National Football League 1940s All-Decade Team
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.
| Position | Player | Team | Years | Hall of Fame class |
| Quarterback | Washington Redskins | 1937-52 | 1963 | |
| Quarterback | Chicago Bears | 1939-50 | 1965 | |
| Quarterback | Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams | 1945-52 | 1965 | |
| Halfback | Green Bay Packers | 1941-44, 1946-52 | 1974 | |
| Halfback | Pittsburgh Steelers | 1942, 1945-46 | 1966 | |
| Halfback | Detroit Lions | 1947-49 | 1966 | |
| Halfback | Washington Redskins | 1950-51, 1953 | 1966 | |
| Halfback | Chicago Bears | 1940-41, 1945-1950 | 1966 | |
| Halfback | Chicago Cardinals | 1947-55 | 1968 | |
| Halfback | Philadelphia Eagles | 1944-51 | 1965 | |
| Halfback | Pittsburgh Steelers | 1938 | Not Inducted | |
| Halfback | Detroit Lions | 1940-41 | Not Inducted | |
| Fullback | Chicago Cardinals | 1946-50 | Not Inducted | |
| Fullback | Detroit Lions | 1951-53 | Not Inducted | |
| Fullback | Cleveland Browns | 1946-53 | 1968 | |
| Fullback | Pittsburgh Steelers | 1955 | 1968 | |
| Fullback | Chicago Bears | 1939-43, 1946-47 | Not Inducted | |
| End | Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams | 1938-40,1942, 1944-47 | Not Inducted | |
| End | Chicago Bears | 1943 | Not Inducted | |
| End | Philadelphia Eagles | 1941, 1944-50 | Not Inducted | |
| End | Chicago Bears | 1940-41, 1945-50 | Not Inducted | |
| End | Cleveland Browns | 1946-56 | 1975 | |
| End | Philadelphia Eagles | 1947-55 | 1970 | |
| End | Cleveland Browns | 1946-52 | 2020 | |
| End | Chicago Bears | 1944-55 | 2020 | |
| Tackle | New York Giants | 1942-44 | Not Inducted | |
| Tackle | Chicago Bears | 1948-55 | 1975 | |
| Tackle | Phil-Pitt Steagles | 1943 | Not Inducted | |
| Tackle | Philadelphia Eagles | 1945-55 | Not Inducted | |
| Tackle | Green Bay Packers | 1938-48 | Not Inducted | |
| Tackle | Philadelphia Eagles | 1941-42, 1945-53 | Not Inducted | |
| Tackle | Phil-Pitt Steagles | 1943 | Not Inducted | |
| Tackle | Phil-Pitt Steagles | 1943 | Not Inducted | |
| Tackle | Philadelphia Eagles | 1944-51 | Not Inducted | |
| Guard | Philadelphia Eagles | 1944-45 | Not Inducted | |
| Guard | San Francisco 49ers | 1946-54 | Not Inducted | |
| Guard | New York Giants | 1940-42 | Not Inducted | |
| Guard | Chicago Cardinals | 1946-51 | Not Inducted | |
| Guard | Cleveland Browns | 1946-53 | 1977 | |
| Guard | New York Giants | 1941, 1943-44, 1946-48 | Not Inducted | |
| Center | Green Bay Packers | 1939-47 | Not Inducted | |
| Center | Chicago Bears | 1940-52 | 1966 | |
| Center | Detroit Lions | 1938-46 | 1968 | |
| Center | Philadelphia Eagles | 1946-50 | 1968 |
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