The 1951 All-SEC football team consists of
American football players selected to the All-
Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the
1951 college football season
The 1951 college football season finished with seven unbeaten major college teams, of which five were unbeaten and untied. Ultimately, the Tennessee Volunteers were voted the best team by the Associated Press, followed by the Michigan State Sparta ...
.
Georgia Tech and
Tennessee shared the conference title. The
Associated Press selection had
two platoons.
All-SEC selections
Offense
Ends
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Steve Meilinger
Stephen Frank Meilinger (December 12, 1930 – September 14, 2015) was an American football end who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins, the Green Bay Packers, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. He pl ...
, Kentucky (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP, UP-1)
*Harry Babcock, Georgia (AP, UP-3)
*Ben Roderick, Vanderbilt (UP-1)
*Red Lutz, Alabama (UP-2)
*Buck Martin, Georgia Tech (UP-2)
*Lee Hayley, Auburn (UP-3)
Tackles
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Bob Werckle, Vanderbilt (AP, UP-2)
*Lum Snyder, Georgia Tech (AP)
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Charlie LaPradd
Charles W. LaPradd (August 24, 1927 – February 1, 2006) was an American football player during the early 1950s. He played college football for the University of Florida and was recognized as an All-American as a defensive lineman. He later ...
, Florida (UP-2)
*Jerome Helluin, Tulane (UP-3)
*Bill Pyron, Miss. St. (UP-3)
Guards
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John Michels, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP, UP-3)
*Gene Donaldson, Kentucky (AP)
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Sid Fournet
Sidney Fredrick Fournet (August 27, 1932 – April 23, 2011) was an American collegiate and professional American football player who played defensive lineman for three seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, and Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Fo ...
, LSU (UP-2)
*Foots Bauer, Auburn (UP-2)
*John Ignarski, Kentucky (UP-3)
Centers
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Doug Moseley
Douglas Dewayne Moseley, known as Doug Moseley (March 24, 1928November 8, 2017), was a Kentucky minister and politician who served in the Kentucky Senate
The Kentucky Senate is the upper house of the Kentucky General Assembly. The Kentucky S ...
, Kentucky (AP, UP-1)
*Gordon Poinfsky, Tennessee (UP-2)
*Ralph Carrigan, Alabama (UP-3)
Quarterbacks
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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, UP-1)
*Darrell Crawford, Georgia Tech (AP, UP-1)
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Bill Wade
William James Wade (October 4, 1930 – March 9, 2016) was an American football quarterback who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL). He is considered one of the greatest athletes in Nashville and Vanderbilt University h ...
, Vanderbilt (AP, UP-2)
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Zeke Bratkowski, Georgia (UP-3)
Backs
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Hank Lauricella, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP, UP-1)
*Andy Kozer, Tennessee (UP-2)
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Leon Hardeman
Leon Hardeman (June 6, 1932 – December 9, 2019) was an American football player. Hardeman played college football at the halfback position for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team from 1951 to 1953. At five feet, six inches and 175 po ...
, Georgia Tech (UP-2)
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Haywood Sullivan
Haywood Cooper Sullivan (December 15, 1930 – February 12, 2003) was an American college and professional baseball player who was a catcher, manager, general manager and club owner in Major League Baseball. From May 23, 1978, through Novembe ...
, Florida (UP-3)
*Jimmy ?, Ole Miss (UP-3)
*Herky Payne, Tennessee (UP-3)
Defense
Ends
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Doug Atkins, Tennessee (AP)
*Harold Maxwell, Ole Miss (AP)
Tackles
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Pug Pearman
William Andrew "Pug" Pearman (May 1, 1929 – December 19, 2004) was an American football player. A native of North Carolina, Pearman attended the University of Tennessee where he played at the tackle position for the Tennessee Volunteers footb ...
, Tennessee (AP, UP-1)
*Lamar Wheat, Georgia Tech (AP, UP-1)
Guards
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Ted Daffer, Tennessee (AP, UP-1)
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Ray Beck
Ray Merril Beck (March 17, 1931 – January 10, 2007) was an American football player in the National Football League for the New York Giants in 1952 and from 1955 to 1957.
Beck was born in Bowdon, Georgia and graduated from Cedartown High School ...
, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP, UP-1)
Centers
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George Tarasovic
George Kenneth Tarasovic (May 6, 1930 – October 24, 2019) was an American professional football player of Rusyn or Slovak descent. He played college football for the Boston College Eagles and LSU Tigers. He played 15 years in the National Fo ...
, LSU (AP)
Backs
*Bobby Marlow, Alabama (AP, UP-1)
*Bert Rechichar, Tennessee (AP, UP-2)
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Joe Fortunato,
Mississippi State. (AP)
*Claude Hipps, Georgia (AP)
Key
AP =
Associated Press
UP =
United Press[ ]
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UP
See also
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1951 College Football All-America Team
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 ...
References
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