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The Top Ranked Linebackers of the 1950s
Notes: Players are listed only by the position they played the most.
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Chuck Bednarik | 6 |
| 2 | Joe Schmidt | 14 |
| 3 | Sam Huff | 43 |
| 4 | Don Paul | 46 |
| 5 | Chuck Drazenovich | 47 |
| 6 | LaVern Torgeson | 58 |
| 7 | Walt Michaels | 60 |
| 8 | Tommy W. Thompson | 63 |
| 9 | John Cannady | 66 |
| 10 | Leo Sanford | 76 |
| 11 | Bill Pellington | 82 |
| 12 | Wayne Robinson | 87 |
| 13 | John Reger | 98 |
| 14 | Jerry Shipkey | 106 |
| 15 | Matt Hazeltine | 108 |
| 16 | Hardy Brown | 109 |
| 17 | Roger Zatkoff | 115 |
| 18 | Bill Svoboda | 120 |
| 19 | Bill Forester | 121 |
| 20 | Dick Flanagan | 124 |
| 21 | Chuck Noll | 132 |
| 22 | Joe Fortunato | 137 |
| 23 | Harland Svare | 142 |
| 24 | Dick Daugherty | 154 |
| 25 | Doug Eggers | 181 |
| 26 | Galen Fiss | 185 |
| 27 | Marv Matuszak | 188 |
| 28 | Fred Wallner | 194 |
| 29 | Ralph Felton | 195 |
| 30 | Carl Brettschneider | 208 |
| 31 | Clayton Tonnemaker | 221 |
| 32 | Dick Woodard | 223 |
| 33 | Wayne Hansen | 225 |
| 34 | Deral Teteak | 230 |
| 35 | Bob W. Long | 233 |
| 36 | Ed Sharkey | 239 |
| 37 | Tom Catlin | 242 |
| 38 | Joe Campanella | 243 |
| 39 | Sonny Gandee | 259 |
| 40 | Tom Bettis | 267 |
| 41 | Chuck Weber | 278 |
| 42 | Bill Koman | 283 |
| 43 | John Panelli | 293 |
| 44 | Larry Morris | 294 |
| 45 | Darrell Hogan | 295 |
| 46 | Don Shinnick | 318 |
| 47 | Cliff Livingston | 323 |
| 48 | Jack Patera | 329 |
| 49 | Al DeMao | 353 |
| 50 | Tony Adamle | 355 |
| 51 | Jerry Groom | 372 |
| 52 | Sisto Averno | 385 |
| 53 | Frank Sinkovitz | 393 |
| 54 | Jim Powers | 394 |
| 55 | Joe Sulaitis | 404 |
| 56 | Bob Forte | 425 |
| 57 | Pete Wissmann | 441 |
| 58 | Vince Costello | 453 |
| 59 | Bob Pellegrini | 463 |
| 60 | George Buksar | 479 |
| 61 | Bob Griffin | 484 |
| 62 | Karl Rubke | 486 |
| 63 | Knox Ramsey | 495 |
| 64 | Bones Weatherly | 500 |
| 65 | Jerry Tubbs | 501 |
| 66 | Frank Dempsey | 511 |
| 67 | Alex Agase | 512 |
| 68 | Jack Pardee | 523 |
| 69 | Hal Herring | 527 |
| 70 | Don Burke | 536 |
| 71 | John Helwig | 548 |
| 72 | Jack Cloud | 556 |
| 73 | Sam Palumbo | 563 |
| 74 | Norm Standlee | 566 |
| 75 | Bill Schroll | 567 |
| 76 | Bob Summerhays | 576 |
| 77 | Gordon Polofsky | 583 |
| 78 | Ray Nitschke | 601 |
| 79 | Stan Sheriff | 620 |
| 80 | Dan Currie | 656 |
| 81 | Tom Louderback | 657 |
| 82 | Carl Schuette | 658 |
| 83 | Jack Lininger | 672 |
| 84 | Walt Barnes | 681 |
| 85 | Bob Momsen | 689 |
| 86 | Ed Quirk | 706 |
| 87 | Tom Braatz | 709 |
| 88 | Dick Campbell | 726 |
| 89 | Harvey Johnson | 733 |
| 90 | Duke Iverson | 737 |
| 91 | Lou Tepe | 738 |
| 92 | Bob Peviani | 747 |
| 93 | Stu Clarkson | 759 |
| 94 | Jack Manley | 769 |
| 95 | Nick Adduci | 771 |
| 96 | Bob Stringer | 778 |
| 97 | Bill Roehnelt | 783 |
| 98 | Roy Wilkins | 786 |
| 99 | Gerry Cowhig | 792 |
| 100 | Bill Jobko | 793 |
| 101 | Pat Cannamela | 802 |
| 102 | Ed King | 812 |
| 103 | Joe Reid | 815 |
| 104 | Pat Knight | 833 |
| 105 | Hal Faverty | 839 |
| 106 | John Morton | 840 |
| 107 | Bob Dougherty | 849 |
| 108 | Bob Hantla | 851 |
| 109 | Keever Jankovich | 879 |
| 110 | Fred Negus | 888 |
| 111 | Hugh Pitts | 889 |
| 112 | Lou Kusserow | 891 |
| 113 | Mario Giannelli | 903 |
| 114 | Ted Bates | 907 |
| 115 | Wayne Walker | 916 |
| 116 | Tom Roggeman | 922 |
| 117 | Ross Nagel | 926 |
| 118 | Cliff Patton | 936 |
| 119 | Ed Cody | 941 |
| 120 | Pete Brown | 959 |
| 121 | Bill Blackburn | 960 |
| 122 | Ray Apolskis | 971 |
| 123 | Tom Stolhandske | 973 |
| 124 | Aubrey Rozzell | 1003 |
| 125 | Mike Lazetich | 1009 |
| 126 | Rex Grossman Jr. | 1019 |
| 127 | Clancy Osborne | 1029 |
| 128 | Mike Henry | 1048 |
| 129 | Ernie Danjean | 1059 |
| 130 | Pete Stout | 1065 |
| 131 | Alex Wojciechowicz | 1070 |
| 132 | Emil Karas | 1073 |
| 133 | Frank Kuchta | 1094 |
| 134 | Leon Cunningham | 1096 |
| 135 | Sid Fournet | 1115 |
| 136 | Marion Rushing | 1129 |
| 137 | Vic Vasicek | 1131 |
| 138 | Chuck Howley | 1159 |
| 139 | Don Ettinger | 1175 |
| 140 | Dennit Morris | 1211 |
| 141 | Joe Muha | 1219 |
| 142 | Vito Kissell | 1246 |
| 143 | Dave Lloyd | 1251 |
| 144 | Rudy Hayes | 1265 |
| 145 | Bob L. Harrison | 1290 |
| 146 | John Guzik | 1302 |
| 147 | John Nocera | 1303 |
| 148 | Charlie Brueckman | 1311 |
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