National Football League 1950s All-Decade Team

This is a list of all NFL players who had outstanding performances throughout the 1950s and have been compiled together into this fantasy group. The team was selected by voters of the Pro Football Hall of Fame retroactively in 1969 to mark the league’s 50th anniversary.

All information can be Referenced at the Hall of Fame website

Position	Player	College	Team(s)	Years	Hall of Fame Class
Offense
Quarterback	Otto Graham	Northwestern	Cleveland Browns	1946–55	1965
	Bobby Layne	Texas	Chicago Bears	1948	1967
			New York Bulldogs	1949
			Detroit Lions	1950–58
			Pittsburgh Steelers	1958–62
	Norm Van Brocklin	Oregon	Los Angeles Rams	1949–57	1971
			Philadelphia Eagles	1958–60
Halfback	Frank Gifford	USC	New York Giants	1952–60, 1962–64	1977
	Ollie Matson	San Francisco	Chicago Cardinals	1952, 1954–58	1972
			Los Angeles Rams	1959–62
			Detroit Lions	1963
			Philadelphia Eagles	1964–66
	Hugh McElhenny	Washington	San Francisco 49ers	1952–60	1970
			Minnesota Vikings	1961–62
			New York Giants	1963
			Detroit Lions	1964
	Lenny Moore	Penn State	Baltimore Colts	1956–67	1975
Fullback	Alan Ameche	Wisconsin	Baltimore Colts	1955–60	Not Inducted
	Joe Perry	Compton Junior College	San Francisco 49ers	1948–60, 1963	1969
			Baltimore Colts	1961–62
End	Raymond Berry	Southern Methodist	Baltimore Colts	1955–67	1973
	Tom Fears	Santa Clara UCLA	Los Angeles Rams	1948–56	1970
	Bobby Walston	Georgia	Philadelphia Eagles	1951–62	Not Inducted
Halfback-End	Elroy “Crazy Legs” Hirsch	Wisconsin Michigan	Chicago Rockets	1946–48	1968
			Los Angeles Rams	1949–57
Tackle	Roosevelt Brown	Morgan State	New York Giants	1953–65	1975
	Bob St. Clair	San Francisco Tulsa	San Francisco 49ers	1953–63	1990
Guard	Dick Barwegan	Purdue	New York Yankees	1947	Not Inducted
			Baltimore Colts	1948–49
			Chicago Bears	1950–52
			Baltimore Colts	1953–54
	Jim Parker	Ohio State	Baltimore Colts	1957–67	1973
	Dick Stanfel	San Francisco	Detroit Lions	1952–55	Not Inducted
			Washington Redskins	1956–58
Center	Chuck Bednarik	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia Eagles	1949–62	1967
Kicker	Lou Groza	Ohio State	Cleveland Browns	1949–59, 1961–67	1974
Defense
End	Len Ford	Morgan State Michigan	Los Angeles Dons	1948–49	1976
			Cleveland Browns	1950–57
			Green Bay Packers	1958
	Gino Marchetti	San Francisco	Dallas Texans	1952	1972
			Baltimore Colts	1953–64, 1966
Tackle	Art Donovan	Boston College	Baltimore Colts	1950	1968
			New York Yanks	1951
			Dallas Texans	1952
			Baltimore Colts	1953–61
	Leo Nomellini	Minnesota	San Francisco 49ers	1950–63	1969
Ernie Stautner	Boston College	Pittsburgh Steelers	1950–63	1969
Linebacker	Joe Fortunato	VMI Mississippi State	Chicago Bears	1955–66	Not Inducted
	Bill George	Wake Forest	Chicago Bears	1952–65	1974
			Los Angeles Rams	1966
	Sam Huff	West Virginia	New York Giants	1956–63	1974
			Washington Redskins	1964–67, 1969
	Joe Schmidt	Pittsburgh	Detroit Lions	1953–1965	1973
Halfback	Jack Butler	St. Bonaventure	Pittsburgh Steelers	1951–59	2012
	Dick “Night Train” Lane	Scottsbluff Junior College	Los Angeles Rams	1952–1953	1974
			Chicago Cardinals	1954–59
			Detroit Lions	1960–65
Safety	Jack Christiansen	Colorado State	Detroit Lions	1951–58	1970
	Yale Lary	Texas A&M	Detroit Lions	1952–53, 1956–64	1979
	Emlen Tunnell	Toledo Iowa	New York Giants	1948–58	1967
			Green Bay Packers	1959–61

Notes:

^N1 Team that belonged to the All-America Football Conference for at least part of the player’s tenure

^N2 Three-time finalist to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame