1951 College Football All-America Team

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 for the 1951 college football season. The organizations that chose the teams included: the United Press; the Associated Press; and Collier's Weekly].

All-American selections for 1951

Key

• AP = Associated Press. The AP selected separate offensive and defensive teams. "The team was picked after the Dec. 1 games in consultation with 11 prominent sportswriters. They had the benefit of reports from hundreds 0f writers and broadcasters throughout the country."
• UP = United Press. The United Press did not select separate offensive and defensive teams. They selected only 11 first-team players: "Chosen by ballots from 260 sports writers and broadcasters in all sections of the nation, these players were considered the finest at their positions."
• FWAA = The Football Writers Association of America picked separate offensive and defensive teams: "22-man offensive and defensive all-star teams picked by Grantland Rice and the Football Writers Association of America for Look magazine
• CP = Central Press Association: "the 21st annual Central Press All-American football team, selected as usual with the assistance of the nation's football captains"
• COL = Collier's Weekly: "The on-the-field reports of the coaches on this year's crop of football players were consolidated and evaluated by Collier's All-America board of 10 coaches, including Lloyd Jordan, association president; Frank Leahy, Notre Dame; Carl Snavely, North Carolina; Henry Frnka, Tulane; Dutch Meyer, T.C.U.; Ray Eliot, Illinois and Bud Wilkinson, Oklahoma"
• INS = International News Service, later merged with UP to form UPI. The INS began selecting separate offensive and defensive teams in 1948 and continued that tradition in 1951.
• TSN = The Sporting News
• NEA= Newspaper Editors Association. The NEA selected separate offensive and defensive teams.
• CT = Chicago Tribune's 5th annual All-Players All-America team determined based on polling of players in cooperation with the major universities and colleges throughout the United States. The results were based on a record 18,876 votes (10,086 for offense and 8,790 for defense).
• WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation

Bold = Consensus All-American

• 1 - First Team Selection
• 2 - Second Team Selection
• 3 - Third Team Selection

Offense

Offensive ends

• Bill McColl, Stanford (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; FWAA-1; CP-1; COL-1; INS-1; TSN; NEA-1; CT-1; WC-1)
• Bob Carey, Michigan State (AP-1; UP-1; CP-1; TSN; NEA-1; WC-1)
• Billy Howton, Rice (AP-2; CP-3; COL-1; CT-1)
• Stan Williams, Baylor (FWAA-1)
• Tom McCann, Holy Cross (AP-2)
• Jim Mutscheller, Notre Dame (UP-2)
• Lowell Perry, Michigan (UP-3; CP-2)
• Barker, Washington State (UP-3)
• Hal Faverty, Wisconsin (CP-2; INS-1)

Offensive tackles

• Don Coleman, Michigan State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; FWAA-1; CP-1; COL-1; INS-1; TSN; NEA-1; CT-1; WC-1)
• Bob Toneff, Notre Dame (AP-1; UP-2; CP-2)
• Jack Little, Texas A&M (FWAA-1)
• Charles Ulrich, Illinois (INS-1)
• Bill George, Wake Forest (CT-1)
• Ollie Spencer, Kansas (AP-2)
• Bob Werckle, Vanderbilt (AP-2)
• Hal Mitchell, UCLA (CP-2)
• John Feltch, Holy Cross (CP-3)

Offensive guards

• Bob Ward, Maryland (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; FWAA-1 (defense); COL-1; INS-1; TSN; NEA-1; CT-1; WC-1)
• Marvin Matuszak, Tulsa (AP-1)
• Nick Liotta, Villanova (FWAA-1; CT-1 (linebacker))
• George Mrkonic, Kansas (INS-1)
• Jim Donarski, Arizona (AP-2)
• Norm Manoogian, Stanford (AP-2)
• John Michels, Tennessee (UP-3)
• Harley Sewell, Texas (College Football Hall of Fame) (CP-3)
• Gerald Audette, Columbia (CP-3)

Centers

• Dick Hightower, Southern Methodist (SMU) (AP-2; UP-1; CP-1; COL-1; INS-1; TSN; CT-1; WC-1)
• Doug Moseley, Kentucky (AP-1; UP-3; FWAA-1; CP-3)
• George Tarasovic, LSU (NEA-1)
• Charlie Harris, California (CP-2)

Backs

• Dick Kazmaier, Princeton (Heisman Trophy and College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; FWAA-1; CP-1; COL-1 (HB); INS-1; TSN; NEA-1 (HB); CT-1 (HB); WC-1)
• Hank Lauricella, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; FWAA-1; CP-1; COL-1 (QB); INS-1; TSN; NEA-1 (HB); CT-1 (HB); WC-1)
• Babe Parilli, Kentucky (AP-2; UP-1; CP-1; INS-1 (defense); TSN; NEA-1 (QB); CT-1 (QB); WC-1)
• Johnny Karras, Illinois (AP-2; UP-1; FWAA-1; CP-1; COL-1 (HB); TSN; WC-1)
• Larry Isbell, Baylor (AP-1; UP-3; FWAA-1; CP-2; INS-1 (defense))
• Hugh McElhenny, Washington (Pro and College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-3; CP-3; NEA-1 (FB); CT-1 (FB))
• Frank Gifford, Univ. Southern California (Pro and College Football Hall of Fame) (UP-3; CP-3; COL-1 (FB))
• Ed Modzelewski, Maryland (AP-2; UP-3; CP-2; INS-1)
• Gary Kerkorian, Stanford (UP-2; CP-3; INS-1 (defense))
• Johnny Bright, Drake (College and Canadian Football Hall of Fame) (UP-2; CP-3)
• Bill Wade, Vanderbilt (AP-2)

Defense

Defensive ends

• Pat O'Donahue, Wisconsin (AP-1; FWAA-1; NEA-1)
• Dewey McConnell, Wyoming (AP-1; NEA-1)
• Frank McPhee, Princeton (UP-2; FWAA-1; CP-3; INS-1)
• Leo Sugar, Purdue (AP-2; CT-1)
• Eddie Bell, Penn (AP-2; INS-1)
• Doug Atkins, Tennessee (CT-1)

Defensive tackles

• Jim Weatherall, Oklahoma (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1; FWAA-1; CP-1; COL-1; INS-1; TSN; NEA-1 (offense); WC-1)
• Pug Pearman, Tennessee (AP-1; UP-2; FWAA-1; NEA-1; CP-3)
• Doug Conaway, Texas Christian (NEA-1)
• Lamar Wheat, Georgia Tech (UP-3; INS-1)
• Dick Modzelewski, Maryland (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; CT-1)
• Tom Johnson, Michigan (CT-1)
• Jerrell Price, Texas Tech (AP-2)

Defensive guards

• Ray Beck, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-3; FWAA-1 (offense); CP-1; COL-1; NEA-1; CT-1)
• Joe Palumbo, Virginia (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; NEA-1 (offense))
• Chet Millett, Holy Cross (FWAA-1)
• Ted Daffer, Tennessee (AP-2; UP-2; CP-2; INS-1; NEA-1)
• Bill Athey, Baylor (AP-2)

Linebackers

• Keith Flowers, Texas Christian (AP-1; CT-1)
• Les Richter, California (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-1 (guard); FWAA-1; CP-1 (guard); INS-1 (off. guard); TSN (guard); CT-1 (offense and defense); WC-1 (guard))
• Pat Cannamella, Univ. Southern California (AP-2; UP-2; FWAA-1; CP-2 (guard); INS-1 (def. center); NEA-1)
• Chuck Boerio, Illinois (UP-2 (center); NEA-1)
• Donn Moomaw, UCLA (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-3)

Defensive backs

• Bobby Dillon, Texas (AP-1; FWAA-1 (def. halfback); NEA-1 (safety); CT-1)
• Al Brosky, Illinois (AP-1; FWAA-1 (safety))
• Ollie Matson, San Francisco (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1; UP-2; FWAA-1 (def. halfback); CP-2; INS-1 (offense); NEA-1 (def. halfback)
• Harry Agganis, Boston U. (NEA-1 (def. halfback))
• Al Dorow, Michigan State (INS-1)
• Jim Ellis, Michigan State (CT-1)
• Avatus Stone, Syracuse (CT-1)
• Vic Janowicz, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2; UP-2; CP-2)
• Veryl Switzer, Kansas State (AP-2)
• Jim Dooley, Miami (AP-2)

Heisman Trophy voting

The chart below reflects the point total in the 1951 Heisman Trophy voting.

Rank	Name	Position	School	Heisman points
1	Dick Kazmaier	Halfback	Princeton	1,777
2	Hank Lauricella	Halfback	Tennessee	424
3	Babe Parilli	Quarterback	Kentucky	344
4	Bill McColl	End	Stanford	313
5	Johnny Bright	Halfback	Drake	230
6	Johnny Karras	Halfback	Illinois	223
7	Larry Isbell	Quarterback	Baylor	163

Other individual awards for 1951

• Outland Trophy: Jim Weatherall, tackle, Oklahoma
• Maxwell Award: Dick Kazmaier, halfback, Princeton
• AP Athlete of Year: Dick Kazmaier, Princeton
• Walter Camp Award: Dick Kazmaier, Princeton
• Knute Rockne Award (Lineman): Bob Ward, guard, Maryland
• AFCA Coach of the Year: Chuck Taylor, Stanford

Notes

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