ''NFL Head Coaches: A Biographical Dictionary, 1920-2011'', 340-341, McFarland & Company, Inc. . NFL Wilkin signed with the Washington Redskins of the National Football League in 1938, and played through 1943. During that span, he played in three NFL Championship games, winning th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Cifers
Edward Clifton Cifers (July 18, 1916 – July 19, 2005) was an American football end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and Chicago Bears. He played college football at the University of Tennessee and was drafted in the sixth round of the 1941 NFL Draft. Early life Attended Dobyns-Bennett High School in Kingsport, Tennessee, where he was the first All-state high school football selection from NE Tennessee. College career Cifers played college football at the University of Tennessee and was a part of three SEC championship teams for head coach Robert Neyland Robert Reese Neyland (; February 17, 1892 – March 28, 1962) was an American football player and coach and officer in the United States Army, reaching the rank of Brigadier general (United States), brigadier general. He served three stints as .... Professional career All-Pro in 1942, led Redskins to 1942 NFL Championship. Military career In 1942, Cifers enlisted in the U.S. Navy and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
