1951 College Football All-America Team
Name Position School Number Official Other
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 Guard Georgia Tech 4/8 AFCA , APD , FWO , NEAD COL , CP , CTD
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 .
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).