The 1950 College Football All-America team is composed of

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players who were selected as

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ns by various organizations and writers that chose

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s in 1950. The eight selectors recognized by the

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as "official" for the 1950 season are (1) the All-America Board (AAB), (2) the

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(UP).

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halfback Vic Janowicz,

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end Dan Foldberg, and

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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

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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.

All-American selections for 1950

Ends

* Dan Foldberg, Army *

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, 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

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, 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

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, 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) *

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, Nebraska (College Football Hall of Fame) * Eddie Talboom, Wyoming (College Football Hall of Fame) *

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, 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 =

* APO/APD =

: "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 =

. 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 International News Service (INS) was a U.S.-based news agency (newswire) founded by newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst in 1909.

: "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 =

* SN = ''

'' * UP =

Other selectors

* CP =

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* WC =

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References

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