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1949 All-Big Ten Conference Football Team
The 1949 All-Big Nine Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Big Nine Conference teams selected by the Associated Press (AP), United Press (UP) and the International News Service (INS) for the 1949 Big Nine Conference football season. All Big-Ten selections Ends *Bud Grant, Minnesota (AP-1, UP-1) *Bob Wilson, Wisconsin (AP-1, UP-1) *Jack Dittmer, Iowa (AP-2) *Clifton Anderson, Indiana (AP-2) Tackles *Leo Nomellini, Minnesota (AP-1, UP-1) *Alvin Wistert, Michigan (AP-1, UP-1) *Dick O'Hanlon, Ohio State (AP-2) *Lou Karras, Purdue (AP-2) Guards *Lloyd Heneveld, Michigan (AP-1, UP-1) *Jack Lininger, Ohio State (AP-1) *Charles Gottfried, Illinois (AP-2, UP-1) *Robert Wahl, Michigan (AP-2) Centers *Clayton Tonnemaker, Minnesota (AP-1, UP-1) *Joe Kelley, Wisconsin (AP-2) Quarterbacks *Don Burson, Northwestern (AP-1, UP-1) *Pandel Savic, Ohio State (AP-2) Halfbacks *Chuck Ortmann, Michigan (AP-1, UP-1) *Johnny Karras, Illinois (AP-1, UP-1) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949 Big Nine Conference Football Season
The 1949 Big Nine Conference football season was the 54th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Nine Conference (also known as the Western Conference and the Big Ten Conference) and was a part of the 1949 college football season. Ohio State and Michigan tied for the 1949 Big Ten championship. Ohio State, under head coach Wes Fesler, compiled a 7–1–2 record and was ranked No. 6 in the final AP Poll. The Buckeyes defeated California in the 1950 Rose Bowl by a 17–14 score. Center Jack Lininger was selected as the team's most valuable player. Michigan, under head coach Bennie Oosterbaan, compiled a 6–2–1 record and was ranked No. 7 in the final AP Poll. The Wolverines had a 25-game win streak broken with a loss to Army on October 8, 1949. Halfback Dick Kempthorn was selected as the team's most valuable player, and tackle Alvin Wistert was a consensus first-team All-American. Minnesota, under head coach Bernie Bierman, finished in third place, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Karras
Louis George Karras (September 19, 1927 – September 20, 2018) was an American football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins, until an eye injury prematurely ended his career. He played college football at Purdue University. Karras was drafted 32nd in the third round of the 1950 NFL draft. He had two younger brothers, former pro football player Ted Karras and former pro-football player/actor Alex Karras. Karras had a college career at Purdue; he was a three-year starter (1946, 1948–49), was selected 2nd Team All-Big Ten in 1949. He was named the MVP for Purdue in 1949. Following his college career, he was selected for the 1949 East-West Shrine Game, the 1950 Chicago-based College All-Star Game and the 1950 Hula Bowl. After his professional football career ended, he founded a successful tire business. He was also on the city council of Gary, Indiana Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The city has be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949 College Football All-America Team
The 1949 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 in 1949. The eight selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1949 season are (1) the Associated Press, (2) the United Press, (3) the All-America Board, (4) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (5) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (6) the International News Service (INS), (7) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), and (8) the ''Sporting News''. Consensus All-Americans For the year 1949, 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 1949 Ends * Leon Hart, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Momsen
Robert Edward "Bob" Momsen (May 28, 1929 – May 25, 2010) was an American football player. He was a first-team All-American at Ohio State in 1950. Early years Momsen was born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1929. He was the son of Rose and Anton Momsen, Sr., and the younger brother of Tony Momsen. Momsen and his brother Tony both attended Libbey High School. Ohio State Brother Tony attended the University of Michigan, while Bob attended Ohio State University. Both brothers played college football and became adversaries in the Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry. Bob Momsen played at the guard and linebacker positions for the Ohio State Buckeyes while brother Tony played at the center and linebacker positions for the Michigan Wolverines. Bob Momsen was selected by the Football Writers Association of America as a first-team defensive player and on their 1950 College Football All-America Team. The Momsen brothers are most remembered for their role in the famed 1950 Snow Bowl game bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Teague
Robert Lewis Teague (January 2, 1929 – March 28, 2013) was an African-American college football star and television news reporter. Teague played college football at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. While a journalist with ''The New York Times'', in May 1961, Teague (as Robert Teague) appeared as an impostor on the night-time version of TO TELL THE TRUTH, round 1. Airing May 22, 1961, Teague was able to fool the panel by getting a majority of the votes while pretending to be Sergeant George Harris, an Air Force Judo instructor. Round 2 featured fellow journalist associated with the Times, Marianne Means, as the featured contestant along with two impostors. He started at WNBC-TV in New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ... in 1963 and became one of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Karras
John J. Karras (January 29, 1928 – November 6, 2008) was an American football halfback who played one season with the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Chicago Cardinals in the second round of the 1952 NFL Draft. Karras had previously played college football at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and attended Argo Community High School in Summit, Illinois. He was a Consensus All-American in 1951. College career Karras first enrolled at the University of Illinois as a freshman in 1946 and then spent 18 months in the United States Army holding the rank of private first class. He returned to Illinois in 1949, accumulating seven rushing touchdowns and 826 yards rushing. He led the Illinois Fighting Illini football team in rushing yards in 1950 and 1951. Karras was a Consensus All-American in 1951 after gaining 716 yards rushing and scoring 13 touchdowns. Illinois went 16-3-1 and won the 1952 Rose Bowl against Stanford Stanf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Ortmann
Charles H. Ortmann (June 1, 1929 – March 7, 2018) was an American football player who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1948 to 1950 and in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1951 and the Dallas Texans in 1952. University of Michigan Ortmann was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He turned down offers from the University of Wisconsin and nearby Marquette University, as well as coach Bear Bryant at the University of Kentucky, to attend the University of Michigan and play football for Fritz Crisler. Ortmann recalled: "My high school coach would say, 'Chuck, if you pick Michigan, you're picking the best. After you graduate, people will know you and remember you.' I made the right decision." He was a versatile player, starting at safety on defense and halfback on offense, as well as punting, placekicking, and returning punts and kickoffs. He was a starter as a sophomore for the undefeated 1948 Michigan Wolverines football team that won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pandel Savic
Pandel Savic (July 15, 1925 – June 12, 2018) was an American football player, starting at quarterback for two years with the Ohio State Buckeyes. He is of Macedonian-American origin from the village of Drago. Pandel Savic came to Girard, Ohio, United States through Ellis Island when he was a little boy. "It was the Steel Valley, and the only way to get out of there was to make it in sports," Savic said. "So I played basketball, baseball, track -- anything I could get my hands on." And so he did, he became a college football player for Ohio State. Savic joined the US Marine Corps in 1943, despite having landed a scholarship to Ohio State. He is a veteran of the Peleliu and Okinawa battles. After World War II he went to Ohio State. He helped the 1949 Buckeyes to Ohio State's first Rose Bowl win over California, gaining 16 total yards rushing and passing, including an important 6 yards on the ground to close out the remaining time and seal the Buckeye victory. The 1949 team a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clayton Tonnemaker
Frank Clayton "Clayt" Tonnemaker (June 8, 1928 – December 25, 1996) was an American football player who played Center (American football), center and linebacker for the Green Bay Packers from 1950 to 1954. Tonnemaker was an College Football All-America Team, All-American at the University of Minnesota, where he played center linebacker. In 1980, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Early life Tonnemaker, weighing in at 11 pounds, was born on June 8, 1928, on a farm near Ogilvie, Minnesota, to Anna Nelson and Frank Clayton Tonnemaker. After his father died when Clayton was 7, he and his mother and sister, Lucille, sold their farm at auction and moved to the town of Rush City, Minnesota. The family later moved to Northeast Minneapolis, and Clayton attended Edison High School (Minnesota), Edison High School. Football career Youth Tonnemaker lettered in football at Rush City High School as an 8th grader. After moving to Minneapolis, Tonnemaker played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wahl
Robert Allen "Al" Wahl ( November 8, 1927 - December 17, 2023), nicknamed "Brick" Wahl, was a football player who was a two-time All-American for the University of Michigan Wolverines in 1949 and 1950. Wahl was also a former U.S. Army heavyweight boxing champion (European theater) who went on to become the president of a Fortune 500 company, Valmont Industries. All-American at the University of Michigan Freshman year and military service Wahl went to high school in Oak Park, Illinois and played for the Wolverines as a freshman in 1945. He played as a 17-year-old under wartime rules but injuries handicapped him. One news report noted: "A 17-year-old lad with a great high school reputation he was touted as a regular starter before the '45 season opened. But an ankle injury sidelined him and it also shook his confidence." Wahl missed the 1946 and 1947 seasons due to service in the U.S. Army in Germany. While serving in the Army, Wahl became the Army's heavyweight boxing champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Lininger
Raymond Jack Lininger (June 27, 1927 – August 30, 2002) was an American football linebacker who played two seasons with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Lions in the 21st round of the 1949 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State University and attended Van Wert High School in Van Wert, Ohio. References External linksJust Sports Stats {{DEFAULTSORT:Lininger, Jack 1927 births 2002 deaths Players of American football from Ohio American football linebackers Ohio State Buckeyes football players Detroit Lions players People from Van Wert, Ohio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvin Wistert
Alvin Lawrence "Moose" Wistert (June 26, 1916 – October 3, 2005) was an American football player. A native of Chicago, Illinois, he played college football at the tackle position for Boston University in 1946 and at the University of Michigan from 1947 to 1949. He began his collegiate football career at age 30 following 12 years of working in a factory and serving in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He played at the defensive tackle position for the undefeated 1947 and 1948 Michigan Wolverines football teams, both of which finished the season ranked No. 1 in the final Associated Press poll. He was the oldest college football player selected as a College Football All-American, having been selected to the 1948 College Football All-America Team at age 32 and the 1949 Team at age 33. He was the last of the three Wistert brothers (along with older brother Francis "Whitey" Wistert and younger brother Albert "Ox" Wistert) to play for the Michigan Wolveri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
