1972 season · Roster
1972
San Francisco 49ers
Roster (44 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 (3)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
11Steve Spurrier27QB1392046-2Florida4/20/194559San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 3rd pick /1967
12John Brodie37QB651986-1Stanford8/14/1935154San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 3rd pick /1957
19Joe Reed24QB901956-1Baylor,Mississippi St.1/8/194810San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 283rd pick /1971

Running backs (5)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
22Vic Washington26RB13131975-11Wyoming3/23/1946110San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 87th pick /1970
24Jimmy Thomas25RB1412146-2Texas-Arlington8/17/194734San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 146th pick /1969
35Larry Schreiber25RB1432106-0Tennessee Tech8/11/194717San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 243rd pick /1970
40Ken Willard29FB14112196-1North Carolina7/14/194375San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 2nd pick /1965
42Doug Cunningham27RB402006-0Mississippi9/14/194550San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 145th pick /1967

WR (5)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
17John Isenbarger25WR1402036-3Indiana1/5/194721San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 48th pick /1970
18Gene Washington25WR14141856-2Stanford1/14/1947312San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 16th pick /1969
83Terry Beasley22WR801865-11Auburn2/5/1950Rook0San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 19th pick /1972
85Preston Riley25WR1481806-0Memphis10/30/194722San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 217th pick /1970
88Dick Witcher28WR1462046-3UCLA10/10/194460San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 119th pick /1966

TE (1)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
82Ted Kwalick25TE14142266-4Penn St.4/15/1947310San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 7th pick /1969

Offensive line (7)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
65Randy Beisler28LG14142506-5Indiana10/24/194467Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick /1966
66Elmer Collett28G1402446-6San Francisco St.11/7/194454Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 87th pick /1966, San Francisco 49ers / 14th / 208th pick /1966
67John Watson23T1412496-4Oklahoma1/11/194912San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 179th pick /1971
69Woody Peoples29RG14142526-2Grambling St.8/16/194349 
75Forrest Blue27C14142616-6Auburn9/7/1945413San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 15th pick /1968
76Len Rohde34LT14142476-4Utah St.4/16/1938127Buffalo Bills /1960, San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 59th pick /1960
79Cas Banaszek27RT13132546-3Northwestern10/24/194547San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 11th pick /1967

Defense

Defensive line (7)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
53Tommy Hart28LDE14142456-4Morris Brown11/7/194449San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 261st pick /1968
56Bob Hoskins27DT1422466-2Wichita St.9/16/194523San Francisco 49ers / 16th / 406th pick /1969
70Charlie Krueger35LDT14142566-4Texas A&M1/28/1937137San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 9th pick /1958
72Bill Belk26DE1422536-3MD-Eastern Shore2/19/194642San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 153rd pick /1968
74Earl Edwards26RDT13122606-7Wichita St.3/17/194637San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 120th pick /1969
78Rolf Krueger26DE402536-4Texas A&M12/8/194632St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 35th pick /1969
86Cedrick Hardman24RDE14122556-3North Texas10/4/194827San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 9th pick /1970

Linebackers (5)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
50Ed Beard33MLB1462266-1Tennessee12/9/193974Oakland Raiders / 20th / 159th pick /1964, San Francisco 49ers / 14th / 183rd pick /1964
54Marty Huff24LB302346-2Michigan12/19/1948Rook2San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 127th pick /1971
57Frank Nunley27MLB1382296-2Michigan10/1/194555San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 62nd pick /1967
58Jim Sniadecki25LB202306-2Indiana3/23/194731San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 86th pick /1969
84Dave Olerich28LB1202206-1San Francisco11/14/194453 

Defensive backs (7)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
23Johnny Fuller26SS1451866-0Lamar3/3/194643San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 98th pick /1968
32Mel Phillips30SS14141986-2North Carolina A&T1/6/194267San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 69th pick /1966, Buffalo Bills / 19th / 172nd pick /1966
37Jimmy Johnson34LCB14141876-2UCLA3/31/19381116San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 6th pick /1961, San Diego Chargers / 4th / 32nd pick /1961
38Mike Simpson25FS1391705-9Houston3/13/194725San Diego Chargers / 13th / 330th pick /1969
43Windlan Hall22DB1401785-11Arizona St.3/11/1950Rook4San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 96th pick /1972
44Bruce Taylor24RCB14141936-0Boston Univ.5/28/194827San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 17th pick /1970
49Ralph McGill22DB1101835-11Tulsa4/28/1950Rook0San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 28th pick /1972

Special teams

K (1)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
30Bruce Gossett31K1402046-1Ferrum,Clarion,Duquesne,Richmond11/9/194184 

P (1)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
15Jim McCann23P1301636-2Arizona St.3/29/194912San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 205th pick /1971

Other / unlisted

LLB, RLB (2)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
52Skip Vanderbundt26RLB14142256-3Oregon St.12/4/1946310San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 69th pick /1968
64Dave Wilcox30LLB14142416-3Boise St.,Oregon9/29/1942814San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 29th pick /1964, Houston Oilers / 6th / 46th pick /1964