1947 All-Southwest Conference football team explained

The 1947 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1947 college football season. The selectors for the 1947 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.

All Southwest selections

Backs

• Bobby Layne, Texas (AP-1)
• Doak Walker, SMU (AP-1)
• Clyde Scott, Arkansas (AP-1)
• Pete Stout, TCU (AP-1)
• Huey Keeney, Rice (AP-2)
• Tom Landry, Texas (AP-2)
• Lindy Berry, TCU (AP-2)
• Dick McKissack, SMU (AP-2)

Ends

• Max Bumgardner, Texas (AP-1)
• Sid Halliday, SMU (AP-1)
• James Williams, Rice (AP-2)
• Rick Reinking, SMU (AP-2)

Tackles

• Dick Harris, Texas (AP-1)
• Jim Winkler, SMU (AP-1)
• Weldon Edwards, TCU (AP-2)
• Buddy Tinsley, Baylor (AP-2)

Guards

• John Magee, Rice (AP-1)
• Earl Cook, SMU (AP-1)
• Charles Stone, Baylor (AP-2)
• Theron Roberts, Arkansas (AP-2)

Centers

• Joe Watson, Rice (AP-1)
• Cecil Sutphin, SMU (AP-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1]

UP = United Press

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

See also

• 1947 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

1. News: Clyde Scott Only Porker to Make All-Southwest. Hope Star, Arkansas. December 1, 1947. 5.