1929 College Football All-Southern Team
The 1929 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations in 1929. Vernon "Catfish" Smith was only a sophomore. Tulane won the Southern championship. In December 2008, Sports Illustrated undertook to identify the individuals who would have been awarded the Heisman Trophy in college football's early years, before the trophy was established. Tennessee's Gene McEver was selected as the would-be Heisman winner for the 1929 season.[1] McEver received the most selections of any All-Southern player.
All-Southerns of 1929
Ends
- Vernon "Catfish" Smith, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP, WB-1, WA-2)
- Dale Van Sickel, Florida (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, CP)
- Paul Hug, Tennessee (AP-2, AJ, WB-1, WA-1)
- Jerry Dalrymple, Tulane (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2, AJ, WB-2, WA-3)
- Fritz Brandt, Tennessee (UP, WB-2, WA-3)
- Wear Schoonover, Arkansas (College Football Hall of Fame) (CP)
- Jack Holland, Tulane (WA-1)
- Jimmy Moore, Alabama (WA-2)
Tackles
- Fred Sington, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, AJ, WB-1, CP, WA-1)
- Dick Abernathy, Vanderbilt (AP-1, WB-2, WA-3)
- Bill Drury, Kentucky (WB-1, AJ, WA-2)
- Gordon Brown, Texas (CP)
- Molton Smith, Alabama (WB-2, WA-2)
- Vance Maree, Georgia Tech (WA-1)
- Louis G. Chadwick, VMI (WA-3)
Guards
- Ray Farris, North Carolina (AP-1, UP, AJ, WB-1, WA-1)
- Bull Brown, Vanderbilt (AP-1, AJ, WB-1, WA-1)
- Jimmy Steele, Florida (AP-2, UP, WB-2, CP, WA-2)
- Maury Bodenger, Tulane (AP-2)
- Barton Koch, Baylor (College Football Hall of Fame) (CP)
- Milton Leathers, Georgia (WB-2, WA-2)
- Harry Thayer, Tennessee (WA-3)
- J. O. Brooke, Georgia Tech (WA-3)
Centers
- Lloyd Roberts, Tulane (AP-1, UP, AJ, WB-1, WA-1)
- Julian Bealle, South Carolina (AP-2, WB-2)
- Noble Atkins, Texas Christian (CP)
- Jess Eberdt, Alabama (WA-2)
- Ned Lipscomb, North Carolina (WA-3)
Quarterbacks
- Bobby Dodd, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP, AJ, WB-1, WA-2)
- John "Shipwreck" Kelly, Kentucky (AP-2, WB-2, WA-2 [as hb])
- Benny Parker, Vanderbilt (WA-3)
Halfbacks
- Gene McEver*†, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP, AJ, WB-1, CP, WA-1)
- Billy Banker†, Tulane (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP, AJ, WB-1, CP, WA-1 [as qb])
- Stumpy Thomason, Georgia Tech (AP-2, WB-2 [as fb], CP [as qb], WA-1)
- Jim Magner, North Carolina (AP-2, WA-2)
- Buddy Hackman, Tennessee (WB-2)
- Sam Buie, Duke (WB-2)
- Amos Leonard, Vanderbilt (WA-3)
- Strud Nash, North Carolina (WA-3)
Fullbacks
- Tony Holm†, Alabama (AP-1, UP, AJ, WB-1, CP, WA-1)
- Rainey Cawthon, Florida (AP-2, WA-2)
- Bennie Rothstein, Georgia (WA-3)
Key
Bold = Composite selection
* = Consensus All-American
† = Unanimous selection
AP = selected by the Associated Press from more than 50 coaches and sports writers. It had a first and second team.[2]
UP = selected by the United Press.[3]
AJ = the composite selection of seven sportswriters compiled by Zipp Newman.[4] The Atlanta Journal awarded the eleven gold medals.
WB = selected by William Braucher, sportswriter for the NEA Service. He had a first and second team.[5]
CP = selected by football fans of the south through Central Press newspapers.[6]
WA = selected by William Alexander, coach at Georgia Institute of Technology.[7] It had a first, second, and third team.
See also
References
- ↑ Mike Beacom (2008-12-12). "Who would have won the Heisman from 1900-1934". Sports Illustrated.
- ↑ "All-Southern Grid Teams Picked". The Morning Herald. December 4, 1929. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "United Press Picks Southern". Salt Lake Tribune. November 30, 1929.
- ↑ "Three Vols Put On Another All Southern Team". Kingsport Times. December 8, 1929. p. 7. Retrieved March 13, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Dodd, Holm, M'Ever, Banker, South's Backfield". Freeport Journal-Standard. December 4, 1929. p. 15. Retrieved March 13, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Southern Team". The Morning Herald. December 10, 1929. p. 11. Retrieved March 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ W. A. Alexander (December 11, 1929). "All-Southern Football Eleven". Lincoln Evening Journal. Retrieved March 3, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
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