1903 College Football All-Southern Team
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The 1903 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1903 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.
All-Southerns of 1903
Ends
- Bob Blake†, Vanderbilt (H-1, WRT, NB, NY, JLD-1)
- Carl Sitton, Clemson (H-2, WRT, NB)
- J. J. Thompson, Transylvania (NY, JLD-1)
- Hope Sadler, Clemson (H-1, JLD-2)
- Dan Blake, Vanderbilt (H-2)
- William Fisher, North Carolina (JLD-2)
Tackles
- Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith, Sewanee (H-2, WRT, NB-s)
- Branch Johnson, Virginia (NY, JLD-1)
- Walter Council, Virginia (NY, JLD-1)
- Frank Foust, North Carolina (H-1)
- Ephraim Kirby-Smith, Sewanee (NB)
- Harold Ketron, Georgia (H-2)
Guards
- Henry Phillips†, Sewanee (College Football Hall of Fame) (H-1, NY, JLD-1, WRT, NB [as t])
- Marvin O. Bridges†, Cumberland (H-1 [as t], NY, JLD-1, WRT [as t], NB [as hb])
- O. L. Derrick, Clemson (JLD-2, WRT)
- Oliver Gardner, North Carolina A & M (H-1)
- T. B. Green, Tennessee (NB)
- W. W. Suddarth, Cumberland (NB)
- Innis Brown, Vanderbilt (H-2)
- Bully Jones, North Carolina (H-2)
- James C. Elmer, Virginia (JLD-2, NB-s)
- Green, Mississippi A&M (NB-s)
Centers
- Red Smith, Cumberland (H-1, WRT, NB)
- Clyde Conner, Virginia (NY, JLD-1)
- Roach Stewart, North Carolina (H-2)
- Percy Given, Georgetown (JLD-2)
Quarterbacks
- John Maxwell, Clemson (H-1, JLD-2, WRT, NB)
- John Pollard, Virginia (NY, JLD-1)
- Frank Kyle, Vanderbilt (H-2)
- John Scarbrough, Sewanee (NB-s)
Halfbacks
- John J. Tigert, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (H-1, WRT, NB-s)
- J. C. "Dog" Anderson, Cumberland (H-1, WRT)
- Joe Reilly, Georgetown (NY, JLD-1)
- Hunter Carpenter, VPI (College Football Hall of Fame) (NY, JLD-1)
- Rupert Colmore, Sewanee (H-2, NB)
- Fritz Furtick, Clemson (H-2)
- Wister Heald, Virginia (JLD-2)
- Hub Hart, Georgetown (JLD-2)
Fullbacks
- Jock Hanvey†, Clemson (H-1, NY, JLD-1, WRT, NB)
- E. L. Minton, Cumberland (H-2)
- Hogan Yancey, Transylvania (JLD-2)
- Sam Y. Parker, Tennessee (NB-2)
Key
Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors
† = Unanimous selection
H = selected by John Heisman, coach at Clemson University.[1]
WRT = selected by W. R. Tichenor.[2]
NB = selected by former Tennessee player Nash Buckingham in the Memphis Commercial Appeal.[3][4] It had substitutes, denoted with a small S.
NY = selected by a prominent New Yorker hired for the purpose.[5]
JLD = selected by John Longer Desaulles. It had a first and second team.[6][7]
References
- ↑ "Sadler Is Made Captain of All-Southern Team". Atlanta Constitution. November 29, 1903. p. 11. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Fuzzy Woodruff (1928). A History of Southern Football 1890-1928. p. 280.
- ↑ "Some Past All-Southerns". Atlanta Georgian. December 9, 1907. p. 12. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Digital Library of Georgia.
- ↑ "The Best in the South". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 30, 1903. p. 3. Retrieved August 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "All-Southern Team". Baltimore American. May 30, 1904.
- ↑ "Johnny Desaulles Picks All-Southern Football Team". The State. August 27, 1904.
- ↑ Spalding's Football Guide
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