1949 College Football All-America Team

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

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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

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Ends

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  • 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. 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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)
  • Bold – Consensus All-American[1]
  • -1 – First-team selection
  • -2 – Second-team selection
  • -3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors

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Other selectors

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  • 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 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.[15][16]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 8. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  2. ^ "Irish Lead In A.P. All-Star Honors". The Southeast Missourian (AP story). December 1, 1949.
  3. ^ "Pitt's Barkouskie Picked On Collier's All-America". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 2, 1949.
  4. ^ "Doak Walker Eliminates Self From Collier's All-America". The News and Courier. December 2, 1949.
  5. ^ "Barkouskie Named All-American". The Pittsburgh Press. December 2, 1949.
  6. ^ "FWAA All America" (PDF). Football Writers Association of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
  7. ^ "Midwesterners Dominate This All-America". The Owosso Press-Argus. December 5, 1949.
  8. ^ "Irish Place 3 On Look Star Team". Herald-Journal. Associated Press. December 6, 1949.
  9. ^ "Three Notre Dame Gridders on INS All-America". The Milwaukee Sentinel. November 27, 1949.
  10. ^ Jeff Moshier (November 26, 1949). "Grayson Is First With All-America Offense, Defense". The Evening Independent.
  11. ^ "Midwest Teams Again Dominate U.P. All-America". St. Petersburg Times (UP story). November 24, 1949.
  12. ^ "ALL-AMERICA TEAM NAMED; Notre Dame Gains Three Berths on United Press Eleven". The New York Times. 1949.
  13. ^ "Walter Camp Football Foundation". Archived from the original on March 30, 2009.
  14. ^ "Hart and Sitko Named on Sun's All-American". The Milwaukee Journal. November 26, 1949.
  15. ^ Arch Ward (December 4, 1949). "College Players Name 1949 All-America Teams". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012.
  16. ^ "Irish Top Players All-America Vote". The Sun. Baltimore, Md. December 4, 1949. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013.