National Football League 1950s All-Decade Team

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This is a list of all NFL players who have had outstanding performances throughout the 1950s and have been compiled onto this fantasy group. The team was selected by voters of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Contents 1 Offense 2 Defense 3 Special teams 4 External links

[edit] Offense

Position	Player	Team(s) played for	College	Hall of Famer
Quarterback	Otto Graham	Cleveland Browns	Northwestern	Yes
	Norm Van Brocklin	Los Angeles Rams Philadelphia Eagles	Oregon	Yes
	Bobby Layne	Detroit Lions Pittsburgh Steelers	Texas	Yes
Running back	Frank Gifford	New York Giants	Southern California	Yes
	Ollie Matson	Chicago Cardinals Los Angeles Rams	San Francisco	Yes
	Hugh McElhenny	San Francisco 49ers	Washington	Yes
	Lenny Moore	Baltimore Colts	Penn State	Yes
Full back	Alan Ameche	Baltimore Colts	Wisconsin
	Joe Perry	San Francisco 49ers Baltimore Colts	Compton Community	Yes
End	Raymond Berry	Baltimore Colts	South Methodist	Yes
	Tom Fears	Los Angeles Rams	UCLA	Yes
	Bobby Walston	Philadelphia Eagles	Georgia
	Elroy Hirsch	Los Angeles Rams	Michigan	Yes
Tackle	Roosevelt Brown	New York Giants	Morgan State	Yes
	Bob St. Clair	San Francisco 49ers	Tulsa	Yes
Guard	Dick Barwegan	Chicago Bears Baltimore Colts	Purdue
	Jim Parker	Baltimore Colts	Ohio State	Yes
	Dick Stanfel	Detroit Lions Washington Redskins	San Francisco JC San Francisco
Center	Chuck Bednarik	Philadelphia Eagles	Pennsylvania	Yes

[edit] Defense

Position	Player	Team(s) played for	College	Hall of Famer
Defensive end	Len Ford	Cleveland Browns Green Bay Packers	Michigan	Yes
	Gino Marchetti	Dallas Texans Baltimore Colts	San Francisco	Yes
Defensive tackle	Art Donovan	New York Yanks Dallas Texans Baltimore Colts	Boston	Yes
	Leo Nomellini	San Francisco 49ers	Minnesota	Yes
	Ernie Stautner	Pittsburgh Steelers	Boston	Yes
Linebacker	Joe Fortunato	Chicago Bears	Virginia Military Institute Mississippi State
	Bill George	Chicago Bears	Wake Forest	Yes
	Sam Huff	New York Giants	West Virginia	Yes
	Joe Schmidt	Detroit Lions	Pittsburgh	Yes
Cornerback	Dick "Night Train" Lane	Los Angeles Rams Chicago Cardinals	Scottsbluff	Yes
	Jack Butler	Pittsburgh Steelers	St. Bonaventure
Safety	Jack Christiansen	Detroit Lions	Colorado State	Yes
	Yale Lary	Detroit Lions	Texas A&M	Yes
	Emlen Tunnell	New York Giants Green Bay Packers	Iowa	Yes

[edit] Special teams

Position	Player	Team(s) played for	College	Hall of Famer
Placekicker	Lou Groza	Cleveland Browns	Ohio State	Yes

[edit] External links

• NFL's 1950s All-Decade Team on NFL.com

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