1949 All-America college football team

Official list of the best college football players of 1949 August 2023 25em 1949 All-America college football team border-top:#aaa 1px solid border-top:1px #aaa solid All-America college football team 1949 college football season border-top:1px #aaa solid 1947 1948 ← → 1950 1951 The 1949 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose All-America college football 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 OtherLeon HartEndNotre Dame8/8AAB, AP, COL, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPNYS, PLAY, WCEmil SitkoFullbackNotre Dame8/8AAB, AP, COL, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPNYS, PLAY, WCClayton TonnemakerCenterMinnesota7/8AAB AP, COL, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPNYS, PLAY, WCRod FranzGuardCalifornia7/8AAB, AP, COL, FWAA, INS, SN, UPNYS, WCDoak WalkerHalfbackSMU7/8AAB, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UPPLAYArnold GaliffaQuarterbackArmy6/8AP, COL, FWAA, INS, SN, UPNYS, PLAY, WCLeo NomelliniTackleMinnesota6/8AAB, COL, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPWCJames WilliamsEndRice4/8AAB, AP, COL, FWAANYS, PLAY, WCAlvin WistertTackleMichigan4/8AAB, INS, SN, UPWCEd BagdonGuardMichigan State4/8FWAA, NEA, SN, UPWCBob WilliamsQuarterbackNotre Dame4/8AAB, FWAA, SN, UPWC All-American selections for 1949 Ends Leon Hart, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; FWAA-1; SN; INSO; INSD; NEAO; NYS; WC-1; PLAY) James "Froggy" Williams, Rice (College Football Hall of Fame) (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. 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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, Minnesota (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; UP-1; COL-1; FWAA-3; SN; NEAO [guard]; WC-1) Alvin Wistert, Michigan (College Football Hall of Fame) (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, California (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; FWAA-1; SN; INSO; WC-1; NYS) Ed Bagdon, Michigan State (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, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (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, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; FWAA-1; SN; INSO; NEAO; NYS; WC-1; PLAY) Doak Walker, Southern Methodist (SMU) (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AP-1; UP-1; FWAA-1; SN; INSD; NEAO; PLAY) Arnold Galiffa, Army (AP-1; UP-1; COL-1; FWAA-1; SN; INSO; NYS; WC-1; PLAY) Bob Williams, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (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-AmericanFootball Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 8 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf -1 – First-team selection -2 – Second-team selection -3 – Third-team selection Official selectors AP = Associated Press, chosen after recommendations from 250 sports editors, AP staff writers, college coaches, and radio broadcastersIrish Lead In A.P. All-Star Honors The Southeast Missourian (AP story) December 1, 1949 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mRMpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3dYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2241,4784958&dq=tonnemaker+galiffa&hl=en COL = Collier's Weekly, selected by the American Football Coaches AssociationPitt's Barkouskie Picked On Collier's All-America Pittsburgh Post-Gazette December 2, 1949 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=100NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Q2oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4084,4386318&dq=collier&hl=enDoak Walker Eliminates Self From Collier's All-America The News and Courier December 2, 1949 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PDZJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rAgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6153,424280&dq=collier&hl=enJuly 2026 InternetArchiveBot Barkouskie Named All-American The Pittsburgh Press December 2, 1949 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gmMbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SU0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4697,863531&dq=all-american&hl=en FWAA = Look magazine, selected by Grantland Rice and the Football Writers Association of AmericaFWAA All America Football Writers Association of America http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf 2011-10-11 2019-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20190304073432/http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf deadMidwesterners Dominate This All-America The Owosso Press-Argus December 5, 1949Irish Place 3 On Look Star Team Herald-Journal Associated Press December 6, 1949 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=31ssAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MssEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3082,4000371&dq=tonnemaker+galiffa&hl=en INSO/INSD = International News Service offensive and defensive selectionsThree Notre Dame Gridders on INS All-America The Milwaukee Sentinel November 27, 1949 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E80wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0Q0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3029,4105333&dq=international-news-service+sitko&hl=enJuly 2026 InternetArchiveBot NEAO/NEAD = Newspaper Editors Association offensive and defensive All-American teams, selected by NEA sports editor Harry GraysonJeff Moshier Grayson Is First With All-America Offense, Defense The Evening Independent November 26, 1949 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9v9PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hlUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5398,3020689&dq=tonnemaker+nea&hl=en SN = Sporting News UP = United Press, selected for The United Press by 313 football writers and football broadcasters from all sections of the countryMidwest Teams Again Dominate U.P. All-America St. Petersburg Times (UP story) November 24, 1949 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E1pIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KE4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5954,527176&dq=tonnemaker+galiffa&hl=enALL-AMERICA TEAM NAMED; Notre Dame Gains Three Berths on United Press Eleven The New York Times 1949 https://www.nytimes.com/1949/11/24/archives/allamerica-team-named-notre-dame-gains-three-berths-on-united-press.html?sq=all-america&scp=5&st=p Other selectors CP = Central Press Association WC = Walter Camp Football FoundationWalter Camp Football Foundation http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards// dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090330065940/http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards 2009-03-30 NYS = New York SunHart and Sitko Named on Sun's All-American The Milwaukee Journal November 26, 1949 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dTQdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tSMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1486,2812098&dq=new-york-sun&hl=en PLAY = All-Players All-America team, selected by the Chicago Tribune with the cooperation of 112 major colleges, based on the votes of 2,193 college football players. Players were only permitted to vote for players who they played against.College Players Name 1949 All-America Teams Arch Ward December 4, 1949 Chicago Tribune https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/494709422.html?dids=494709422:494709422&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+04%2C+1949&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=College+Players+Name+1949+All-America+Teams&pqatl=google https://web.archive.org/web/20120302185744/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/494709422.html?dids=494709422:494709422&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+04%2C+1949&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=College+Players+Name+1949+All-America+Teams&pqatl=google dead March 2, 2012Irish Top Players All-America Vote The Sun Baltimore, Md. December 4, 1949 https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1680072792.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+04%2C+1949&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Irish+Top+Players+All-America+Vote&pqatl=google https://archive.today/20130131183316/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1680072792.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+04,+1949&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Irish+Top+Players+All-America+Vote&pqatl=google dead January 31, 2013 See also 1949 All-Big Seven Conference football team 1949 All-Big Ten Conference football team 1949 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team 1949 All-SEC football team 1949 All-Skyline Conference football team 1949 All-Southwest Conference football team References 2 All-America team Category:All-America college football teams