1951 College Football All-America Team |
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College Football All-America Team |
1951 college football season |
1949 1950 ← → 1952 1953 |
The 1951 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1951. The eight selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1951 season are (1) the All-American Board (AAB), (2) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA, (3) the Associated Press (AP), (4) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (5) the International News Service (INS), (6) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (7) the Sporting News and (8) the United Press (UP).
For the year 1951, the NCAA recognizes eight published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.
Name | Position | School | Number | Official | Other |
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Bill McColl | End | Stanford | 8/8 | AAB, AFCA, APO, FWO, INSO, NEAO, SN, UP | CP, CTO, WC |
Don Coleman | Tackle | Michigan St. | 8/8 | AAB, AFCA, APO, FWO, INSO, NEAO, SN, UP | CP, CTO, WC |
Dick Kazmaier | Halfback | Princeton | 8/8 | AAB, AFCA, APO, FWO, INSO, NEAO, SN, UP | CP, CTO, WC |
Hank Lauricella | Halfback | Tennessee | 8/8 | AAB, AFCA, APO, FWO, INSO, NEAO, SN, UP | CP, CTO, WC |
Jim Weatherall | Tackle | Oklahoma | 8/8 | AAB, AFCA, APD, FWD, INSD, NEAO, SN, UP | CP, WC |
Bob Ward | Guard | Maryland | 8/8 | AAB, AFCA, APO, FWD, INSO, NEAO, SN, UP | CTO, WC |
Les Richter | Guard | California | 6/8 | AAB, APD, FWD, INSO, SN, UP | CP, CTO, CTD, WC |
Dick Hightower | Center | SMU | 5/8 | AAB, AFCA, INSO, SN, UP | CP, CTO, WC |
Babe Parilli | Quarterback | Kentucky | 5/8 | AAB, INSD, NEAO, SN, UP | CP, CTO, WC |
Johnny Karras | Halfback | Illinois | 5/8 | AFCA, AAB, FWO, SN, UP | CP, WC |
Bob Carey | End | Michigan St. | 5/8 | AAB, APO, NEAO, SN, UP | CP, WC |
Ray Beck [a] | Guard | Georgia Tech | 4/8 | AFCA, APD, FWO, NEAD | COL, CP, CTD |