1950 College Football All-America Team

The 1950 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 for the 1950 college football season. The organizations that chose the teams included: the United Press; the Associated Press; and Collier's Weekly.

All-American selections for 1950

Ends

• Dan Foldberg, Army (APO-1; FWO-1; INSO-1; UP-1; CP-1; TSN-1; WC-1)
• Bill McColl, Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame) (APD-2; UP-1; FWD-1; INSD-1; CP-1; TSN-1; WC-1)
• Bucky Curtis, Vanderbilt (APO-2; FWO-1; INSD-1; CP-2)
• Don Stonesifer, Northwestern (APO-1; UP-2)
• Jim Doran, Iowa State (APO-2; INSO-1)
• Don Menasco, Texas (APD-1)
• Frank Anderson, Oklahoma (APD-1)
• Dorne Dibble, Michigan State (FWD-1)
• Bob Carey, Michigan State (UP-2; CP-3)
• Herb Agocs, Penn (CP-2)
• Blaine Earon, Duke (APD-1)
• Tony Klimek, Illinois (CP-3)

Tackles

• Bob Gain, Kentucky (College Football Hall of Fame) (APO-1; UP-1; FWO-1; INSD-1; CP-1; TSN-1; WC-1)
• Jim Weatherall, Oklahoma (College Football Hall of Fame) (APO-1; UP-1; FWO-1; INSO-1; CP-1; TSN-1; WC-1)
• Allen Wahl, Michigan (APD-1; UP-2; INSO-1; CP-2)
• Charles Shira, Army (CP-3; INSD-1)
• Al Carapella, Miami (APD-1)
• Hollie Donan, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) (FWD-1)
• Albert Tate, Illinois (FWD-1)
• Bill Trautwein, Ohio State (UP-2; CP-2)
• Jim Staton, Wake Forest (APO-2)
• C.T. Hewgley, Wyoming (APO-2)
• Paul Lea, Tulane (APD-2)
• Elmer Costa, North Carolina State (APD-2)
• Paul Giroski, Rice (CP-3)

Guards/linebackers

• Bud McFadin, Texas (College Football Hall of Fame) (APO-1; UP-1; FWO-1; INSO-1; CP-1; TSN-1; WC-1)
• Les Richter, California (College Football Hall of Fame) (APD-1; UP-1; FWD-1 [LB]; INSO-1; CP-1; TSN-1; WC-1)
• Bob Ward, Maryland (College Football Hall of Fame) (APO-1; UP-2; FWO-1; CP-2)
• Ted Daffer, Tennessee (APD-1; FWD-1; INSD-1; CP-3)
• Elmer Stout, Army (APD-1 [LB]; FWD-1 [LB])
• Donn Moomaw, UCLA (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2 [LB]; INSD-1 [LB])
• Bob Momsen, Ohio State (FWD-1)
• Bill Ciaravino, Lehigh (INSD-1)
• Bernie Lemonick, Penn (APD-2; UP-2)
• Mike Mizerany, Alabama (APD-2)
• Pat Cannamella, Southern California (APO-2)
• John Blitz, Ohio State (APO-2)
• Jerry Audette, Columbia (CP-2)
• Brad Glass, Princeton (CP-3)

Centers

• Jerry "Boomer" Groom, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (APD-2 [LB]; UP-1; CP-1; TSN-1; WC-1)
• Redmond "Red" Finney, Princeton (INSO-1; FWO-1)
• Irv Holdash, North Carolina (APD-1 [LB]; UP-2; CP-2)
• Bill Vohaska, Illinois (APO-1)
• John Pierik, Cornell (APO-2; CP-3)

Quarterbacks

• Babe Parilli, Kentucky (APO-2; UP-2; INSO-1; CP-2; TSN-1; WC-1)
• Bob Williams, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (APD-1; UP-1; FWAA-1 [qb]; CP-1; TSN-1)
• Don Heinrich, Washington (College Football Hall of Fame) (APO-1)

Halfbacks

• Vic Janowicz, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (1950 Heisman Trophy winner) (APD-1; UP-1; FWAA-1 [hb]; INSD-1; CP-1; TSN-1; WC-1)
• Kyle Rote, Southern Methodist (SMU) (College Football Hall of Fame) (APO-2; UP-1; FWO-1 [fb]; INSO-1; CP-1; TSN-1; WC-1)
• Bobby Reynolds, Nebraska (College Football Hall of Fame) (APO-1; UP-2; FWO-1 [hb]; INSD-1; CP-2)
• Eddie Talboom, Wyoming (College Football Hall of Fame) (APO-2; INSO-1; CP-3)
• Dick Kazmaier, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) (1951 Heisman Trophy winner) (APO-1; CP-2)
• Johnny Bright, Drake (College and Canadian Football Hall of Fame) (INSD-1)
• Reds Bagnell, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) (CP-2)
• Chuck Ortmann, Michigan (CP-3)
• Bill Cox, Duke (CP-3)

Fullbacks

• Leon Heath, Oklahoma (ADP-2; UP-1; INSD-1; CP-3; WC-1)
• Sonny Grandelius, Michigan State (APO-1; UP-2; INSO-1; CP-1)
• John Dottley, Mississippi (APD-2)

Defensive backs

• Ed Salem, Alabama (APD-1)
• Dick Sprague, Washington (FWD-1)
• Edward Withers, Wisconsin (FWD-1)
• Buddy Jones, Oklahoma (FWD-1)
• Wilford White, Arizona State (APD-2)

Key

• APO/APD = Associated Press: "For the first time in history, the Associated Press All-American football team was divided into two platoons, offensive and defensive." The "APO" designation refers to players selected for the offensive squad, and "APD" refers to selections for the defensive squad.
• UP = United Press
• INSO/INSD = International News Service: "The 22-man All-America, divided for the third straight year into offensive and defensive platoons of equal merit, was pioneered by INS in 1948 in keeping with the new age of football specialization, and since has come into national favor. As usual, all eight backs on the INS team are offensive standouts. The only distinction drawn is that the four backs on the offensive side of the team saw no work on defense." The "INSO" designation refers to players selected for the offensive squad, and "INSD" refers to selections for the defensive squad.
• COL = Collier's Weekly
• CP = Central Press Association
• FWO/FWD = Football Writers Association of America. The "FWO" designation refers to players selected for the offensive squad, and "FWD" refers to selections for the defensive squad
• TSN = The Sporting News
• WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation

Bold = Consensus All-American

• 1 - First Team Selection
• 2 - Second Team Selection
• 3 - Third Team Selection

Heisman Trophy voting

The chart below reflects the point total in the 1950 Heisman Trophy voting.

Rank	Name	Position	School	Heisman points
1	Vic Janowicz	Halfback	Ohio State	633
2	Kyle Rote	Halfback	SMU	280
3	Reds Bagnell	Halfback	Penn	231
4	Babe Parilli	Quarterback	Kentucky	214
5	Bobby Reynolds	Halfback	Nebraska	174
6	Bob Williams	Quarterback	Notre Dame	159
7	Leon Heath	Fullback	Oklahoma	125

Other individual awards for 1950

• Outland Trophy (interior): Jim Weatherall, tackle, Oklahoma
• Maxwell Award (player): Reds Bagnell, Penn
• Walter Camp Award (back): Babe Parilli, Kentucky
• Knute Rockne Award (lineman): Bud McFadin,Texas
• AFCA Coach of the Year: Charlie Caldwell, Princeton

Notes

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