1947 All-Southwest Conference football team

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

References

  1. ^ "Clyde Scott Only Porker to Make All-Southwest". Hope Star, Arkansas. December 1, 1947. p. 5.