1981 season · Roster
1981
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)
7Guy Benjamin26QB402106-4Stanford6/27/195531Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 51st pick /1978
16Joe Montana25QB16162006-2Notre Dame6/11/1956212San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 82nd pick /1979

Running backs (9)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
20Amos Lawrence23RB1301815-11North Carolina1/9/1958Rook1San Diego Chargers / 4th / 103rd pick /1981
30Bill Ring25RB1202085-10San Mateo,BYU12/13/195611 
31Walt Easley24RB1212266-2West Virginia9/8/1957Rook2 
32Ricky Patton27RB16151905-11Ferris St.,Michigan,Jackson St.4/6/195435Atlanta Falcons / 10th / 257th pick /1978
35Lenvil Elliott30RB402056-0Truman St.9/2/195181Cincinnati Bengals / 10th / 249th pick /1973
36Paul Hofer29RB1201956-0Mississippi5/13/195253San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 305th pick /1976
38Johnny Davis25RB1652356-1Alabama7/17/195632Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 30th pick /1978
40Arrington Jones22RB102256-0Winston-Salem St.12/16/1959Rook0San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 122nd pick /1981
49Earl Cooper24FB16112276-2Rice9/17/195716San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 13th pick /1980

WR (5)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
81Matt Bouza22WR102116-3California4/8/1959Rook0 
84Mike Shumann26WR1311786-1Florida St.10/13/195530 
85Mike Wilson23WR1602136-3Washington St.12/19/1958Rook1Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 246th pick /1981
87Dwight Clark24WR16162126-4Clemson1/8/1957210San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 249th pick /1979
88Freddie Solomon28WR15151855-11Tampa1/11/195369Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 36th pick /1975

TE (3)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
80Eason Ramson25TE1102326-2Washington St.4/30/195630Green Bay Packers / 12th / 312th pick /1978
82Brian Peets25TE502256-4Pacific7/15/195630 
86Charle Young30TE16162346-4USC2/5/195184Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 6th pick /1973

Offensive line (8)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
51Randy Cross27RG16162596-3UCLA4/25/1954512San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 42nd pick /1976
56Fred Quillan25C16162616-5Oregon1/27/195637San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 175th pick /1978
60John Choma26G1402616-5Virginia2/9/1955Rook1San Diego Chargers / 5th / 135th pick /1978
61Dan Audick27LT16162526-3Hawaii11/15/195447Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 106th pick /1977
62Walt Downing25G1602596-3Michigan6/11/195631San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 47th pick /1978
66Allan Kennedy23T302736-7Washington St.1/8/1958Rook0Washington Redskins / 10th / 267th pick /1981
68John Ayers28LG16162586-5Texas,West Texas A&M4/14/195347San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 223rd pick /1976
71Keith Fahnhorst29RT16162736-6Minnesota2/6/195277San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 35th pick /1974

Defense

Defensive line (7)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
65Lawrence Pillers29RDE1462556-4Alcorn St.11/4/195255New York Jets / 11th / 296th pick /1976
74Fred Dean29DE1122306-3Louisiana Tech2/24/1952610San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 33rd pick /1975
75John Harty23NT1402606-4Iowa12/17/1958Rook1San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 36th pick /1981
76Dwaine Board25RDE16112486-5North Carolina A&T11/29/195627Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 137th pick /1979
77Pete Kugler22DE1302556-4Penn St.8/9/1959Rook1San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 147th pick /1981
78Archie Reese25NT16162676-3Clemson2/4/195639San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 127th pick /1978
79Jim Stuckey23LDE15152516-4Clemson6/21/195819San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 20th pick /1980

Linebackers (9)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
50Jim Looney24LB102256-0Purdue8/18/1957Rook0 
50Terry Tautolo27LB502326-2UCLA8/30/195450Philadelphia Eagles / 13th / 353rd pick /1976
52Bobby Leopold24LB1622156-1Notre Dame10/18/195713San Francisco 49ers / 8th / 210th pick /1980
53Milt McColl22LB1602486-6Stanford8/28/1959Rook2 
54Craig Puki24RILB1662316-1Tennessee1/18/195715San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 77th pick /1980
57Dan Bunz26LILB1482266-4UC Riverside,Long Beach St.10/7/195536San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 24th pick /1978
58Keena Turner23ROLB16142196-2Purdue10/22/1958110San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 39th pick /1980
59Willie Harper31LOLB16162156-2Nebraska7/30/195089San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 41st pick /1973
64Jack Reynolds34RILB16162326-1Tennessee11/22/1947119Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 22nd pick /1970

Defensive backs (8)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
21Eric Wright22RCB16161836-1Missouri4/18/1959Rook7San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 40th pick /1981
22Dwight Hicks25FS16161906-1Michigan4/5/1956213Detroit Lions / 6th / 150th pick /1978
24Rick Gervais22DB801905-11Stanford11/4/1959Rook0 
27Carlton Williamson23SS16162046-0Pittsburgh6/12/1958Rook7San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 65th pick /1981
28Lynn Thomas22DB1501815-11Pittsburgh7/9/1959Rook1San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 121st pick /1981
29Saladin Martin25DB1501806-0San Diego St.1/17/195611 
33Ricky Churchman23DB301956-1Texas3/14/195810San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 84th pick /1980
42Ronnie Lott22LCB16162036-0USC5/8/1959Rook17San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 8th pick /1981

Special teams

K (2)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
10Matt Bahr25K401755-10Penn St.7/6/195620Pittsburgh Steelers / 6th / 165th pick /1979
14Ray Wersching31K1202135-11Cerritos (CA),California8/21/195083 

P (1)

No.PlayerAgePosGGSWtHtCollege/UnivBirthDateYrsAVDrafted (tm/rnd/yr)
3Jim Miller24P1601835-11Mississippi7/5/195712San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 65th pick /1980