selected under the supervision of Bill Stern, by 138 sports announcers and 25 key sports writers NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association NW = Newsweek SN = Sporting News, selected through a poll of 86 sports writers in 40 states UP = United Press Other selectors CP = Central Press Association, selected with the assistance of the nation's football captains NYS = New York Sun WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation MS = Maxwell Stiles, noted California sports writer, based on the number of weeks a player was named player of the week at his position PL = All-Players All-America team selected based on ballots cast by 1,706 major college lettermen and announced by Norman Sper, a radio football broadcaster See also 1942 All-Big Six Conference football team 1942 All-Big Ten Conference football team 1942 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team 1942 All-SEC football team References All-America Team College Football All-America Teams