1951 All-Eastern football team

The 1951 All-Eastern football team consists of American football players chosen by various selectors as the best players at each position among the Eastern colleges and universities during the 1951 college football season.

Offensive selections

Backs

Dick Kazmaier, Princeton (AP-1; UP-1)
Harry Agganis, Boston University (AP-1; UP-1)
Charles Maloy, Holy Cross (AP-1; UP-1)
Burt Talmage, Bucknell (AP-1; UP-1)
Mitch Prince, Columbia (AP-2; UP-2)
Johnny Turco, Holy Cross (AP-2; UP-2)
Brad Myers, Bucknell (AP-2)
Bob Haner, Villanova (AP-2)
Hal Seidenberg, Cornell (UP-2)
Bob Bestwick, Pittsburgh (UP-2)

Ends

Karl Kluckhohn, Colgate (AP-1; UP-1)
Tom McCann, Holy Cross (AP-1; UP-2)
Wesley Bomm, Columbia (AP-2)
Robert Capuano, Holy Cross (AP-2)

Tackles

Paul Tetreault, Navy (AP-1; UP-1)
Charles Metzler, Cornell (AP-1)
Robert Evans, Penn (AP-2)
Charles Deen, Yale (AP-2)

Guards

Gerald Audette, Columbia (AP-1; UP-2)
John Pietro, Brown (AP-1)
Frank Vitale, Cornell (AP-2)
James Otis, Princeton (AP-2)

Centers

William Vesprini, Dartmouth (AP-1; UP-2)
Albert Lemay, Harvard (AP-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

Frank McPhee, Princeton (AP-1; UP-1)
Eddie Bell, Penn (AP-1; UP-2)
Tom Hanlon, Penn (AP-2)
William Owens, Colgate (AP-2)

Defensive tackles

Gerald McGinley, Penn (AP-1; UP-2)
John Feltch, Holy Cross (AP-2; UP-1)
George Young, Bucknell (AP-1)
James Jerome, Cornell (AP-2; UP-2)

Defensive guards

Nick Liotta, Villanova (AP-1; UP-1)
Victor Bihl, Princeton (AP-1; UP-1)
Bradley M. Glass, Princeton (AP-2; UP-2)
Chet Millett, Holy Cross (AP-2)

Defensive center

David Hickok, Princeton (AP-1; UP-1)
Edward Sexton, Brown (AP-2)

Defensive backs

Robert Spears, Yale (AP-1)
William Whelan, Cornell (AP-1)
Richard Pivirotto, Princeton (AP-1)
Frank Hauff, Navy (AP-1)
Bob Albert, Bucknell (AP-2)
William Kirk, Cornell (AP-2)
Avatus Stone, Syracuse (AP-2)
Donald Fuqua, Army (AP-2)

Key

AP = Associated Press^[1]

UP = United Press^[2]

References

^ "Undefeated Princeton Dominates 1951 AP All-Eastern With Five On 2-Platoon Squad". Standard-Speaker. December 4, 1951. p. 20.
^ "Kazmaier, Three Tiger Mates Named To UP All-East Team". Jeannette News-Dispatch. November 21, 1951. p. 6.

[1] "Undefeated Princeton Dominates 1951 AP All-Eastern With Five On 2-Platoon Squad". Standard-Speaker. December 4, 1951. p. 20.

[2] "Kazmaier, Three Tiger Mates Named To UP All-East Team". Jeannette News-Dispatch. November 21, 1951. p. 6.

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