1927 College Football All-Southern Team

American all-star college football team August 2023 thumb|upright=.8|Bill Spears was a near unanimous selection. The 1927 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations in for the 1927 Southern Conference football season. Composite eleven thumb|upright=.8|John Barnhill as coach. The All-Southern eleven compiled by the Associated Press included: John Barnhill, guard for Tennessee, second-team AP All-American, later head coach at his alma mater. Elvin Butcher, center for Tennessee. His play against Vanderbilt helped secure the spot on the eleven, as he outplayed Vandy center Vernon Sharpe, who arguably had the better season.http://athnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/athnewspapers-j2k/view?docId=bookreader/adb/adb1927/adb1927-2315.mets.xml;query=%22all-southern%22%20football;brand=athnewspapers-j2k-brand#page/1/mode/1up Four Georgia Grid Stars Voted Places On United Press Conference Team November 23, 1917 Banner-Herald December 11, 2014 December 11, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141211100140/http://athnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/athnewspapers-j2k/view?docId=bookreader/adb/adb1927/adb1927-2315.mets.xml;query=%22all-southern%22%20football;brand=athnewspapers-j2k-brand#page/1/mode/1up dead Dick Dodson, halfback for Tennessee, set a record with a 91 yard run versus Transylvania.http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/092506aaa.html https://web.archive.org/web/20141223022431/http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/092506aaa.html dead December 23, 2014 TENNESSEE VS. MEMPHIS -- GAME PREVIEWhttp://www.greenevillesun.com/sports/article_8550f663-2f8d-519d-bb30-b21b564324e5.html Vols Down Marshall On A Stormy Day It's still the second longest run in Tennessee history, broken with a 99 yard run by Kelsey Finch against Florida in 1977. In the Tennessee-Vanderbilt game of '27, Dodson carried the ball but four times, yet was the main reason for Tennessee keeping the game a tie.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1787&dat=19271115&id=UrUeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IWQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5950,58298 Backfielders In South Get Real Mention November 15, 1927 Sarasota Herald-Tribune Herdis McCrary, fullback for Georgia, second-team AP and UP All-American. Known as "Bull," he played in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers from 1929 to 1933.Herdis McCrary NFL Football Statistics Sports Reference LLC Pro-Football-Reference.com https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/McCrHe20.htm Tom Nash, end for Georgia, consensus All-American. He played professionally for the Green Bay Packers, selected All-Pro in 1932. Fred Pickhard, tackle and captain for Alabama, second-team CP and UP All-American. Ivey Shiver, end and captain for Georgia's "dream and wonder team." Known as "Chick," he was first-team AP All-American. He played professional baseball for the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds. Gene Smith, guard for Georgia, third-team AP All-American. He played in the NFL for the Portsmouth Spartans. Bill Spears, quarterback for Vanderbilt, nearest to a unanimous selection, first-team AP All-American, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1962. He was speedy and rarely threw an interception. Stumpy Thomason, halfback for Georgia Tech, played in the NFL for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Eagles. Jess Tinsley, tackle for LSU, cousin of Gaynell Tinsley. He played in the NFL for the Chicago Cardinals. Composite overview Bill Spears received the most selections from the Associated Press composite. Sixty four votes in all were cast. Name Position School First-team selections Bill Spears Quarterback Vanderbilt 61 Herdis McCrary Fullback/Halfback Georgia 52 Ivey Shiver End Georgia 43 Fred Pickhard Tackle Alabama 42 Tom Nash End Georgia 37 John Barnhill Guard Tennessee 37 Stumpy Thomason Halfback Georgia Tech 26 Gene Smith Guard Georgia 25 Elvin Butcher Center Tennessee 23 Jess Tinsley Tackle LSU 17 Jim Bowdoin Guard Alabama 17 Vernon Sharpe Center Vanderbilt 17 Jack McDowall Halfback/Quarterback North Carolina A & M 17 Dick Dodson Halfback Tennessee 16 Ed Crowley EndGeorgia Tech 14 Phoney Smith HalfbackMercer 14 Bill Banker Halfback Tulane 13 Harry Schwartz CenterNorth Carolina 9 Larry Creson EndVanderbilt 7 V. K. Smith GuardOle Miss 7 Frank PeakeHalfbackVPI 7 Dave McArthur TackleTennessee 6 Glenn LautzenhiserTackleGeorgia 6 Bill BrunsonTackleMississippi A & M 4 Duke KimbroughTackleSewanee 4 Clark PearceTackleAlabama 4 Earl FitzpatrickTackleWashington & Lee 4 V. E. MilesGuardVPI 4 Peter PundCenterGeorgia Tech 4 Raleigh DrennonGuardGeorgia Tech 3 William PattersonCenterAuburn 2Jimmy ArmisteadFullbackVanderbilt 2 H. S. SpottsEndWashington & Lee 1+ Allyn McKeenEndTennessee 1+ Ap ApplewhiteEndOle Miss 1+ Bill MiddlekauffFullbackFlorida 1 Sollie CohenFullbackOle Miss 1 Tom YoungFullbackNorth Carolina 1 All-Southerns of 1927 Ends Ivey "Chick" Shiver, Georgia (AP-1, UP-1, CP, WMA, EB) Tom Nash*, Georgia (AP-1, UP-2, C, WMA, EB) Ed Crowley, Georgia Tech (AP-2, UP-1, WMA) Larry "Kitty" Creson, Vanderbilt (AP-2, UP-2, C, WMA) Rags Matthews, Texas Christian (College Football Hall of Fame) (CP) H. S. Spotts, Washington & Lee (AP-c, WMA-r) Allyn McKeen, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-c) Ap Applewhite, Mississippi (AP-c) Pinkie Thornhill, VMI (UP-c) H. R. Lewis, Mississippi A & M (UP-c) Moss, VMI (UP-c) Patrick Brown, Tulane (WMA-r) Tackles Fred Pickhard, Alabama (AP-1, UP-1, CP, WMA, EB) Jess Tinsley, LSU (AP-1, UP-2) Glenn Lautzenhiser, Georgia (AP-2, UP-1) Dave McArthur, Tennessee (AP-2, C) Garrett Morehead, North Carolina (UP-2) B. Winston Cardwell, Virginia (UP-c, CP, WMA) E. J. Hood, Georgia Tech (UP-c, WMA) Bill Brunson, Mississippi A & M (AP-c, UP-c) Duke Kimbrough, Sewanee (AP-c) Clark Pearce, Alabama (AP-c) Earl Fitzpatrick, Washington and Lee (AP-c) Kenneth Rugh, VMI (UP-c) Guy Nesom, LSU (UP-c) Donald Adams, Maryland (UP-c) Frank Speer, Georgia Tech (C) Warren, LSU (WMA-r) Guards John Barnhill, Tennessee (AP-1, UP-1, C, CP, WMA, EB-as T) Gene Smith, Georgia (AP-1, UP-1, CP, WMA, EB) Jim Bowdoin, Alabama (AP-2, UP-2, C, WMA) V. K. Smith, Ole Miss (AP-2) B. B. Tips, Washington & Lee (UP-2, WMA-r) Raleigh Drennon, Georgia Tech (AP-c, UP-c, EB) V. E. Miles, VPI (AP-c) Arthur Tripp, Tennessee (UP-c) Bud Shuler, North Carolina (UP-c) L. R. Thompson, Mississippi A & M (WMA) Centers Elvin Butcher, Tennessee (AP-1, UP-2, CP, WMA) Vernon Sharpe, Vanderbilt (AP-2, UP-1, WMA) Harry Schwartz, North Carolina (AP-c) Peter Pund, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-c, C) William Patterson, Auburn (AP-c, WMA-r) Ike Boland, Georgia (EB) Shep Mondy, VMI (WMA-r) Quarterbacks Bill Spears, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1, C, CP, WMA, EB) Johnny Menville, Tulane (UP-2, WMA) Babe Godfrey, LSU (WMA-r) Halfbacks Stumpy Thomason, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UP-1, C, EB) Dick Dodson, Tennessee (AP-1, UP-1, WMA-r) Jack McDowall, North Carolina State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2 [as qb], UP-2, C, WMA) Phoney Smith, Mercer (AP-2) Bill Banker, Tulane (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2, UP-c) Frank Peake, VPI (AP-c) Al Barnes, VMI (UP-2) Bobby Hooks, Georgia (UP-c, CP, EB) Warner Mizell, Georgia Tech (CP) John Sloan, Virginia (UP-c) Davis Brasfield, Alabama (UP-c) Gene White, Washington & Lee (UP-c) Fred Linkus, Maryland (UP-c) Roy Estes, Georgia (WMA) Lewis Thomas, Maryland (WMA) Red Brown, Alabama (WMA) Bud Eskew, Clemson (WMA-r) Reuben Wilcox, Mississippi Fullbacks Herdis McCrary, Georgia (AP-1, UP-1, C, CP, EB) Jimmy Armistead, Vanderbilt (AP-2, UP-c) Bill Middlekauff, Florida (AP-c, UP-2, WMA) Sollie Cohen, Mississippi (AP-c, WMA) Tom Young, North Carolina (AP-c) Tom Shotts, Auburn (WMA-r) Key Bold = Composite selection * = Consensus All-American AP = composite selected by the Associated Press. It had a first and second team.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1787&dat=19271127&id=XbUeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IWQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4004,922652 Spears Given Highest Vote in Selection November 27, 1927 Sarasota Herald-Tribune UP = composite selected by the United Press. It had a first and second team.http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/athnewspapers/id:adb1927-2315 Four Georgia Grid Stars Voted Places On United Press Conference Team November 23, 1917 Banner-Herald Those who received selections despite missing first or second team are appended with a C. C = composite selected by six sporting editors: Blinkey Horn of the Nashville Tennessean, Ralph McGill of the Nashville Banner, Zipp Newman of the Birmingham News, Bib Phillips of the Birmingham Age-Herald, Morgan Blake of the Atlanta Journal, and Ed Danforth of the Atlanta Georgian.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87889507/the-knoxville-journal/ Barnhill, M'Arthur Honored On Selection Morgan Blake December 11, 1927 17 CP = selected by football fans of the South through Central Press newspapers.Southern Team The Kingsport Times November 12, 1927 WMA = selected by coaches Wallace Wade of Alabama, Dan McGugin of Vanderbilt, and William Alexander of Georgia Tech, for a roster spot on a team set to face an All-Pacific Coast squad in Los Angeles on Christmas Day.30 Stars Play On All-Southern Team Appleton Post Crescent November 29, 1927'Bama Star Is Captain Of Eleven December 22, 1927 The Bismarck TribuneGastonia Daily Gazette All-Southern Team Comes From 20 Stars December 1, 1927https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2933137/the_billings_gazette/ 8 December 21, 1927 All-American Back Leads Dixie Forces in Invasion The Billings Gazette August 5, 2015 Newspapers.com https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19271210&id=JytPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=z00DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3292,5386423&hl=en St. Petersburg Times December 10, 1927 Southern Grid Team Is Named It also include reserves. EB = selected by Miss Emily Boyd, sports editor of the Griffin Daily News, the only woman sports editor in the south.http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2023/Jamestown%20NY%20Evening%20Journal/Jamestown%20NY%20Evening%20Journal%201927/Jamestown%20NY%20Evening%20Journal%201927%20a%20-%204833.pdf Jamestown Evening Herald Girl Sports Editor In South Picks Her All-Star Eleven December 3, 1927 See also 1927 College Football All-America Team References 30em Category:1927 Southern Conference football season Category:College Football All-Southern Teams