1923 College Football All-Southern Team

American all-star college football team August 2023 thumb|upright=.9|Lynn Bomar of Vanderbilt was selected an All-American by Walter Camp. The 1923 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1923 Southern Conference football season. Vanderbilt won the SoCon championship, its last conference title to date. Florida upset previously undefeated Alabama on the last week of play. Composite eleven thumb|upright=.6|Ark Newton of Florida. The composite All-Southern eleven put out by the Atlanta Journal who received gold medals included: Joe Bennett, tackle for Georgia. One writer notes: "Prior to the 1960s, Bennett is likely Georgia's most outstanding tackle."https://books.google.com/books?id=LdDCq3ybJPwC&pg=PA30 About Them Dawgs!: Georgia Football's Memorable Teams and Players Patrick Garbin 2008 30 9780810860407 He was later a Coca-Cola executive. Lynn Bomar, end for Vanderbilt, the last southern player selected a first-team All-American by Walter Camp. Bomar played with the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) in their inaugural season and was later warden of Tennessee State Prison. Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1956. Grant Gillis, quarterback for Alabama. Gillis played professional baseball for the Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox. Goldy Goldstein, tackle for Florida. Goldstein was one of the first Jews to ever play for the Gators.http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=football&ID=126 Goldstein, Erving "Goldy" jewsinsports.com September 5, 2014 He played professionally for the Newark Bears of the first American Football League (AFL), and was later an attorney practicing in Miami Beach. Everett E. Kelly, guard for Vanderbilt, known as "Tuck." After a bitterly fought loss to national champion Michigan on Ferry Field, the referee McDonald approached Kelly and told him, "You are the first individual I've complimented after a game in which I officiated, but I want to tell you that I never saw a better guard than you are."Modesto Evening News Vandy Captain Gets High Rating In South December 22, 1923 Ark Newton, halfback for Florida. Newton's punts, including one of at least 60 yards, helped the Gators in their 16 to 6 upset victory over previously undefeated Alabama. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19231130&id=Dt5PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nlQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3168,4870937 Gators Trounce Alabama In Titular Grid Contest November 30, 1923 The Evening Independent Clyde Propst, center for Alabama, known as "Shorty." Propst later coached at various institutions, including as an assistant at his alma mater and as the head coach at Howard and Southwestern. thumb|upright=.7|Doug Wycoff of Georgia Tech was a near unanimous selection. Gil Reese, halfback for Vanderbilt. Reese was the team's leading scorer, netting nine touchdowns in two weeks in the victories over Tennessee and Georgia had by a combined 86–14. Robbie Robinson, tackle and captain for Florida. On the Gators' upset of previously undefeated Alabama, he said "Psychology did the trick and turned the tables on the Crimson, for the word went the rounds on the campus that "they can't do it"'–referring to Alabama's chances of walking on the Florida team. He also remarked on the many goal line stands by Florida.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1787&dat=19251114&id=FTseAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7r4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5699,5784015 Snipes Do Run And Sport Dope Flows November 14, 1925 9 Frank Rising Henry Wakefield, end for Vanderbilt, known as "Hek." After the loss to Michigan opposing coach Fielding Yost said "I never saw a greater exhibition of end play", referring to Wakefield.Russell, Fred, and Maxwell Edward Benson. Fifty Years of Vanderbilt Football. Nashville, Tennessee, 1938, p. 42, 67 The Kingsport Times reported that governor Austin Peay had also given Hek praise for his play that day.The Kingsport Times Wakefield Star On Vandy Team November 27, 1923 Coach Dan McGugin rated Wakefield as one of the six greatest players he ever coached. Doug Wycoff, fullback for Georgia Tech. Coach Alexander recalled "The work of Douglas Wycoff against Notre Dame two years in succession was brilliant in the extreme, as was his plunging against Penn State when we defeated them twice."Kansas City Star 1926 Forty-Five Yards for Georgia Tech W. A. Alexander William Alexander (coach) http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv07/CFHSNv07n4i.pdf 2015-05-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20150213170521/http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv07/CFHSNv07n4i.pdf 2015-02-13 dead Wycoff played professionally for various teams in both the AFL and NFL including with the Newark Bears. He was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1978. Composite overview Doug Wycoff received the most votes of any player in the composite selection. Name Position School First-team selections Doug Wycoff Fullback Georgia Tech 30 Gil Reese Halfback Vanderbilt 25 Lynn Bomar End Vanderbilt 23 Hek Wakefield End Vanderbilt 19 Joe Bennett Tackle Georgia 17 Shorty Propst Center Alabama 15 Goldy Goldstein Guard Florida 14 Tuck Kelly Guard Vanderbilt 14 Ark Newton Halfback Florida 13 Rip Reagan Guard Auburn 11 Al Clemens End Alabama 10 Robbie Robinson Tackle Florida 10 John Staton End Georgia Tech 9 Bob Rives Tackle Vanderbilt 9 Charlie Barbour Tackle VMI 8 Claire Frye Center Georgia Tech 8 Grant Gillis Quarterback Alabama 8 Fats Lawrence Guard Auburn 6 All-Southerns of 1923 Ends thumb|upright=.6|Hek Wakefield of Vanderbilt. Lynn Bomar*, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (C, AC, MB, BCL, MN-2, ZN, JB-1, CL [as t], BH-1, JH-1, WGF, WR [as g], FD, NOD, EH, WC, GJ, BE) Hek Wakefield, Vanderbilt (C, AC, MB-1, BCL, MT, CL, HP, BH-1, JH-1, WGF, GHB-1, WR, BP, KN, NOD, LB, HB, JF, BE) Al Clemens, Alabama (C, ED, HP, JH-2, GHB-2, FD, EH, HC, BE) John Staton, Georgia Tech, (C, MB-1, ED, MN-2, BH-2, JH-2, GHB-1, LB, BE) Cliff Lemon, Centre (ZN, JB-2, CL, BH-2, BP, WC, JF, GJ, HC, BE) Tarzan Holt, Tennessee (GHB-2 [as fb], WR, KN, TT) Spec Lightsey, Florida (JB-1, HP) Crook Smith, Mercer (MT) Case Thomasson, Centre (HB) Tuck Carlton, VMI (HC) Blood Miller, Sewanee (JB-2, GHB-2) Bill Supplee, Maryland (BE) Tackles upright=.6|thumb|Joe Bennett of Georgia. Joe Bennett, Georgia (C, AC, MB, ED, BCL, MT, MN-2, CL, JH-2, WGF [as g], GHB-1, WR, BP, FD, EH, LB, HB, GJ, TT, BE) Robbie Robinson, Florida (C, JB-1, BH-2, WGF, GHB-1, FD, EH, BE) Bob Rives, Vanderbilt (C, AC, MT, JB-1, BH-1, JH-1, WGF, GHB-2, KN, HB, HC, BE) Charlie Barbour, VMI (C, MB, ED, ZN, BH-1, JH-1, BE) E. A. Stephenson, Kentucky (BH-2, JH-2, NOD, BE) Jack Langhorne, Alabama (KN, JF [as g], HC) J. G. Lowe, Tennessee (WR, BE) Jim Taylor Georgia (HP) Broomley, Maryland (NOD) Cy Williams, Florida (LB) Jim Walker, Vanderbilt (JF) Huffines, Georgia Tech (JF) Amos Kent, Sewanee (GJ) Tex Tilson, Washington & Lee (TT) Ralph Brice, Auburn (JB-2, GHB-2) Red Simmons, Mercer (MN-2) Guards thumb|upright=.6|Tuck Kelly of Vanderbilt. Goldy Goldstein, Florida (C, AC, ED, ZN, JB-1, BH-1, JH-1, NOD, EH, HC, TT, BE) Tuck Kelly, Vanderbilt (C, AC, MB, ED, BCL, ZN, BH-1, JH-2, GHB-1, BP, KN, WC [as t], LB, HB, BE) Rip Reagan, Auburn, (C, BCL, MT, WGF, GHB-1, WC, TT, BE) H. Lynch, Centre (CL, HP, BH-2, WC [as t], GJ, BP) Dell Ramsey, Kentucky (WR, HB) Mike Herndon, Mercer (MT) Bill Buckler, Alabama (JB-1) Fats Hammond, VMI (JH-1) Pete Camp, Alabama (NOD) Cooper Litton, Sewanee (BH-2, JH-2, GHB-2) John McIntyre, Georgia Tech (GHB-2, KN, JF, BE) C. L. Terry, Washington & Lee (HC, BE) Tom McCracken, VMI (MN-2) F. McConnell, Georgia Tech (MN-2) Ben Compton, Alabama (JB-2) George M. Chinn, Centre (BE) Centers Shorty Propst, Alabama (C, AC, MB [as g], ZN [as t], JB-1, CL, HP, BH-1, JH-1, WGF, GHB-2, WR, BP [as t], KN, FD, EH, WC [as g], GJ [as g], TT, BE) Claire Frye, Georgia Tech (C, MB, MN-2, GHB-1, FD [as g], NOD, EH [as g], BE) Fats Lawrence, Auburn (C, ED, ZN, JB-2 [as g], CL [as g], HP [as g], LB [as t], BE) Ed Kubale, Centre (BCL, MT, JB-2, BH-2, JH-2, BP, LB, WC, HB, JF, GJ, BE) Alf Sharpe, Vanderbilt (FD [as g]) T. Roosevelt Day, Georgia (HC) Quarterbacks thumb|120px|Grant Gillis thumb|120px|Herb Covington Grant Gillis, Alabama (C, MB, ED, JB-1 [as hb], BH-2, JH-2 [as hb], WGF [as hb], GHB-1 [as hb], BE [as hb]) Herb Covington, Centre (AC, BCL, MT, ZN, JB-1, CL, HP, BH-1, GHB-1, WR, BP, FD, EH, LB, WC, HB, JF, GJ, HC, TT, BE) Edgar C. Jones, Florida (MN-2, JB-2 [as qb], BE) Monk McDonald, North Carolina (NOD) S. D. Peterson, Auburn (GHB-2) Boots Groves, Maryland (GHB-2 [as hb]) Doc Kuhn, Vanderbilt (BE) Harry Sutton, VPI (BE) Halfbacks thumb|upright=.6|Gil Reese of Vanderbilt. Gil Reese, Vanderbilt (C, MB, AC, ED, BCL, MT, ZN, JB-1, CL, HP, BH-1, JH, WGF, GHB-1, WR, BP, KN, FD, NOD, EH [as fb], LB, HB, GJ, TT, BE) Ark Newton, Florida (C, AC, MB, BCL [as t], MT, MN-2, JB-2, CL, BH-1, JH, EH, WC, HC, TT, BE) Windy White, VMI (MB, ED, BH-2, JH-2 [as fb], GHB-2, BE) Brother Brown, Tulane (FD, NOD, EH) William Bone, Tennessee (WR, KN) John H. Fletcher, Georgia (BCL, JH-2) Spurlock, Washington & Lee (WC) Ike Williams, Georgia Tech (JF) Hudgins, Centre (JF) J. E. Luckett, Mississippi A&M (HC) Adrian Maurer, Oglethorpe (MN-2, BE) Cy Parks, Mississippi College (JB-2) William C. Baty, Alabama (BH-2) W. Shufford, NC State (BE) Fullbacks Doug Wycoff, Georgia Tech (C, AC, MB, ED, BCL, MT, ZN [as hb], JB, CL, HP, BH-1, JH, WGF, GHB-1, WR, BP [as hb], KN, FD, NOD, LB [as hb], WC, HB [as hb], GJ [as hb], HC, TT, BE) Pooley Hubert, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (MN-2, ZN, HP [as hb]) Eddie Cameron, Washington & Lee (HB, JF, BE) Bill Middlekauff, Florida (JB-2, BH-2, BP, BE) Curtis Sanders, Kentucky (LB, BE) John Hutchins, Carson-Newman (GJ) Jack McQuade, Maryland (BE) Key Bold = Composite selection * = Consensus All-American C = received votes for the composite All-Southern eleven, using 32 sportswriters, put out by the Atlanta Journal. The composite eleven received gold medals.http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=D4EJ51UHMTQwOTk3NTY4OC42OTUzOTk6MToxMzoxMzIuMTk4LjUwLjEz&p_action=doc&s_lastnonissuequeryname=15&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=15&p_docnum=1&p_docref=v2:1223BCE5B718A166@EANX-12856F548F1B8772@2423763-12822CBC30638BE9@125-1285A1215C7E66F2@ All Star Eleven To Be Awarded By Atlanta Paper Times-Picayune December 9, 1923 Votes for multiple positions have been combined under the one which received the most. AC = another composite selection, using 21 sportswriters. MB = selected by Morgan Blake of the Atlanta Journal. ED = selected by Ed Danforth of the Atlanta Georgian. BCL = selected by B. C. Lumpkin of the Athens Banner. MT = selected by the Macon Telegraph.http://mercercluster.galileo.usg.edu/mercercluster-j2k/view?docId=bookreader/mer/mer1923/mer1923-0107.mets.xml;query=%22all%20southern%22;brand=mercercluster-j2k-brand#page/n0/mode/1up The Telegraph's All-Southern Mercer Cluster December 7, 1923 3; 6 MN = selected by Julian Leggett of the Macon News. ZN = selected by Zipp Newman of the Birmingham News.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15113841/the_tennessean/ How Dixie Scribes Chose All Southern Team The Tennessean December 2, 1923 13 November 14, 2017 Newspapers.com Page 2 JB = selected by Jerry Bryan of the Birmingham Age-Herald. CL = selected by Colquitt Love in the Montgomery Journal HP = selected by Howard Pill of the Montgomery Advertiser. BH = selected Blinkey Horn of the Nashville Tennessean.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15113842/the_tennessean/ December 2, 1923 November 14, 2017 Newspapers.com 13 The Tennessean Ply of Five Commodores Wins For Them Coveted Position on All-Southern Moleskin Clan JH = selected by Joe Hatcher of the Nashville Tennessean. WGF = selected by W. G. Foster of the Chattanooga Times. GHB = selected by George H. Butler in the Chattanooga News. WR = selected by Wendell Robinson of the Knoxville Sentinel BP = selected by Bob Pigue of the News-Scimitar. KN = selected by the Knoxville News. FD = selected by Fred Digby of the New Orleans Item. NOD = selected by the New Orleans Daily States. EH = selected by Ed Hebert of the Times-Picayune. LB = selected by Lester Barnes of the Louisville Times. WC = selected by Warren Collins of the Louisville Herald. HB = selected by Harry Bloom of the Louisville Post. JF = selected by John Francis of the Courier-Journal.https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean-how-dixie-scribes-chose-a/143657200/ How Dixie Scribes Chose All-Southern Gridiron Team (cont'd) Courier Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sports 3 December 2, 1923 March 18, 2024 newspapers.com GJ = selected by George Joplin of the Danville Messenger. HC = selected by Harry Cully of the Florida Times-Union. TT = selected by the Tampa Tribune.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15122964/the_tampa_tribune/ November 14, 2017 Newspapers.com December 5, 1923 The Tampa Tribune 9 Two Gators Chosen On Composite All-Southern BE = Billy Evans's "All-Southern" Honor Rollhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/2874017/freeport_journalstandard/ Freeport Journal-Standard December 20, 1923 8 Billy Evans' All-Southern Honor Roll July 24, 2015 Newspapers.com See also 1923 College Football All-America Team References Category:1923 Southern Conference football season Category:College Football All-Southern Teams