Bruce Bosley Overview Green Bank High School Activities Sports West Virginia University Football NFL Honors Off Field Hall of Fame Other Honors Cards Books etc Green Bank High School FFA 194849 ID: 764692
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Bruce Bosley
Overview Green Bank High School Activities, SportsWest Virginia UniversityFootballN.F.L. HonorsOff FieldHall of FameOtherHonors, Cards, Books, etc.,.
Green Bank High School FFA 1948-49, 1949-50Varsity “G”1948-52 Varsity “G” President1950-1951, 1951-52Latin Club Representative1951-52 Freshman Class President1948-49Sophomore Vice President 1949-50Junior Class President1950-51 Senior Class Play “Dead of the Night” Actor - Steve Holbrook
GBHS - Basketball Basketball 1948-49: 15-9Sectional ChampionshipBasketball 1949-50: 20-4 Sectional Championship, Regional ChampionshipBasketball 1950-51: 27-1Sectional ChampionshipRegional Championship Class “B” State Runner-UpBasketball 1951-52: 15-3 Sectional Championship Total: 77W-17LBasketball Letterman: 1948-52 All-State Tournament Team (Basketball): 1951 Basketball Co-Captain: 1951-52
GBHS - Football Football 1948-49: 7-2Greenbrier Valley ChampionshipFootball 1949-50: 5-1-3Football 1950-51: 6-1-1 Northern Greenbrier Valley ChampionshipFootball 1951-52: 6-2 Total: 24W-6L-3TFootball Letterman: 1948-52Football Co-Captain: 1951-52Class B All State (3rd Team): 1951North-South All-Star Game: 1952
West Virginia University 1952 Football: 7-2 (5-1)1953 Football: 8-2 (4-0) Southern Conference Champions Sugar Bowl1954 Football: 8-1 (3-0)Southern Conference Champions 1955 Football: 8-2 (4-0)Southern Conference Champions Total : 31W-7L
West Virginia University Football Letterman 1952-1955All-American (INS -2nd Team, AP - HM)1953 All-Southern Conference (Captain)1953Academic All-American (Chemical Engineering)1953 Associated Press National Lineman of the Week - Penn State 1953All-American (AP, United Press, NEA - HM, INS -3rd Team) 1954All-Chemical All-American (Captain)1954All-South ( N.Y. Sunday News, Colliers, Look) 1954 All-Southern Conference 1954
West Virginia University - 1955 Southern Conference Player of the YearJacob's Blocking Trophy Consensus All-American(Collier, International News Service, United Press, The Sports News, New York News, Williamson Rating System, Hearst Newspapers, Paramount News, All-America Board, Boston Record American, Gridiron Weekly and Players' (Norman Sper), Walter Camp (2nd Team)All- Players Team Named by 93 percent of opposing playersAll Southern Conference Captain 1955 Co-Captain 1955 North-South Game 1955 Senior Bowl 1956 College Football All-Star Game vs Defending NFL Champion Cleveland Browns
San Francisco 49ers/Atlanta Falcons 1956 2nd Round Draft Pick (#15th overall )San Francisco 49ers: 1956: Starting Left Defensive End1957: Starting Left Guard1958: Starting Left Guard1959: Starting Left Guard 1960: Starting Left Guard1961: Starting Left Guard1962: Starting Center1963: Starting Center1964: Starting Center 1965: Starting Center1966: Starting Center1967: Starting Center1968: Starting Center 163 Total Games Atlanta Falcons: 1969 : Starting Center 12 Total Games
NFL Season-by-Season 1956 San Francisco 49ers: 5-6-11957 San Francisco 49ers: 8-4 NFL West Division Championship Lost Divisional Playoff to future NFL Champion Detroit Lions 1958 San Francisco 49ers: 6-61959 San Francisco 49ers: 7-51960 San Francisco 49ers: 7-5 1961 San Francisco 49ers: 7-6-11962 San Francisco 49ers: 6-8 1963 San Francisco 49ers: 2-12 1964 San Francisco 49ers: 4-10 1965 San Francisco 49ers: 7-6-1 1966 San Francisco 49ers: 6-6-2 1967 San Francisco 49ers: 7-71968 San Francisco 49ers: 7-6-1 1969 Atlanta Falcons: 6-8 Total: 85W-95L-6T
NFL Honors 1960 Pro Bowl: Left GuardWest 38 – East 211965 Pro Bowl: CenterWest 34 – East 14 1966 Pro Bowl: CenterEast 36 – West 7 1967 Pro Bowl: CenterEast 20 – West 10 1959 All Pro: Left Guard 1st Team Sporting News , 2nd Team AP1960 All Pro: Left Guard 2nd Team Newspaper Ent. Assoc., NY Daily News, UP I 1961 All Pro: Left Guard 1st Team Sporting News, 2nd Team Newspaper Ent. Assoc . 1966 All Pro: Center 2nd Team, NY Daily News
Off Field Board of DirectorsSan Francisco Annex for Cultural ArtsMayor’s C ommittee San Francisco Council for the Performing ArtsLong-time VolunteerSan Francisco Film Festival Long-time VolunteerSan Francisco BalletNFL Alumni Association Executive DirectorPresidentCaring for Kids
Hall of Fame(s) West Virginia Sportswriters Hall of Fame1975College Football’s 75th Silver Anniversary Team 1981College Football Hall of Fame1982WVU Sports Hall of Fame1992West Virginia Coaches Association Football Hall of Fame 2010
Other Honors NFL Films “They Lead Two Lives” 196775th Anniversary All-Southern Conference Football Team1996 Sports Illustrated Top-50 Athletes from West Virginia (#30) 1999NFL Alumni Northern California Chapter Building named “Bruce Bosley Memorial Building” 1999Member of the 49ers "Golden Era" team from 1946-69
Football Cards 1956: 49ers Team Issue # 61956: Topps 49ers Team Photo1957: 49ers Team Issue #6 1958: 49ers Team Issue #51959: 49ers Team Issue #31959: Topps #166 “Rookie Card” 1959: Topps 49ers Team Photo1960: 49ers Team Issue #2 1961: 49ers Team Issue #1 1961: Topps 49ers Team Photo1962: Post Cereal #91 1962-63: Salada Coins #29 1963: Topps 49ers Team Photo1964: Coke Caps 49ers #2 1964: Topps 49ers Team Photo 1965: Philadelphia 49ers Team Photo 1965: Philadelphia 49ers Play of the Year 1965: Philadelphia 49ers vs Rams 1966 : Coke Caps 49ers # C2 1966: Coke Caps National NFL #C40 (UER) 1966: Philadelphia #172 1966: Philadelphia 49ers Team Photo 1967: Philadelphia #171 1967: Williams Portraits #451 1967: Philadelphia 49ers Team Photo 1968: 49ers Team Issue #5 1968: Topps 49ers Test Team Photo 1969: Glendale Stamps #291 1969: Topps #157 Bruce Bosley UER 1969: Topps Four-in-One Inserts # 9 Bosley/Wilburn/ Nowatzke /Simon 1969 : Topps San Francisco 49ers Mini Card Album 1991 : West Virginia ATG #5 Bruce Bosley 2003: West Virginia Greats #7 Bruce Bosley 2003: West Virginia Greats 1953 Mountaineers Team Photo
Known Books/Magazine Mentions “Waiting for the Fall: A Decade of Dreams, Drama and West Virginia University Football” by Mike Casazza “Before They Were Champions: The San Francisco 49ers 1958 Season” by Martin S. Jacobs“Forty Niners : Looking back” by Joseph Hession“Mountaineer Football 1891-1969” by Tony Constantine“Great Expectations: Lessons from the Hearts of College Athletes” by Carolyn Peluso Atkins "Our Proud Mountain Roots and Heritage” by George R. Triplett “Sports in West Virginia: A pictorial history” by Doug Huff“Tough Stuff” by Sam Huff and Leonard Shapiro
Known Books/Magazine Mentions “ San Francisco 49ers (Great Teams' Great Years)” by Creative Services and NFL Properties Inc“West Virginia University Football Vault (College Vault)” by John Antonik“The Backyard Brawl” by John Antonki “Bruce Bosley” December 1, 1963SF 49ers vs Los Angeles Rams 49ers Profile “The House that Bruce Built” December 3rd 1967 SF 49ers vs Chicago Bears 49ers Profile "Mountaineer Illustrated - September 18th, 1982" Cover Photo, and Feature Article "San Francisco 49ers" Sports Review 1966 Pro Football "Pro Football - 1967, San Francisco 49ers“by Jack Zanger "The 66th All-American Football Team" Colliers
Known Books/Magazine Mentions "Topps Football Cards 1956-1986" by Jack Clary (Author), L Kirshbaum (Editor)"San Francisco 49ers: The Complete Illustrated History Hardcover" by Matt Maiocco (Author), Dwight Clark (Foreword)"Standard Catalog of Vintage Football Cards Paperback“ by Editors of Krause Publications (Author)"Uniform Numbers of the NFL: All-Time Rosters, Facts and Figures“by John Maxymuk (Author)"San Francisco 49ers Report February 27 1985" by San Francisco 49ers (Editor ) "100 Things 49ers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (100 Things...Fans Should Know)“ by Daniel Brown (Author), Roger Craig (Foreword) "Uniform Numbers of the NFL: All-Time Rosters, Facts and Figures Paperback“ by John Maxymuk “Unofficial San Francisco 49ers Book of Lists“ by Craig Massei " Football Hall of Shame 2 Paperback – September 1, 1990" by Bruce Nash
Sports Illustrated Mentions December 27, 1999 “West Virginia”October 31, 1994 “A Play That Will Live In Infamy”September 16, 1968 “Coastal Division”August 29, 1966 “The Fabulous Brodie Caper”October 11, 1965 "49ers on the Move "November 20, 1961 “A Successful Trader In Giants ” September 24, 1956 “The Southern Conference” December 12, 1955 “Football” November 07, 1955 “The Outstanding Linemen In College Football” October 10, 1955 “Football Down South” October 25, 1954 “Game Of The Week: West Virginia 19 Penn State 14” October 04, 1954 “The Solid South”
Known Board Game Mentions “Mountaineer Mania: The Game” KDK Products“1955 Art Lewis Football Game”Morgantown Game Co“1958 APBA Game Card Set”“1959 APBA Game Card Set” “1960 APBA Game Card Set”“1961 APBA Game Card Set” “1962 APBA Game Card Set”“1963 APBA Game Card Set” “1964 APBA Game Card Set” “1965 APBA Game Card Set” “1966 APBA Game Card Set”“1967 APBA Game Card Set""1968 APBA Game Card Set" "1969 APBA Game Card Set"
Miscellaneous Posters History of West Virginia FootballWest Virginia Heritage CollectionVideosNFL Films “They Lead Two Lives” “Bring on the Mountaineers 100 years of WVU Football”Bruce Bosley Pregame ShowAllegheny Mountain Radio West Virginia Social Studies Fair Projects“From Start to Stardom”“Green Bank’s Most Famous Athlete”
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