The 1947 All-SEC football team consists of

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players selected to the All-

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(SEC) chosen by various selectors for the

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. Ole Miss won the conference.

All-SEC selections

Ends

* Barney Poole, Ole Miss (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP) *John North, Vanderbilt (AP-2, UP) *Dan Edwards, Georgia (AP-1) *

Abner Wimberly Abner Wimberly (May 4, 1926 – September 18, 1976) was an American football player who played three seasons for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He also played one season in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC ...

, LSU (AP-2) *

Rebel Steiner Rebel Roy Steiner, Sr. (August 17, 1927 – October 18, 2014) was an American football player who played offensive end for the University of Alabama football team, including the 1945 squad known as the "War Babies," who went undefeated before b ...

, Alabama (AP-3) *George Broadnax, Georgia Tech (AP-3)

Tackles

* Bobby Davis, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UP) *Dub Garrett, Miss. St. (AP-1, UP) *Bill Erickson, Ole Miss (AP-2) *

Wash Serini William Washington Serini (March 11, 1922 – June 21, 1994) was a guard in the National Football League. He played four seasons with the Chicago Bears before playing his final season with the Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a p ...

, Kentucky (AP-2) *Denver Crawford, Tennessee (AP-3) *Charles Compton, Alabama (AP-3)

Guards

* John Wozniak, Alabama (AP-1, UP) *

Bill Healy William Raymond Healy (March 28, 1924 – September 22, 2010) was an College Football All-America Team, All-American college football player for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. He graduated from Baylor School ...

, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UP) *

Herbert St. John Herbert LeGrande St. John (January 17, 1926 — June 29, 2011) was a professional American football Guard (American football), guard. He played two seasons in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). References

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, Georgia (AP-2) *Tex Robertson, Vanderbilt (AP-2) *Wren Worley, LSU (AP-3) *Lee Yarutis, Kentucky (AP-3)

Centers

Jay Rhodemyre Jay Rhodemyre (June 29, 1923 – June 7, 1968) was a former center in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round of the 1948 NFL Draft and would play four seasons with the team. Rhodemyer atte ...

, Kentucky (AP-1, UP) *

Vaughn Mancha Vaughn Hall Mancha (October 7, 1921January 27, 2011) was a professional American football player who played professionally for the Boston Yanks. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1990. He was named to the All-SEC team du ...

, Alabama (AP-2) *Louis Hook, Georgia Tech (AP-3)

Quarterbacks

Charlie Conerly Charles Albert Conerly Jr. (September 19, 1921 – February 13, 1996) was an American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants from 1948 through 1961. Conerly was inducted into the College Football Hall ...

, Ole Miss (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP) * Y. A. Tittle, LSU (AP-2, UP) *

John Rauch John Rauch (August 20, 1927 – June 10, 2008), also known by his nickname Johnny Rauch, was an American football player and coach. He was head coach of the Oakland Raiders in the team's loss to the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl II in earl ...

, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2) *

Harper Davis Julius Harper Davis Jr. (December 11, 1925 – December 26, 2020) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally as a defensive back in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the National Football League (NFL). Davis s ...

, Miss. St. (AP-3)

Halfbacks

Harry Gilmer Harry Vincent Gilmer Jr. (April 14, 1926 – August 20, 2016) was an American football halfback and quarterback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and Detroit Lions. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of F ...

, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP) *

Shorty McWilliams Thomas Edward "Shorty" McWilliams (May 12, 1926 – January 9, 1997) was an American football player who played one season with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the eighth roun ...

, Miss. St. (AP-1) *Bobby Forbes, Florida (AP-2) *Bobby Berry, Vanderbilt (AP-3) *Allen Bowen, Georgia Tech(AP-3)

Fullbacks

Lowell Tew Lowell William Tew (January 2, 1927 – March 1981) was an American football Fullback (American football), fullback in the All-America Football Conference for the New York Yankees (AAFC), New York Yankees. He played college football at the ...

, Alabama (AP-2, UP) *

Albin "Rip" Collins Albin Harrell "Rip" Collins (September 27, 1927 – April 9, 2006) was a professional American football halfback and a punter in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Chicago Horne ...

, LSU (AP-1) *

Eddie Price Edward J. Price (September 2, 1925 – July 21, 1979) was an American football running back for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He played college football at Tulane University and was drafted in the second round of th ...

, Tulane (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-3)

Key

AP =

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UP =

United Press United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th c ...

Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UPI

References

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