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The Top Ranked Running Backs of the 1950s
Notes: Ranking Explanation
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Dan Towler | 1 |
| 2 | Lenny Moore | 2 |
| 3 | Joe Perry | 3 |
| 4 | Ollie Matson | 4 |
| 5 | Frank Gifford | 5 |
| 6 | Hugh McElhenny | 7 |
| 7 | Rick Casares | 15 |
| 8 | Alan Ameche | 20 |
| 9 | Ray Mathews | 25 |
| 10 | Tank Younger | 27 |
| 11 | Doak Walker | 29 |
| 12 | Dub Jones | 30 |
| 13 | Eddie Price | 34 |
| 14 | Alex Webster | 38 |
| 15 | Ray Renfro | 54 |
| 16 | Lynn Chandnois | 65 |
| 17 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 78 |
| 18 | George Taliaferro | 79 |
| 19 | Kyle Rote | 89 |
| 20 | Billy Stone | 127 |
| 21 | Buddy Young | 135 |
| 22 | Jerry Williams | 138 |
| 23 | Lew Carpenter | 149 |
| 24 | Jim Dooley | 150 |
| 25 | Rob Goode | 151 |
| 26 | Fran Rogel | 152 |
| 27 | Jim Brown | 153 |
| 28 | John Henry Johnson | 157 |
| 29 | Johnny Olszewski | 159 |
| 30 | Julie Rykovich | 162 |
| 31 | Hopalong Cassady | 165 |
| 32 | Frank Ziegler | 168 |
| 33 | Skeet Quinlan | 169 |
| 34 | Fred Morrison | 170 |
| 35 | Breezy Reid | 175 |
| 36 | Howie Ferguson | 178 |
| 37 | Dave Middleton | 180 |
| 38 | Charlie Trippi | 182 |
| 39 | Zollie Toth | 183 |
| 40 | Ken Carpenter | 187 |
| 41 | Gene Gedman | 189 |
| 42 | Chick Jagade | 191 |
| 43 | Joe Marconi | 192 |
| 44 | L.G. Dupre | 198 |
| 45 | Dick James | 206 |
| 46 | Tommy Wilson | 214 |
| 47 | Fred Cone | 217 |
| 48 | Marion Motley | 218 |
| 49 | Joe Arenas | 231 |
| 50 | Charlie Justice | 232 |
| 51 | Hal Giancanelli | 241 |
| 52 | Don McIlhenny | 245 |
| 53 | Vitamin Smith | 248 |
| 54 | Leo Elter | 254 |
| 55 | Mel Triplett | 260 |
| 56 | John Hoffman | 263 |
| 57 | Ed Modzelewski | 269 |
| 58 | Jon Arnett | 271 |
| 59 | Preston Carpenter | 272 |
| 60 | Ron Waller | 276 |
| 61 | Billy Ray Barnes | 285 |
| 62 | Jug Girard | 299 |
| 63 | Billy Wells | 310 |
| 64 | Jim Parmer | 316 |
| 65 | Leon Clarke | 319 |
| 66 | Del Shofner | 320 |
| 67 | Don Bosseler | 325 |
| 68 | Dick Hoerner | 333 |
| 69 | Sherman Howard | 334 |
| 70 | Willie Galimore | 341 |
| 71 | Toy Ledbetter | 349 |
| 72 | Tommy McDonald | 356 |
| 73 | Ed Sutton | 363 |
| 74 | Pete Retzlaff | 364 |
| 75 | Joe Childress | 369 |
| 76 | Billy Cross | 371 |
| 77 | Clarence Peaks | 379 |
| 78 | Al Carmichael | 380 |
| 79 | Jim Podoley | 392 |
| 80 | Joe Scott | 402 |
| 81 | J.D. Smith (1932) | 413 |
| 82 | Tom Tracy | 419 |
| 83 | Pat Harder | 421 |
| 84 | Sid Watson | 429 |
| 85 | Paul Hornung | 440 |
| 86 | Pete Schabarum | 445 |
| 87 | Billy Reynolds | 450 |
| 88 | Joe F. Johnson | 452 |
| 89 | Bobby A. Watkins | 462 |
| 90 | Mal Hammack | 469 |
| 91 | R.C. Owens | 474 |
| 92 | Maurice Bassett | 492 |
| 93 | J.R. Boone | 496 |
| 94 | Verl Lillywhite | 504 |
| 95 | Randy Clay | 507 |
| 96 | Bobby Mitchell | 510 |
| 97 | Ollie Cline | 517 |
| 98 | John David Crow | 519 |
| 99 | Chuck Hunsinger | 522 |
| 100 | Johnny Strzykalski | 530 |
| 101 | Leon Heath | 540 |
| 102 | Tony Canadeo | 541 |
| 103 | John Huzvar | 542 |
| 104 | Elmer Angsman | 547 |
| 105 | Billy Grimes | 552 |
| 106 | Dave Mann | 558 |
| 107 | Sam Baker (RB) | 564 |
| 108 | Joe Geri | 568 |
| 109 | Bobby Epps | 584 |
| 110 | George Gulyanics | 588 |
| 111 | Rex Bumgardner | 592 |
| 112 | Royce Womble | 593 |
| 113 | Glenn Davis | 594 |
| 114 | Steve Van Buren | 597 |
| 115 | Rip Collins | 600 |
| 116 | Bert Zagers | 625 |
| 117 | Don Chandler | 628 |
| 118 | Paul Barry | 632 |
| 119 | Red Phillips | 635 |
| 120 | Emil Sitko | 642 |
| 121 | John Dottley | 648 |
| 122 | Jim Taylor | 659 |
| 123 | Bobby Joe Conrad | 665 |
| 124 | Chet Hanulak | 666 |
| 125 | Don Johnson | 671 |
| 126 | Johnny Papit | 674 |
| 127 | Johnny Morris | 693 |
| 128 | Ken Keller | 695 |
| 129 | Al Pollard | 700 |
| 130 | Tommy Kalmanir | 702 |
| 131 | Chet Mutryn | 704 |
| 132 | Johnny Lattner | 707 |
| 133 | Vic Janowicz | 708 |
| 134 | Ralph Pasquariello | 710 |
| 135 | Bob White | 722 |
| 136 | Dick Young | 729 |
| 137 | Leon Campbell | 730 |
| 138 | Bill Bowman | 732 |
| 139 | Gene Babb | 734 |
| 140 | George C. Thomas | 754 |
| 141 | Walt Kowalczyk | 756 |
| 142 | Ken Webb | 760 |
| 143 | Dale Atkeson | 761 |
| 144 | Gene Roberts | 768 |
| 145 | Billy Pricer | 796 |
| 146 | Phil King | 804 |
| 147 | Les Goble | 806 |
| 148 | Boyd Dowler | 811 |
| 149 | Jim Monachino | 829 |
| 150 | Nick Pietrosante | 841 |
| 151 | Clyde Scott | 876 |
| 152 | Larry Coutre | 882 |
| 153 | Carroll Hardy | 887 |
| 154 | Bobby Jack Floyd | 894 |
| 155 | Ted Wegert | 896 |
| 156 | Jerry Nuzum | 900 |
| 157 | Brad Myers | 901 |
| 158 | Billy Vessels | 905 |
| 159 | Larry Krutko | 906 |
| 160 | Neil Worden | 919 |
| 161 | Don Schaefer | 924 |
| 162 | Dan Lewis | 929 |
| 163 | Tommy Runnels | 937 |
| 164 | Jim Spavital | 942 |
| 165 | Perry Jeter | 943 |
| 166 | Byron Bailey | 963 |
| 167 | Jack Call | 965 |
| 168 | Emerson Cole | 975 |
| 169 | Jack Myers | 977 |
| 170 | Ralph Goldston | 980 |
| 171 | Tom McCormick | 981 |
| 172 | Don Phelps | 984 |
| 173 | Gene Filipski | 995 |
| 174 | Jimmy Sears | 999 |
| 175 | Babe Dimancheff | 1022 |
| 176 | Billy Baggett | 1028 |
| 177 | Sonny Grandelius | 1034 |
| 178 | Lindy Pearson | 1040 |
| 179 | Eddie Saenz | 1041 |
| 180 | Joe Morrison | 1047 |
| 181 | Merrill Douglas | 1051 |
| 182 | Mike Sommer | 1062 |
| 183 | Fred Gehrke | 1069 |
| 184 | Ron Kramer | 1097 |
| 185 | Bob Jackson | 1101 |
| 186 | John Brewer Jr. | 1107 |
| 187 | Tom Barnett | 1111 |
| 188 | Ron Drzewiecki | 1134 |
| 189 | Leroy Bolden | 1137 |
| 190 | Herb Johnson | 1148 |
| 191 | Tom Calvin | 1157 |
| 192 | Emmett King | 1164 |
| 193 | James Pace | 1166 |
| 194 | Don Stevens | 1191 |
| 195 | Theron Sapp | 1224 |
| 196 | Bob G. Smith | 1232 |
| 197 | Ken Hall | 1240 |
| 198 | Bill Reichardt | 1249 |
| 199 | Lou Baldacci | 1260 |
| 200 | Ralph M. Anderson | 1263 |
| 201 | Bishop Strickland | 1272 |
| 202 | Joe Hollingsworth | 1286 |
| 203 | Buck McPhail | 1293 |
| 204 | Harland Carl | 1318 |
| 205 | Jim Ostendarp | 1321 |
| 206 | Vinnie Yablonski | 1340 |
| 207 | Forrest Griffith | 1347 |
| 208 | Jack Losch | 1350 |
| 209 | Johnny Karras | 1353 |
| 210 | Pete Perini | 1354 |
| 211 | Bosh Pritchard | 1360 |
| 212 | Charlie Shepard | 1361 |
| 213 | Dick Christy | 1363 |
| 214 | Milt Campbell | 1367 |
| 215 | Hal Lewis | 1375 |
| 216 | Wayne Berry | 1380 |
| 217 | Alex Hawkins | 1386 |
| 218 | Alex Burl | 1395 |
| 219 | Bud Laughlin | 1396 |
| 220 | Larry Hickman | 1406 |
| 221 | Truett Smith | 1409 |
| 222 | Wilford White | 1411 |
| 223 | Burrell Shields | 1413 |
| 224 | Dick Kercher | 1415 |
| 225 | Billy Tidwell | 1425 |
| 226 | Brad Rowland | 1426 |
| 227 | Don Bingham | 1427 |
| 228 | Frank Spaniel | 1428 |
| 229 | George Scott | 1430 |
| 230 | Larry E. Barnes | 1435 |
| 231 | Bob L. Smith | 1441 |
| 232 | Dean Philpott | 1442 |
| 233 | Wally Triplett | 1450 |
| 234 | Don Bishop | 1451 |
| 235 | Hank Lauricella | 1452 |
| 236 | Joe Heap | 1453 |
| 237 | Joe Pagliei | 1454 |
| 238 | Vic Schwall | 1458 |
| 239 | Dean Renfro | 1463 |
| 240 | Charlie Seabright | 1476 |
| 241 | Frank Purnell | 1480 |
| 242 | Jim Shanley | 1487 |
| 243 | Pete D'Alonzo | 1488 |
| 244 | Billy Lott | 1489 |
| 245 | Gib Dawson | 1491 |
| 246 | Carl Mayes | 1497 |
| 247 | Butch Avinger | 1507 |
| 248 | Bill Boedeker | 1512 |
| 249 | Ken Bahnsen | 1518 |
| 250 | Willie Carter | 1525 |
| 251 | Ted Fritsch Sr. | 1532 |
| 252 | Dante Magnani | 1533 |
| 253 | Don Garlin | 1543 |
| 254 | Joe Gasparella | 1551 |
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