| Year: | 1945 |
| Team: | El Toro Flying Marines |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Record: | 8–2 |
| Head Coach: | Dick Hanley |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Captain: | George Franck |
| Stadium: | Santa Ana Municipal Bowl, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
The 1945 El Toro Flying Marines football team represented the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station during the 1945 college football season. The station was located in Orange County, California, near the town of El Toro (later renamed Lake Forest). Led by second-year head coach, Dick Hanley, the Flying Marines compiled an 8–2 record. El Toro was ranked fifth among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings, behind Army, Navy, Alabama, and Fleet City.[1]
George Franck was the team captain. Fullback Frank Balazs and halfbacks Mortimer Landsberg and Hugh Gallarneau were members of the team early in the season before they were discharged from military service.[2] Other players on the team included Elroy Hirsch, Paul Governali, Willie Wilkin, Whitey Lee of Carnegie Tech, Bob Dove, Harley McCollum, Ernie Lewis, and Dick Handley.[3] [4]