1946 San Francisco 49ers Roster
Team Record: 9-5
Finishing 2nd in the AAFC's West Division
Coach: Buck Shaw (9-5)
Location: San Francisco, California
1946 San Francisco 49ers Results
The San Francisco 49ers of the All American Football Conference ended the 1946 season with a record of 9 wins and 5 losses, finishing second in the AAFC's West Division.
San Francisco racked up 307 points, while the defense gave up 189. Norm Standlee carried the ball for a team-leading 651 yards for the 49ers.
Frankie Albert passed for 1,404 yards. Alyn Beals grabbed 40 passes for 586 yards.
Ken Casanega picked off 8 opponent throws.
Buck Shaw coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | Frankie Albert | P | January 27, 1920 | 5'10" | 166 | Stanford | Chicago, IL USA | 14 | 11 |
| 57 | Ed Balatti | ROE-RDE-LO | April 8, 1924 | 6'1" | 195 | none | Los Banos, CA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 33 | Bruno Banducci | RG | November 11, 1920 | 5'11" | 216 | Stanford | Tsingnano, Italy | 14 | 14 |
| 36 | Dick Bassi | LG | January 1, 1915 | 5'11" | 214 | Santa Clara | San Luis Obispo, CA USA | 8 | 8 |
| 53 | Alyn Beals | LE | April 27, 1921 | 6'0" | 188 | Santa Clara | Marysville, CA USA | 14 | 1 |
| 42 | Bob Bryant | LT | June 14, 1919 | 6'3" | 226 | Texas Tech | Frederick, OK USA | 14 | 3 |
| 83 | Ken Casanega | PR | February 18, 1921 | 5'11" | 175 | Santa Clara | Alameda County, CA USA | 14 | 5 |
| 22 | Gerry Conlee | C | August 22, 1914 | 5'11" | 203 | St. Mary's (CA) | Porterville, CA USA | 10 | 2 |
| 93 | Don Durdan | HB | September 21, 1920 | 5'9" | 175 | Oregon St. | Arcata, CA USA | 12 | 1 |
| 21 | Dutch Elston | C | November 19, 1918 | 5'11" | 190 | South Carolina | Texhoma, TX USA | 13 | 11 |
| 81 | Len Eshmont | KR | August 26, 1917 | 5'11" | 179 | Fordham | Mount Carmel, PA USA | 10 | 9 |
| 56 | Bill Fisk | LE | November 5, 1916 | 6'0" | 200 | USC | Los Angeles, CA USA | 14 | 12 |
| 34 | Eddie Forrest | LB-OG-C | June 12, 1921 | 5'11" | 210 | Santa Clara | San Francisco, CA USA | 11 | 0 |
| 82 | Pete Franceschi | HB | September 28, 1919 | 5'9" | 170 | San Francisco | San Francisco, CA USA | 9 | 1 |
| 62 | Jesse Freitas | QB-DB | February 7, 1921 | 5'10" | 170 | Santa Clara | Red Bluff, CA USA | 10 | 0 |
| 32 | Garland Gregory | LG | March 8, 1919 | 5'11" | 185 | Louisiana Tech | Columbia, LA USA | 13 | 6 |
| 49 | Visco Grgich | RT-G | January 19, 1923 | 5'11" | 217 | Santa Clara | Zlarin, Yugoslavia | 12 | 0 |
| 64 | Parker Hall | LOH-LDH-QB | December 10, 1916 | 6'0" | 198 | Mississippi | Tunica, MS USA | 11 | 0 |
| 46/47 | John Kuzman | T | June 29, 1915 | 6'1" | 232 | Fordham | Coaldale, PA USA | 11 | 1 |
| 73 | Ned Mathews | WB | August 11, 1918 | 5'10" | 187 | UCLA | Provo, UT USA | 6 | 1 |
| 45 | John Mellus | LT | June 16, 1917 | 6'0" | 214 | Villanova | Plymouth, PA USA | 14 | 10 |
| 55 | Hank Norberg | DE-OE | December 22, 1920 | 6'2" | 225 | Stanford | Oakland, CA | 14 | 0 |
| 94 | Earle Parsons | HB | September 16, 1921 | 6'0" | 180 | USC | Helena, MT | 10 | 2 |
| 37 | Charles Pavlich | OG-DG | June 15, 1921 | 6'2" | 210 | none | Muskegon, MI | 10 | 0 |
| 23 | Bill Remington | C | November 2, 1920 | 6'1" | 185 | Washington St. | South Bend, WA | 9 | 1 |
| 73 | Dick Renfro | FB | January 25, 1919 | 5'10" | 200 | Washington St. | Fort Worth, TX USA | 3 | 3 |
| 74 | Ken Roskie | FB-LB | November 29, 1920 | 6'1" | 220 | South Carolina | Rockford, IL USA | 8 | 0 |
| 72/74 | Norm Standlee | FB | July 19, 1919 | 6'2" | 238 | Stanford | Downey, CA USA | 13 | 10 |
| 91 | Johnny Strzykalski | RH | December 14, 1921 | 5'9" | 190 | Marquette | Milwaukee, WI USA | 13 | 11 |
| 58 | Nick Susoeff | E | April 15, 1921 | 6'1" | 215 | Washington St. | Umapine, OR USA | 6 | 2 |
| 35 | Rupe Thornton | ROG | January 5, 1920 | 5'10" | 205 | Santa Clara | Denver, CO USA | 11 | 0 |
| 51 | Bob Titchenal | RE | October 17, 1917 | 6'2" | 194 | San Jose St. | Ventura, CA USA | 14 | 13 |
| 92 | Joe Vetrano | K | October 15, 1918 | 5'9" | 170 | Southern Miss | Neptune, NJ USA | 13 | 2 |
| 41 | John Woudenberg | RT | May 25, 1918 | 6'3" | 226 | Denver | Denver, CO USA | 14 | 14 |
