The 1949 Little All-America college football team is composed of college football players from small colleges and universities who were selected by the Associated Press (AP) as the best players at each position. For 1949, the AP selected first, second, and third teams.
Back Eddie LeBaron of Pacific was chosen for the first team for the third consecutive year.[1] Andy Robustelli, chosen as a third-team end, was later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
First-team
editPosition | Player | Team |
---|---|---|
B | Eddie LeBaron | Pacific |
Brad Rowland | McMurry | |
William Young | Hillsdale | |
Conrad Callahan | Morningside | |
E | Claude Radtke | Lawrence |
Charles Williams | Sam Houston State | |
T | Herbert McKinney | Missouri Valley |
Elbert Hammett | Wofford | |
G | Vincent Sarratore | Chattanooga |
Art Byrd | Western Carolina | |
C | Robert Numbers | Lehigh |
Second-team
editPosition | Player | Team |
---|---|---|
B | Roland Malcolm | Gustavus Adolphus |
Wilford White | Arizona State | |
Robert Miller | Emory & Henry | |
Thomas Lucia | Louisville | |
E | Clifford Coggin | Mississippi Southern |
John Gallagher | Delaware | |
T | Peter Wichowski | Wesleyan (CT) |
William Bigham | Hardin | |
G | Warren Wood | Puget Sound |
Joseph Lucas | St. Ambrose | |
C | Lambert Oberg | Trinity (CT) |
Third-team
editPosition | Player | Team |
---|---|---|
B | Dean Armstrong | RPI |
Thomas Winbigler | College of Idaho | |
Robert McAvoy | Bowdoin | |
Howard Treesh | Hanover | |
E | Robert McChesney | Hardin–Simmons |
Andy Robustelli | Arnold | |
T | Cecil Jackson | Juniata |
Arnold Melvin | Elon | |
G | Vernon Quick | Wofford |
Robert Gerhardt | Evansville | |
C | Harvey Moyer | Wofford |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Wofford's Elby Hammett Make Little All-American". The State. November 30, 1949. p. 6B – via Newspapers.com.