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The Top Ranked Offensive Linemen of the 1950s
Notes: Ranking Explanation
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Lou Creekmur | 8 |
| 2 | Lou Groza | 10 |
| 3 | Rosey Brown | 17 |
| 4 | George Connor | 22 |
| 5 | Dick Stanfel | 31 |
| 6 | Frank Gatski | 33 |
| 7 | Duane Putnam | 48 |
| 8 | Ray Wietecha | 52 |
| 9 | Stan Jones | 53 |
| 10 | Bruno Banducci | 61 |
| 11 | Abe Gibron | 67 |
| 12 | Mike McCormack | 71 |
| 13 | Dick Barwegan | 80 |
| 14 | Bob St. Clair | 83 |
| 15 | Bill L. Johnson | 90 |
| 16 | Bucko Kilroy | 91 |
| 17 | Lum Snyder | 99 |
| 18 | Bill Wightkin | 102 |
| 19 | Bill Walsh | 114 |
| 20 | Charlie Ane Jr. | 122 |
| 21 | Harley Sewell | 128 |
| 22 | Jim Ringo | 134 |
| 23 | Art Spinney | 139 |
| 24 | Bill Fischer | 141 |
| 25 | Frank Varrichione | 148 |
| 26 | Jim Martin | 160 |
| 27 | Vic Sears | 174 |
| 28 | Frank Wydo | 184 |
| 29 | Bill Austin | 197 |
| 30 | Herman Clark | 203 |
| 31 | Kline Gilbert | 204 |
| 32 | Leon McLaughlin | 207 |
| 33 | Al Wistert | 215 |
| 34 | Tom Dahms | 220 |
| 35 | Jim Parker | 228 |
| 36 | Larry Strickland | 234 |
| 37 | Brad Ecklund | 238 |
| 38 | George Hughes | 244 |
| 39 | Red Stephens | 253 |
| 40 | Alex Sandusky | 255 |
| 41 | Bobby Cross | 262 |
| 42 | Buzz Nutter | 265 |
| 43 | Don Boll | 270 |
| 44 | Jack Stroud | 273 |
| 45 | Vince Banonis | 279 |
| 46 | John Rapacz | 286 |
| 47 | Laurie Niemi | 300 |
| 48 | Doug Hogland | 304 |
| 49 | Bob Fry | 307 |
| 50 | Ray Bray | 309 |
| 51 | John Sandusky | 311 |
| 52 | Ollie Spencer | 314 |
| 53 | Jack Jennings | 321 |
| 54 | Al Barry | 331 |
| 55 | Ken Farragut | 335 |
| 56 | George Preas | 339 |
| 57 | Art Hunter | 346 |
| 58 | Bob Gaona | 348 |
| 59 | Ray Collins | 352 |
| 60 | Dick Yelvington | 365 |
| 61 | Jack Simmons | 375 |
| 62 | John Magee | 377 |
| 63 | Jim Schrader | 382 |
| 64 | Harry Thompson | 396 |
| 65 | John Schweder | 397 |
| 66 | John Hock | 403 |
| 67 | Bill Lange | 408 |
| 68 | Buddy Brown | 415 |
| 69 | Lou Rymkus | 431 |
| 70 | Gus Cifelli | 435 |
| 71 | Dick Afflis | 443 |
| 72 | Ed Beatty | 451 |
| 73 | Bruce Bosley | 455 |
| 74 | Bulldog Turner | 457 |
| 75 | Ken Panfil | 464 |
| 76 | Jim Ray Smith | 473 |
| 77 | Ted Connolly | 485 |
| 78 | Ken Huxhold | 491 |
| 79 | Harry Ulinski | 493 |
| 80 | Harold Bradley | 508 |
| 81 | Ken Jackson | 509 |
| 82 | John Wozniak | 520 |
| 83 | Len Szafaryn | 524 |
| 84 | Lin Houston | 528 |
| 85 | Buck Lansford | 529 |
| 86 | Ray Beck | 533 |
| 87 | Herschel Forester | 543 |
| 88 | Jim Salsbury | 546 |
| 89 | Bob Reinhard | 549 |
| 90 | Dick Huffman | 550 |
| 91 | Dave Stephenson | 553 |
| 92 | Cas Witucki | 554 |
| 93 | George Kennard | 560 |
| 94 | Dick Szymanski | 562 |
| 95 | Stan Campbell | 572 |
| 96 | Lou Palatella | 587 |
| 97 | Herman Lee | 589 |
| 98 | Mike Sandusky | 590 |
| 99 | John Nisby | 609 |
| 100 | Frank Morze | 614 |
| 101 | Johnny Allen | 617 |
| 102 | Norm Masters | 623 |
| 103 | Ray Lemek | 627 |
| 104 | Don Simensen | 634 |
| 105 | Frank Youso | 636 |
| 106 | Jerry A. Smith | 645 |
| 107 | Bill Murray | 654 |
| 108 | Jay Rhodemyre | 655 |
| 109 | Nick Feher | 668 |
| 110 | John Badaczewski | 687 |
| 111 | Buster Ramsey | 698 |
| 112 | Ed Neal | 705 |
| 113 | John Mellekas | 713 |
| 114 | John Morrow | 720 |
| 115 | John Thomas | 727 |
| 116 | Johnny Miller | 736 |
| 117 | Joe Skibinski | 740 |
| 118 | Bob Konovsky | 741 |
| 119 | Vic Lindskog | 742 |
| 120 | Paul Stenn | 743 |
| 121 | John Mastrangelo | 751 |
| 122 | Marv McFadden | 752 |
| 123 | Weldon Humble | 757 |
| 124 | Forrest Gregg | 762 |
| 125 | Andy Miketa | 770 |
| 126 | Ted Karras | 772 |
| 127 | Pete Ladygo | 773 |
| 128 | Tex Coulter | 776 |
| 129 | Steve Ruzich | 803 |
| 130 | Johnny Hatley | 807 |
| 131 | John Gordy | 809 |
| 132 | Jim G. Taylor | 820 |
| 133 | Fred L. Robinson Jr. | 823 |
| 134 | Maury Nipp | 825 |
| 135 | John Houser | 827 |
| 136 | Wash Serini | 828 |
| 137 | Lou Allen | 830 |
| 138 | Bob Kilcullen | 847 |
| 139 | Bob Mischak | 852 |
| 140 | Art Statuto | 874 |
| 141 | Tom Higgins | 883 |
| 142 | Bill Milner | 885 |
| 143 | Gene Hickerson | 897 |
| 144 | George Radosevich | 912 |
| 145 | Dick Klein | 915 |
| 146 | Bob Kelley | 939 |
| 147 | Joe Spencer | 946 |
| 148 | Steve Myhra | 950 |
| 149 | Don Gillis | 953 |
| 150 | Gene Pepper | 961 |
| 151 | Ken Russell | 967 |
| 152 | Jerry Watford | 979 |
| 153 | Dick Tomlinson | 983 |
| 154 | Bob Gaudio | 989 |
| 155 | Fred L. Miller | 990 |
| 156 | Steve Dowden | 993 |
| 157 | John Dittrich | 1002 |
| 158 | Chet Bulger | 1004 |
| 159 | Herb Hannah | 1008 |
| 160 | Dick Logan | 1012 |
| 161 | Buddy Burris | 1023 |
| 162 | Bob Hendren | 1026 |
| 163 | Dale Meinert | 1027 |
| 164 | Howie Brown | 1032 |
| 165 | Herb Siegert | 1035 |
| 166 | Jerry Huth | 1038 |
| 167 | Nate Johnson | 1042 |
| 168 | Fuzzy Thurston | 1046 |
| 169 | Duke Maronic | 1054 |
| 170 | Dan Rogas | 1063 |
| 171 | Charlie Bradshaw | 1083 |
| 172 | Jerry Kramer | 1085 |
| 173 | Jim McCusker | 1086 |
| 174 | Joe Moss | 1106 |
| 175 | Bob Skoronski | 1133 |
| 176 | Barry French | 1138 |
| 177 | Paul Mitchell | 1170 |
| 178 | John Steber | 1177 |
| 179 | Mike Mergen | 1178 |
| 180 | Jim Clark | 1183 |
| 181 | John Simerson | 1185 |
| 182 | Mike Sikora | 1202 |
| 183 | Hank Bullough | 1205 |
| 184 | Ernie Blandin | 1226 |
| 185 | Walt L. Barnes | 1227 |
| 186 | Ray DiPierro | 1244 |
| 187 | Darrell Dess | 1248 |
| 188 | Dale Memmelaar | 1250 |
| 189 | Marv Berschet | 1261 |
| 190 | Tom Dimmick | 1266 |
| 191 | Sherman Plunkett | 1267 |
| 192 | Jack Little | 1269 |
| 193 | Hal Mitchell | 1277 |
| 194 | Joel H. Williams | 1279 |
| 195 | Jack Finlay | 1305 |
| 196 | Ralph Jecha | 1307 |
| 197 | J.D. Smith (1936) | 1319 |
| 198 | Jim Lansford | 1320 |
| 199 | Joe Domnanovich | 1329 |
| 200 | Dick Fugler | 1330 |
| 201 | Menil Mavraides | 1342 |
| 202 | Jim White | 1351 |
| 203 | Ed Cook | 1359 |
| 204 | Earl Putman | 1364 |
| 205 | Hamp Tanner | 1371 |
| 206 | John Wittenborn | 1381 |
| 207 | Ed Bagdon | 1382 |
| 208 | Buzz Guy | 1384 |
| 209 | Ed Voytek | 1385 |
| 210 | Dick Chorovich | 1389 |
| 211 | John Clowes | 1394 |
| 212 | Don Lawrence | 1400 |
| 213 | George Petrovich | 1402 |
| 214 | Walt Houston | 1410 |
| 215 | Homer Hobbs | 1417 |
| 216 | Walt Stickel | 1423 |
| 217 | Willie Manley | 1424 |
| 218 | Hamilton Nichols | 1431 |
| 219 | Jerry DeLucca | 1432 |
| 220 | Ken Barfield | 1434 |
| 221 | Jack Spinks | 1436 |
| 222 | Ken Cooper | 1445 |
| 223 | Ron Hansen | 1457 |
| 224 | Bob Morgan | 1460 |
| 225 | Chet Lagod | 1461 |
| 226 | Joe Amstutz | 1467 |
| 227 | John Sanchez | 1468 |
| 228 | Dave Sparks | 1473 |
| 229 | Russ Carroccio | 1474 |
| 230 | Dave Suminski | 1478 |
| 231 | Fran O'Brien | 1479 |
| 232 | George Atkins | 1481 |
| 233 | Fred Broussard | 1486 |
| 234 | Bob Grottkau | 1490 |
| 235 | Harley Dow | 1492 |
| 236 | Robert Patton | 1494 |
| 237 | Hal Miller | 1503 |
| 238 | Proverb Jacobs | 1505 |
| 239 | Burt Delevan | 1520 |
| 240 | Ellison Kelly | 1522 |
| 241 | George A. Morris | 1523 |
| 242 | Plato Andros | 1531 |
| 243 | Eldred Kraemer | 1534 |
| 244 | John Macerelli | 1538 |
| 245 | Bob Schmidt | 1541 |
| 246 | Chet Adams | 1542 |
| 247 | Gene Donaldson | 1544 |
| 248 | Ed Nickla | 1550 |
| 249 | John J. Michels | 1553 |
| 250 | Tom Feamster | 1555 |
| 251 | Dick Schafrath | 1557 |
| 252 | John Wooten | 1560 |
| 253 | Ledio Fanucchi | 1561 |
| 254 | Carl Vereen | 1563 |
| 255 | Frank D'Agostino | 1564 |
| 256 | Tony Momsen | 1567 |
| 257 | Billy Shipp | 1568 |
| 258 | George Mrkonic | 1569 |
| 259 | Norm Amundsen | 1571 |
| 260 | John Nolan Jr. | 1575 |
| 261 | Larry Lauer | 1576 |
| 262 | Dave Lunceford | 1578 |
| 263 | George Brown | 1579 |
| 264 | Keith Flowers | 1581 |
| 265 | Tony Sardisco | 1582 |
| 266 | Bill Striegel | 1583 |
| 267 | Bobby Collier | 1584 |
| 268 | Everett Douglas | 1587 |
| 269 | Ed Bradley II | 1591 |
| 270 | Mike Rabold | 1592 |
| 271 | Gene Selawski | 1593 |
| 272 | Ron Marciniak | 1594 |
| 273 | Darrel Aschbacher | 1596 |
| 274 | Roscoe Hansen | 1597 |
| 275 | Billy Krisher | 1598 |
| 276 | Don Steinbrunner | 1599 |
| 277 | Galen Laack | 1600 |
| 278 | Joe Ramona | 1602 |
| 279 | John Cenci | 1603 |
| 280 | John Damore | 1604 |
| 281 | Mike Davlin | 1605 |
| 282 | Ray Romero | 1606 |
| 283 | Billy Autrey | 1607 |
| 284 | Dick Murley | 1608 |
| 285 | Fritz Barzilauskas | 1609 |
| 286 | Joe Soboleski | 1610 |
| 287 | Mac Lewis | 1611 |
| 288 | Ray L. Evans | 1612 |
| 289 | Jerry Houghton | 1613 |
| 290 | Ed Champagne | 1614 |
| 291 | Gil Bouley | 1615 |
| 292 | Jack Wiley | 1616 |
| 293 | Carroll Vogelaar | 1617 |
| 294 | Bob Balog | 1618 |
| 295 | Charley Quilter | 1619 |
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