The 1950 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 1950. The eight selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1950 season are (1) the All-America Board (AAB), (2) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (3) the Associated Press (AP), (4) the Football Writers Association of America (FW), (5) the International News Service (INS), (6) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (7) the Sporting News (SN), and (8) the United Press (UP).
Ohio State halfback Vic Janowicz, Army end Dan Foldberg, and Texas guard Bud McFadin were the only three players to be unanimously named first-team All-Americans by all eight official selectors. Janowicz was awarded the 1950 Heisman Trophy.
Consensus All-Americans For the year 1950, 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 OtherDan FoldbergEndArmy8/8AAB, AFCA, APO, FWO, INSO, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCBud McFadinGuardTexas8/8AAB, AFCA, APO, FWO, INSO, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCVic JanowiczHalfbackOhio State8/8AAB, AFCA, APD, FW, INSD, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCKyle RoteHalfbackSMU7/8AAB, AFCA, FWO, INSO, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCBill McCollEndStanford7/8AAB, AFCA, FWD, INSD, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCBob GainTackleKentucky7/8AAB, APO, FWO, INSD, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCJim WeatherallTackleOklahoma7/8AFCA, APO, FWO, INSO, NEA, SN, UPCP, WCLes RichterGuardCalifornia6/8AAB, APD, FWD, INSO, SN, UPCP, WCBabe ParilliQuarterbackKentucky5/8AAB, AFCA, INSO, NEA, SNWCLeon HeathFullbackOklahoma4/8AAB, AFCA, INSD, UPWCJerry GroomCenterNotre Dame3/8NEA, SN, UPCP, WC
All-American selections for 1950 Ends Dan Foldberg, Army Bill McColl, Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame) Bucky Curtis, Vanderbilt Don Stonesifer, Northwestern Jim Doran, Iowa State Don Menasco, Texas Blaine Earon, Duke Frank Anderson, Oklahoma Dorne Dibble, Michigan State Bob Carey, Michigan State Herb Agocs, Penn Tony Klimek, Illinois
Tackles Bob Gain, Kentucky (College Football Hall of Fame) Jim Weatherall, Oklahoma (College Football Hall of Fame) Allen Wahl, Michigan Hollie Donan, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) Charles Shira, Army Al Carapella, Miami Albert Tate, Illinois Bill Trautwein, Ohio State Jim Staton, Wake Forest C.T. Hewgley, Wyoming Paul Lea, Tulane Elmer Costa, North Carolina State Paul Giroski, Rice
Guards Bud McFadin, Texas (College Football Hall of Fame) Les Richter, California (College Football Hall of Fame) Bob Ward, Maryland (College Football Hall of Fame) Ted Daffer, Tennessee Elmer Stout, Army Donn Moomaw, UCLA (College Football Hall of Fame) Bob Momsen, Ohio State Bill Ciaravino, Lehigh Bernie Lemonick, Penn Mike Mizerany, Alabama Pat Cannamela, USC John Biltz, Ohio State Jerry Audette, Columbia Brad Glass, Princeton Leo Cahill, Illinois
Centers Jerry Groom, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) Irv Holdash, North Carolina Redmond Finney, Princeton Bill Vohaska, Illinois Bob McCullough, Ohio State John Pierik, Cornell
Quarterbacks Babe Parilli, Kentucky Bob Williams, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) Don Heinrich, Washington (College Football Hall of Fame)
Halfbacks Vic Janowicz, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (1950 Heisman Trophy winner) Kyle Rote, SMU (College Football Hall of Fame) Bobby Reynolds, Nebraska (College Football Hall of Fame) Eddie Talboom, Wyoming (College Football Hall of Fame) Dick Kazmaier, Princeton (College Football Hall of Fame) (1951 Heisman Trophy winner) Johnny Bright, Drake (College and Canadian Football Hall of Fame) Reds Bagnell, Penn (College Football Hall of Fame) Chuck Ortmann, Michigan Bill Cox, Duke
Fullbacks Leon Heath, Oklahoma Sonny Grandelius, Michigan State John Dottley, Ole Miss
Defensive backs Ed Salem, Alabama Dick Sprague, Washington Ed Withers, Wisconsin Buddy Jones, Oklahoma Wilford White, Arizona State
Key Bold – Consensus All-American -1 – First-team selection -2 – Second-team selection -3 – Third-team selection
Official selectors AAB = All-America Board AFCA = American Football Coaches Association 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. 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 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. NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association SN = Sporting News UP = United Press
Other selectors CP = Central Press Association WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation
See also 1950 All-Big Seven Conference football team 1950 All-Big Ten Conference football team 1950 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team 1950 All-SEC football team 1950 All-Skyline Conference football team 1950 All-Southwest Conference football team
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