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Gen. Robert Neyland and the 1951 University of Tennessee national championship football team. (Gordon Polofsky/Special to the News Sentinel)

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Gen. Robert Neyland and the 1951 University of Tennessee national championship football team. (Gordon Polofsky/Special to the News Sentinel)

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  • Gen. Robert Neyland and the 1951 University of Tennessee national championship football team. (Gordon Polofsky/Special to the News Sentinel)
  • Jim Haslam, a tackle on the 1951 University of Tennessee national championship football team. (KNS/ARCHIVE)
  • University of Tennessee football player Andy Kozar, a running back on 1951 national championship team. He earned a doctorate and became an UT professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science. Kozar died April 2010. (KNS Archive)
  • Tennessee halfback Hank Lauricella dashes through the Texas defense for 75 yards January 1, 1951 in the Cotton Bowl. The 1950 team won the Dunkel national championship and shared many players with 1951 consensus national championship team. (KNS Archive)
  • Gen. Robert Neyland and the 1950 University of Tennessee football team celebrate after winning the 1951 Cotton Bowl. The team was the Dunkel national champion but finished No. 4 in the Associated Press poll. (UT Athletics/Special to the News Sentinel)
  • Members of the 1951 University of Tennessee national championship football team during their 1972 reunion. Pictured are: 1. John Powell. 2. Earl Campbell. 3. Bob Davis. 4. Mack Franklin. 5. Roger Vest . 6. Jimmy Hahn. 7. Stan Lis. 8. Andy Myers. 9. Francis Holohan. 10. Andy Kozar. 11. Gordon Polofsky. 12. Boomer Boring. 13. Jim Haslam. 14. Hank Lauricella. 15. Frank Alexander. 16. Oka Williams. 17. Doug Atkins. 18. Colin Murro. 19. Ollie Keller. 20. Bill Blackstock. 21. Bob Cloninger. 22. Bill Jasper. 23. Lawrence Crowson. 24. Bill Barbish. 25. Charlie Stokes. 26. Wayne Watson. 27. Pat Shires. 28. Hugh Garner. 29. Billy Jack Cunningham. 30. Bill Fulton. 31. Bill Addonizzio. 32. Jimmy Wade. (KNS Archive)
  • Jim Haslam, Gordon Polofsky, Pat Shires, Herky Payne, left to right, members of the 1951 University of Tennessee National Championship football team pose next to the statue of their former coach, Robert Neyland, at Neyland Stadium Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. The team will be honored Saturday at the stadium during the game against LSU. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)

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