1951 All-America college football team

The 1951 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose All-America college football 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 (FWO/FWD), (5) the International News Service (INS), (6) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (7) the Sporting News and (8) the United Press (UP).

Consensus All-Americans

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
Bill McCollEndStanford8/8AAB, AFCA, APO, FWO, INSO, NEAO, SN, UPCP, CTO, WC
Don ColemanTackleMichigan St.8/8AAB, AFCA, APO, FWO, INSO, NEAO, SN, UPCP, CTO, WC
Dick KazmaierHalfbackPrinceton8/8AAB, AFCA, APO, FWO, INSO, NEAO, SN, UPCP, CTO, WC
Hank LauricellaHalfbackTennessee8/8AAB, AFCA, APO, FWO, INSO, NEAO, SN, UPCP, CTO, WC
Jim WeatherallTackleOklahoma8/8AAB, AFCA, APD, FWD, INSD, NEAO, SN, UPCP, WC
Bob WardGuardMaryland8/8AAB, AFCA, APO, FWD, INSO, NEAO, SN, UPCTO, WC
Les RichterGuardCalifornia6/8AAB, APD, FWD, INSO, SN, UPCP, CTO, CTD, WC
Dick HightowerCenterSMU5/8AAB, AFCA, INSO, SN, UPCP, CTO, WC
Babe ParilliQuarterbackKentucky5/8AAB, INSD, NEAO, SN, UPCP, CTO, WC
Johnny KarrasHalfbackIllinois5/8AFCA, AAB, FWO, SN, UPCP, WC
Bob CareyEndMichigan St.5/8AAB, APO, NEAO, SN, UPCP, WC
Ray Beck[a]GuardGeorgia Tech4/8AFCA, APD, FWO, NEADCOL, CP, CTD

All-American selections for 1951

Ends

Tackles

  • Don Coleman, Michigan State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AFCA; APO-1; FWO-1; INSO-1; NEAO-1; SN; UP-1; CP-1; CTO-1; WC-1)
  • Jim Weatherall, Oklahoma (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AFCA; APD-1; FWD-1; INSD-1; NEAO-1; SN; UP-1; CP-1; WC-1)
  • Pug Pearman, Tennessee (APD-1; FWD-1; NEAD-1; UP-2; CP-3)
  • Bob Toneff, Notre Dame (APO-1; UP-2; CP-2)
  • Jack Little, Texas A&M (FWO-1)
  • Chuck Ulrich, Illinois (INSO-1)
  • Bill George, Wake Forest (CTO-1)
  • Doug Conaway, Texas Christian (NEAD-1)
  • Lamar Wheat, Georgia Tech (UP-3; INSD-1)
  • Dick Modzelewski, Maryland (College Football Hall of Fame) (APD-2; CTD-1)
  • Tom Johnson, Michigan (CTD-1)
  • Ollie Spencer, Kansas (APO-2)
  • Bob Werckle, Vanderbilt (APO-2)
  • Hal Mitchell, UCLA (CP-2)
  • John Feltch, Holy Cross (CP-3)
  • Jerrell Price, Texas Tech (APD-2)

Guards

  • Bob Ward, Maryland (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AFCA; APO-1; FWD-1; INSO-1; NEAO-1; SN; UP-1; CTO-1; WC-1)
  • Les Richter, California (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; APD-1; FWD-1; INSO-1; SN; UP-1; CP-1; CTO-1, CTD-1; WC-1)
  • Ray Beck, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA; APD-1; FWO-1; NEAD-1; UP-3; CP-1; CTD-1)
  • Joe Palumbo, Virginia (College Football Hall of Fame) (APD-1; NEAO-1)
  • Ted Daffer, Tennessee (APD-2; INSD-1; NEAD-1; UP-2; CP-2)
  • Marv Matuszak, Tulsa (APO-1)
  • Nick Liotta, Villanova (FWO-1; CTD-1 (linebacker))
  • Chet Millett, Holy Cross (FWD-1)
  • George Mrkonic, Kansas (INSO-1)
  • Jim Donarski, Arizona (APO-2)
  • Norm Manoogian, Stanford (APO-2)
  • John Michels, Tennessee (UP-3)
  • Harley Sewell, Texas (College Football Hall of Fame) (CP-3)
  • Gerald Audette, Columbia (CP-3)
  • Bill Athey, Baylor (APD-2)

Centers

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

  • Dick Kazmaier, Princeton (Heisman Trophy and College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AFCA; APO-1; FWO-1; INSO-1; NEAO-1 (HB); SN; UP-1; CP-1; CTO-1 (HB); WC-1)
  • Hank Lauricella, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AAB; AFCA; APO-1; FWO-1; INSO-1; NEAO-1 (HB); SN; UP-1; FWO-1; CP-1; CTO-1 (HB); WC-1)
  • Johnny Karras, Illinois (AFCA; AAB; APO-2; FWO-1; SN; UP-1; CP-1; WC-1)
  • Ed Modzelewski, Maryland (APO-2; UP-3; CP-2; INSO-1)
  • Bobby Dillon, Texas (APD-1; FWD-1 (halfback); NEAD-1 (safety); CTD-1)
  • Al Brosky, Illinois (APD-1; FWD-1 (safety))
  • Harry Agganis, Boston U. (NEAD-1 (def. halfback))
  • Jim Ellis, Michigan State (CTD-1)
  • Avatus Stone, Syracuse (CTD-1)
  • Johnny Bright, Drake (College and Canadian Football Hall of Fame) (UP-2; CP-3)
  • Vic Janowicz, Ohio State (College Football Hall of Fame) (APD-2; UP-2; CP-2)
  • Veryl Switzer, Kansas State (APD-2)
  • Jim Dooley, Miami (APD-2)

Fullbacks

  • Ollie Matson, San Francisco (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (APD-1; UP-2; FWD-1 (def. halfback); CP-2; INSO-1; NEAD-1 (def. halfback)
  • Hugh McElhenny, Washington (Pro and College Football Hall of Fame) (APO-1; UP-3; CP-3; NEAO-1 (FB); CTO-1 (FB))
  • Frank Gifford, USC (Pro and College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA; UP-3; CP-3)

Key

  • Bold – Consensus All-American[1]
  • -1 – First-team selection
  • -2 – Second-team selection
  • -3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors

  • AAB = All-America Board[2]
  • AFCA = American Football Coaches Association, published in Collier's Weekly[2][3]
  • APO/APD = 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 of writers and broadcasters throughout the country."[4]
  • FWO/FWD = 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[5]
  • INSO/INSD = 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.[6]
  • NEAO/NEAD = Newspaper Enterprise Association. The NEA selected separate offensive and defensive teams.[7]
  • SN = Sporting News[8]
  • 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."[9]

Other selectors

  • 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"[10]
  • CTO/CTD = 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).[11]
  • WC = Walter Camp Football Foundation[12]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Although he was named a first-team player by four of the eight official selectors, and also by the Central Press Association and Chicago Tribune, Ray Beck is not recognized by the NCAA as a consensus All-American.

References

  1. ↑ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 8. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  2. 1 2 ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1224. ISBN 1401337031.
  3. ↑ "Collier's All-American". The Berkshire Evening Eagle. December 7, 1951.("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")
  4. ↑ "AP's All-American Grid Team". Greeley Daily Tribune. December 7, 1951.
  5. ↑ "Look Picks Two Teams". Long Beach Press-Telegram. December 5, 1951.
  6. ↑ "Wheat, Lauricella, Daffer Named on INS All-America Team". Rome News-Tribune. INS. November 26, 1951.
  7. ↑ Harry Grayson (December 4, 1951). "Kazmaier, Lauricella Unanimous NEA All-American Eleven Selections". Brownsville Herald. Brownsville, Texas.
  8. ↑ "Kazmaier On Another All-Star Team". Toledo Blade. United Press. November 28, 1951.
  9. ↑ Leo H. Peterson (November 29, 1951). "Midwest, South Each Place 3 on United Press All-American". Eau Claire Leader. United Press – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Walter Johns (December 5, 1951). "2 Coast Players on CP All-American Team". Long Beach Press-Telegram.
  11. ↑ Arch Ward (December 9, 1951). "PLAYERS NAME 1951 ALL-AMERICA TEAMS: Football Stars Who Rate as Nation's Best Offensive Group--Their Opponents Say So! RICHTER OF CALIFORNIA MAKES BOTH UNITS; KAZMAIER HONORED". Chicago Daily Tribune. Archived from the original on March 3, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
  12. ↑ "Walter Camp Football Foundation". Archived from the original on March 30, 2009.
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