This page is a list of San Francisco 49ers NFL draft selections. The first draft the 49ers participated in was the 1950 NFL draft, in which they made Leo Nomellini of Minnesota their first-ever NFL selection.
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1950 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 11 11 Leo Nomellini Defensive tackle Minnesota 2 9 23 Don Campora Offensive tackle Pacific 3 10 37 Ray Collins Defensive tackle Louisiana State 4 9 49 Morris Bailey End Texas Christian 5 10 63 Harry Kane Center Pacific 6 9 75 Don Van Pool End Oklahoma A&M 7 10 89 Lindy Berry Quarterback Texas Christian 8 9 101 Ellery Williams End Santa Clara 9 10 115 Pete Zinach Back West Virginia 10 9 127 Bob Celeri Quarterback California 11 10 141 Harley Dow Tackle San Jose State 12 9 153 Don Burke Back Southern California 13 10 167 Lou Cecconi Back Pittsburgh 14 9 179 Tom Payne End Santa Clara 15 10 193 Leo Crampsey End St. Bonaventure 16 9 205 Charley Shaw Guard Oklahoma A&M 17 10 219 Cliff Van Meter Back Tulane 18 9 231 Ralph Genito Back Kentucky 19 10 245 Forest Klein Guard California 20 9 257 Jack Nix End Southern California 21 10 271 Guerin Alker Center Loyola Marymount 22 9 283 Billy Wilson Wide receiver San Jose State 23 10 297 James Williams End Rice 24 9 309 Bill Wyman Tackle Rice 25 10 323 Bob Dunn Guard Dayton 26 9 335 Jim Powers Back Southern California 27 10 349 Ken Johnson Guard Pacific 28 9 361 Charley Hall Back Arizona 29 10 375 Bob Whelan Back Boston University 30 9 387 Bob Stillwell Back Southern California
1951 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 3 3 Y. A. Tittle Quarterback Louisiana State 2 3 17 Pete Schablein Running back California 3 2 28 Bill Mixon Back Georgia 5 3 53 Dick Steere Tackle Drake 5 4 54 Al Carapella Defensive tackle Miami (FL) 6 2 64 Bishop Strickland Back South Carolina 7 1 75 Dick Forbes End Saint Ambrose 8 3 89 Joe Arenas Back Omaha 9 2 100 Bruce Van Alstyne End Stanford 10 2 112 Nick Feher Guard Georgia 11 3 126 Bill Jessup End Southern California 12 2 137 Jim Monachino Running back California 13 1 148 Dick Harvin End Georgia Tech 14 3 162 Rex Berry Cornerback Brigham Young 15 2 173 Dave Sparks Guard South Carolina 16 1 184 Bob White Back Stanford 17 3 198 Art Michalik Linebacker Saint Ambrose 18 2 209 Jim Murphy Tackle Xavier 19 1 220 John Phillips Back Southern Mississippi 20 3 234 Al Tate Tackle Illinois 21 2 245 Hardy Brown Linebacker Tulsa 22 1 256 Dwight Winslow Back Boise J.C. 23 3 270 Wally Brunswald Back Gustavus Adolphus 24 2 281 Tom Kingsford Back Montana 25 1 292 Mike Peterson End Denver 26 3 306 Keith Carpenter Tackle San Jose State 27 2 317 Ray Lung Guard Oregon 28 1 328 Jack Rohan Back Loras 29 3 342 S.P. Garnett Tackle Kansas 30 2 353 Jerry Faske Back Iowa
1952 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 9 9 Hugh McElhenny Running back Washington 2 9 22 Bob Toneff Defensive tackle Notre Dame 3 2 27 Gene Shannon Back Houston 3 8 33 Billy Tidwell Running back Texas A&M 4 9 46 Marion Campbell Defensive end Georgia 5 8 57 Pat O'Donahue Defensive end Wisconsin 6 9 70 Jim Beasley Center Tulsa 7 8 81 Don Robison Back California 8 9 94 Jerry Smith Tackle Wisconsin 9 8 105 Glen Christian Back Idaho 10 9 118 Carl West Back Mississippi 11 8 129 J. D. Kimmel Defensive tackle Houston 12 9 142 Fred Snyder End Loyola Marymount 13 8 153 Rudy Yeager Tackle Louisiana State 14 9 166 Frank Simons End Nebraska 15 8 177 Haldo Norman End Gustavus Adolphus 16 9 190 Bob Meyers Fullback Stanford 17 8 201 Al Baldock End Southern California 18 9 214 Bill Carey End Michigan State 20 9 238 Jess Yates End Louisiana State 21 8 249 Gene Offield Center Hardin–Simmons 22 9 262 Jim Cozad Tackle Santa Clara 23 8 273 Bill Glazier End Arizona 24 9 286 Ralph Kreuger Tackle California 25 8 297 Bud Laughlin Fullback Kansas 26 9 310 Dick Kane Guard Cincinnati 27 8 321 Waldo Schaaf Tackle Oklahoma A&M 28 9 334 Joe Palumbo Guard Virginia 29 8 345 Chuck Mosher End Colorado 30 9 358 Dick Patrick Center Oregon
1953 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 1 1 Harry Babcock End Georgia 1 10 10 Tom Stolhanske End Texas 2 8 21 George Morris Center Georgia Tech 3 3 32 Bob St. Clair Offensive tackle San Francisco 4 9 46 Ed Fullerton Back Maryland 5 8 57 Hal Miller Tackle Georgia Tech 7 9 82 Paul Carr Back Houston 8 8 93 Doug Hogland Offensive tackle Oregon State 9 7 104 Hal Ledyard Quarterback Chattanooga 10 9 118 Pete Brown Guard Georgia Tech 11 8 129 Al Charlton Back Washington State 12 7 140 Carson Leach Guard Duke 13 9 154 Bill Earley Back Washington 14 8 165 Tom Fletcher Back Arizona State 15 7 176 Charley Genthner Tackle Texas 16 9 190 Fred During End Bowling Green 17 8 201 Hugh Latham Tackle San Diego State 18 7 212 Stan Wacholz End San Jose State 19 9 226 King DuClos Tackle UTEP 20 8 237 Ray Huizinga Tackle Northwestern 21 7 248 Ken Bahnsen End North Texas State 22 9 262 Laverne Robbins Guard Midwestern State 23 8 273 Travis Hunt Tackle Alabama 24 7 284 Ed Morgan Back Tennessee 25 9 298 Ernie Stockert End UCLA 26 8 309 Harley Cooper Back Arizona State 27 7 320 Ralph McLeod End Louisiana State 28 9 334 Tom Novikoff Back Oregon 29 8 345 Don Stillwell End Southern California
1954 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 11 11 Bernie Faloney Quarterback Maryland 2 10 23 Leo Rucka Center Rice 3 10 35 Steve Korcheck Center George Washington 4 10 47 Charlie Boxold Back Maryland 5 6 55 Bob Hantla Guard Kansas 5 10 59 Frank Mincevich Guard South Carolina 6 10 71 Floyd Sagely End Arkansas 7 10 83 Sid Youngelman Offensive tackle Alabama 9 10 107 Ted Connolly Guard Tulsa 11 10 131 John Skocko End Southern California 12 10 143 Hal Easterwood Center Mississippi State 13 10 155 Morgan Williams Guard Texas Christian 14 10 167 Sammy Williams Back California 15 2 171 Ed Gossage Tackle Georgia Tech 15 10 179 Sam Palumbo Guard Notre Dame 16 10 191 Bobby Fiveash Back Florida State 17 10 203 Carl Kautz Tackle Texas Tech 18 10 215 Morris Kay End Kansas 19 10 227 Bob Edmiston Tackle Temple 20 10 239 Frank DiPietro Back Georgia 21 10 251 Howard Alsup Tackle Middle Tennessee State 22 10 263 Ralph Reynolds Back North Texas State 23 10 275 LeRoy Fenstemaker Back Rice 24 10 287 Jerry Daniels Tackle Tennessee Tech 25 10 299 John Platt Back Elon 26 10 311 Pete Bello Center Pasadena City College 27 10 323 Gayford Baker Guard Nebraska–Omaha 28 10 335 Bob Garbrecht Back Rice 29 10 347 Ted Dunn Back Murray State 30 10 359 Don Folks End Houston
1955 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 10 10 Dicky Moegle Defensive back Rice 2 8 21 Frank Morze Center Boston College 3 9 34 Carroll Hardy Back Colorado 4 8 45 Matt Hazeltine Linebacker California 5 9 58 Eldred Kraemer Tackle Pittsburgh 6 8 69 Bobby Luna Defensive back Alabama 7 9 82 Johnny Dean Back Virginia Tech 8 8 93 Freddie Meyers Back Oklahoma A&M 9 9 106 Fred Preziosio Tackle Purdue 10 8 117 Ron Aschbacker End Oregon State 11 9 130 Rudy Rotella End Nebraska–Omaha 12 8 141 Lou Palatella Tackle PIttsburgh 13 9 154 Richie Gaskell End George Washington 14 8 165 Nick McKeithan Back Duke 15 9 178 Burdette Hess Guard Idaho 16 8 189 Jim Hall End Auburn 17 9 202 Bob Newton Guard San Diego State 18 8 213 Ron Pheister Center Oregon 19 9 226 John Garzoli Tackle California 20 8 237 Glen Dyer Back Texas 21 9 250 George Maderos End Cal State Chico 22 8 261 Pete Vann Quarterback Army 23 9 274 Tom Gunnari End Washington State 24 8 285 Bob Heaston Guard Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 25 9 298 Dewey Wade End Kansas State 26 8 309 Johnny Kerr End Purdue 27 9 322 Dick Shockey Back Marquette 28 8 333 Don Sanders Back Stanford 29 9 346 Otto Kniedinger Tackle Penn State 30 7 356 Bob Gongola Back Illinois
1956 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 2 2 Earl Morrall Quarterback Michigan State 2 2 15 Bruce Bosley Offensive tackle West Virginia 3 1 26 Bill Herchman Defensive tackle Texas Tech 4 3 40 Frank Pajaczkowski Back Richmond 6 3 64 Tony Sardisco Guard Tulane 7 2 75 Larry Barnes Back Colorado State 8 3 88 Charley Smith End Abilene Christian 9 2 99 Jim Cox End Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 10 3 112 Jerry Zaleski End Colorado State 11 2 123 Stew Pell Tackle North Carolina 12 3 136 Roger Swedberg Tackle Iowa 13 2 147 Ralph Moody Back Kansas 14 3 160 R. C. Owens Wide receiver College of Idaho 15 2 171 Reed Henderson Tackle Utah State 16 3 184 George Herring Quarterback Southern Mississippi 17 2 195 Dick Weiss Tackle Mississippi 18 3 208 Bill Yelverton Tackle Mississippi 19 2 219 Pete Arrigoni Back Arizona 20 3 232 Bob Scarbrough Center Auburn 21 2 243 L. C. Joyner End Contra Costa College 22 3 256 Clarence Wessman End San Jose State 23 2 267 Mike Monroe Back Washington 24 3 280 Ed Wallace Tackle San Diego J.C. 25 2 291 Paul Goad Back Abilene Christian 26 3 304 Rommie Loudd Tight end UCLA 27 2 315 Jerry Gustafson Quarterback Stanford 28 3 328 Jerry Drew Back California 29 2 339 Dean Benson Guard Willamette 30 2 351 Bob Mitchell Tackle Puget Sound
1957 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 3 3 John Brodie Quarterback Stanford 2 2 15 Abe Woodson Cornerback Illinois 4 2 39 Jimmy Ridlon Safety Syracuse 4 9 46 Mike Sandusky Guard Maryland 5 7 56 Karl Rubke Center Southern California 6 1 62 Bill Rhodes Back Western State (CO) 6 7 68 Jim Hunter Back Missouri 7 7 80 Fred Dugan Wide receiver Dayton 8 7 92 Ernie Pitts Wide receiver Denver 9 7 104 Charley Brueckman Center Pittsburgh 10 7 116 Jerry Hurst End Middle Tennessee State 11 7 128 Tommy Davis Kicker Louisiana State 12 7 140 Fred Sington Tackle Alabama 13 7 152 Charley Mackey End Arizona State 14 7 164 Ron Warzeka Tackle Montana State 15 7 176 Earl Kaiser Back Houston 16 7 188 Vic Kristopalitis Back Dayton 17 7 200 Dave Kuhn Center Kentucky 18 7 212 Dick Guy Guard Ohio State 19 7 224 Gene Babb Fullback Austin 20 7 236 Sid DeLoatch Guard Duke 21 7 248 Fred Wilcox Back Tulane 22 7 260 Paul Tripp Tackle Idaho State 23 7 272 John Thomas Tackle Pacific 24 7 284 John Ladner End Wake Forest 25 7 296 Ray Meyer Back Lamar 26 7 308 Tom Topping Tackle Duke 27 7 320 Don Vicic Back Ohio State 28 7 332 Bill Curtis Back Texas Christian 29 7 344 Vern Hallbeck Back Texas Christian 30 6 355 George Parks Back Lamar
1958 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 8 8 Jim Pace Running back Michigan 1 9 9 Charlie Krueger Defensive tackle Texas A&M 2 9 22 Bob Newman Back Washington State 3 8 33 Bobby Hoppe Running back Auburn 4 9 46 John Varone Back Miami (FL) 5 10 59 Bill Atkins Defensive back Auburn 6 10 71 Henry Schmidt Defensive tackle Southern California 8 2 87 Leon Burton Back Arizona State 8 10 95 Ron Mills Back West Texas State 9 10 107 George Troutman Tackle Capital 10 10 119 Vel Heckman Tackle Florida 11 10 131 Hogan Wharton Tackle Houston 12 10 143 Pete Williams Tackle Lehigh 13 6 151 Jim Yore Back Indiana 13 10 155 Hal Dukes End Michigan State 14 10 167 Max Fields Back Whittier 16 10 191 George Shirkey Tackle Stephen F. Austin 17 10 203 John Wittenborn Kicker Southeast Missouri State 18 10 215 Dennit Morris Linebacker Oklahoma 19 10 227 Rannie Mushatt Center Grambling State 20 10 239 Jerry Mertens Cornerback Drake 21 10 251 Don Christian Back Arkansas 22 10 263 Bruce Hartman Tackle Luther 23 10 275 Larry Fields Back Utah 24 10 287 Dee Mackey Tight end East Texas State 25 10 299 Bill Kaczmarek Center Southwest Missouri State 26 10 311 Hilliard Hill End Southern California 27 10 323 Bob Witucki End Texas Tech 28 10 335 Garland Warren Center North Texas State 29 10 347 Herman Hodges Back Sam Houston State 30 9 358 Ted Stahura Tackle Kansas State
1959 draft