1951 All-Southwest Conference football team

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

References

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