1919 College Football All-Southern Team

American all-star college football team August 2023 thumb|upright=.5|Josh Cody of Vanderbilt was a near unanimous selection. The 1919 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1919 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Auburn won the SIAA championship. Even though Centre went undefeated, there were questions over professionalism. Composite eleven thumb|upright=.6|Buck Flowers of Georgia Tech. thumb|upright=.6|Bo McMillin of Centre College. The composite eleven posted by H. J. Stegeman, coach at the University of Georgia, for Spalding's Football Guide included: Alf Adams, end for Vanderbilt, also a basketball star and later an attorney. Pete Bonner, guard for Auburn, selected for various all-time Auburn teams. Josh Cody, tackle for Vanderbilt, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1970, only three-time All-American in Vanderbilt football history. 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 Third-team Camp All-American. Later a prominent football coach at many institutions. Bum Day, center for Georgia, in 1918 as a player for Georgia Tech was the first Southern player selected first-team All-American by Walter Camp. Bill Fincher, end/tackle for Georgia Tech, a unanimous selection and this year the third Southern player selected first-team All-American by Walter Camp, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1974. He also kicked. Buck Flowers, halfback for Georgia Tech, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955. He was selected for the Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. He also kicked. Judy Harlan, fullback for Georgia Tech, came into his own upon returning to Tech for the 1919 season,http://issuu.com/gtalumni/docs/1973_51_4/20 Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine 51 They Walked Away Into Legend... Lynn Hogan 4 1973 15–19 "the line plunger almost unfailingly good for "must" yardage to keep a drive rolling." Mullie Lenoir, halfback for Alabama, later coach of the Bluefield Rams. Bo McMillin, quarterback for Centre, the second Southern player selected first-team All-American by Walter Camp, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951. Artie Pew, tackle for Georgia, member of teams which over two years (1920 and 1921) did not lose to a single southern opponent. He also kicked. Pew was also a basketball player. Fatty Warren, guard for Auburn. He also kicked. All-Southerns of 1919 Ends thumb|Bill Fincher of Georgia Tech.|upright=.6 Alf Adams, Vanderbilt (S, NYS, MB, NT-2, JLR, ST, ZN, LR, FA, MJ) Bill Fincher, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (S, NT-2 [as t], ST, WGF, BD) Al Staton, Georgia Tech (H, MB, ZN, LR, FA, BR, MJ) Terry Snoddy, Centre (NYS, CR) Tom Zerfoss, Vanderbilt (CR, NT-1, JLR) Jack Hovater, Alabama (NT-2, WGF, X) Rodney Ollinger, Auburn (NT-1, D) Owen Reynolds, Georgia (H) John A. Wight, Tulane (X) W. R. Bower, Mississippi A & M (D) Oliver Daves, Washington and Lee (BR) Monk Mattox, Washington and Lee (BD) Tackles thumb|upright=.6|Pete Bonner of Auburn. Josh Cody, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (S, NYS, H, CR, MB, NT-1, JLR, ST, D, WGF, ZN, LR, FA, BR, MJ, BD) Pete Bonner, Auburn (S, H, MB, NT-1, JLR, ST, D, WGF, ZN, FA, MJ, CR [as g], LR [as g], BR [as g]) Artie Pew, Georgia (S [as g], X) Sully Montgomery, Centre (NYS, CR, BD [as g]) Turner Bethel, Washington and Lee (LR, BR) Babe Carpenter, Mississippi A & M (NT-2, X) Bill James, Centre (BD) Guards Fatty Warren, Auburn (S, MB, FA) Dummy Lebey, Georgia Tech (H, D, LR, FA) Ike Rogers, Alabama (CR, ST, MJ) Tom Lipscomb, Vanderbilt (NT-1, JLR, ZN) Yen Lightsey, Clemson (H, D) Ham Dowling, Georgia Tech (MB, NT-2, ST) Howard Van Antwerp, Centre (NYS) Tom Dutton, LSU (JLR, X [as c]) R. N. Henley, Mississippi A&M (NT-2, X) Tram Sessions, Alabama (NT-1) Ralph Lee Jones, Alabama (ZN) Daddy Potts, Clemson (BR) Centers thumb|right|Bum Day of Georgia while at Georgia Tech.|upright=.75 Bum Day, Georgia (S, MB, NT-1, JLR, FA, BR, MJ, BD [as g]) Pup Phillips, Georgia Tech (H, ST, WGF, LR, X [as g], MJ [as g]) Red Weaver*, Centre (NYS, CR, BD) Tram Sessions, Alabama (NYS [as g], ZN) Noah Caton, Auburn (D) Dad Amis, Georgia Tech (NT-2) Quarterbacks Bo McMillin*, Centre (College Football Hall of Fame) (S, NYS, CR, ZN, LR [as hb], MJ) Jim Mattox, Washington and Lee (LR, BR) Speedy Speer, Furman (MB, FA) Charles Scott, Auburn (NT-2, JLR) Stumpy Banks, Clemson (H) Swayne Latham, Vanderbilt (ST) Marshall Guill, Georgia Tech (D) Halfbacks thumb|upright=.55|Mullie Lenoir Buck Flowers, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (S, CR, H, MB, NT-1 [as qb], JLR, ST, D, ZN, LR, FA, BR, X [as qb], MJ, BD) Mullie Lenoir, Alabama (S, NYS, MB, NT-2, FA, X) Riggs Stephenson, Alabama (CR, NT-1, JLR, ST [as fb], ZN, X, MJ) Norris Armstrong, Centre (NYS) Red Barron, Georgia Tech (H) Grailey Berryhill, Vanderbilt (NT-1) Willis McCabe, Tennessee (ST) Red Howard, Auburn (D) Sam Raines, Washington & Lee (BR) Bill Coughlan, Sewanee (NT-2) Fullbacks Judy Harlan, Georgia Tech (S, H, MB, JLR, D, LR, FA, BR, X, MJ, BD [as hb]) Red Roberts, Centre (NYS, CR, ZN, BD) Russell, Mississippi A&M (NT-2) Key Bold = Composite selection * = Consensus All-American S = composite eleven posted by H. J. Stegeman, coach at University of Georgia, for Spalding's Football Guide. NYS = All-SIAA consensus of various Southern newspapers, published in the New York Sun. CR = selected by Charles A. Reinhart, sporting editor for the Louisville Courier-Journal.https://archive.org/stream/officialfootball1920nati#page/n51/mode/2up/search/%22All+southern%22 Spalding Football Guide 1920 41, 69; 27, 67 All-Southern Elevens H = selected by John Heisman, coach at the Georgia Institute of Technology. MB = selected by Morgan Blake, sporting editor Atlanta Journal. NT = selected by the writers of the Nashville Tennessean.Fenner Heathcock https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3264927/the_tennessean/ November 30, 1919 35 The Tennessean All-Southern Eleven No Easy Job This Year September 21, 2015 Newspapers.com JLR = selected by J. L. Ray, sporting editor for the Tennessean. ST = selected by Stuart Towe, of the Knoxville Journal and Tribune. D = selected by Mike Donahue, coach at Auburn University. WGF = selected by W. G. Foster, sporting editor for the Chattanooga Times. ZN = selected by Zipp Newman of the Birmingham News. LR = selected by Les Raislinas of the Atlanta Constitution. FA = selected by Frank Anderson, coach at Oglethorpe University. BR = selected by Bill Raftery, coach at Washington and Lee University. X = selected by Xen C. Scott, coach at University of Alabama. MJ = selected by the Montgomery Journal. BD = selected by Bruce Dudley, sporting editor of the Louisville Herald. See also 1919 College Football All-America Team References Category:1919 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season Category:College Football All-Southern Teams