The 1951 Sugar Bowl was the 17th Sugar Bowl matchup, pitting the Big Seven champion Oklahoma Sooners (ranked #1 in the Associated Press poll) against the Southeastern Conference champion Kentucky Wildcats (ranked #7).
 Oklahoma's regular season record was 10-0; Kentucky's was 10-1.
 Oklahoma averaged 34.5 points per game; only one team had scored more than twice in a game against Kentucky that season.
 Oklahoma entered the January 1, 1951, game with a 31-game winning streak; the Sooners' last loss had come on September 25, 1948.
 Kentucky was coached by Bear Bryant; Oklahoma was coached by Bud Wilkinson.
 Notable players for the two teams included Oklahoma's Billy Vessels and Kentucky's Charlie McClendon, Babe Parilli and Wilbur "Shorty" Jamerson.
 82,000 fans attended the game.
The 1955 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 1st place in the Western Interprovincial Football Union with a 14–2–0 record and won the 43rd Grey Cup, repeating as Grey Cup champions.
James Preston Weatherall (October 26, 1929 – August 2, 1992) was an American football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, and the Detroit Lions.
 He also played in the Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU) for the Edmonton Eskimos.
 Weatherall played college football at the University of Oklahoma and was drafted in the second round of the 1952 NFL Draft.
 He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1992.
William "Bill" Walker (born 1934/35) is an American former football and baseball player.
 He attended the University of Maryland, College Park where he played college football as an end and baseball as an outfielder.
 Wire services twice named Walker to All-America football second teams and he was also selected to an All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) team three years.
 Walker was named to the All-ACC baseball team once as well.
 He was selected by the Detroit Lions in the eighth round of the 1955 NFL Draft, but instead signed with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Interprovincial Football Union.
Robert William Paffrath (July 3, 1918 – May 21, 2005) is a former professional American football halfback.
 He played for the Miami Seahawks and the Brooklyn Dodgers of the All-America Football Conference, for the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union, and for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Interprovincial Football Union.
 Paffrath also played one year in the Ontario Rugby Football Union with the Toronto Indians, where he was MVP.
Billy Dale Vessels (March 22, 1931 – November 17, 2001) was a gridiron football player.
 He played college football at the University of Oklahoma and won the Heisman Trophy in 1952.
 Vessels went on to play professional football with the National Football League's Baltimore Colts and the Western Interprovincial Football Union's Edmonton Eskimos.
Joseph A. Aguirre (October 17, 1918 – July 13, 1985) was an American football end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins, as well as for the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC).
 He also spent time in the Canadian Football League with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Edmonton Eskimos, and Saskatchewan Roughriders.
 In his time in the CFL, he won the Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy as the Western Interprovincial Football Union's Top Scorer in 1950 and again in 1954.
 Aguirre played college football at Saint Mary's College of California and was drafted in the eleventh round of the 1941 NFL Draft.
The 1954 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 1st place in the Western Interprovincial Football Union with an 11–5–0 record and won the 42nd Grey Cup, the first championship in franchise history.
The 1956 Edmonton Eskimos finished in 1st place in the Western Interprovincial Football Union with an 11–5–0 record and won the 44th Grey Cup, completing the first Grey Cup three-peat in the modern era.
Willie Leon Manley (May 20, 1926 – March 13, 2010) was an American football player and coach.
 He was born in Hollis, Oklahoma.
 He lettered for three seasons as guard at the University of Oklahoma from 1947 to 1949.
 He was selected in the 1950 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers and was on their roster in 1950 and 1951.
 Later from 1953 to '54 he played for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Interprovincial Football Union.
 After his playing career was through Manley pursued a coaching career and was a longtime assistant under Darrell Royal at Texas, first as offensive line coach and later succeeding Don Breaux as offensive coordinator.
 Royal was Manley's childhood friend and later a high school and college teammate.

Question: What notable player from the 1951 Sugar Bowl went on to play for the Western Interprovincial Football Union's Edmonton Eskimos?
Answer: Billy Vessels