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 the Associated Press, the United Press, the All-America Board, the American Football Coaches Association, the Football Writers Association of America, the International News Service, the Newspaper Enterprise Association, and 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.| Name | Position | School | Number | Official | Other |
| Leon Hart | End | Notre Dame | 8/8 | AAB, AP, COL, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | NYS, PLAY, WC |
| Emil Sitko | Fullback | Notre Dame | 8/8 | AAB, AP, COL, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | NYS, PLAY, WC |
| Clayton Tonnemaker | Center | Minnesota | 7/8 | AAB AP, COL, FWAA, NEA, SN, UP | NYS, PLAY, WC |
| Rod Franz | Guard | California | 7/8 | AAB, AP, COL, FWAA, INS, SN, UP | NYS, WC |
| Doak Walker | Halfback | SMU | 7/8 | AAB, AP, FWAA, INS, NEA, SN, UP | PLAY |
| Arnold Galiffa | Quarterback | Army | 6/8 | AP, COL, FWAA, INS, SN, UP | NYS, PLAY, WC |
| Leo Nomellini | Tackle | Minnesota | 6/8 | AAB, COL, FWAA, NEA, SN, UP | WC |
| James Williams | End | Rice | 4/8 | AAB, AP, COL, FWAA | NYS, PLAY, WC |
| Alvin Wistert | Tackle | Michigan | 4/8 | AAB, INS, SN, UP | WC |
| Ed Bagdon | Guard | Michigan State | 4/8 | FWAA, NEA, SN, UP | WC |
| Bob Williams | Quarterback | Notre Dame | 4/8 | AAB, FWAA, SN, UP | WC |
All-American selections for 1949
Ends
- Leon Hart, Notre Dame
- James "Froggy" Williams, Rice
- Art Weiner, North Carolina
- Dan Foldberg, Army
- Jim Owens, Oklahoma
- Ken Rose, Stanford
- Kenny Powell, North Carolina
- J. D. Isom, Baylor
- Bud Sherrod, Tennessee
- Bud Grant, Minnesota
- Red Wilson, Wisconsin
- Tom Rowe, Dartmouth
Tackles
- Leo Nomellini, Minnesota
- Alvin Wistert, Michigan
- Wade Walker, Oklahoma
- James Martin, Notre Dame
- Robert Wahl, Michigan
- Bob Gain, Kentucky
- Hollie Donan, Princeton
- Jim Turner, California
- Thurman "Fum" McGraw, Colorado A&M
- John Sandusky, Villanova
- Ray Krouse, Maryland
- Louis Allen, Duke
Guards
- Rod Franz, California
- Ed Bagdon, Michigan State
- Bernie Barkouskie, Pittsburgh
- Stanley West, Oklahoma
- Vern Sterling, Santa Clara
- Bull Schweder, Penn
- Bud McFadin, Texas
- Don Mason, Michigan State
- George Toneff, Ohio State
- Jack Lininger, Ohio State
Centers
- Clayton Tonnemaker, Minnesota
- Joe Watson, Rice
- Tom Novak, Nebraska
- Jim Castagnoli, Stanford
- Bob Fuchs, Missouri
Backs
- Emil Sitko, Notre Dame
- Doak Walker, Southern Methodist
- Arnold Galiffa, Army
- Bob Williams, Notre Dame
- Charlie Justice, North Carolina
- Eddie LeBaron, College of Pacific
- Eddie Price, Tulane
- Lynn Chandnois, Michigan State
- George Thomas, Oklahoma
- George Sella, Princeton
- John Papit, Virginia
- Darrell Royal, Oklahoma
- Forrest Klein, California
- Randall Clay, Texas
- Chuck Ortmann, Michigan
- Bob Celeri, California
- Hillary Chollet, Cornell
- Dick Kempthorn, Michigan
- Bob Zastrow, Navy
- Johnny Karras, Illinois
- Jim Cain, Army
Key
- Bold – Consensus All-American
- -1 – First-team selection
- -2 – Second-team selection
- -3 – Third-team selection
Official selectors
- AP = Associated Press, chosen after recommendations from 250 sports editors, AP staff writers, college coaches, and radio broadcasters
- COL = Collier's Weekly, selected by the American Football Coaches Association
- FWAA = Look magazine, selected by Grantland Rice and the Football Writers Association of America
- INSO/INSD = International News Service offensive and defensive selections
- NEAO/NEAD = Newspaper Editors Association offensive and defensive All-American teams, selected by NEA sports editor Harry Grayson
- SN = Sporting News
- UP = United Press, selected for The United Press by 313 football writers and football broadcasters from all sections of the country
Other selectors
- CP = Central Press Association
- WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation
- NYS = New York Sun
- PLAY = All-Players All-America team, selected by the Chicago Tribune with the cooperation of 112 major colleges, based on the votes of 2,193 college football players. Players were only permitted to vote for players who they played against.