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1951 NFL Pro Bowlers

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League Champion: Los Angeles Rams

Passing Leader: Bobby Layne, 2403 Yds

Rushing Leader: Eddie Price, 971 Yds

Receiving Leader: Elroy Hirsch, 1495 Yds

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Pro Bowlers

% indicates player did not play, + indicates player was a replacement selection

Pro Bowlers Table
Pos	Player	Tm	Age	Yrs	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	All-pro teams
LG	Dick Barwegen	CHI	30	4	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	AP: 1st Tm, NYDN: 1st Tm, UPI: 1st Tm
RE	Elroy Hirsch	RAM	28	5	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	66	1495	17	0	AP: 1st Tm, NYDN: 1st Tm, UPI: 1st Tm
LLB	Chuck Bednarik	PHI	26	2	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	AP: 1st Tm, NYDN: 1st Tm, UPI: 1st Tm
LDT	Arnie Weinmeister	NYG	28	3	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	AP: 1st Tm, NYDN: 1st Tm, UPI: 1st Tm
LDH	Emlen Tunnell	NYG	26	3	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	AP: 1st Tm, NYDN: 1st Tm, UPI: 1st Tm
FS	Otto Schnellbacher	NYG	28	3	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	AP: 1st Tm, NYDN: 1st Tm, UPI: 1st Tm
LH	Doak Walker	DET	24	1	12	12	2	5	29	1	0	79	356	2	22	421	4	0	AP: 1st Tm, NYDN: 1st Tm, UPI: 1st Tm
LG	Lou Creekmur	DET	24	1	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	AP: 1st Tm, NYDN: 1st Tm, UPI: 1st Tm
MG	Bill Willis	CLE	30	5	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	AP: 1st Tm, NYDN: 1st Tm, UPI: 1st Tm
RH	Dub Jones	CLE	27	5	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	104	492	7	30	570	5	0	AP: 1st Tm, NYDN: 1st Tm, UPI: 1st Tm
QB	Otto Graham	CLE	30	5	12	12	147	265	2205	17	16	35	29	3	0	0	0	0	AP: 1st Tm, NYDN: 1st Tm, UPI: 1st Tm
RDE	Len Ford	CLE	25	3	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	AP: 1st Tm, NYDN: 1st Tm, UPI: 1st Tm
LT/LLB	George Connor	CHI	26	3	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	AP: 1st Tm, NYDN: 1st Tm, UPI: 1st Tm
LDE	Larry Brink	RAM	28	3	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	AP: 1st Tm, NYDN: 1st Tm, UPI: 2nd Tm
FB	Dan Towler	RAM	23	1	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	126	854	6	16	257	0	0	AP: 2nd Tm, NYDN: 1st Tm, UPI: 1st Tm
RE	Leon Hart	DET	23	1	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	-6	0	35	544	12	2	AP: 1st Tm, NYDN: 2nd Tm, UPI: 1st Tm
LLB	Tony Adamle	CLE	27	4	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AP: 2nd Tm, NYDN: 1st Tm, UPI: 1st Tm
LT	Lou Groza	CLE	27	5	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	NYDN: 1st Tm, UPI: 1st Tm
LT	Tex Coulter	NYG	27	5	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	NYDN: 1st Tm, UPI: 1st Tm
RE	Dante Lavelli	CLE	28	5	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	586	6	0	NYDN: 1st Tm, UPI: 1st Tm
RDE	Al DeRogatis	NYG	24	2	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	AP: 1st Tm, NYDN: 2nd Tm, UPI: 2nd Tm
RT/LDT	Leo Nomellini	SFO	27	1	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	AP: 1st Tm, NYDN: 2nd Tm, UPI: 2nd Tm
MG	Stan West	RAM	25	1	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	NYDN: 1st Tm, UPI: 2nd Tm
C	Les Bingaman	DET	25	3	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	AP: 1st Tm, NYDN: 2nd Tm
FB	Eddie Price	NYG	26	1	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	271	971	7	5	19	0	0	AP: 1st Tm, UPI: 2nd Tm
LLB	Jerry Shipkey	PIT	26	3	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	AP: 1st Tm, NYDN: 2nd Tm
LLB	Tank Younger	RAM	23	2	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	36	223	1	5	72	0	1	AP: 1st Tm
MG	Jon Baker	NYG	28	2	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	UPI: 1st Tm
RDE	Ed Sprinkle	CHI	28	7	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	1	1	AP: 2nd Tm, NYDN: 2nd Tm, UPI: 2nd Tm
QB	Bob Waterfield	RAM	31	6	11	10	88	176	1566	13	10	9	49	3	0	0	0	0	AP: 2nd Tm, NYDN: 2nd Tm, UPI: 2nd Tm
SS	Don Doll	DET	25	2	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AP: 2nd Tm, NYDN: 2nd Tm, UPI: 2nd Tm
LE	Fran Polsfoot	CRD	24	1	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57	796	4	0	AP: 2nd Tm, NYDN: 2nd Tm
RT/RDT	Paul Lipscomb	WAS	28	6	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AP: 2nd Tm, UPI: 2nd Tm
FB	Rob Goode	WAS	24	2	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	208	951	9	3	45	0	0	AP: 2nd Tm, NYDN: 2nd Tm
QB	Johnny Lujack	CHI	26	3	12	11	85	176	1295	8	8	47	171	7	0	0	0	3	NYDN: 2nd Tm, UPI: 2nd Tm
RH	Bob Hoernschemeyer	DET	26	5	11	11	2	4	46	2	0	132	678	2	23	263	3	0	AP: 2nd Tm, NYDN: 2nd Tm
TB	Joe Geri	PIT	27	2	12	12	29	90	506	2	7	90	252	3	3	59	1	0	NYDN: 2nd Tm, UPI: 2nd Tm
LT	Bill Fischer	CRD	24	2	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	AP: 2nd Tm, NYDN: 2nd Tm
FB	John Dottley	CHI	23	Rook	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	127	670	3	14	225	1	0	UPI: 2nd Tm
RT	Mike McCormack	NYY	21	Rook	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	AP: 2nd Tm
LE	Gordie Soltau	SFO	26	1	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	-4	0	59	826	7	0	UPI: 2nd Tm
LH	Bill Dudley	WAS	30	9	12	12	1	1	13	0	0	91	398	2	22	303	1	0	NYDN: 2nd Tm
SS	Jim Cason	SFO	24	3	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	8	0	8
LT	Ray Collins	SFO	24	1	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
QB	Norm Van Brocklin	RAM	25	2	12	2	100	194	1725	13	11	7	2	2	0	0	0	0
QB	Sammy Baugh	WAS	37	14	12	9	67	154	1104	7	17	11	-5	0	0	0	0	0
LT	Laurie Niemi	WAS	26	2	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RLB	Don Paul	RAM	26	3	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
C	Bill Walsh	PIT	24	2	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RG	George Hughes	PIT	26	1	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RE/RDE	Pete Pihos	PHI	28	4	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	536	5	2
RDT	Mike Jarmoluk	PHI	29	5	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
LDH	Russ Craft	PHI	32	5	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
LH	George Taliaferro	NYY	24	2	12	5	13	33	251	1	3	62	330	3	16	230	2	4
C	Brad Ecklund	NYY	29	2	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LT/LDT	Dick Wildung	GNB	30	5	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RH	Billy Grimes	GNB	24	2	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	44	123	1	15	170	1	0
QB	Bobby Layne	DET	25	3	12	12	152	332	2403	26	23	61	290	1	0	0	0	0
RDE	Tom Wham	CRD	27	2	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LH	Ken Carpenter	CLE	25	1	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	85	402	4	12	183	2	0
C	Bulldog Turner	CHI	32	11	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MG	Ray Bray	CHI	34	12	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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