NFL 1940s All-Decade Team

Official list of the NFL's best players in the 1940s

This is a list of all NFL players who had outstanding performances throughout the 1940s and have been compiled together into this fantasy group. The team was selected by voters of the Pro Football Hall of Fame retroactively in 1969 to mark the league's 50th anniversary.

Notes:

1 Team belonged to both the National Football Conference and the All-America Football Conference at different times

2 The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers were merged into one team for the 1943 season due to World War II^[2]

3 Four-time finalist to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame^[3]

References

1. "NFL's All Decade Team of the 1940s". ProFootballHallofFame.com. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
2. "A Look Back at the NFL's 1943 Steagles". BleacherReport.com. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
3. "Hall of Famers: Yearly Finalists". ProFootballHoF.com. Retrieved 16 February 2013.