The best players of the season 1950-51

I'm going to use this thread to compile various items of the best players from 1950-51.

Starting off, this was Lukas Tank and my selection of the best XI (plus subs) of the year

Starting XI: Zeman; Ramsey, Bonomi, Happel; Bozsik, Rossi; Matthews, Nordahl, Di Stefano, Puskas, Skoglund

Bench: Grocsis, Ditchburn, Rugilo; G. Young, Kohlmeyer, Danilo; Jonquet, Lorant, Liebrich; Ocwirk, Varela, Hanappi; Wright, Johnston, Didi; Liedholm, F. Walter, Annovazi; Gren, Boniperti, Palotas; Jair, Schiaffino, Hidegkuti; Finney, Nyers, Ademir; Kocsis, Zarra, O. Walter; Basora, Cesar, Ghiggia

https://footballarguments.wordpress.com/2023/02/14/retro-series-team-of-the-season-1950-1951/

Goalkeepers

Walter Zeman (Rapid Vienna and Austria) 15 games, 0 goals for Rapid Vienna. Won the Zentropa Cup and a great performance against Scotland for Austria.
Gyula Grosics (Honved and Hungary) 15 games, 0 goals in 1950, 29 games, 0 goals in 1951
Ted Ditchburn (Tottenham and England) 42 games, 0 goals
Miguel Angel Rugilo (Velez Sarsfield and Argentina) Earned the nickname "the Lion of Wembley" for a famous performance against England in May 1951.

Defenders

Alf Ramsey (Tottenham and England) 40 games, 4 goals for Spurs who won the league.
Andrea Bonomi (Milan and Italy) 38 games. Captain of Milan who won Serie A.
Ernst Happel (Rapid Vienna and Austria) 24 games, 1 goal for Rapid Vienna who won the title
George Young (Rangers and Scotland) 30 games, 1 goal for Rangers who finished 2nd
Werner Kohlmeyer (Kaiserslautern and West Germany) Winner of the German championship
Robert Jonquet (Reims and France) 33 games, 4 goals for Reims who finished 4th
Gyula Lorant (Vasas/Honved and Hungary) 5 games, 0 goals for Vasas in 1950, 8 games, 0 goals for Honved in 1951

Half-backs

Jozsef Bozsik (Honved and Hungary) 14 games, 1 goal in 1950, 24 games, 4 goals in 1951
Nestor Rossi (Millionarios and Argentina) Won the Colombian league in 1951
Danilo Alvim (Vasco Da Gama and Brazil)
Ernst Ocwirk (Austria Vienna and Austria) 23 games, 0 goals for Austria Vienna.
Obdulio Varela (Penarol and Uruguay)
Gerhard Hanappi (Rapid Vienna and Austria) 11 games, 2 goals for Rapid Vienna who won the league
Billy Wright (Wolves and England) 38 games, 0 goals
Harry Johnston (Blackpool and England) 38 games, 7 goals
Carlo Annovazzi (Milan and Italy) 37 games for Milan

Inside-Forwards

Ferenc Puskas (Honved and Hungary) 15 games, 25 goals in 1950, 21 games, 21 goals in 1951
Alfredo Di Stefano (Millonarios and Argentina/Colombia) 29 games, 23 goals in 1950, 34 games, 32 goals in 1951. Won the league both seasons.
Didi (Fluminense and Brazil)
Nils Liedholm (Milan and Sweden) 31 games, 13 goals
Fritz Walter (Kaiserslautern and West Germany) Winner of the German championship
Peter Palotas (MTK and Hungary) 25 games, 25 goals in 1951 for champions MTK
Jair (Palmeiras and Brazil)
Juan Alberto Schiaffino (Penarol and Uruguay) 16 games, 7 goals in 1950, 34 games, 9 goals in 1951
Nandor Hidegkuti (MTK and Hungary) 14 games, 12 goals in 1950, 25 games, 21 goals in 1951
Gunnar Gren (Milan and Sweden) 36 games, 9 goals for Milan

Wingers

Stanley Matthews (Blackpool and England) 36 games, 0 goals
Nacka Skoglund (Inter and Sweden) 29 games, 2 goals for Inter who finished 2nd in the league
Tom Finney (Preston and England) 34 games, 13 goals for Preston who won the Second Division
Istvan Nyers (Inter and Hungary) 2nd top scorer in Serie A with 31 goals
Alcides Ghiggia (Penarol and Uruguay)
Gianpiero Boniperti (Juventus and Italy) 38 games, 22 goals
Estanislau Basora (Barcelona and Spain) 30 games, 16 goals

Strikers

Gunnar Nordahl (Milan and Sweden) 34 goals in 37 games for Milan, also got a hat-trick in the Latin Cup final.
Ademir (Vasco da Gama and Brazil)
Sandor Kocsis (Honved and Hungary) 15 games, 24 goals in 1950, 26 games, 30 goals in 1951
Telmo Zarra (Athletic Bilbao and Spain) 38 goals in 30 league games, also scored 6 for Spain including 4 in one match against Switzerland.
Ottmar Walter (Kaiserslautern and West Germany) Winner of the German championship. Scored 2 goals in the final.
Cesar Rodriguez (Barcelona and Spain) 27 games, 29 goals

 

In England the POTY was Harry Johnston

1950/51 - Harry Johnston, Billy Wright, Tom Finney (Johnston narrowly beat Wright and Finney)

Credit: @PDG1978

Tottenham won the league ahead of Manchester United and Blackpool

Tottenham Hotspur
Edwin Ditchburn 42/0, Henry Clarke 42/0, William Nicholson 41/1, Alfred Ramsey 40/4, William Walters 40/15, Edward Baily 40/12, Arthur Willis 39/0, Ronald Burgess 35/2, Leslie Medley 35/11, Leonard Duquemin 33/14, Peter Murphy 25/9, Leslie Bennett 25/7, Colin Brittan 8/0, Sidney McClelland 7/3, Charles Withers 4/0, Alexander Mason Wright 2/1, Dennis Uphill 2/1, James Scarth 1/0, Sidney Tickridge 1/0.

Manchester United
John Aston 41/15, Reginald Allen 40/0, Stanley Pearson 39/18, John Rowley 39/14, John Carey 39/0, Allenby Chilton 38/0, Henry Cockburn 35/0, Donald Gibson 32/0, Henry McShane 30/7, John Downie 29/10, William McGlen 26/0, William Redman 16/0, James Delaney 13/1, Thomas Bogan 11/3, Clifford Birkett 9/2, Brian Birch 8/4, Mark Jones 4/0, Thomas McNulty 4/0, Frank Clempson 2/0, John Crompton 2/0, Jeffrey Whitefoot 2/0, Edward McIlvenny 2/0, Laurence Cassidy 1/0.

Blackpool FC
George Farm 42/0, Henry Johnston 38/7, John Mudie 37/17, Edmund Shimwell 37/0, Hugh Kelly 37/1, Stanley Matthews 36/0, Eric Hayward 36/0, Stanley Mortensen 35/30, William Perry 33/4, Thomas Garrett 32/0, William Slater 16/4, Allan Duncan Brown 16/3, John Wright 14/0, William Wardle 9/0, Alan Withers 8/5, Ewan Fenton 7/0, William McIntosh 6/1, George McKnight 6/3, John Crosland 5/0, Rex Adams 3/0, Albert Hobson 3/0, Andrew McCall 3/0, John Ainscough 2/0, Robert Leonard Stephenson 1/1.

 

This was Tom's final selection for 1950-51 and for context I've also included below his initial selection and text:

Ademir de Menezes (Vasco da Gama, Brazil)
Beara, Vladimir (Hajduk Split, Yugoslavia)
Ben Barek, Larbi (Atletico Madrid, France)
Di Stefano, Alfredo (Millonarios, Argentina)
Finney, Tom (Preston, England)
Gren, Gunnar (AC Milan, Sweden)
Hanappi, Gerhard (Rapid Vienna, Austria)
Hidegkuti, Nandor (MTK, Hungary)
Jari da Rosa (Palmieras, Brazil)
Kocsis, Sandor (Honved, Hungary)
Liedholm, Nils (AC Milan, Sweden)
Mermans, Jef (Anderlecht, Belgium)
Milburn, Jackie (Newcastle, England)
Nordahl, Gunner (AC Milan, Sweden)
Nyers, Istvan (Inter Milan, Hungay)
Ocwirk, Ernst (Austria Vienna, Austria)
Praest, Karl Aege (Juventus, Denmark)
Puskas, Ferenc (Honved, Hungary)
Wagner, Theodore (Wacker Vienna, Austria)
Wilkes, Faas (Inter Milan Netherlands)
Zarra, Telmo (Athletic Bilbao, Spain)
Zemen, Walter (Rapid Vienna, Austria)

Original selection 1951

Ben Barek, Lari (Altetico Madrid)
Cláudio (Corinthians)
Di Stefano, Alfredo (Millonarios)
Gren, Gunnar (AC Milan)
Hidegkuti, Nandor (MTK, Hungary)
Jair (Palmieras)
Kocsis, Sandor (Honved, Hungary)
Liedholm, Nils (AC Milan)
López, Valeriano (Sport Boys)
Luizinho (Corinthians)
Matthews, Stanely (Blackpool, England)
Milburn, Jackie (Newcastle, England)
Mortensen, Stan (Blackpool, England)
Nordahl, Gunnar (AC Milan)
Nyers, Istvan (Internazionale)
Puskas, Ferenc (Honved, Hungary)
Ramsey, Alf (Tottneham, England)
Reilly, Lawrie (Hibernean, Scotland)
Schiaffino, Juan Alberto (Penarol, Uruguay)
Walter, Ftitz (Kaiserslautern, West Germany)
Wilkes, Faas (Internazionale)
Zarra, Telmo (Atletic Bilbao, Spain)
Zizinho (Bangu)

Honorable Mention: Carbone, Baltazar, Francisco Rodrigues, Orlando, Didi, Adolfo Pedernera, Higinio García, Ernesto Gutiérrez, Walter Gomez, Ron Burgess, Lennart Skoglund, Giampiero Boniperti, Karl Åge Præst, Gordon Smith, Bobby Johnstone, Robert Dienst, Ernst Happel, Henry Carlsson, Abe Lenstra, Peter Palotas, Károly Sándor

In South America international football hits a slow spot after the World Cup. On the club level teams from Sao Paulo had an excellent year. Corinthians won the Paulista in style, famously scoring 103 goals in 24 games, led by playmakers Claudio and Luizinho. In the Rio Sao Paulo tournament Cornithians finished tied with rivals Palmieras for first position well clear of the rest of the field. Palmieras overcame Corinthians in a two games playoff, with Jair scoring a brace in the final game. Palmieras would see more success in the in the 1951 Copa Rio or Small World Cup. The tournament boasted a strong eight team field including Palmieras, Vasco, Austria Vienna, Nacional, and Juventus. Palmieras won the tournament, beating a previously dominant Juventus in the final. Zizinho's surprise transfer to Bangu had a major effect on the 1951 season. Bangu finished the season tied for first position with a Fluminense side featuring a young Didi, but lost the tournament deciding playoff. Bangu were also the highest finishing Rio based team in the 1951 RSP tournament.

In Uruguay Pernarol reclaimed their place as champions, while Racing won its third consecutive title. This was the first three peat in Argentina since WWI. Racing had lost its star offensive player, Mendez, for most of the season and squeaked through as champions by a single point on the strength of their defense.

In Europe AC Milan led by the famous Gi-No-Li trio won the domestic title and Latin Cup. They beat out rivals Inter, who had assembled their own international all star team (Wilkes, Nyers, Skoglund) to match Juventus and Milan. Jackie Milburn had the eye catching British performance leading Newcastle to the FA Cup while Tottneham won the league.

After Nordahl finding two more candidates for the final three was not clear. Although it seems very Italian centric another player from Milan like Liedholm or players from Inter like Wilkes and Nyers make sense. On the British front Milburn seems like the best possible candidate, with Matthews and Mortensen having good seasons as well. In South America there does not seem to be a standout candidate. Jair seems to have played a very important role in two major titles, and the Paulista seems to have a strong claim as the best league in South America at this point with Argentina's decline and Sao Paulo teams dominance in the RSP. Zizinho might have made an excellent candidate if Bangu had managed to win the playoff and Carioca.

 

Also for info this was Arriaga's selection:

https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/h...yer-short-lists.2027972/page-79#post-39047136

1950-1951:

Ho boy, what a season! I noticed there was already some discussion about this one, but wide open doesn't even begin to describe it. But I'm getting ahead of myself.

In terms of internationals, this season was a fairly uneventful one, with not much going on in terms of great teams. I think the talent drain to club level is already starting to show. For example, a team like Scotland has a pretty good record this season, but in the reports they get blasted as often as not. Their Iron Curtain -based defence is solid, but there's not much going on in terms of attacking excitement. Steel has a couple of MotM moments, but even he's considered a shadow of his former self.

While on the subject of shadows of their former selves, the big game this season is the one between England and Argentina. It's dubbed the game of the century (of course), but the game that came half a decade too late might be more appropriate. It wasn't a bad game or anything, but it's pretty shocking to see how far the two teams have slipped from their peak.

The English talent drain is pretty palpable. They keep introducing a bunch of 30-yo debutantes to hang around for a cap or two, and you can just feel how empty the tank is now. The top striker in Britain is now Trevor Ford of Wales. Finney is England's one true top guy, and even he's dropped at one point (though it's for tactical reasons. He's been criticized as over-elaborate). He makes a comeback with some top-performances, though. The Scottish report says "I have not seen a better individual display from any player on an international field."

Things aren't any better for Argentina. Their MotM against England is goalkeeper Rugilo, hailed now as the best in the world but gone by next year. Interesting aside: Pescia and Loustau stand out for playing without shin pads and socks. A Dutch reporter says the post-Superga Italy that visited Britain in 1949 was better than this Argentina. Not only that, but it's mentioned even the Irish dominated them for most of the game. This is good news for me, because it means I don't have to consider any Argies in seasons where they don't have any internationals. In terms of tactics, they're a hard team to crack, defending with seven or eight men. Continental teams do that, too, but the English don't. Probably explains what's going to happen a couple of years from now.

The rut extends to the continent. Though the results are still good, Italy are now slipping into their post-Superga slump. There are already complaints about how all the best players in the league are foreigners. Their top guy is probably Lorenzi, but he gets dropped due to having a fear of flying. Can't blame the guy, now can you? After one of the games, Italy get a surprise visit... by Sandro Mazzola, already a major celebrity who seems to appear in the papers as often as the players. It's pretty amazing things turned out for him the way they did.

After a peak of a couple of years, Spain are back to being Spain. It's confirmed the players don't bring their club form to NT-level. This often extends even to the big three of Zarra, Basora and Gainza. Zarra reminds me of an improved Langara. Highly-rated as one of the best strikers around, scoring a ton of goals, but the reports are still often critical of him.

Continental Europe has about one team whose profile actually increases this year, and it's Yugoslavia. Them being Yugoslavia, they're inconistant as hell, but they still have a bunch of players that are considered some of the best around. The Cajkovski, Djajic, Mitic, Bobek core is now joined by a top goalkeeper in Beara. Previous goalkeeper Mrkusic was another goalie notable for the way he moved outside the box, BTW.

Austria is the one team that has the results to match the talent. Ocwirk is actually disappointing more often than not, but Zeman, Happel and Hanappi form a strong core. They're joined by a top new forward in Theodor Wagner.

Elsewhere in Europe, the best CF in Europe is still Mermans. He's not the only Belgian class player, either. They also have goalkeeper Bogaerts, described as the "Belgian Rugilo". This is more than adept, as neither are heard from again.

Of the other smaller countries, Switzerland have their best player in Bickel, described by the Spanish as being similar to Kubala. Interesting comparison, taking into account Kubala hasn't emerged in Spain yet. Guess he was playing in unofficial competitions? Juventus haven't managed to scoop up all the great Danes. Knut Lundberg is there to run the show against Austria, being described as on par with the best Austrians.


With things being as they are on the international front, the door is wide open for club stars. The Italian big three are well-represented, and joined again by Ben Barek. The best player in Colombia was, would you believe it, Di Stefano. I didn't find any conclusive Brazilian rankings, except it seemed like Jair had fallen to #2 in Sao Paulo. Ademir was top scorer in Rio and is the only one of the big three to keep his spot for next year, so I'll go with him.

Ademir (Brazil)
Basora, Estanislao (Spain)
Beara, Vladimir (Yugoslavia)
Ben Barek, Larbi (Morocco/France)
Bobek, Stjepan (Yugoslavia)
Cajkovski, Zlatko (Yugoslavia)
Di Stefano, Alfredo (Argentina)
Finney, Tom (England)
Gren, Gunnar (Sweden)
Hanappi, Gerhard (Austria)
Hansen, John (Denmark)
Liedholm, Nils (Sweden)
Mermans, Jef (Belgium)
Mitic, Rajko (Yugoslavia)
Nordahl, Gunnar (Sweden)
Nyers, Istvan (Hungary)
Praest, Karl Aage (Denmark)
Puskas, Ferenc (Hungary)
Wagner, Theodor (Austria)
Wilkes, Faas (Netherlands)
Young, George (Scotland)
Zarra, Telmo (Spain)
Zeman, Walter (Austria)


As I mentioned above, deciding the honors was tougher than ever. Luckily, I managed to find one great source that ranked the best players around this time (see also bottom of post). It's by Julius Ukrainczyk, a journalist who had seen more than 100 games live. As someone who has gone through more than 100 match reports live, I wholeheartedly agree with the CDS/France Football corrections. The results this year were pretty mind-blowing to me, so it was nice to see some confirmation I was on the right track. And also to see how high the Serie A stars were ranked even on a continental scale.

I deliberately didn't mention Hungary until now, because that link offers a good view of their status this season. It was mentioned in this thread how they have a pretty low international profile this season. With the cold war on one of it's colder stages, the link offers a good view on how difficult it would have been to get a good understanding of teams lurking behind the iron curtain. I followed the path set by that ranking and included Puskas based on all-around rep (9 goals in 4 internationals helps, too).

TotS:
Zeman
Young
Horvat
Happel;
Cajkovski
Hanappi;
Mermans
Gren
Nordahl
Zarra
Bobek

There finally seems to be some depth in the FB department, with Ramsey and Marche competing for spots. Ironically, while FBs increase their profile, things are now quiet on the centre-half spot. I settled on Horvat, whose performances increased steadily throughout the season. By summertime he was "making no mistakes". The two wing-halves had a strong claim, but there wasn't much behind them.

For the forward-line I combined my own perceptions with the "official" list. Wilkes, Mitic and Finney made it to the bench. Liedholm's profile is increasing, but he still comes off as clearly #3 of the Gre-No-Li line. Gren actually came off the best from my Serie A research, but I eventually went with the following top 3:

1. Nordahl
2. Mermans
3. Gren

Nordahl wins it due to his excellent numbers, highest ranking in the linked list, and having the highest modern rep out of the three.

Note: His post contains a link to a couple of Teams chosen as the best in Europe. The author makes a specific point that England is not part of Europe for footballing purposes.

Team A: Zeman, Neury, Parola, Marche, Čajkovski, Barufka, Melchior, Mitic, Nordahl, Puskas, Gainza

Team B: Beara, Rudas, Carre, Happel, Annovazzi, Djajic, Basora, Wilkes, Zarra, Hansen, Vukas

 

Turning to Italy, a ranking of their best players from CdS:

GK: 1. Casari (Napoli), 2. Sentimenti IV (Lazio), 3. Moro (Lucchese), 4. Buffon (Milan), 5. Cardani (Como)

RB: 1. Silvestri (Milan), 2. Antonazzi (Lazio), 3. Giaroli (Palermo), 4. Grava (Torino), 5. Bertuccelli (Juventus)

LB: 1. Cervato (Fiorentina), 2. Viney (Pro Patria), 3. Beccatini (Genoa), 4. Farina (Udinese), 5. Furiassi (Lazio),

Right-half: 1. Pilmark (Bologna) 2. Annovazzi (Milan), 3. Mari (Juventus), 4. Castelli (Genoa), 5. Todeschini (Genoa)

Centre-half: 1. Tognon (Milan), 2. Giovannini (Inter), 3. Parola (Juventus) 4. Mezzadri (Bologna), 5. Rosetta (Fiorentina)

Left-half: 1. Venturi (Roma), 2. Magli (Fiorentina), 3. Achilli (Inter), 4. Scarpato (Lucchese), 5. Pinardi (Como)

RW: 1. Cervellati (Bologna) 2. Armano (Inter), 3. Muccinelli (Juventus) 4. Di Maso (Palermo) 5. Vitali (Fiorentina)

IR: 1. Gren (Milan), 2. Wilkes (Inter), 3. K. Hansen (Juventus), 4. Pandolfini (Fiorentina), 5. Turconi (Como)

CF: 1. Nordahl (Milan), 2. Amadei (Napoli), 2. Lorenzi (Inter), 4. Piola (Novara), 5. Boniperti (Juventus) e Cappello (Bologna)

IL: 1. J Hansen (Juventus), 2. Liedholm (Milan), 3. Sorenson (Atalanta), 4. Skoglund (Inter), 5. Sorenson (Udinese)

LW: 1. Nyers (Inter), 2. Praest (Juventus), 3. Nilsson (Genoa), 4. Carapellese (Genoa), 5. Puccinelli (Lazio)

Various: 1. Sentimenti V (Lazio), 1. Gimona (Palermo), 3. Nordahl (Roma), 4. Gramaglia (Napoli), 4. Fuin (Palermo), 6. Bonomi (Milan), 7. Mazza (Lucchese), 8. Gei (Sampdoria), 9. Bronee (Palermo), 10. Ciccarelli (Triestina), Trere (Roma), Meroni (Como)

 

Staying in Italy, Serie A was won by Milan ahead of Inter, Juventus and Lazio.

MILAN: Buffon (37), Rossetti (1); Silvestri (38), Bonomi (38), Foglia (14), Belloni (1); Annovazzi (37), Tognon (38), De Grandi (30); Burini (35), Gren (36), Nordahl (37), Liedholm (31), Renosto (28), Santagostino (14), Vicariotto (2), Carnier (1).

The top scorers list:

34 G. Nordahl (MI).
31 Nyers (IN).
23 K. Hansen (JU); Wilkes (IN).
22 Boniperti (JU).
21 Lorenzi (IN).
20 J. Hansen (JU).
19 Piola (NO); Soerensen (AT).
16 Annovazzi (MI); Cappello (BO); Praest (JU).

 

Moving to Spain, the league was won by Atletico Madrid ahead of Sevilla, Valencia and Barcelona

Leading players for Atletico: Domingo (29), Tinte (24), Lozano (26), Mujica (23), Hernandez (14), Escudero (30), Carlsson (26), Perez Paya (26), Ben Barek (22), Silva (20), Juncosa (19)

Some subs: Aparicio (18), Riera (11), Estruch (11)

Top scorers:

1 Telmo Zarra Atlético Bilbao 38
2 César Rodríguez Barcelona 29
3 Pahiño Real Madrid 21
4 Manuel Badenes Valencia 20
5 Adrián Escudero Atlético Madrid 19
Juan Araujo Sevilla
Gerardo Coque Valladolid
8 Francisco Javier Marcet Español 18
9 Epi Real Sociedad 17
José Caeiro Real Sociedad

 

In France, the league was won by Nice ahead of Lille, Le Havre and Reims.

http://www.pari-et-gagne.com/saison195051.html

Some of Nice's leading players:

Léon Rossi (21m/3b), Robert Germain (34m), Roger Mindonnet (31m), Mokhtar Ben Nacef(18m), Serge Pedini (30m/1b), Jean Belver (27m), Jean Courteaux (27m/27b), Antoine Bonifaci (32m/4b), Pär Bengtsson (27m/15b), Désiré Carré (32m/6b), Abdelaziz Ben Tifour (16m/7b), Yeso Amalfi (17m/5b), Louis Broccolichi (3m), François Fassone (8m/1b), Ahmed Firoud (24m), Marcel Gaillard (5m), Robert Grange (2m), Ake Hjalmarsson (8m/2b), Hassan M’Jid (2m), Lennart Samuelsson (9m), Roberto Serone (1m), Elie Rous (Entr), Jean Lardi (Entr), Numa Andoire (Entr)

Top scorers

1 Roger Piantoni Nancy 28
2 Jean Courteaux Nice 27
3 Henri Baillot Bordeaux 22
4 Jean Levandowski Lens 21
Jean Grumellon Rennes
6 Jean Saunier Le Havre 20
Bram Appel Reims
8 Jean Baratte Lille 19
9 Marcel Rouvière Nîmes 17
10 Léon Deladerrière Nancy 15
Pär Bengtsson Nice
Jean-Jacques Kretschmar Roubaix-Tourcoing

 

Over in Argentina the 1950 league season was won by Racing Club, ahead of Independiente, Boca Juniors and River Plate. It was played between April 2 and December 10 1950.

https://www.historical-lineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/1950.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_Argentine_Primera_División

The top scorers were:

Carlos Lacasia (Independiente) - 27
Mario Papa (San Lorenzo) - 23
Alfredo Runzer (Atlanta) - 23
Angel Labruna (River Plate) - 21
Juan Aroz (Gimnasia) - 21
Walter Gomez (River Plate) - 20

 

Turning to Brazil:

In Rio, the championship was won by Vasco, ahead of America, Bangu and Botafogo. It was played between August 12, 1950 and January 28, 1951. A late season fixture between the top two included these line-ups:

Vasco – Barbosa, Augusto e Laerte; Ely, Danilo e Jorge; Alfredo, Ipojucan, Ademir Menezes, Maneca e Djair. Técnico: Flávio Costa.
América – Osni, Joel e Osmar; Rubens, Osvaldinho e Godofredo; Natalino, Maneco, Dimas, Ranulfo e Jorginho. Técnico: Délio Neves.

Topscorers
Ademir Menezes (Vasco), 25 gols.
Durval (Flamengo), 16.
Dimas (América), 14.
Simões (Bangu), Djair e Maneca (Vasco), 13.
Ariosto (Botafogo) e Ipojucan (Vasco), 12.

Meanwhile, in Sao Paulo:

It was won by Palmeiras ahead of Sao Paulo, Santos and Portuguesa and was played 20 August 1950 to 28 January 1951.

Top scorers

1 Pinga Portuguesa 22
2 Odair Santos 18
Baltazar Corinthians
4 China Guaraní 16
5 Francisco Rodrígues Palmeiras 14
6 Nininho Portuguesa 13
7 Leopoldo São Paulo 10

 

Looking at internationals, I'll start in South America given their success at the previous World Cup. My period under reference for this season effectively starts the day after the 1950 World Cup final (16 July 1950) and extends to the end of the Copa Rio on 22 July 1951.

For context, these ELO ratings at the end of 1951 were:

1. Argentina
2. Brazil
3. Italy
4. Scotland
4. England
6. Hungary
7. West Germany
8. Austria
9. Yugoslavia
10. Spain
11. Uruguay
12. Paraguay
13. Sweden
14. Wales
15. Denmark

Note: Argentina's rating is distorted by the fact they played only 4 internationals between 1948 and 1951.

Argentina

09/05/1951 1-2 England (London) Friendly (Boye)
13/05/1951 1-0 Ireland (Dublin) Friendly (Labruna)

Their line ups in those two games:

England: Rugilo, Colman (Allegri), Filgueiras, Yacono, Faina, Pescia, Boye, Mendez, Bravo, Labruna, Loustau

Ireland: Rugilo, Allegri, Filgueiras, Perez, Yacono, Faina, Gutierrez, Boye, Mendez, Benavidez, Labruna, Loustau

Brazilian, Paraguay and Uruguay did not play an international in the period

 

Austria

08/10/1950 7-2 Yugoslavia (Vienna) Friendly (Stojaspal 2, Melchior 2, Decker, Wagner, Aurednik)
29/10/1950 3-4 Hungary (Vienna) Friendly (Wagner 2, Melchior)
05/11/1950 5-1 Denmark (Vienna) Friendly (Wagner 3, Melchior, Aurednik)
13/12/1950 1-0 Scotland (Glasgow) Friendly (Melchior)
27/05/1951 4-0 Scotland (Vienna) Friendly (Wagner 2, Hanappi 2)
17/06/1951 3-3 Denmark (Copenhagen) Friendly (Melchior, Wagner, Riegler)

England

07/10/1950 4-1 N Ireland (Belfast) Home Championship (Baily 2, Lee, Wright)
15/11/1950 4-2 Wales (Sunderland) Home Championship (Baily 2, Mannion, Milburn)
22/11/1950 2-2 Yugoslavia (London) Friendly (Lofthouse 2)
14/04/1951 2-3 Scotland (London) Home Championship (Hassall, Finney)
09/05/1951 2-1 Argentina (London) Friendly (Mortensen, Milburn)
19/05/1951 5-2 Portugal (Liverpool) Friendly (Nicholson, Milburn 2, Finney, Hassall)

Hungary

24/09/1950 12-0 Albania (Budapest) Friendly (Puskas 4, Budai 4, Palotas 2, Kocsis 2)
29/10/1950 4-3 Austria (Vienna) Friendly (Puskas 3, Szilagyi)
12/11/1950 1-1 Bulgaria (Sofia) Friendly (Szilagyi)
27/05/1951 6-0 Poland (Budapest) Friendly (Kocsis 2, Puskas 2, Sandor, Czibor)

Italy

08/04/1951 4-2 Portugal (Lisbon) Friendly (Pandoflini, Burini, Amadei, Cappello)
06/05/1951 0-0 Yugoslavia (Milan) Friendly
03/06/1951 4-1 France (Genoa) Friendly (Lorenzi 2, Amadei, Cappello)

Scotland

21/10/1950 3-1 Wales (Cardiff) Home Championship (Reilly 2, Liddell)
01/11/1950 6-1 N Ireland (Glasgow) Home Championship (McPhail 2, Steel 4)
13/12/1950 0-1 Austria (Glasgow) Friendly
14/04/1951 3-2 England (London) Home Championship (Johnstone, Reilly, Liddell)
12/05/1951 3-1 Denmark (Glasgow) Friendly (Steel, Reilly, Mitchell)
16/05/1951 1-0 France (Glasgow) Friendly (Reilly)
20/05/1951 5-0 Belgium (Brussels) Friendly (Hamilton 3, Mason, Waddell)
27/05/1957 0-4 Austria (Vienna) Friendly

West Germany

22/11/1950 1-0 Switzerland (Stuttgart) Friendly (Burdenski)
14/04/1951 3-2 Switzerland (Zurich) Friendly (Gerritzen, F Walter, O Walter)
17/06/1951 1-2 Turkey (Berlin) Friendly (Haferkamp)