The 1949 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All- Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the

1949 college football season The 1949 college football season finished with four teams that were unbeaten and untied-- Notre Dame, Oklahoma, California, and Army had won all their games at season's end. Notre Dame, however, was the overwhelming choice for national champion ...

. Tulane won the conference.

All-SEC selections

Ends

Bud Sherrod Horace Monroe "Bud" Sherrod, Jr. (December 2, 1927 – August 31, 1980) was a professional American football end in the National Football League for the New York Giants in 1952. He played college football at the University of Tennessee. Sherrod ...

, Tennessee (AP-1, UP-1) *Sam Lyle, LSU (AP-1, UP-2) *Jack Stribling, Ole Miss (AP-2, UP-1) *Bob Walston, Georgia (AP-2, UP-2) *

Bucky Curtis Ernest Jackson "Bucky" Curtis, Jr. was an American football player for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. He led the nation in several receiving categories in 1950 including a 29.3 yard average per reception, and was selected as ...

, Vanderbilt (AP-3) *Dick Harvin, Georgia Tech (AP-3)

Tackles

* Bob Gain, Kentucky (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1) * Paul Lea, Tulane (AP-1, UP-2) *Ray Collins, LSU (AP-2, UP-2) *Carl Copp, Vanderbilt (AP-3, UP-1) *Tom Coleman, Georgia Tech (AP-2) *Marion Campbell, Georgia (AP-3)

Guards

*Ed Holdnak, Alabama (AP-1, UP-1) *Allen Hover, LSU (AP-1, UP-2) *Jimmy Crawford, Ole Miss (AP-2, UP-1) *Dennis Doyle, Tulane (AP-2, UP-2) *Mike Mizerany, Alabama (AP-3) * Ted Daffer, Tennessee (AP-3)

Centers

*Harry Ulinski, Kentucky (AP-1, UP-1) *Jerry Taylor, Miss. St. (AP-2, UP-2) * Jimmy Kynes, Florida (AP-3)

Quarterbacks

Travis Tidwell Travis Vaughn Tidwell (February 5, 1929 – July 1, 2004) was an American football player and coach. Tidwell played high school football for Woodlawn High School. He played college football at Auburn University and then in the National Football ...

, Auburn (AP-1, UP-1) *

Babe Parilli Vito "Babe" Parilli (May 7, 1930 – July 15, 2017) was an American football quarterback and coach who played professionally for 18 seasons. Parilli spent five seasons in the National Football League (NFL), three in the Canadian Football League ( ...

, Kentucky (AP-2, UP-2)

Halfbacks

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-1, UP-1) * Chuck Hunsinger, Florida (AP-1, UP-1) *Jimmy Jordan, Georgia Tech (AP-2) * Herb Rich, Vanderbilt (AP-2) *Floyd Reid, Georgia (AP-3, UP-2) *

Ed Salem Edward Joseph Salem (August 28, 1928 – December 21, 2001) was an American football quarterback and defensive back. He was a 1950 College Football All-America Team selection from the University of Alabama Crimson Tide and played one season for ...

, Alabama (UP-2) *Jimmy Roshto, LSU (UP-2) *

Don Phelps Don Cooper "Dopey" Phelps (January 7, 1924 – June 11, 1982) was an American football Halfback (American football), halfback and defensive back who played for the Cleveland Browns in the National Football League (NFL) in the early 1950s. Phelps ...

, Kentucky (AP-3) * Butch Avinger, Alabama (AP-3) *

Lee Nalley Lee "Long Gone" Nalley Jr. (March 15, 1925 – September 14, 2003) was a college football player for the Vanderbilt Commodores football team from 1947 Vanderbilt Commodores football team, 1947 to 1949 Vanderbilt Commodores football team, 1949. ...

, Vanderbilt (AP-3)

Fullbacks

*John Dotley, Ole Miss (AP-1, UP-1) * Zollie Toth, LSU (AP-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press. UP = United Press Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UP

References

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