1920 College Football All-Southern Team

American all-star college football team August 2023 thumb|275px|Georgia v. Alabama. Artie Pew is attempting to tackle Riggs Stephenson. Behind Pew is Puss Whelchel. The 1920 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Georgia and Georgia Tech both had claims to the SIAA championship. Composite eleven thumb|upright=.7|Bill Fincher of Georgia Tech was a near unanimous selection. The composite All-Southern eleven formed by the selection of 27 coaches and sporting writers culled by the Atlanta Constitution and Atlanta Journal included: Red Barron, halfback for Georgia Tech, also an All-Southern baseball player who played pro ball with the Boston Braves. He later coached high school football. Noah Caton, center for Auburn, died just two years later due to complications from an appendicitis operation. 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, 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19690727&id=2eRGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_f0MAAAAIBAJ&pg=2256,3526388 Gadsden Times July 27, 1969 Google news March 8, 2015 All-Time Football Team Lists Greats Of Past, Present He also kicked. 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. Owen Reynolds, end for Georgia, played for the New York Giants in the inaugural season of 1925. John Staton, end for Georgia Tech, later a Coca-Cola executive. Riggs Stephenson, fullback for Alabama, later played professional baseball for the Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs. Fatty Warren, guard for Auburn. He also kicked. Composite overview Bill Fincher received the most votes with 26.March 2, 2015 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1909182// Georgia Bulldog Next in Line With Three Members; Alabama, Auburn, and Centre Represented Atlanta Constitution Newspapers.com December 5, 1920 3 Name Position School First-team selections Bill Fincher End/Tackle Georgia Tech 26 Red Barron Halfback Georgia Tech 25 Bo McMillin Quarterback Centre 23 Buck Flowers Halfback Georgia Tech 23 Bum Day Center Georgia 18 Owen Reynolds End Georgia 18 Artie Pew Tackle Georgia 17 Riggs Stephenson Fullback Alabama 17 Fatty Warren Guard Auburn 11 John Staton End Georgia Tech 7 Noah Caton Guard Auburn 7Puss WhelchelGuardGeorgia7Terry SnoddyEndCentre6Yen LightseyGuardClemson6Georgie RattermanEndGeorgia Tech5Al ClemensEndAlabama5Emmett SizemoreGuardAuburn5Dummy LebeyGuardGeorgia Tech4Tram SessionsGuardAlabama4Buck HatcherTackleTennessee4Bill JamesTackleCentre3Noisy GrishamGuardAuburn3Sully MontgomeryTackleCentre2Albert StatonTackleGeorgia Tech2Speedy SpeerQuarterbackFurman1+Frank StubbsQuarterbackAuburn1+Buck ChevesQuarterbackGeorgia1+Ed SherlingFullbackAuburn1+Judy HarlanFullbackGeorgia Tech1+Oscar DavisGuardGeorgia Tech1Manning JeterGuardFurman1James PearceGuardAuburn1Joe BennettGuardGeorgia1Gink HendrickGuardVanderbilt1Red WeaverCenterCentre1 All-Southerns of 1920 Ends thumb|upright=.65|John Staton of Georgia Tech. Owen Reynolds, Georgia (C, FA, CM, S, JD, D, MB, BD, ED, BH, ZN, BAH, JLR, CW, HG, CEB, BP, UT) John Staton, Georgia Tech (C, MB, KS) Terry Snoddy, Centre (C, WGF, BH, SM, ZN, HLL, JLR, CR) Georgie Ratterman, Georgia Tech (C, FA, CM, BD, WGF) Al Clemens, Alabama (C, X, ED, CW, CEB) John Shirey, Auburn (X, D, BAH) Dicky White, Tulane (KS, HLL) M. C. Billingsley, Mississippi A&M (UT) Tackles Bill Fincher*†, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (C, FA, CM, X, S, JD, D, MB, BD, ED, WGF, BH, SM, ZN, KS, HLL, BAH, JLR, CR, CW, HG, CEB, BP) Artie Pew, Georgia (C, FA, CB, S, JD, MB, BD, ED, WGF, HLL [as g], BAH [as g], JLR, CW, HG, CEB, BP) Buck Hatcher, Tennessee (C, KS, HLL, UT) Bill James, Centre (C, CM [as g], BD [as g], ZN) Sully Montgomery, Centre (C, SM, JLR, CR) Al Staton, Georgia Tech (C, S [as e], JD [as e], BAH, BP [as e]) Guards thumb|upright=.65|Fatty Warren of Auburn. Fatty Warren, Auburn (C, CM, X, JD, D [as t], BD, BH, SM, JLR, CR, SA second All-Southern team of Stegeman's in 1920 has different guards and a different backfield.) Puss Whelchel, Georgia (C, X, D, BH, ZN, HG, BP) Yen Lightsey, Clemson (C, X [as t], S, JD, BD, BH [as t], UT) Emmett Sizemore, Auburn (C, KS, HLL) Dummy Lebey, Georgia Tech (C, FA, BAH) Tram Sessions, Alabama (C, MB, WGF, ZN) Noisy Grisham, Auburn (C, ED, CW, BP) Oscar Davis, Georgia Tech (C) Manning Jeter, Furman (C, S) James Pearce, Auburn (C) Joe Bennett, Georgia (C) Gink Hendrick, Vanderbilt (C, FA, SM [as e], KS, CR [as e], UT [as t]) Sidney Johnston, Alabama (D, CEB, UT) Centers thumb|upright=.65|Bo McMillin of Centre College. Bum Day, Georgia (C, FA, CM, S, JD, MB, WGF, BH, SM-as guard, KS, HLL, CR-as guard, CW, HG, CEB) Noah Caton, Auburn (C [as g], X, D, MB [as g], ED, WGF [as g], ZN, BAH, CW [as g], HG [as g], CEB [as g], BP, S [as g]) Red Weaver, Centre, (C, BD, SM, CR, UT) Quarterbacks Bo McMillin, Centre (College Football Hall of Fame) (C, FA, CM, X, S, JD, MB, BD, ED, WGF, BH, SM, ZN, KS, HLL, JLR, CR, CW, HG, CEB, BP, UT) Speedy Speer, Furman (C) Frank Stubbs, Auburn (C, D) Buck Cheves, Georgia (C) Halfbacks thumb|upright=.65|Buck Flowers of Georgia Tech. Red Barron, Georgia Tech (C, FA, CM, X, S, JD, D, MB, ED, WGF, BH, SM, KS, HLL, BAH, JLR, CR, CW, HG, CEB, BP, UT) Buck Flowers, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (C, FA, CM, MB, BD, ED, WGF, BH, SM, ZN, KS, HLL, BAH [as qb], JLR, CR, CW, HG, CEB, BP, UT [as fb], S) Mullie Lenoir, Alabama (X, SM [as fb], CR [as fb]) Reuben Blair, Tennessee (UT) Fullbacks Riggs Stephenson, Alabama (C, X, S [as hb], JD, D [as hb], BD [as hb], WGF, BH, ZN [as hb], KS, HLL, BAH [as hb], JLR, HG [as e], S) Ed Sherling, Auburn (C, FA, CM, S, JD [as hb], D, BD, ZN, BAH, BP) Judy Harlan, Georgia Tech (C, MB, ED, CW, HG, CEB) Key Bold = Composite selection * = Consensus All-American † = Unanimous selection C = composite All-SIAA selection of 27 coaches and sporting writers culled by the Atlanta Constitution and Atlanta Journal. http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=H4FY52QIMTQxMDAyMDYwMi44NTUwNzE6MToxMzoxMzIuMTk4LjUwLjEz&p_action=doc&s_lastnonissuequeryname=11&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=11&p_docnum=29&p_docref=v2:11210D30DA68B248@EANX-1146E0035DE89DC0@2422664-1146E00517B1B450@9-1146E00DA16D6B38@Experts%20Select%20Star%20Athletes%20All%20South%20Atlantic%20and%20S.%20I.%20A.%20A.%20Teams%20Named.%20By The State Experts Select Star Athletes December 5, 1920https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1908684// March 2, 2015 All-Southern Grid Eleven Is Named December 6, 1920 12 Newspapers.com FA = selected by Frank Anderson, coach at Oglethorpe University.https://archive.org/stream/officialfootball1920nati#page/n51/mode/2up/search/%22All+southern%22 Spalding Football Guide 1920 41, 69; 27, 67 Google books All-Southern Elevens March 8, 2015 CM = selected by Charley Moran, coach at Centre College.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1908493// March 2, 2015 December 7, 1920 Newspapers.com Four Tech Stars On All Southern Of Center Coach 12 Atlanta Constitution X = selected by Xen C. Scott, coach at the University of Alabama. S = selected by H. J. Stegeman, coach at University of Georgia. JD = selected by James DeHart, assistant coach at University of Georgia. D = selected by Mike Donahue, coach at Auburn University.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1917855// Donahue Selects Outfit November 28, 1920 3 Atlanta Constitution March 4, 2015 Newspapers.com MB = selected by Morgan Blake, sports editor for the Atlanta Journal. BD = selected by Bruce Dudley, sports editor for the Louisville Herald. ED = selected by Ed Danforth, sports editor for the Atlanta Georgian. WGF = selected by W. G. Foster, sports editor for the Chattanooga Times, along with S. J. McAllister, coach and official. BH = selected by Blinkey Horn, sports editor for the Nashville Tennessean.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1984160/the_atlanta_constitution/ 2 Atlanta Constitution Some All-Star Selections November 28, 1920 March 13, 2015 Newspapers.com SM = selected by Sam H. McMeekin of the Louisville Courier-Journal. ZN = selected by Zipp Newman, sports editor for the Birmingham News. KS = selected by the Knoxville Sentinel. HLL = selected by H. L. Lesbon of the Knoxville Journal and Tribune. BAH = selected by the Birmingham Age-Herald. JLR = selected by J. L. Ray of the Nashville Banner. CR = selected by Charles Rinehart, sports editor for the Louisville Courier-Journal. CW = selected by Cliff Wheatley, sports editor for the Atlanta Constitution.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1917845// Picking All-Southern Aggregation Is Hardest Task Ever Confronting Perspiring Scriveners of Section November 28, 1920 3 Atlanta Constitution Cliff Wheatley March 4, 2015 Newspapers.com HG = selected by Homer George.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1917851// H. George Selects His Team November 28, 1920 3 Atlanta Constitution Homer George March 4, 2015 Newspapers.com CEB = selected by C. E. Baker of the Macon Telegraph. BP = selected by Boozer Pitts, assistant at Auburn. UT = selected by University of Tennessee student publication "Pigskin Number."http://digital.lib.utk.edu/mpds/data/mugwump/mugwump_vol1-iss2/mugwump_vol1-iss2.pdf https://archive.today/20150423173427/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YjDZ2juku6UJ:digital.lib.utk.edu/mpds/data/mugwump/mugwump_vol1-iss2/mugwump_vol1-iss2.pdf+&cd=9&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us dead April 23, 2015 Pigskin Number November 25, 1920 11 July 20, 2016 See also 1920 College Football All-America Team References 30em Category:1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season Category:College Football All-Southern Teams