1959 season · Roster
1959
San Francisco 49ers
Roster (37 players)

Full roster pulled from Pro-Football-Reference: every player, position, jersey, age, games, height, weight, college, draft, and Approximate Value. Names link to Wikipedia.

Offense

QB (2)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
12John Brodie24QB1221986-1Stanford8/14/19352 San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 3rd pick /1957
14Y.A. Tittle33QB11101926-0LSU10/24/192611 San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 3rd pick /1951, Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick /1948

Running backs (3)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
26Lenny Lyles23RB1222026-2Louisville1/26/19361 Baltimore Colts / 1st / 11th pick /1958
28C.R. Roberts23FB112026-3USC2/29/1936Rook New York Giants / 14th / 166th pick /1958
34Joe Perry32FB11112006-0Compton CC (CA)1/22/192711  

WR (1)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
27R.C. Owens25WR1221976-3Col. of Idaho11/12/19342 San Francisco 49ers / 14th / 160th pick /1956

Offensive line (7)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
53Frank Morze26C12112706-4Boston Col.3/21/19332 San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 21st pick /1955
64Ted Connolly28RG12122406-3Santa Clara,Tulsa12/5/19315 San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 107th pick /1954
66John Wittenborn23G1212386-2SE Missouri St.3/1/19361 San Francisco 49ers / 17th / 203rd pick /1958
76John Gonzaga26T1232476-3None3/6/19333  
77Bruce Bosley26LG12112416-2West Virginia11/5/19333 San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 15th pick /1956
78John Thomas24LT1292466-4Pacific1/25/19351 San Francisco 49ers / 23rd / 272nd pick /1957
79Bob St. Clair28RT12122636-9San Francisco,Tulsa2/18/19316 San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 32nd pick /1953

Defense

Defensive line (6)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
63Monte Clark22RDT12102656-6USC1/24/1937Rook San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 41st pick /1959
70Charlie Krueger22RDE12122566-4Texas A&M1/28/1937Rook San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 9th pick /1958
72Bill Herchman26DT1212466-2Texas Tech3/10/19333 San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 26th pick /1956
73Leo Nomellini35LDT12122596-3Minnesota6/19/19249 San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 11th pick /1950
74Henry Schmidt24DE1212546-4USC,Trinity (TX)9/28/1935Rook San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 71st pick /1958
75Ed Henke32LDE12122276-3USC12/13/192710 Washington Redskins / 13th / 128th pick /1949

Linebackers (2)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
50Jerry Tubbs24MLB12122216-2Oklahoma1/23/19352 Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 10th pick /1957
54Bob Harrison22LB1202256-2Oklahoma8/8/1937Rook San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 17th pick /1959

Defensive backs (5)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
25Dave Baker22SS12121926-0Oklahoma7/30/1937Rook San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 5th pick /1959
29Billy Atkins25DB601966-1Auburn11/19/19341 San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 59th pick /1958
42Jimmy Ridlon25DB1201816-1Syracuse7/11/19342 San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 39th pick /1957
44Eddie Dove22FS12121816-2Colorado4/4/1937Rook San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 29th pick /1959
47Dicky Moegle25DB811956-0Rice9/14/19344 San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 10th pick /1955

Special teams

K (1)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
36Tommy Davis25K1202156-0LSU10/13/1934Rook San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 128th pick /1957

Other / unlisted

E, LDH, LE, LH, LLB, RDH, RE, RH, RLB (10)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
24J.D. Smith27LH12122056-1North Carolina A&T7/19/19323 Chicago Bears / 15th / 179th pick /1955
33Clancy Osborne25LLB1062186-3Arizona St.11/23/1934Rook Los Angeles Rams / 27th / 315th pick /1957
39Hugh McElhenny31RH1091956-1Washington12/31/19287 San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 9th pick /1952
40Abe Woodson25RDH12121885-11Illinois2/15/19341 San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 15th pick /1957
52Karl Rubke24LLB1272406-4USC12/6/19352 San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 56th pick /1957
55Matt Hazeltine26RLB12122206-1California8/2/19334 San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 45th pick /1955
80Jerry Mertens25LDH12121846-0Drake11/12/19341 San Francisco 49ers / 20th / 239th pick /1958
84Billy Wilson32RE12121906-3San Jose St.2/3/19278 San Francisco 49ers / 22nd / 283rd pick /1950
87Fred Dugan26E1222056-3Dayton5/12/19331 San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 80th pick /1957
88Clyde Conner26LE981936-2Pacific5/18/19333