1940 All-Southwest Conference football team explained

The 1940 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1940 college football season. The selectors for the 1940 season included the Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP).

All Southwest selections

Backs

• Pete Layden, Texas (AP-1, UP-1 [hb])
• Jim Thomason, Texas A&M (AP-1, UP-1 [hb])
• Pres Johnston, SMU (AP-1, UP-1 [qb])
• John Kimbrough, Texas A&M (AP-1, UP-1 [fb])
• Bob Brumley, Rice (AP-2, UP-2 [fb])
• Marion Pugh, Texas A&M (AP-2, UP-2 [hb])
• Jack Crain, Texas (AP-2, UP-2 [hb])
• William Conatser, Texas A&M (AP-2)
• Kyle Gillespie, TCU (UP-2 [qb])

Ends

• Jack Russell, Baylor (AP-1, UP-1)
• James Sterling, Texas A&M (AP-1, UP-2)
• Phil Roach, TCU (AP-2, UP-1)
• Malcolm Kutner, Texas (AP-2)
• Red Hickey, Arkansas (UP-2)

Tackles

• Ernie Pannell, Texas A&M (AP-1, UP-1)
• Fred Hartman, Rice (AP-1, UP-1)
• Joe Pasqua, SMU (AP-2)
• Jack Anderson, Baylor (AP-2, UP-2)
• Chipp Routt, Texas A&M (UP-2)

Guards

• Marshall Robnett, Texas A&M (AP-1, UP-1)
• Bobby Sherrod, TCU (AP-1, UP-1)
• Charles Henke, Texas A&M (AP-2, UP-2)
• Chal Daniel, Texas (AP-2, UP-2)

Centers

• Ken Whitlow, Rice (AP-1, UP-1)
• Robert Nelson, Baylor (AP-2, UP-2)

See also

• 1940 College Football All-America Team