1916 College Football All-Southern Team

Graham Vowell of Tennessee was the lone unanimous selection of 1916.

The 1916 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations in 1916.

Georgia Tech posted the best SIAA record, and tied for the championship with Tennessee. Graham Vowell, Pup Phillips, and Irby Curry were selected for Walter Camp's third-team All-American. Both Curry and Tommy Spence would die in France serving the United States in the First World War.

Composite team

Pup Phillips of Georgia Tech was his school's first center selected All-Southern.

The composite All-Southern team formed by the selection of 4 newspapers included:

Composite overview

Name Position School First-team selections
Graham Vowell End Tennessee4
Josh Cody Tackle Vanderbilt 3
Pup Phillips Center Georgia Tech 3
Irby Curry Quarterback Vanderbilt 3
Everett Strupper Halfback Georgia Tech 3
Tommy Spence Fullback Georgia Tech 3
Walker Carpenter Tackle Georgia Tech 2
Bob Lang Guard Georgia Tech 2
Chink Lowe Guard Tennessee 2
Doc Rodes Halfback Kentucky 2
Lloyd WolfeEnd Tennessee 1
Red Jones End Auburn 1
Si Bell End Georgia Tech 1
Tom Thrash Tackle Georgia 1
Ike Rogers Tackle Alabama 1
Phillip Cooper Tackle LSU 1
Moon Ducote Guard Auburn 1
Pryor Williams Guard Vanderbilt 1
Charlie Carman Guard Vanderbilt 1
Carey Robinson Center Auburn 1
Froggie Morrison QuarterbackGeorgia Tech 1
Bill FolgerHalfbackNorth Carolina1
Cecil Creen Halfback Alabama 1
Red Floyd Halfback Vanderbilt 1
Homer Prendergast Fullback Auburn 1

All-Southerns of 1916

Ends

Tackles

Josh Cody of Vanderbilt.

Guards

Rabbit Curry of Vanderbilt.

Center

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

Doc Rodes of Kentucky.

Fullbacks

Key

Bold = Composite selection

* = Consensus All-American

= Unanimous selection

C = received at least one selection from a composite of 4 newspapers: The Atlanta Constitution, The Birmingham Age-Herald, The Knoxville Journal and Tribune, and The Nashville Tennessean.[9]

NTC = Composite selection of the Nashville Tennessean.[10]

DJ = Dick Jemison of the Atlanta Constitution.[10][11][12] He had an "All-Southern" and an "All-SIAA" selection. The only difference was switching Eben Wortham at halfback for Folger.

H = John Heisman, coach at Georgia Institute of Technology.[12]

MB = Morgan Blake of the Atlanta Journal.[12]

BH = Blinkey Horn of the Nashville Tennessean.[13]

HS = Hugh Sparrow, sporting editor for the Birmingham Ledger.[11]

FB = Fred Boedeker in Birmingham Age-Herald[10]

EC = Earl Crew in Knoxville Journal and Tribune[10]

KS = Knoxville Sentinel[10]

WGF = W. G. Foster in the Chattanooga Times[10]

BP = Bob Pigue in Nashville Banner[10]

See also

References

  1. Heisman, John M. Heisman: The Man Behind the Trophy. p. 144.
  2. "All-Time Football Team Lists Greats Of Past, Present". Gadsden Times. July 27, 1969.
  3. Edwin Mims (1946). History of Vanderbilt University. p. 285.
  4. "Volunteer Warrior". University of Tennessee Alumni Magazine.
  5. Matt Winkeljohn (November 7, 2009). "Page Ear-marked For Hall of Fame".
  6. "Doc Rodes".
  7. "Spence Air Base". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
  8. "Vowell & Sons, Inc. History".
  9. "All-Southern Football Team As Picked By Sport Writers". Augusta Chronicle. December 3, 1916.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Curry, Cody and Williams Land On Compose All-Southern". December 4, 1916. p. 12. Retrieved January 13, 2016 via Newspapers.com.
  11. 1 2 Intercollegiate Athletic Calendar. 1. p. 167.
  12. 1 2 3 "3 Experts Pick S.I.A.A. Elevens". December 3, 1916. p. 20. Retrieved April 23, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  13. Blinkey Horn (December 3, 1916). "Three Commodores Given Places on Mythical Eleven". The Tennessean. p. 25. Retrieved September 21, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
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