The Battalion Presents Southwest 1950 All-Americans
Jim Weatherall
OU Tackle
Frankie Anderson
OU Defensive End
Don Menasco
TU Defensive End
Kyle Rote
SMU Halfback
Bob Smith
A&M Fullback
Buddy Jones
OU Safety
Leon Heath
OU Fullback
Bud McFadin
TU Guard
McFadin, Menasco Only SWC Stars on AP All-America Teams
Bob Reynolds, Don Heinrich, Dick Kazmaier,
Everett Grandelius Top Offensive Backs
By TED SMITS
A I’ General Sports Editor
New York, Dec. 6—(A 5 )—The As
sociated Press All-America football
team for 1950, for the first time,
is divided into offensive and defen
sive squads in key with the mod
ern style of play. Oklahoma Army
and Texas each placed two men on
the first teams.
Probably as a direct result of
the spread of the two platoon sys
tem, football offense reached a
pew peak in 1950. A survey of
the teams in The AP’s top ten
rankings showed that 15 years ago
the nation’s leaders averaged 17
points per game. This year, with
a baffling variety of plays sus
tained by fresh waves of players,
the average exceeds 30. A new
high mark in offensive fpry in a
game between major schools was
reached when Ohio State beat
Iowa 83-21.
The offensive backs who stood
out in this orgy of ground gain
ing were Don Heinrich, Washing
ton’s tricky passer and field gen
eral; Bobby Reynolds, sensational
Nebraska sophomore who led the
pation’s major schools in scoring
■yvith 157 points; Everett Grande-
Uus, big Michigan State back who
gained 1,023 yards against tough
Opposition; and Dick Kazmaier,
mainspring of Princeton’s unde
feated team.
They had only the slightest mar
gin, however, over the second team
offensive backfield of Babe Parilli
of Kentucky; Eddie Talboom of
Wyoming; John Bright of Drake;
and Kyle Rote of Southern Meth
odist.
Rounding out the first offen
sive team were Dan Foldberg
of Army and Don Stonesifer of
Northwestern at ends; Jim
Weatherall of Oklahoma and Bob
Gain of Kentucky at tackles;
Bud McFadin of Texas and Bob
Ward of Maryland at guards;
and Bill Vohaska of Illinois at
center.
The All-America defensive squad
that could contain the foe and pave
the way for this formidable offen
sive array is composed of Frank
Anderson of Oklahoma and Don
Menasco of Texas at ends, AECa-
rapclla of Miami and A1 Wahl of
Michigan at tackles, Les Richter of
California and Ted Daffer of Ten
nessee at guards, with two line
backers to make up the second
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line of defense—Elmer Stout of
Army and Irvin Holdash of North
Carolina.
Geographical distribution of
the first offensive and defen
sive teams shows that no one
section of the nation has a
monopoly on the game, although
the midwest still has an edge.
The East placed three men, the
Midwest six, the Big Seven
(middle and southwest) three,
the Southeast four, the Southern
Conference two, the Southwest
ern Conference two, and the
Pacific Coast Conference two.
The individual makeup of the
first offensive team is impres
sive. Big Dan Foldberg at end
led Army through another victo
rious season—“always reliable, al
ways dangerous,” says Coach Earl
Blaik. At the other flank is Don
Stonesifer of Northwestern, who
made the formidable Big Ten team
by unanimous vote. Coach Wes
Fesler of Ohio State rated Stone
sifer as the best end he saw all
season.
Jim Weatherall at tackle was
acclaimed the key to Oklahoma’s
all-powerful offense, a player who
did not have a bad day all year,
and was as good at defense as on
offense. In addition to his accom
plishments in line play, he was
master at kicking extra points. At
the other tackle is another giant,
230-:pound Bob Gain of Kentucky,
also strong on defense.
Bud McFadin, the 245-pound
Texas guard and the biggest man
on the team, is termed by Coach
Blair Cherry of Texas as a “great
offensive blocker—energetic, fast,
big, and a great competitor.” The
other guard, Robert Ward of Ma
ryland, was rarely fooled, could
take over on defense as needed,
and was the brightest light of a
strong Maryland team.
Offensive center is Bill Vohaska
of Illinois, rated by his line coach,
Bud Ingwerson, as an exceptional
blocker for opening holes in the
middle and flawless as a ball
handler.
Don Heinrich of Washington,
in the offensive backfield, is
rated the finest passer the west
has produced, and described by
Coach Howie Odell as “the best
quarterback I ever saw for the
ability to follow out a plan. He
feels the other team out, quickly
finding weaknesses which he
can exploit.”
Everett (Sonny) Grandelius of
Michigan State was called by his
coach, Biggie Munn, “the strongest
runner I have seen since Pug Lund
of Minnesota.” Grandelius gained
1,023 yards during the season,
much of it in leading his team to
victory over such major foes as
Notre Dame, Michigan, Minnesota,
Oregon State and Indiana.
For the three defensive back-
field positions on the first team,
men were selected best known for
offensive prowess but who never
theless were pillars of strength on
defense: Vic Janowicz of Ohio
State, a 00-minute player around
whom his team’s defense was built;
Eddie Salem of Alabama, as skilled
at stopping an opponent as in di
recting his team’s attack; and Bob
Williams of Notre Dame, a master
quarterback always capable of tak
ing the field to stem an attack.
The same situation prevails
for the defensive backs of the
second team—Wilfred (Whizzer)
White of Arizona State College,
Leon Heath of Oklahoma and
John Dottley of Mississippi.
No Rearrangement
But no possible rearrangement
of All-America backfields can pro
vide room for the host of brilliant
ball carriers who starred in high
scoring games. Chief among these
are Parilli and Rote. Parilli, a ma
gician with the ball and a superb
field general, led eKntucky to a
victoi’ious season marred only by
the final defeat by Tennessee. Un
fortunately Kentucky’s schedule
did not test the team’s. strength
fully. Rote was outstanding as
runner, blocker and pass receiver
on an up-and-down Southern Meth
odist team.
With so much emphasis on of
fense, it was only natural that
All-Ameria nominations should
flood in for such men as Francis
(Reds) Bagnell of Pennsylvania,
Bill Weeks of Iowa State, Steve
Wadiak of South Carolina, Fred
Cone of Clemson, Billy Cox of
Duke, Bob Smith of Texas A&M,
Bobby Marlow of Alabama, Johnny
Karras and Dick Raklovitz of Illi
nois, Byron Townsend of Texas,
Chuck Ortmann of Michigan and
Hank Lauricella of Tennessee.
From this group it would be easy
to carve three offensive backfields
to compare with the best of past
years.
The 1950 season was character
ized by more than high offense.
After a long absence from the
spotlight, the Big Three came up
with a great team in Princeton;
the football world was shaken
when Purdue upset Notre Dame to
end a four-year unbeaten streak
extending over 39 games; and the
south came back into the football
picture with some of its oldtime
strength.
Princeton’s contribution to the
first team backfield is a slender
poised junior—Dick Kazmaier, 170
pounds. Says Coach Charlie Cald
well: “He is the only real tailback
we have had in six years at Px*ince-
ton. He can do everything a
coach wants him to do, and he
does it well.” Kazmaier is an elu
sive runner, a fine passer arid a
much better than average punter.
Bobby Reynolds, the Nebraska
sophomore, has been the sensation
of the west. He leads all college
backs in scoring, with 157 points—
22 touchdowns and 25 points after
touchdown. A great open field
ruriner, he single-handedly came
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The defensive first team has
a pair of mighty ends in Frankie
Anderson of Oklahoma, around
whose flank opposing teams
seldom gained, and Don Men
asco of Texas, who ranged up
and down the line on defense.
The Texas line coach, Ed Price,
says of him; “He’s conscien
tious, spirited, aggressive, hard
to block, and alert at all times.”
Defensive tackles are A1 Wahl
of Michigan, a 60-minute player
responsible for his team’s great
late season comeback that led to
the Rose Bowl, and A1 Carapella
of Miami, big man on the surpris
ing Hurricane team that upset
Purdue the v/eek after Purdue
dumped Notre Dame, and then
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California presents Les Rich
ter at guard, a terrific 220-pound
line backer, with an amazing sense
of timing, and the pillar of Cali
fornia’s sturdy defense. At the
other defensive guard post is Ted
Daffer of Tennessee, a man who
was always slashing through op
posing lines to halt backs for
losses.
With ' the change in style of
play, the defensive center post has
disappeai’ed as such, so it is only
appropriate that two big lineback
ers be chosen for each defensive
team—Elmer Stout of Army and
Irvin Holdash of North Carolina.
Stout deserves much of the credit
for Army’s victorious season, and
Holdash, although playing on a
team that took some unpleasant
defeats, was always a pillar of
fire.
The most prominent player in
the three-man defensive backfield
is Vic Janowicz of Ohio State,
(See ALL-AMERICAN, Page 6)
Doak Names Smith,
Rote, Heath - Tops
T h r e e time All-American
Doak Walker placed two South
west Conference stars in his
star studded All-America back-
field.
Bob Smith of A&M and Kyle
Rote of SMU were named along
with Vic Janowich of Ohio
State and Leon Heath of Okla
homa to the backfield. The
present Detroit Lion pro foot
ball star also picked TU Guard
Bud McFadin and OU’s tackle
Jim Weatherall to the first
string. .
Others who were chosen to
the Doaker’s All-America eleven
included Dan Folberg of Army
and Bill McColl of Stanford at
the end posts; Bob Cain of Ken
tucky at the other tackle post;
Guard Les Richter of California,
and Center.;. Jerry Groom of
Notre Dame.
About 75 percent of last year’s
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Bruisin 9 Bob Smith Named
To Two All-America Elevens
Bruisin’ Bob Smith, A&M’s and
the Southwest mightiest fullback,
was named to two A11-America
teams this year. The Newspaper
Editorial Association and the Ath
letic Fublications picked the 185-
pound Houstonian to All-America
Backfield posts.
The NEA, known the world over
as a top feature service organiza
tion, and the Athletic Publications,
who have been publishing the re-
knowned Weekly Gridiron Record,
picked Smith after analyzing rec
ords of 15,000 footballers.
Sports Editor of the NEA also
picked Vic Janowich of Ohio State,
Vito Parilli of Kentucky, and
Francis Bagnell of Pennsylvania
to the same backfield with Smith.
The AP picked with Smith to the
All-America quartet, Parilli, Bob
Reynolds of Nebraska, and Jano
wich.
SMU’s Kyle Rote was included
on the defensive platoon of NEA
and TU’s Bud McFadin was placed
on both first offensive teams. Rote
was never mentioned in the top
three AP teams
AP First Team
Post Player and College
E ....Dan Foldberg, Army
E ... Bill McColl, Stanford
T ... Bob Cain, Kentucky
T ... Bud McFadin, Texas
G ....Les Richter, California
G' ....Bob Ward, Maryland
C ...Jrv Holdash, North Carolina ,
B ...Vito Parilli, Kentucky
B ...Bob Reynolds, Nebraska
B ... Bob Smith, A&M
B ...Vic Janowich, Ohio State
(See AP CHOICE, Page 6)
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