
1948 San Francisco 49ers Roster
Team Record: 12-2
Finishing 2nd in the AAFC's West Division
Coach: Buck Shaw (12-2)
Location: San Francisco, California
1948 San Francisco 49ers Results
The San Francisco 49ers of the All American Football Conference ended the 1948 season with a record of 12 wins and 2 losses, finishing second in the AAFC's West Division.
The 49ers kept the scoreboard humming with 495 points, and the defensive unit conceded 248. Johnny Strzykalski carried the ball for a team-leading 915 yards for San Francisco.
Frankie Albert tossed for 1,990 yards. Alyn Beals grabbed 46 passes for 591 yards, while Johnny Strzykalski contributed to the receiving game as well.
The ball-hawking defense pounced on 52 turnovers. Eddie Carr picked off 7 opponent throws.
Buck Shaw coached the team.
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# | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
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63 | Frankie Albert | P | January 27, 1920 | 5'10" | 166 | Stanford | Chicago, IL USA | 14 | 9 |
Ed Balatti | E-DB | April 8, 1924 | 6'1" | 195 | none | Los Banos, CA USA | 1 | 0 | |
38 | Bruno Banducci | G | November 11, 1920 | 5'11" | 216 | Stanford | Tsingnano, Italy | 8 | 0 |
53 | Alyn Beals | RE | April 27, 1921 | 6'0" | 188 | Santa Clara | Marysville, CA USA | 14 | 13 |
46 | Roman Bentz | G-T | September 1, 1919 | 6'2" | 230 | Tulane | Iron Ridge, WI USA | 4 | 0 |
54 | Gail Bruce | DE-E | September 29, 1923 | 6'1" | 206 | Washington | Puyallup, WA USA | 14 | 0 |
42 | Bob Bryant | LT | June 14, 1919 | 6'3" | 226 | Texas Tech | Frederick, OK USA | 14 | 14 |
84 | Eddie Carr | DB | April 27, 1923 | 6'0" | 185 | none | 13 | 1 | |
Ken Casanega | QB-DB-HB | February 18, 1921 | 5'11" | 175 | Santa Clara | Alameda County, CA USA | 1 | 0 | |
93 | Jim Cason | PR | July 25, 1927 | 6'0" | 171 | LSU | Sondheimer, LA USA | 13 | 5 |
31 | Don Clark | LG | December 22, 1923 | 5'11" | 197 | USC | Shurdan, IA USA | 14 | 14 |
48 | Floyd Collier | T | May 10, 1924 | 6'1" | 215 | San Jose St. | Fresno, CA USA | 12 | 0 |
32 | Jim Cox | G-LB | September 6, 1920 | 6'1" | 208 | California | St. Louis, MO USA | 14 | 0 |
92 | Paul Crowe | B | October 23, 1924 | 6'1" | 190 | St. Mary's (CA) | Chino, CA USA | 14 | 0 |
45 | Charlie Elliott | T | December 30, 1921 | 6'2" | 240 | Oregon | Corvallis, OR USA | 3 | 0 |
21 | Dutch Elston | C-BB | November 19, 1918 | 5'11" | 190 | South Carolina | Texhoma, TX USA | 12 | 0 |
81 | Len Eshmont | LH | August 26, 1917 | 5'11" | 179 | Fordham | Mount Carmel, PA USA | 13 | 8 |
Paul Evansen | G | May 10, 1922 | 6'3" | 240 | Oregon St. | San Francisco, CA USA | 1 | 0 | |
34 | Visco Grgich | RG | January 19, 1923 | 5'11" | 217 | Santa Clara | Zlarin, Yugoslavia | 14 | 14 |
88 | Forrest Hall | KR | October 29, 1921 | 5'8" | 155 | Duquesne | Oil City, PA USA | 14 | 5 |
56 | Clarence Howell | E | April 7, 1927 | 6'1" | 188 | Texas A&M | , TX | 12 | 0 |
23 | Bill Johnson | C-LB | July 14, 1926 | 6'3" | 228 | Texas A&M | Tyler, TX USA | 5 | 0 |
45 | Fred Land | T-G | May 8, 1925 | 6'1" | 220 | LSU | North Little Rock, AR USA | 2 | 0 |
71 | Verl Lillywhite | HB | December 5, 1926 | 5'10" | 185 | USC | Garland, UT USA | 14 | 1 |
59 | Ned Maloney | E | April 21, 1923 | 6'1" | 190 | Purdue | Chicago, IL USA | 14 | 1 |
74 | Len Masini | BB-FB-LB | October 6, 1922 | 6'0" | 225 | Fresno St. | Firebaugh, CA USA | 2 | 0 |
37 | Riley Matheson | G | December 12, 1914 | 6'2" | 207 | Cameron | Shannon, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
24/38 | Walter McCormick | C-LB | September 4, 1926 | 6'1" | 215 | Washington | Visalia, CA USA | 9 | 0 |
47 | Bob Mike | T | October 29, 1923 | 6'1" | 220 | Florida A&M | Edison, GA | 14 | 0 |
74 | Joe Perry | FB | January 22, 1927 | 6'0" | 200 | Compton CC (CA) | Stevens, AR USA | 14 | 0 |
46 | Hal Puddy | T | August 18, 1924 | 6'3" | 220 | Oregon St. | Hood River, OR USA | 4 | 0 |
52 | Hal Shoener | E | January 2, 1923 | 6'3" | 200 | Iowa | Reedsville, WV USA | 14 | 1 |
72 | Norm Standlee | FB | July 19, 1919 | 6'2" | 238 | Stanford | Downey, CA USA | 14 | 13 |
91 | Johnny Strzykalski | RH | December 14, 1921 | 5'9" | 190 | Marquette | Milwaukee, WI USA | 14 | 13 |
94 | Bob Sullivan | HB-DB | August 15, 1923 | 5'10" | 190 | Holy Cross | Lowell, MA USA | 13 | 0 |
58 | Nick Susoeff | LE | April 15, 1921 | 6'1" | 215 | Washington St. | Umapine, OR USA | 13 | 13 |
82 | Joe Vetrano | K | October 15, 1918 | 5'9" | 170 | Southern Miss | Neptune, NJ USA | 14 | 1 |
64 | Bev Wallace | QB | March 7, 1923 | 6'2" | 180 | Compton CC (CA) | , OK | 10 | 0 |
22 | Joel Williams | C | March 18, 1926 | 6'1" | 220 | La-Lafayette | San Angelo, TX USA | 14 | 14 |
41 | John Woudenberg | RT | May 25, 1918 | 6'3" | 226 | Denver | Denver, CO USA | 14 | 14 |