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1911 College Football All-Southern Team
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American football players
August 2023
thumb|upright=.6|Ray Morrison
The 1911 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1911 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Ray Morrison and Harry Costello were selected for Outing magazine's "Football Honor List for 1911" selected by coaches from the East and West. Vanderbilt won the SIAA championship.
Consensus eleven
thumb|upright=.6|Bob McWhorter
John Heisman's All-Southern eleven included:
Rube Barker, tackle for Mississippi. Later, he was a practicing physician in Oakland, Illinois.https://books.google.com/books?id=BB7wAAAAMAAJ 14 Ole Miss Football 1980 Lawrence Wells 9780916242084
John E. Davis, fullback for Auburn. He was later a notable architect in Birmingham.
Ewing Y. Freeland, tackle for Vanderbilt, known as "Big 'un," later coached at various institutions in Texas.
Roy Goree, end for Georgia Tech. Both his sons also played for Tech.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VIosAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xsoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6750%2C382647 Brotherly Acts November 5, 1936 Spartanburg Herald-Journal 9
Lewie Hardage, halfback for Vanderbilt. Edwin Pope's Football's Greatest Coaches reads "A lightning-swift backfield of Lew Hardage, Wilson Collins, Ammie Sikes, and Ray Morrison pushed Vandy through 1911 with only a 9-8 loss to Michigan." The Atlanta Constitution voted it the best backfield in the South.https://books.google.com/books?id=NPQ8AwAAQBAJ&dq=%22ammie+sikes%22+vanderbilt&pg=PA13 Wilson Collins Charles Weatherby 13 The Miracle Braves of 1914: Boston's Original Worst-to-First World Series 2 April 2014 9781933599700
Bob McWhorter, halfback for Georgia.He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. Sportswriter Dick Jemison said "When you mention football to an Athens fan its definition is Bob McWhorter, and vice-versa."https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-bob-mwhorter/168238296/ Bob M'Whorter 9 October 5, 1913 Atlanta Constitution newspapers.com He was selected for the Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19690727&id=2eRGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_f0MAAAAIBAJ&pg=2256,3526388 Gadsden Times July 27, 1969 All-Time Football Team Lists Greats Of Past, Present McWhorter went on to have a lengthy law career.
Will Metzger, guard for Vanderbilt, known as "Frog," selected for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era.
Hugh Morgan, center for Vanderbilt. Later, he was a world-renowned internist and medical professor.
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.
David Peacock, guard for Georgia. An Athens newspaper said he was "probably the most aggressive lineman in the South."http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/athnewspapers/id:abw1911-0386 https://archive.today/20150309102341/http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/athnewspapers/id:abw1911-0386 dead March 9, 2015 Peacock Weekly Banner December 8, 1911 2 March 5, 2015 Digital Library of Georgia
By Walton, end for Mississippi. He coached basketball at Ole Miss next year.
All-Southerns of 1911
Ends
thumb|upright=.6|Jenks Gillem
Jenks Gillem, Sewanee (H-2, DJ, NS-1, BS-2, NT)
By Walton, Mississippi (H-1, NS-1)
Hargrove Van de Graaff, Alabama (H-2, DJ, NS-2, BS-1)
Roy Goree, Georgia Tech (H-1, NS-2)
Enoch Brown, Vanderbilt (BS-2, NT)
Tackles
thumb|upright=.6|Ewing Y. Freeland
Ewing Y. Freeland†, Vanderbilt (H-1, DJ, NS-1, BS-1, NT)
Rube Barker, Mississippi (H-2, DJ, NS-1, BS-1, NT [as g])
Homer Cogdell, Auburn (NS-2, BS-1 [as e])
B. J. Lamb, Auburn (H-1, BS-2)
Tom Brown, Vanderbilt (H-2, NT)
Jim Stoney, Sewanee (NS-2)
Head Ellard, Mississippi A & M (BS-2)
Guards
thumb|upright=.6|Will Metzger
Will Metzger, Vanderbilt (H-1, DJ, NS-2, BS-1, NT)
Big Chief Bonner, Auburn (DJ, NS-1, BS-1)
David Peacock, Georgia (H-1, NS-2, BS-2)
A. P. Mills, Mississippi A & M (NS-1)
Burton Gray Allen, Auburn (H-2)
Fred Carter, Mississippi (H-2)
Rip Major, Auburn (BS-2)
Centers
thumb|upright=.6|Hugh Morgan
Hugh Morgan†, Vanderbilt (H-1, DJ, NS-1, BS-1, NT)
Homer Grice, Mercer (H-2, BS-2)
John C. Adams, Mississippi (NS-2)
Quarterbacks
Ray Morrison†, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (H-1, DJ, NS-1, BS-1, NT)
Blondie Williams, Mississippi A & M (H-2 [as hb], NS-2)
Kid Woodruff, Georgia (H-2, BS-2)
thumb|upright=.6|John E. Davis
Halfbacks
Lewie Hardage†, Vanderbilt (H-1, DJ, NS-1, BS-1, NT)
Bob McWhorter†, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (H-1, DJ, NS-1 [as fb], BS-1, NT)
Pete Shields, Mississippi (NS-1)
William C. Cahall, Mississippi (NS-2, BS-2)
Wilson Collins, Vanderbilt (H-2)
Ammie Sikes, Vanderbilt (NS-2)
Fullbacks
John E. Davis, Auburn (H-1, NS-2, BS-1, NT)
Pat Patterson, Georgia Tech (DJ, BS-2)
Steve Mitchell, Mississippi (H-2)
Key
Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors
† = Unanimous selection
H = selected by John Heisman.Atlanta Constitution Heisman Picks 5 Commodores On His All-Southern Eleven https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1958051// 1 December 3, 1911 March 10, 2015 He had a first and second team.
DJ = selected by Dick Jemison in the Atlanta Constitution.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1922913// Atlanta Constitution Dick Jemison Dick Jemison Newspapers.com November 21, 1911 March 4, 2015 By Way of the Pigskin
NS = selected by Nathan Stauffer of Collier's Weekly. He had a first and second team.https://archive.org/stream/officialfootball19111nati#page/n61/mode/2up/search/%22all+southern%22 Spalding's Football Guide 1911 35, 65 http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=Y4ET4ESEMTQxMDI3Njg5OC40Mjc3NTE6MToxMzoxMzIuMTk4LjUwLjEz&p_action=doc&s_lastnonissuequeryname=28&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=28&p_docnum=2&p_docref=v2:1223BCE5B718A166@EANX-122CCBA0C7031EC8@2419399-1228737B43719F50@11-124B1B69E1A8D598@Stauffer%27s%20Pick%3B%20Southern%20Football.%20%22Ole%20Miss%22%20Coach%20Writes%20of%20All-Southern%20Selection.%20Dixieland%20Players%20of%20High Stauffer's Pick; Southern Football December 28, 1911 Times-PicayuneCollier's Weekly 48 197 https://books.google.com/books?id=al8wAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA197 The All-Southern Football Team of 1911 Nathan Stauffer 1911 Google books March 5, 2015
BS = selected by Bill Streit, assistant coach at Auburn University. He had a first and second team. http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=Y4ET4ESEMTQxMDI3Njg5OC40Mjc3NTE6MToxMzoxMzIuMTk4LjUwLjEz&p_action=doc&s_lastnonissuequeryname=28&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=28&p_docnum=6&p_docref=v2:11210D30DA68B248@EANX-114044DA0FD2FAC8@2419374-114044DC1F715100@11-114044E2A586C020@All-Southern%20Elevens%20Picked%20by%20Bill%20Streit%20Eminent%20Football%20Authority%20Selects%20Two%20Teams%20That%20Can%20Hardly All-Southern Elevens Picked By Bill Streit December 3, 1911 The State Columbia, South Carolina
NT = selected by Spick Hall in the Nashville Tennessean.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3257736/the_tennessean/ The Tennessean 49 December 3, 1911 All-Southern Football Team 1911 Is Chosen September 20, 2015 Newspapers.com
See also
1911 College Football All-America Team
References
Category:1911 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
Category:College Football All-Southern Teams