1944 College Football All-America Team
The 1944 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1944. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1944 season are Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, the Associated Press, the United Press, the All-America Board, Football News, the International News Service, Look magazine, the Newspaper Enterprise Association and the Sporting News.
Ohio State quarterback Les Horvath and Navy tackle Don Whitmire were the only players unanimously chosen as first-team player by all of the official selectors. Horvath won the 1944 Heisman Trophy as the Buckeyes turned in a 9–0 record and finished second in the national polls. Whitmire later served in Vietnam and held the rank of rear admiral.
Georgia Tech end Phil Tinsley received first-team honors from eight of the nine official selectors, and Army backfield duo of Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard each received seven first-team honors.
Consensus All-Americans
For the year 1944, the NCAA recognizes nine published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.| Name | Position | School | Number | Official selectors | Other selectors |
| Don Whitmire | Tackle | Navy | 9/9 | AAB, AP, COL, FN, INS, LK, NEA, SN, UP | CP, FWAA, WC |
| Les Horvath | Quarterback | Ohio State | 9/9 | AAB, AP, COL, FN, INS, LK, NEA, SN, UP | CP, FWAA, WC |
| Phil Tinsley | End | Georgia Tech | 8/9 | AAB, AP, COL, FN, INS, LK, NEA, SN | CP, WC |
| Glenn Davis | Halfback | Army | 7/9 | AAB, AP, FN, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CP, FWAA, WC |
| Creighton Miller | Halfback | Notre Dame | 7/9 | AAB, AP, CO, FN, INS, SN, UP | -- |
| Doc Blanchard | Fullback | Army | 7/9 | AAB, AP, FN, INS, LK, SN, UP | CP, FWAA, WC |
| John Ferraro | Tackle | USC | 6/9 | AAB, AP, COL, FN, INS, NEA | CP, FWAA, WC |
| Ben Chase | Guard | Navy | 5/9 | AAB, FN, INS, SN, UP | CP, WC |
| Paul Walker | End | Yale | 4/9 | COL, FN, LK, NEA | CP, FWAA |
| Bill Hackett | Guard | Ohio State | 4/9 | AAB, AP, COL, FN | CP, FWAA, WC |
| John Tavener | Center | Indiana | 4/9 | UP, FWAA, INS, LK | CP, FWAA |
| Bob Odell | Halfback | Penn | 4/9 | AP, CO, INS, LK | NYS |
| Jack Dugger | End | Ohio State | 3/9 | INS, SN, UP | FWAA, WC |
All-American selections for 1944
Ends
- Phil Tinsley, Georgia Tech
- Paul Walker, Yale
- Jack Dugger, Ohio State
- Hub Bechtol, Texas
- Henry Walker, Virginia
- Leon Bramlett, Navy
- Barney Poole, Army
- Frank Bauman, Purdue
- H. Martin, Navy
- Art Renner, Michigan
Tackles
- Don Whitmire, Navy
- John Ferraro, USC
- George Savitsky, Penn
- Bill Willis, Ohio State
- Milan Lazetich, Michigan
- Monte Moncrief, Texas A&M
- Robert McClure, Nevada
- DeWitt "Tex" Coulter, Army
- George Owen, Wake Forest
- George Sullivan, Notre Dame
Guards
- Bill Hackett, Ohio State
- Ben Chase, Navy
- Hamilton Nichols, Rice
- Joe Stanowicz, Army
- Clyde Flowers, TCU
- John Green, Army
- William Hachten, California
- Ralph Serpico, Illinois
- Robert Dobelstein, Tennessee
- Pat Filley, Notre Dame
- Ellis Jones, Tulsa
- Ernie Knotts, Duke
Centers
- John Tavener, Indiana
- Caleb Warrington, Auburn
- Felto Prewitt, Tulsa
- Robert St. Onge, Army
- John T. Martin, Navy
- Gordon Appleby, Ohio State
- Gordon Berlin, Washington
Quarterbacks
- Les Horvath, Ohio State
- Buddy Young, Illinois
- Doug Kenna, Army
- Jim Hardy, USC
- Frank Broyles, Georgia Tech
Halfbacks
- Glenn Davis, Army
- Bob Jenkins, Navy
- Bob Odell, Penn
- Bob Fenimore, Oklahoma A&M
- Earl Girard, Wisconsin
- Robert Kelly, Notre Dame
- Shorty McWilliams, Mississippi State
- Thomas Davis, Duke
- Harold Hamburg, Navy
- Clyde Scott, Navy
Fullbacks
- Doc Blanchard, Army
- Babe Dimancheff, Purdue
- Bob Wiese, Michigan/Navy
- Gordon Gray, USC
Key
- -1 – First-team selection
- -2 – Second-team selection
- -3 – Third-team selection
Official selectors
- AAB = All-America Board
- AP = Associated Press
- COL = Collier's Weekly: "chosen by Grantland Rice and 10 veteran football writers from all sections of the country"
- FN = Football News
- INS = International News Service
- LK = Look magazine, selected by NBC sports reporter and commentator Bill Stern
- NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association: "It still is the duty of every football writer, it seems, to pick an All-America team. Selecting one has become a futility that even a World War can't stop. So without further ado and with no apologies, here we go again."
- SN = Sporting News
- UP = United Press: "selected for the United Press... by sports editors and writers from all over the country"
Other selectors
- CP = Central Press Association: "Mighty Army, Navy, and Ohio State dominated the 1944 Central Press Captains' All-American team, picked for the 14th straight season with the help of the nation's football captains. As in the past two years, service players are not included in the selections."
- FWAA = Football Writers Association of America
- WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation