1951 All-Southwest Conference football team explained

The 1951 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1950 college football season. The selectors for the 1951 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.

Offensive selections

Backs

Larry Isbell, Baylor (AP-1; UP-1)
Gib Dawson, Texas (AP-1; UP-1)
Lamar McHam, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-2)
Ray McKowan, Texas Christian (AP-1; UP-2)
Glenn Lippman, Texas A&M (UP-1)
Teddy Riggs, Rice (UP-1)
Bobby Jack Floyd, TCU (UP-2)
Bob Smith, Texas A&M (UP-3)

Ends

Bill Howton, Rice (AP-1; UP-1)
Stan Williams, Baylor (AP-1; UP-1)
Harold Riley, Baylor (UP-2)
Tom Stolhandske, Texas (UP-2)

Tackles

Jack Little, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-1)
Dave Hanner, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-3)
Ken Casner, Baylor (UP-2)
Doug Conaway, TCU (UP-2)

Guards

Harley Sewell, Texas (AP-1; UP-1)
Herschel Forester, Southern Methodist (AP-1; UP-3)
June Davis, Texas (UP-2)

Centers

Hugh Meyer, Texas A&M (AP-1; UP-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

Bill Howton, Rice (AP-1; UP-1)
Paul Williams, Texas (AP-1)

Defensive tackles

Bob Griffin, Arkansas (AP-1; UP-1)
Bill Forester, Southern Methodist (AP-1; UP-3)

Defensive guards

Bill Athey, Baylor (AP-1; UP-1)
Herb Zimmerman, Texas Christian (AP-1; UP-2)

Linebackers

Dick Hightower, Southern Methodist (AP-1; UP-1)
Keith Flowers, Texas Christian (AP-1)

Defensive backs

Bobby Dillon, Texas (AP-1; UP-2)
Yale Lary, Texas A&M (AP-1)
Bill Burkhalter, Rice (AP-1)

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1]

UP = United Press^[2]

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

See also

1951 College Football All-America Team

Notes and References

News: Brothers Make All-Southwest. Kentucky New Era. December 3, 1951. 9.
News: Frogmen Left Out in SWC All-Conference Selections. The Victoria Advocate. November 25, 1951. 7.