1916 College Football All-Southern Team

American all-star college football team August 2023 thumb|upright=1.4|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 thumb|upright=.8|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: Walker Carpenter, tackle for Georgia Tech, starter for the 1916 team which, as one writer wrote, "seemed to personify Heisman." Heisman: The Man Behind the Trophy Heisman John M. 2 October 2012 9781451682915 144 https://books.google.com/books?id=yjYn6FVEqCQC&pg=PA144 The season included the 222 to 0 defeat of Cumberland. 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&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. Rabbit Curry, quarterback for Vanderbilt, was selected third-team All-American by Walter Camp. During the First World War, he was killed in aerial combat over France. He was a beloved player of Coach McGugin, described by one writer as "the player who has most appealed to the imagination, admiration, and affection of the entire university community through the years."https://books.google.com/books?id=86VBAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Innis%2C+Tom%22 History of Vanderbilt University 285 Edwin Mims 1946 Bob Lang, guard for Georgia Tech, starter in the 222 to 0 win. He was the first guard selected for the Heisman era All-Era Tech football team. Chink Lowe, guard and captain-elect for Tennessee. He served in the First World War as a marine and earned the Distinguished Service Cross.University of Tennessee Alumni Magazine Volunteer Warrior http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-7220.html December 10, 2014 March 5, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141210084623/http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-7220.html dead Pup Phillips, center for Georgia Tech, was selected third-team All-American by Walter Camp. The first Tech center to be selected All-Southern.http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110709aab.html Page Ear-marked For Hall of Fame Matt Winkeljohn November 7, 2009 Doc Rodes, halfback for Kentucky, a team which defeated Centre 68–0 and finished the season with an upset – a scoreless tie with SIAA co-champion Tennessee. Kentucky's only loss came against Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin stated "If you would give me Doc Rodes, I would say he was a greater player than Curry."UK Career Statistics and Bio for Doc Rodes http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/Players/Rodes_Doc.html 2023-12-07 www.bigbluehistory.net Tommy Spence, fullback for Georgia Tech, scored second most behind Strupper in the 222 to 0 win. Spence, like Curry, was also a casualty of the First World War over French skies. He is the namesake of Spence Air Base.http://www.spence-air-base.com/ Spence Air Base dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213754/http://www.spence-air-base.com/ 2016-03-03 Everett Strupper, halfback for Georgia Tech, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1972. He was deaf and scored the most in the 222 to 0 win. Graham Vowell, end and captain for Tennessee, the lone unanimous selection. He was also selected third-team All-American by Walter Camp. After football, he worked in the lumber business.Vowell & Sons, Inc. History http://www.vowellandsons.com/history.html https://web.archive.org/web/20101012155523/http://www.vowellandsons.com/history.html 2010-10-12 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 1Charlie Carman Guard Vanderbilt 1Carey Robinson Center Auburn 1Froggie Morrison QuarterbackGeorgia Tech 1Bill FolgerHalfbackNorth Carolina1Cecil Creen Halfback Alabama 1Red Floyd Halfback Vanderbilt 1Homer Prendergast Fullback Auburn 1 All-Southerns of 1916 Ends Graham Vowell†, Tennessee (C, NTC, DJ, H, MB, BH-1, HS, FB, EC, KS, WGF-1, BP) Lloyd Wolfe, Tennessee (C, NTC, BH-2, EC, KS, WGF-2) Red Jones, Auburn (C, BH-1) Si Bell, Georgia Tech (C, FB) Neil Edmond, Sewanee (BH-2, BP) Harry E. Clark, Sewanee (WGF-2) Tackles thumb|upright=.55|Josh Cody of Vanderbilt. Josh Cody, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (C, NTC, DJ [as e], H, MB, BH-1, HS, EC, WGF-1, BP) Walker Carpenter, Georgia Tech (C, NTC, DJ, H, MB, BH-1, EC, WGF-1) Ike Rogers, Alabama (C, HS [as e], FB) Phillip Cooper, LSU (C, DJ, BH-2) Tom Thrash, Georgia (C, WGF-2) Morris Vowell, Tennessee (EC) Tom Lipscomb, Vanderbilt (WGF-2) Guards Bob Lang, Georgia Tech (C, NTC DJ, H, BH-1, HS, WGF-1) William O. "Chink" Lowe, Tennessee (C, BH-2, HS, FB, EC, KS, WGF-2) Pryor Williams, Vanderbilt (C, NTC, H, MB, BH-1, BP) Moon Ducote, Auburn (C, H [as e], BH-2 [as t], HS [as t], FB, WGF-2, BP [as t]) Charlie Carman, Vanderbilt (C, BH-2, EC, BP) Garmany, Georgia (MB, KS) P. C. Hambaugh, Tennessee (WGF-1) thumb|upright=.65|Rabbit Curry of Vanderbilt. Center Pup Phillips, Georgia Tech (C, NTC, DJ, H, MB, BH-1, HS, EC, KS) Carey Robinson, Auburn (C, DJ [as g], MB [as e], BH-2, FB, WGF-1 [as e], BP) Kirby Lee Spurlock, Mississippi A&M (WGF-2) Quarterbacks Rabbit Curry, Vanderbilt (C, NTC, H, MB [as hb], BH-1, HS, FB, EC, KS [as hb], WGF-1, BP) Froggie Morrison, Georgia Tech (C, DJ, MB, BH-2) Halfbacks thumb|upright=.7|Doc Rodes of Kentucky. Everett Strupper, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (C, NTC, DJ, H, MB, BH-1, HS, FB, KS, WGF-1) Doc Rodes, Kentucky (C, NTC, H, BH-2, EC, KS [qb], WGF-1) Red Floyd, Vanderbilt (C, BH-2, HS, FB) Bill Folger, North Carolina (C, DJ) Cecil Creen, Alabama (C, EC) Eben Wortham, Sewanee (BH-1, WGF-2 [as qb]) Owen Reynolds, Georgia (BP) Homer Prendergast, Auburn (BP) Talley Johnston, Georgia Tech (WGF-2) H. F. Flannagan, LSU (WGF-2) Fullbacks Tommy Spence, Georgia Tech (C, NTC, DJ, H, MB, BH-1, HS, FB, WGF-1, BP) Homer Prendergast, Auburn, (C) Otto Schwill, Mississippi A&M (BH-2, KS, WGF-2) 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. http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=D60M61RXMTQxMDE2OTI3My4zMjE3MDU6MToxMzoxMzIuMTk4LjUwLjEz&p_action=doc&s_lastnonissuequeryname=16&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=16&p_docnum=2&p_docref=v2:1252FEAF2D2D3A44@EANX-127EDF0BD0192E5B@2421201-127EDF0BD417FC7C@3-138002377325CE8C@All-Southern%20Football%20Team%20As%20Picked%20By%20Sport%20Writers%20Vowell%2C%20of%20Tennessee%2C%20for%20End%2C%20Only%20Man All-Southern Football Team As Picked By Sport Writers December 3, 1916 Augusta Chronicle NTC = Composite selection of the Nashville Tennessean.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4031635/the_tennessean/ Curry, Cody and Williams Land On Compose All-Southern December 4, 1916 12 January 13, 2016 Newspapers.com DJ = Dick Jemison of the Atlanta Constitution.https://books.google.com/books?id=F_WfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA167 Intercollegiate Athletic Calendar 1917 1 167https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2274644/the_charlotte_observer/ 3 Experts Pick S.I.A.A. Elevens 20 December 3, 1916 April 23, 2015 Newspapers.com 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. MB = Morgan Blake of the Atlanta Journal. BH = Blinkey Horn of the Nashville Tennessean.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3265206/the_tennessean/ The Tennessean Three Commodores Given Places on Mythical Eleven Blinkey Horn Blinkey Horn 25 December 3, 1916 September 21, 2015 Newspapers.com HS = Hugh Sparrow, sporting editor for the Birmingham Ledger. FB = Fred Boedeker in Birmingham Age-Herald EC = Earl Crew in Knoxville Journal and Tribune KS = Knoxville Sentinel WGF = W. G. Foster in the Chattanooga Times BP = Bob Pigue in Nashville Banner See also 1916 College Football All-America Team References 30em Category:1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season Category:College Football All-Southern Teams