1909 College Football All-Southern Team

American all-star college football team August 2023 thumb|upright=.7|Coach Heisman. The 1909 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1909 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Sewanee won the SIAA championship. VPI, an independent school, also claims a Southern championship. Heisman's eleven thumb|upright=.6|Doc Fenton The eleven selected by John Heisman included: Eric Cheape, guard for Sewanee. Harry Esslinger, tackle for Auburn. He was a pioneer coach at Huntsville High School. He served in that capacity from 1920 to 1932.http://www.ahsfhs.org/teams2/gamesbyyear.asp?year=1922&Team=Huntsville Huntsville Football Team History ahsfhs.org Doc Fenton, quarterback for LSU, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971. Ewing Y. Freeland, end for Vanderbilt, known as "Big 'un," later coached at various institutions in Texas. Malvern Griffin, tackle for Vanderbilt. Aubrey Lanier, halfback for Sewanee. Grantland Rice called him "the noblest Tiger of them all."https://archive.org/stream/sewaneealumninew15univ#page/n3/mode/2up/search/lanier Sewanee Alumni News 1949 5 Sports at Sewanee James Gregg The Kappa Alpha Journal gives similar praise that year, calling Lanier "The greatest performer of the college game on the Southern field.Kappa Alpha Journal 27 2 Alpha-Alpha, University of the South 1909 200 https://books.google.com/books?id=pJhOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA200 T. C. Locke, guard for Auburn. J. E. Lucas, center for Georgia. His defense drew praise in the losses to Alabamahttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/2214168/the_atlanta_constitution/ The Atlanta Constitution Alabama Wins Over Georgia In Hard Game 3 October 31, 1909 April 14, 2015 Newspapers.com and Georgia Tech.Georgia Springs Big Surprise on Jackets November 21, 1909 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2214323// Newspapers.com April 14, 2015 Atlanta Constitution Will Metzger, guard for Vanderbilt, known as "Frog," selected for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. Ray Morrison, quarterback for Vanderbilt, selected as the quarterback and kick returner for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. He was later a coach at various institutions including SMU and Vanderbilt after McGugin. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954. Silas Williams, end for Sewanee. He later played for Harvard Law School. All-Southerns of 1909 Ends Silas Williams†, Sewanee (H-1, GR, NB, NTC, NTL, NTM) Ewing Y. Freeland, Vanderbilt (H-1, NB, NTL) Bill Neely, Vanderbilt (GR, NB [as qb], NTC, NTL [as qb], NTM [as qb]) Carlton Elliott, Virginia (WG) Joe Luttrell, VPI (WG) Armstrong Hill, Auburn (H-2) Herbert Hatcher, Georgia (H-2) Tackles thumb|upright=.6|Harry Esslinger Malvern Griffin, Vanderbilt (H-1, NB, NTL, NTM) Harry Esslinger, Auburn (H-1) Lionel Moise, Sewanee (GR, NB [as fb], NTC, NTL) Frank Faulkinberry, Sewanee (H-2, NB [as g], NTC, NTM) Homer Cogdell, Auburn (GR, NB) B. R. Cecil, Virginia (WG) Horace Geyer Jr., Virginia (WG) Guards Eric Cheape, Sewanee (H-1, GR, NTC) T. C. Locke, Auburn (H-1, NTL) Ted Ross, Vanderbilt (GR, NTC, NTL, NTM) Willie Hillman, LSU (NB [as c], NTM) Stanley Phillip, Arkansas (NB) Bruce, Washington & Lee (WG) Hoss Hodgson, VPI (WG) Burton Gray Allen, Auburn (H-2) Leslie Covington, Vanderbilt (H-2) Centers thumb|upright=.6|Robert L. Stovall J. E. Lucas, Georgia (H-1) Robert "Strauss" Stovall, LSU (GR, NTL, NTM) Frank Juhan, Sewanee (NTC) Archibald Deans, North Carolina (WG) J. J. Beaver, Auburn (H-2) Quarterbacks thumb|upright=.6|Ray Morrison Doc Fenton, LSU (College Football Hall of Fame) (H-1) Chigger Browne, Sewanee (GR, H-2, NTC) S. F. Stevens, North Carolina A&M (WG) Halfbacks Aubrey Lanier, Sewanee (H-1, GR, NB, NTC, NTL) Ray Morrison, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (H-1, NTL, NTM [as e]) Lew Hardage, Auburn (GR, H-2, NB, NTC, NTM) Forest Stanton, Virginia (WG) Tom Moseley, VMI (WG) Del Pratt, Alabama (H-2) Fullbacks Will Metzger, Vanderbilt (H-1, NTL, NTM) John Seip, LSU (GR, H-2 [as t], NTC) Kemper Yancey, Virginia (WG) George Penton, Auburn (H-2) Key † = Unanimous selection Bold = Heisman's pick H = selected by John Heisman, coach at Georgia Institute of Technology.Atlanta Constitution https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1917559// The All-Southern Eleven Picked By Coach Heisman November 28, 1909 March 4, 2015 Newspapers.com 3 Dick Jemison picked a second team from the players Heisman left off his first.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1986261// November 28, 1909 March 14, 2015 3 Newspapers.com Second Choice Eleven Chosen By Dick Jemison Atlanta Constitution GR = selected by Grantland Rice. http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=U52O4CMBMTQxMzUxNDczMS45ODU2NDI6MToxMzoxMzIuMTk4LjUwLjEz&p_action=doc&s_lastnonissuequeryname=13&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=13&p_docnum=18&p_docref=v2:11260DC9BB798E30@EANX-1137058683221408@2418640-11370586F0541200@2-1137058950574DC8@All-Southern%20Selection All-Southern Selection Charlotte Observer November 29, 1909https://archive.org/stream/CapAndGown1910/THE_1910_CAP_AND_GOWNoptimized#page/n149/mode/2up Cap and Gown 143 NB = selected by Nash Buckingham.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15117492/the_tennessean/ 9 November 28, 1909 All-Southern Star Cast Is Selected The Tennessean November 14, 2017 Newspapers.com NTC = published in the Nashville Tennessean, by a writer from Columbia.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15117368/the_tennessean/ 10 November 14, 2017 Newspapers.com December 4, 1909 The Tennessean A Fan's Selection For All-Southern NTL = published in the Nashville Tennessean, by a writer from Lynnville.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5045043/the_tennessean/ More Selections For All-Southern The Tennessean 10 December 8, 1909 April 24, 2016 Newspapers.com NTM = published in the Nashville Tennessean, by a writer from McMinnville.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5044998/the_tennessean/ An All-Southern The Tennessean 6 December 14, 1909 April 24, 2016 Newspapers.com WG = selected by William C. Gloth, coach at Virginia Military Institute.http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15821coll8/id/723 The Cadet Mr. Gloth Picks Team December 14, 1909 See also 1909 College Football All-America Team References 30em Category:College Football All-Southern Teams Category:1909 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season