1949 College Football All-America Team
Official list of the best college football players of 1949
The 1949 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1949. The eight selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1949 season are (1) the Associated Press , (2) the United Press , (3) the All-America Board, (4) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (5) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (6) the International News Service (INS), (7) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and (8) the Sporting News
Consensus All-Americans
For the year 1949, the NCAA recognizes eight published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.
Name
Position
School
Number
Official
Other
Leon Hart End
Notre Dame
8/8
AAB, AP, COL, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP
NYS, PLAY, WC
Emil Sitko Fullback
Notre Dame
8/8
AAB, AP, COL, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP
NYS, PLAY, WC
Clayton Tonnemaker Center
Minnesota
7/8
AAB AP, COL, FWAA, NEA, SN, UP
NYS, PLAY, WC
Rod Franz Guard
California
7/8
AAB, AP, COL, FWAA, INS, SN, UP
NYS, WC
Doak Walker Halfback
SMU
7/8
AAB, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP
PLAY
Arnold Galiffa Quarterback
Army
6/8
AP, COL, FWAA, INS, SN, UP
NYS, PLAY, WC
Leo Nomellini Tackle
Minnesota
6/8
AAB, COL, FWAA, NEA, SN, UP
WC
James Williams End
Rice
4/8
AAB, AP, COL, FWAA
NYS, PLAY, WC
Alvin Wistert Tackle
Michigan
4/8
AAB, INS, SN, UP
WC
Ed Bagdon Guard
Michigan State
4/8
FWAA, NEA, SN, UP
WC
Bob Williams Quarterback
Notre Dame
4/8
AAB, FWAA, SN, UP
WC
All-American selections for 1949
Ends
Leon Hart (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; FWAA-1; SN; INSO; INSD; NEAO; NYS; WC-1; PLAY) James "Froggy" Williams (AAB; AP-1; UP-2; COL-1; FWAA-1; NYS; WC-1; PLAY) Art Weiner , North Carolina (College Football Hall of Fame)(UP-1; FWAA-2; SN; INSD) Dan Foldberg , Army (UP-2; FWAA-3; NEAO) Jim Owens , Oklahoma (College Football Hall of Fame) (INSO) Ken Rose, Stanford (NEAD)
Kenny Powell, North Carolina (NEAD)
J. D. Isom, Baylor (AP-2)
Bud Sherrod , Tennessee (AP-2) Bud Grant , Minnesota (Pro Football Hall of Fame) (FWAA-2) Red Wilson , Wisconsin (AP-3; FWAA-3) Tom Rowe, Dartmouth (AP-3)
Tackles
Leo Nomellini (AAB; UP-1; COL-1; FWAA-3; SN; NEAO [guard]; WC-1) Alvin Wistert (AAB; AP-3; UP-1; SN; INSD; WC-1) Wade Walker , Oklahoma (AP-1; UP-2; FWAA-1; NEAO; COL-1) James Martin (College Football Hall of Fame), Notre Dame (AP-1; UP-2; FWAA-2; INSD; NEAD) Robert Wahl , Michigan (FWAA-1; NEAO) Bob Gain , Kentucky (College Football Hall of Fame)(AP-2; FWAA-2; NEAO [guard]; NYS; PLAY) Hollie Donan , Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) (FWAA-3; PLAY) Jim Turner, California (INSO)
Thurman "Fum" McGraw , Colorado A&M (College Football of Fame) (INSO) John Sandusky , Villanova (NYS) Ray Krouse , Maryland (AP-2) Lou Allen , Duke (AP-3)
Guards
Rod Franz (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; FWAA-1; SN; INSO; WC-1; NYS) Ed Bagdon (UP-1; FWAA-1; SN; NEAD [tackle]; WC-1) Bernie Barkouskie , Pittsburgh(AP-3; COL-1; INSD; NEAD) Stan West , Oklahoma (AAB; AP-2; UP-2; FWAA-2; NEAD; NYS; PLAY) Vern Sterling, Santa Clara (AP-3 [center]; FWAA-3; PLAY)
John Schweder , Penn (AP-1; FWAA-2; INSO) Bud McFadin , Texas (College Football Hall of Fame) (INSD) Don Mason, Michigan State (AP-2; FWAA-3)
George Toneff, Ohio State (UP-2)
Jack Lininger , Ohio State (AP-3)
Centers
Clayton Tonnemaker (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; FWAA-1; SN; NEAD; NYS; WC-1; PLAY) Joe Watson , Rice (UP-2; FWAA-2; INSO; NEAO) Tom Novak, Nebraska (INSD)
Jim Castagnoli , Stanford (AP-2) Bob Fuchs, Missouri (FWAA-3)
Backs
Emil Sitko (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; FWAA-1; SN; INSO; NEAO; NYS; WC-1; PLAY) Doak Walker (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; FWAA-1; SN; INSD; NEAO; PLAY) Arnold Galiffa (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; FWAA-1; SN; INSO; NYS; WC-1; PLAY) Bob Williams (AAB; AP-2; UP-1; FWAA-1; SN; WC-1) Charlie Justice , North Carolina (AAB; AP-1; UP-2; COL-1; FWAA-3; INSO; PLAY) Eddie LeBaron , College of Pacific (UP-2; INSD; NEAO) Eddie Price , Tulane (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3; FWAA-2; INSO) Lynn Chandnois , Michigan State (UP-2; FWAA-2; INSD; COL-1) George Thomas , Oklahoma (FWAA-3; NEAD; NYS) George Sella, Princeton (NEAD; NYS)
John Papit , Virginia (AP-3; NEAO) Darrell Royal , Oklahoma (INSD) Forrest Klein, California (NEAD)
Randall Clay , Texas (NEAD) Chuck Ortmann , Michigan (AP-2; UP-2; FWAA-3) Bob Celeri , California (AP-2; FWAA-2) Hillary Chollet, Cornell (AP-2)
Dick Kempthorn , Michigan (FWAA-2) Bob Zastrow, Navy (AP-3)
Johnny Karras , Illinois (AP-3) Jim Cain, Army (FWAA-3)
Key
Bold – Consensus All-American[ 1] -1 – First-team selection
-2 – Second-team selection
-3 – Third-team selection
Official selectors
Other selectors
CP = Central Press Association
WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation[ 13]
NYS = New York Sun [ 14]
PLAY = All-Players All-America team, selected by the Chicago Tribune [ 15] [ 16]
See also
References
^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF) . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 8. Retrieved October 21, 2017 .^ "Irish Lead In A.P. All-Star Honors" . The Southeast Missourian (AP story) . December 1, 1949.^ "Pitt's Barkouskie Picked On Collier's All-America" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . December 2, 1949.^ "Doak Walker Eliminates Self From Collier's All-America" . The News and Courier . December 2, 1949.^ "Barkouskie Named All-American" . The Pittsburgh Press . December 2, 1949.^ "FWAA All America" (PDF) . Football Writers Association of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2011 .^ "Midwesterners Dominate This All-America". The Owosso Press-Argus . December 5, 1949. ^ "Irish Place 3 On Look Star Team" . Herald-Journal . Associated Press. December 6, 1949.^ "Three Notre Dame Gridders on INS All-America" . The Milwaukee Sentinel . November 27, 1949.^ Jeff Moshier (November 26, 1949). "Grayson Is First With All-America Offense, Defense" . The Evening Independent . ^ "Midwest Teams Again Dominate U.P. All-America" . St. Petersburg Times (UP story) . November 24, 1949.^ "ALL-AMERICA TEAM NAMED; Notre Dame Gains Three Berths on United Press Eleven" . The New York Times . 1949.^ "Walter Camp Football Foundation" . Archived from the original on March 30, 2009.^ "Hart and Sitko Named on Sun's All-American" . The Milwaukee Journal . November 26, 1949.^ Arch Ward (December 4, 1949). "College Players Name 1949 All-America Teams" . Chicago Tribune . Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. ^ "Irish Top Players All-America Vote" . The Sun . Baltimore, Md. December 4, 1949. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013.
