1951 All-Southwest Conference football team

The 1951 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1950 college football season. The selectors for the 1951 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP). Players selected as first-team players by both the AP and UP are designated in bold.

Offensive selections

Backs

  • Larry Isbell, Baylor (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Gib Dawson, Texas (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Lamar McHam, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-2)
  • Ray McKowan, Texas Christian (AP-1; UP-2)
  • Glenn Lippman, Texas A&M (UP-1)
  • Teddy Riggs, Rice (UP-1)
  • Bobby Jack Floyd, TCU (UP-2)
  • Bob Smith, Texas A&M (UP-3)

Ends

  • Bill Howton, Rice (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Stan Williams, Baylor (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Harold Riley, Baylor (UP-2)
  • Tom Stolhandske, Texas (UP-2)

Tackles

  • Jack Little, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Dave Hanner, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-3)
  • Ken Casner, Baylor (UP-2)
  • Doug Conaway, TCU (UP-2)

Guards

  • Harley Sewell, Texas (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Herschel Forester, Southern Methodist (AP-1; UP-3)
  • June Davis, Texas (UP-2)

Centers

  • Hugh Meyer, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

  • Bill Howton, Rice (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Paul Williams, Texas (AP-1)

Defensive tackles

  • Bob Griffin, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Bill Forester, Southern Methodist (AP-1; UP-3)

Defensive guards

  • Bill Athey, Baylor (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Herb Zimmerman, Texas Christian (AP-1; UP-2)

Linebackers

  • Dick Hightower, Southern Methodist (AP-1; UP-1)
  • Keith Flowers, Texas Christian (AP-1)

Defensive backs

  • Bobby Dillon, Texas (AP-1; UP-2)
  • Yale Lary, Texas A&M (AP-1)
  • Bill Burkhalter, Rice (AP-1)

Key

AP = Associated Press[1]

UP = United Press[2]

Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UP

See also

References

  1. ^ "Brothers Make All-Southwest". Kentucky New Era. December 3, 1951. p. 9.
  2. ^ "Frogmen Left Out in SWC All-Conference Selections". The Victoria Advocate. November 25, 1951. p. 7.