1945 College Football All-America Team
The 1945 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 1945. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1945 season are Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, the Associated Press, the United Press, the All-America Board, the American Football Coaches Association, the Football Writers Association of America, the International News Service, Look magazine, the Newspaper Enterprise Association and the Sporting News.
Consensus All-Americans
For the year 1945, the NCAA recognizes 10 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 |
| Glenn Davis | Halfback | Army | 10/10 | AAB, AFCA, AP, COL, FWAA, INS, LK, NEA, SN, UP | CNS, CP, NL, NYS, OF, WC, YA |
| Doc Blanchard | Fullback | Army | 10/10 | AAB, AFCA, AP, COL, FWAA, INS, LK, NEA, SN, UP | CNS, CP, NL NYS, OF, WC, YA |
| Tex Coulter | Tackle | Army | 9/10 | AAB, AFCA, AP, COL FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | CNS, CP, NL, NYS, OF, WC |
| Warren Amling | Guard | Ohio State | 9/10 | AAB, AFCA, AP, COL, FWAA, INS, LK, SN, UP | CNS, CP, NL, NYS, OF, WC |
| Herman Wedemeyer | Halfback | St. Mary's | 9/10 | AAB, AFCA, AP, COL, FWAA, INS, LK, SN, UP | CNS, CP, NL, OF, WC |
| John Green | Guard | Army | 7/10 | AAB, AFCA, AP, COL, FWAA, SN, UP | CNS, NYS, OF, WC |
| George Savitsky | Tackle | Penn | 7/10 | AAB, AFCA, COL, FWAA, LK, SN, UP | CNS, CP, WC |
| Bob Fenimore | Halfback | Oklahoma St. | 7/10 | AAB, AFCA, AP, FWAA, INS, SN, UP | WC |
| Dick Duden | End | Navy | 6/10 | AAB, AFCA, AP, COL, FWAA, SN, UP | CNS, CP, NL, NYS, OF WC, YA |
| Vaughn Mancha | Center | Alabama | 6/10 | AP, COL, FWAA, INS, SN, UP | CNS, CP, NYS, OF, YA |
| Max Morris | End | Northwestern | 3/10 | AAB, AFCA, INS | WC, YA |
| Hub Bechtol | End | Texas | 3/10 | AP, COL, LK | CNS |
| Bob Ravensberg | End | Indiana | 3/10 | FWAA, LK, SN | CP |
| Harry Gilmer | Quarterback | Alabama | 3/10 | COL, LK, SN | CNS, NL, NYS, OF |
All-American selections for 1945
Ends
- Dick Duden, Navy
- Hub Bechtol, Texas
- Bob Ravensberg, Indiana
- Max Morris, Northwestern
- Hank Foldberg, Army
- Henry Walker, Virginia
- Neill Armstrong, Oklahoma A&M
- Paul Walker, Yale
- Richard Pitzer, Army
Tackles
- Tex Coulter, Army
- George Savitsky, Penn
- Albert Nemetz, Army
- Tom Hughes, Purdue
- Thomas Dean, Southern Methodist Univ.
- Mike Castronis, Georgia
- Jim Kekeris, Missouri
- Clarence Esser, Wisconsin
- Buster McClure, Nevada
- Monte Moncrief, Texas A&M
Guards
- Warren Amling, Ohio State
- John Green, Army
- Al Sparlis, UCLA
- John Mastrangelo, Notre Dame
- James Carrington, Navy
- Joseph Dickinson, Penn
- Jim Lecture, Northwestern
- John Green, Army
- Arthur Gerometta, Army
- Hills, Georgia Tech
Centers
- Vaughn Mancha, Alabama
- Dick Scott, Navy
- Ralph Jenkins, Clemson
- Harold Watts, Michigan
- Herschel Fuson, Army
Quarterbacks
- Harry Gilmer, Alabama
- Frank Dancewicz, Notre Dame
- Arnold Tucker, Army
- Gene Rossides, Columbia
Halfbacks
- Glenn Davis, Army
- Herman Wedemeyer, St. Mary's
- Bob Fenimore, Oklahoma State
- Jake Leicht, Oregon
- George Taliaferro, Indiana
- Clyde Scott, Navy
- Stan Kozlowski, Holy Cross
- Robert Evans, Penn
- Thomas McWilliam, Army
Fullbacks
- Doc Blanchard, Army
- Pete Pihos, Indiana
- Ollie Cline, Ohio State
- Walt Schlinkman, Texas Tech
- Ed Cody, Purdue
Key
- Bold – Consensus All-American
- -1 – First-team selection
- -2 – Second-team selection
- -3 – Third-team selection
Official selectors
- AAB = All-America Board
- AFCA = American Football Coaches Association
- AP = Associated Press
- COL = Collier's Weekly as selected by Grantland Rice
- FWAA = Football Writers Association of America
- INS = International News Service, "selected on the basis of ballots and information gathered from International News Service sports writers and football authorities all over the nation"
- LK = Look magazine
- NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association. In a departure from normal practice, the NEA named the starters from the Army football team, which had won 17 straight games, as its All-American team for 1945I
- SN = Sporting News, selected by a poll of 163 sports writers and sportscasters
- UP = United Press
Other selectors
- CNS = Consensus All-American team picked based on assigning points to players selected as All-Americans by Oscar Fraley, Christy Walsh, United Press, Look, New York Sun, New York News, International News, Associated Press, Sporting News, and Collier's-Rice
- CP = Central Press Association, selected for the 15th straight year with the aid of the captains of the leading college teams
- NL = Navy Log
- NYS = New York Sun
- OF = Oscar Fraley, United Press sports writer
- WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation
- YA = Yank, the Army Weekly, based on a poll of 25 of the country's most widely known college football coaches