1909 College Football All-Southern Team
The 1909 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1909 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Sewanee won the SIAA championship. VPI, an independent school, also claims a Southern championship.
Heisman's eleven
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The eleven selected by John Heisman included:
- Eric Cheape, guard for Sewanee.
- Harry Esslinger, tackle for Auburn. He was a pioneer coach at Huntsville High School. He served in that capacity from 1920 to 1932.[1]
- Doc Fenton, quarterback for LSU, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.
- Ewing Y. Freeland, end for Vanderbilt, known as "Big 'un," later coached at various institutions in Texas.
- Malvern Griffin, tackle for Vanderbilt.
- Aubrey Lanier, halfback for Sewanee. Grantland Rice called him "the noblest Tiger of them all."[2] The Kappa Alpha Journal gives similar praise that year, calling Lanier "The greatest performer of the college game on the Southern field.[3]
- T. C. Locke, guard for Auburn.
- J. E. Lucas, center for Georgia. His defense drew praise in the losses to Alabama[4] and Georgia Tech.[5]
- Will Metzger, guard for Vanderbilt, known as "Frog," selected for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era.
- Ray Morrison, quarterback for Vanderbilt, selected as the quarterback and kick returner for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. He was later a coach at various institutions including SMU and Vanderbilt after McGugin. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954.
- Silas Williams, end for Sewanee. He later played for Harvard Law School.
All-Southerns of 1909
[edit]Ends
[edit]- Silas Williams†, Sewanee (H-1, GR, NB, NTC, NTL, NTM)
- Ewing Y. Freeland, Vanderbilt (H-1, NB, NTL)
- Bill Neely, Vanderbilt (GR, NB [as qb], NTC, NTL [as qb], NTM [as qb])
- Carlton Elliott, Virginia (WG)
- Joe Luttrell, VPI (WG)
- Armstrong Hill, Auburn (H-2)
- Herbert Hatcher, Georgia (H-2)
Tackles
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- Malvern Griffin, Vanderbilt (H-1, NB, NTL, NTM)
- Harry Esslinger, Auburn (H-1)
- Lionel Moise, Sewanee (GR, NB [as fb], NTC, NTL)
- Frank Faulkinberry, Sewanee (H-2, NB [as g], NTC, NTM)
- Homer Cogdell, Auburn (GR, NB)
- B. R. Cecil, Virginia (WG)
- Horace Geyer Jr., Virginia (WG)
Guards
[edit]- Eric Cheape, Sewanee (H-1, GR, NTC)
- T. C. Locke, Auburn (H-1, NTL)
- Ted Ross, Vanderbilt (GR, NTC, NTL, NTM)
- Willie Hillman, LSU (NB [as c], NTM)
- Stanley Phillip, Arkansas (NB)
- Bruce, Washington & Lee (WG)
- Hoss Hodgson, VPI (WG)
- Burton Gray Allen, Auburn (H-2)
- Leslie Covington, Vanderbilt (H-2)
Centers
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- J. E. Lucas, Georgia (H-1)
- Robert "Strauss" Stovall, LSU (GR, NTL, NTM)
- Frank Juhan, Sewanee (NTC)
- Archibald Deans, North Carolina (WG)
- J. J. Beaver, Auburn (H-2)
Quarterbacks
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- Doc Fenton, LSU (College Football Hall of Fame) (H-1)
- Chigger Browne, Sewanee (GR, H-2, NTC)
- S. F. Stevens, North Carolina A&M (WG)
Halfbacks
[edit]- Aubrey Lanier, Sewanee (H-1, GR, NB, NTC, NTL)
- Ray Morrison, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (H-1, NTL, NTM [as e])
- Lew Hardage, Auburn (GR, H-2, NB, NTC, NTM)
- Forest Stanton, Virginia (WG)
- Tom Moseley, VMI (WG)
- Del Pratt, Alabama (H-2)
Fullbacks
[edit]- Will Metzger, Vanderbilt (H-1, NTL, NTM)
- John Seip, LSU (GR, H-2 [as t], NTC)
- Kemper Yancey, Virginia (WG)
- George Penton, Auburn (H-2)
Key
[edit]† = Unanimous selection
Bold = Heisman's pick
H = selected by John Heisman, coach at Georgia Institute of Technology.[6] Dick Jemison picked a second team from the players Heisman left off his first.[7]
GR = selected by Grantland Rice.[8][9]
NB = selected by Nash Buckingham.[10]
NTC = published in the Nashville Tennessean, by a writer from Columbia.[11]
NTL = published in the Nashville Tennessean, by a writer from Lynnville.[12]
NTM = published in the Nashville Tennessean, by a writer from McMinnville.[13]
WG = selected by William C. Gloth, coach at Virginia Military Institute.[14]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Huntsville Football Team History" – via ahsfhs.org.
- ^ James Gregg (1949). "Sports at Sewanee". Sewanee Alumni News: 5.
- ^ "Alpha-Alpha, University of the South". Kappa Alpha Journal. 27 (2): 200. 1909.
- ^ "Alabama Wins Over Georgia In Hard Game". The Atlanta Constitution. October 31, 1909. p. 3. Retrieved April 14, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Georgia Springs Big Surprise on Jackets". Atlanta Constitution. November 21, 1909. p. 4. Retrieved April 14, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The All-Southern Eleven Picked By Coach Heisman". Atlanta Constitution. November 28, 1909. p. 3. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Second Choice Eleven Chosen By Dick Jemison". Atlanta Constitution. November 28, 1909. p. 3. Retrieved March 14, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^
"All-Southern Selection". Charlotte Observer. November 29, 1909.
- ^ Cap and Gown. p. 143.
- ^ "All-Southern Star Cast Is Selected". The Tennessean. November 28, 1909. p. 9. Retrieved November 14, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "A Fan's Selection For All-Southern". The Tennessean. December 4, 1909. p. 10. Retrieved November 14, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "More Selections For All-Southern". The Tennessean. December 8, 1909. p. 10. Retrieved April 24, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "An All-Southern". The Tennessean. December 14, 1909. p. 6. Retrieved April 24, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mr. Gloth Picks Team". The Cadet. December 14, 1909.
