1979 season · Roster
1979
San Francisco 49ers
Roster (54 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)
16Joe Montana23QB1612006-2Notre Dame6/11/1956Rook0San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 82nd pick /1979
17Steve DeBerg25QB16152106-3San Jose St.1/19/1954112Dallas Cowboys / 10th / 275th pick /1977

Running backs (7)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
32O.J. Simpson32RB1382126-2City College of San Francisco,USC7/9/1947104Buffalo Bills / 1st / 1st pick /1969
35Lenvil Elliott28RB1602056-0Truman St.9/2/195163Cincinnati Bengals / 10th / 249th pick /1973
36Paul Hofer27RB1571956-0Mississippi5/13/1952310San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 305th pick /1976
38Bob Ferrell27RB1602166-0UCLA11/13/195230 
40Wilbur Jackson28FB16142156-1Alabama11/19/195157San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 9th pick /1974
45Mike Hogan25RB222136-2Chattanooga11/1/195431Philadelphia Eagles / 9th / 247th pick /1976
48Phil Francis22RB1602056-1Stanford1/10/1957Rook3San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 166th pick /1979

WR (5)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
20James Owens24WR1601925-11UCLA7/5/1955Rook2San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 29th pick /1979
80Terry LeCount23WR201785-10Florida7/9/195610San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 91st pick /1978
84Mike Shumann24WR16161786-1Florida St.10/13/195514 
87Dwight Clark22WR1632126-4Clemson1/8/1957Rook2San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 249th pick /1979
88Freddie Solomon26WR15111855-11Tampa1/11/195348Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 36th pick /1975

TE (4)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
80Eason Ramson23TE202326-2Washington St.4/30/195610Green Bay Packers / 12th / 312th pick /1978
81Ken MacAfee23TE16122506-4Notre Dame1/9/195613San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 7th pick /1978
82Bob Bruer26TE1642356-5Minnesota St.5/22/195312Houston Oilers / 9th / 221st pick /1975
85Paul Seal27TE1532226-4Michigan2/27/195250New Orleans Saints / 2nd / 36th pick /1974

Offensive line (7)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
51Randy Cross25RG16162596-3UCLA4/25/195438San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 42nd pick /1976
56Fred Quillan23C16162616-5Oregon1/27/195618San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 175th pick /1978
62Walt Downing23G1602596-3Michigan6/11/195614San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 47th pick /1978
67Ron Singleton27LT16152606-7Grambling St.4/15/195238San Diego Chargers / 4th / 113th pick /1976
68John Ayers26LG16162586-5Texas,West Texas A&M4/14/195328San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 223rd pick /1976
71Keith Fahnhorst27RT16162736-6Minnesota2/6/195258San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 35th pick /1974
77Jean Barrett28T1312536-6Tulsa5/24/195162San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 44th pick /1972

Defense

Defensive line (7)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
66Ted Vincent23LDT16152626-4Wichita St.8/10/195615Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 72nd pick /1978
72Ruben Vaughan23DT1312616-2Colorado8/5/1956Rook1San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 138th pick /1979
74Jimmy Webb27RDT16162476-5Mississippi St.4/13/195245San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 10th pick /1975
76Dwaine Board23RDE1652486-5North Carolina A&T11/29/1956Rook2Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 137th pick /1979
78Archie Reese23LDE16162676-3Clemson2/4/195615San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 127th pick /1978
79Al Cowlings32DE1202556-5USC6/16/194792Buffalo Bills / 1st / 5th pick /1970
86Cedrick Hardman31RDE14112556-3North Texas10/4/194894San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 9th pick /1970

Linebackers (8)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
50Dave Morton24LB312246-2UCLA5/13/1955Rook0 
50Ron Shumon24LB832306-1Wichita St.12/11/195512Cincinnati Bengals / 9th / 238th pick /1978
52Jeff McIntyre25LB1432326-3Arizona St.9/20/1954Rook1Denver Broncos / 6th / 148th pick /1979
53Tom Seabron22LB1602156-3Michigan5/24/1957Rook3San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 111th pick /1979
54Bob Martin26LB1322176-1Nebraska11/14/195331New York Jets / 6th / 163rd pick /1976
57Dan Bunz24MLB14122266-4UC Riverside,Long Beach St.10/7/195515San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 24th pick /1978
58Gordy Ceresino22LB1632246-0Stanford10/26/1957Rook2 
66Bob Nelson26LB112326-4Nebraska6/30/195330Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 42nd pick /1975

Defensive backs (10)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
22Dwight Hicks23DB841906-1Michigan4/5/1956Rook3Detroit Lions / 6th / 150th pick /1978
22Eddie Lewis26DB721776-0Kansas12/15/195331San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 57th pick /1976
24Eric Johnson27DB811926-1Washington St.7/23/195221 
27Tony Dungy24FS1571886-0Minnesota10/6/195523 
28Charles Cornelius27LCB16141765-9Bethune-Cookman7/27/195225 
29Gerard Williams27RCB15141846-1Langston5/25/195235 
29John Bristor24DB101886-0California (PA),Waynesburg11/25/1955Rook0 
30Tim Gray27SS16152006-1Texas A&M11/11/195245St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 21st pick /1975
44Charles Johnson23DB401825-10Grambling St.5/5/1956Rook1Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 101st pick /1979
46Melvin Morgan26FS871836-0Mississippi Gulf Coast CC,Miss. Valley St.3/31/195332Cincinnati Bengals / 11th / 314th pick /1976

Special teams

K (1)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
14Ray Wersching29K1602135-11Cerritos (CA),California8/21/195065 

P (1)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
11Dan Melville23P1601856-0Grossmont College (CA),California3/4/1956Rook1 

Other / unlisted

LLB, RLB (2)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
55Scott Hilton25LLB772306-4Salem5/28/1954Rook2 
59Willie Harper29RLB16162156-2Nebraska7/30/195065San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 41st pick /1973