The 1951 Little All-America college football team is composed of college football players from small colleges and universities who were selected by the Associated Press (AP) as the best players at each position. For 1951, the AP changed its procedure by selecting three separate groups: a first team, a defensive platoon, and a second team.[1]
| Position | Player | Team |
| Offense |
| B | Robert Miller | Emory & Henry |
| Robert Flanagan | St. Ambrose |
| Joseph Pahr | Valparaiso |
| Ralph Di Micco | Alfred |
| E | Dale Bruce | Ohio Wesleyan |
| Haldo Norman | Gustavus Adolphus |
| T | Lester Wheeler | Abilene Christian |
| Robert Williamson | San Francisco |
| G | William Chal | Kansas State Teachers |
| William Dawkins | Florida State |
| C | Jim Hazlett | Susquehanna |
| Defense |
| DE | Jack Wilson | Randolph–Macon |
| James Terry | Stephen F. Austin |
| DT | George Young | Bucknell |
| Chester Lagod | Chattanooga |
| MG | Charles Salmon | Williams |
| Vic Makovitch | Western Maryland |
| LB | Tito Carinci | Xavier |
| Ken Spencer | St. Lawrence |
| DB | Jack Beeler | Wofford |
| Norman Hash | Western Washington |
| Ray Renfro | North Texas State |
| Position | Player | Team |
| B | Robert Heimerdinger | Northern Illinois State |
| Andy Macdonald | Central Michigan |
| Robert White | New Mexico Western |
| Walter Kohanowich | Hofstra |
| E | Bernard Calendar | Louisiana College |
| Holland Aplin | Tampa |
| T | Sal Gero | Elon |
| Nick Bova | Lebanon Valley |
| G | Peter Pocius | Maine |
| Skippy Jobson | Trinity (TX) |
| C | Gerald Wenzel | St. Joseph's (IN) |
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