1912 College Football All-Southern Team

American all-star college football team August 2023 thumb|upright=.65|Innis Brown as a player. The 1912 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1912 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Lew Hardage was selected for Walter Camp's third-team All-American. Vanderbilt won the SIAA championship. Georgetown won the SAIAA championship. Innis Brown, a referee throughout the south, and captain of Vanderbilt's 1905 championship team, was hired to select the team of the Atlanta Constitution. The Constitutions editor Dick Jemison also selected a team. Former Georgia player and captain and then assistant Harold Ketron selected a team. Georgia Tech head coach John Heisman as usual picked one also. Former Mississippi head coach Nathan Stauffer selected an All-Southern team for Collier's Weekly. Composite eleven thumb|upright=.6|Lew Hardage. thumb|upright=.65|Ammie Sikes. The composite All-Southern eleven formed by "consolidated pick" of ten sporting writers culled by the Atlanta Constitution editor Dick Jemison 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 Enoch Brown, end for Vanderbilt. Known as "Nuck," he was a Rhodes Scholar.https://books.google.com/books?id=e8s2AQAAMAAJ&q=edgerton&pg=PA328 Vanderbilt–A University of the New South Henry Jay Case 327 Google books March 5, 2015 Outing 64 1914 Tom Brown, tackle for Vanderbilt. He played with the Toledo Maroons and was later a physician. "He had no peers in his orthopedic ability and contributed greatly to Toledo medicine."In Memoriam, Dr. Thomas H. Brown The Toledo Rotary Spoke September 15, 1972 Jenks Gillem, end for Sewanee. He was a renowned punter and kicker, selected as the punter for the Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19690727&id=2eRGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2256,3526388 Gadsden Times July 27, 1969 All-Time Football Team Lists Greats Of Past, Present He later coached. Lew Hardage, halfback and senior-captain for Vanderbilt, unanimous selection, was also selected third-team All-American by Walter Camp, the fourth ever Southern player to get such a recognition.https://books.google.com/books?id=uZhOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA211 Google books March 5, 2015 On the Gridiron and Diamond 211 The Kappa Alpha Journal 30 2 Order Kappa Alpha 1913 Innis Brown in 1912 wrote "Hardage has been rated as probably the most successful man in the south at making forward passes." B. J. Lamb, tackle for Auburn. Known as "Sheep," he practiced tackling on trees.Gadsden Times https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19730825&id=Z7YfAAAAIBAJ&pg=860,4546789 New Book On Auburn Is Most Informative August 25, 1973 Bob McWhorter, halfback for Georgia, unanimous selection. He was the school's first All-American, 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. McWhorter went on to have a lengthy law career. Hugh Morgan, center for Vanderbilt, unanimous selection. Chosen "by a good margin" wrote Brown. Later, he was a world-renowned internist and medical professor. David Peacock, guard for Georgia. Known as "Emp," was an assistant coach for his alma mater in 1914. He was once president pro-tempore of the Georgia state Senate.Weekly Banner http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/athnewspapers/id:abw1917-0127 Hon. Roscoe Peacock, "Vice President of Senate" Digital Library of Georgia March 5, 2015 June 29, 1917 1 Ammie Sikes, fullback for Vanderbilt. Brown chose him for his speed. Lee Tolley, quarterback for Sewanee. Later, he was a Southeastern Conference official.https://archive.org/stream/sewaneenews197339univ#page/n13/mode/2up/search/Tolley Deaths Sewanee News 1973 14 Composite overview Lew Hardage, Bob McWhorter, and Hugh Morgan were unanimous All-Southern selections. Name Position School First-team selections Lew Hardage Halfback Vanderbilt 10 Bob McWhorter Halfback Georgia 10 Hugh Morgan Center Vanderbilt 10 Enoch Brown End Vanderbilt 8 Tom Brown Tackle Vanderbilt 8 Ammie Sikes Fullback Vanderbilt 8 B. J. Lamb Tackle Auburn 8 Jenks Gillem End Sewanee 7 Hargrove Van de Graaff End Alabama 6 Rube Barker Tackle Ole Miss 6 David Peacock Guard Georgia 6 Lee Tolley Quarterback Sewanee 4 Big Thigpen Guard Auburn 2 Jim Stoney Guard Sewanee 2 F. C. Burns Guard Auburn 2 John Henderson Guard Georgia 2 Guts Meadows Guard Auburn 2 Kirk Newell Halfback Auburn 2 Paul A. Reule Fullback Mississippi A & M 2 R. N. MacCallum Guard Sewanee 1 Herman Daves Guard Vanderbilt 1 Rip Major Quarterback Auburn 1Alf McDonaldQuarterbackGeorgia Tech1Ralph FletcherQuarterbackOle Miss1 All-Southerns of 1912 Ends thumb|upright=.6|Jenks Gillem.Enoch Brown, Vanderbilt (C, IB, NS-2, H, HK, NT)Jenks Gillem, Sewanee (C, IB, NS-1, SS, H, BAH, NT) Hargrove Van de Graaff, Alabama (C, SS, HK, BAH) Robbie Robinson, Auburn (NS-1) Homer Montgomery, Texas A&M (NS-2) Slick Stewart, Vanderbilt (AT) By Walton, SPU (AT) TacklesTom Brown, Vanderbilt (C, IB, NS-1, H, BAH, NT)B. J. Lamb, Auburn (C, NS-2, SS, H, HK, BAH, NT, AT) Sam Bowler, Texas A & M (NS-2) Ewing Y. Freeland, Vanderbilt (AT) Guards thumb|upright=.6|Rube Barker.Rube Barker, Mississippi (C, IB [as t], NS-1 [as t], SS [as t], H, BAH, NT)David Peacock, Georgia (C, IB, NS-2, HK) Big Thigpen, Auburn (C, H) Guts Meadows, Auburn (C, H [as t]) Jim Stoney, Sewanee (C, IB) F. C. Burns, Auburn (C, NS-1, HK) John Henderson, Georgia (C, HK [as t]) R. N. MacCallum, Sewanee (C, BAH) Herman Daves, Vanderbilt (C, NT) H. G. Lambert, Texas A&M (NS-1) Tom Dutton, LSU (SS) Aubrey Carter, Virginia (NS-2) Will Metzger, Vanderbilt (AT) Joel Covington, Vanderbilt (AT) Centers thumb|upright=.6|Hugh Morgan.Hugh Morgan, Vanderbilt (C, IB, NS-2, SS [as g], H, HK, BAH, NT) John C. Adams, Mississippi (NS-1, AT) Brooks Garrett, Tulane (SS) QuarterbacksLee Tolley, Sewanee (C, IB, NT) Kirk Newell, Auburn (C, NS-2 [as hb], BAH) Rip Major, Auburn (C) Alf McDonald, Georgia Tech (C, HK) Ralph Fletcher, Mississippi (C, AT) Harry Costello, Georgetown (NS-1) Farley Moody, Alabama (SS) R. A. Kern, Texas A & M (NS-2) Halfbacks thumb|upright=.6|Bob McWhorter.Lew Hardage†, Vanderbilt (C, IB, NS-1, SS, H, HK, BAH, NT, AT)Bob McWhorter, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (C, IB, NS-2, SS, H, HK, BAH) Adrian Van de Graaff, Alabama (NS-1) Pete Shields, Mississippi (AT) FullbacksAmmie Sikes', Vanderbilt (C, IB, H [as qb], HK, NT [as hb]) Paul A. Reule, Mississippi A & M (C, NS-1, H, BAH) Grady Higginbotham, Texas A & M (SS) Wilson Collins, Vanderbilt (NT) Ed Vesmirovsky, Texas A & M (NS-2) William C. Cahall, Mississippi (AT) Key Bold = Composite selection † = Unanimous selection C = received votes for a composite All-Southern eleven from one of ten sports writers compiled by Dick Jemison of the Atlanta Constitution, called the "consolidated pick." The ten came from Innis Brown, John Heisman, Jemison, Julian Murphey, Harold Ketron, The Birmingham Age-Herald, Atticus Mullin, The Montgomery Advertiser, the Memphis Commercial-Appeal and the Nashville Democrat. Votes for multiple positions are combined. Most chose Rube Barker as a guard in this composite.Atlanta Constitution https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1922989// March 4, 2015 Newspapers.com Consolidated All-Southern Chosen by Ten Scribes; Eleven Like Innis Brown's December 3, 1912 10 IB = selected by Innis Brown, captain of 1905 Vanderbilt football team and referee throughout the South.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1917811// Newspapers.com March 4, 2015 Atlanta Constitution Innis Brown's All-Southern December 1, 1912 NS = selected by Nathan P. Stauffer of Collier's Weekly.https://archive.org/stream/officialnational08nati#page/64/mode/2up/search/%22all+southern%22 Spalding's Football Guide 1913 archive.org March 5, 2015 25, 65https://books.google.com/books?id=hXcjAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA12-PA13 Collier's 1912https://books.google.com/books?id=hXcjAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA12-PA13 Collier's Weekly 50 13 Collier's All-Southern Football Team Nathan P. Stauffer Google books March 5, 2015 1912 It had a first and second team, denoted by the numbers 1 or 2. SS = selected by Sam Sarokin, sporting editor for the New Orleans Item. H = selected by John Heisman, coach at the Georgia Institute of Technology, as published in Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football 1890-1928. HK = selected by Harold Ketron.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1909937// How All-Southern Team Looks to Coach Ketron December 4, 1912 March 3, 2015 13 The Washington Times Newspapers.com BAH = selected by the Birmingham Age-Herald.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1960554// The Washington Times Birmingham Man Has All-Southern Eleven December 4, 1912 March 10, 2015 13 Newspapers.com NT = posted in the Nashville Tennessean.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3264879/the_tennessean/ The Tennessean 13 Spick Hall All-Southern Football Team Selected For 1912 December 8, 1912 September 21, 2015 Newspapers.com AT = an All-Southern team which played against an All-Texas squad.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2409674/the_houston_post/ The Houston Post Texans Should Win Out December 29, 1912 18 May 14, 2015 Newspapers.com See also 1912 College Football All-America Team References 30em Category:1912 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season Category:College Football All-Southern Teams