1913 College Football All-Southern Team

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Bob McWhorter

The 1913 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.

Contents

The Auburn Tigers won the SIAA.

Composite eleven

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Big Thigpen of Auburn was a unanimous selection.

The composite All-Southern eleven formed by the selection of 18 sporting writers culled by the Atlanta Constitution included:

Composite overview

Enoch Brown, Tom Brown, and Big Thigpen were unanimous selections.

NamePositionSchoolFirst-team selections
Enoch Brown End Vanderbilt 18
Tom Brown Tackle Vanderbilt18
Big Thigpen Guard Auburn 18
Bob McWhorter Halfback Georgia 17
Kirk Newell HalfbackAuburn16
Boozer Pitts Center Auburn14
David Paddock Quarterback Georgia13
Robbie Robinson EndAuburn11
Red Harris Halfback Auburn9
Ammie Sikes FullbackVanderbilt9
Paul Turner TackleGeorgia7
Tom Dutton Tackle/Guard LSU 7
Hugh Morgan CenterVanderbilt7
Red Rainey Halfback Tennessee 6
R. N. MacCallum Guard Sewanee 5
Shorty Schilletter Tackle Clemson 4
Hargrove Van de Graaff EndAlabama3
Frank W. Lockwood GuardAuburn3
Lee Tolley QuarterbackSewanee3
Lou Louisell TackleAuburn2
John G. Henderson TackleGeorgia2
Goat Carroll EndTennessee2
Adrian Van de Graaff HalfbackAlabama2
W. K. McClure EndTennessee1
Big Parker EndSewanee1
Hugh Conklin EndGeorgia1
Kirby Malone TackleGeorgia1
Farmer Kelly TackleTennessee1
E. B. MeansGuardGeorgia Tech1
Sam Hayley GuardTennessee1
Carl WoodwardGuard Tulane 1
Arthur DelaperriereCenterGeorgia1
Alf Reid FullbackLSU1

All-Southerns of 1913

Ends

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Enoch Brown of Vanderbilt.

Tackles

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Tom Brown
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R. N. MacCallum of Sewanee.

Guards

Centers

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David Paddock.

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

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Kirk Newell of Auburn.

Fullbacks

Key

Bold = Composite selection

= Unanimous selection

C = received votes for a composite All-Southern eleven compiled from 18 sports writers by the Atlanta Constitution . [12]

ZC = compiled from sports writers, coaches, and others by Zora Clevenger, coach at University of Tennessee [13] The coaches involved in the compilation were Clevenger of Tenn, Cunningham of Georgia, Graves of Alabama, Major of Clemson, Hardage of Mercer; McGugin of Vanderbilt, Cope of Sewanee, and Heisman of Tech. McWhorter and Rainey tied in votes, as many moved McWhorter to fullback to make room for him.

SP = posted by coach Bill Cunningham of the University of Georgia, combining selections of sports writers and coaches in the South. [14]

BC = the personal selection of coach Cunningham of Georgia. [15]

D = selected by Mike Donahue, coach at Auburn University. [13] It had a first and second team.

AP = posted by the Associated Press. [16]

WL = W. A. Lambeth of the University of Virginia. [17]

AR = member of a Southern all star team which played against the Seventeenth Infantry of Army at West Point. [18] It featured stars of previous seasons as well.

See also

References

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  2. "In Memoriam, Dr. Thomas H. Brown". The Toledo Rotary Spoke. September 15, 1972.
  3. "100 Year Anniversary: The Top 10 Players on Auburn's 1913 National Championship Team". June 28, 2013.
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  5. "All-Time Football Team Lists Greats Of Past, Present". Gadsden Times. July 27, 1969.
  6. Henderson, Jeremy (August 21, 2013). "Football rankings guru Richard Billingsley says Auburn should claim century-old crown: 'My national championship for Auburn in 1913 is a very valid national championship'".
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  8. "Georgia All-Americans". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  9. Gasper Green (January 10, 1933). "Gridiron Gasps". The Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  10. "Two Auburn Football Stars". Atlanta Constitution. November 5, 1913.
  11. Patrick Garbin (2008). About Them Dawgs!: Georgia Football's Memorable Teams and Players. p. 22. ISBN   9780810860407.
  12. "Composite All-Southern Eleven Chosen By Eighteen Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution. December 2, 1913. p. 8. Retrieved March 3, 2015 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  13. 1 2 "Constitution's All-Southern Picked By Coach Donahue of Champion Auburn Team" (PDF). Atlanta Constitution. November 30, 1913. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2015.
  14. Spalding's Football Guide. 1914.
  15. "Cunningham's All-Southern Team". Athens Banner. November 30, 1913.
  16. "1913 Season Most Profitable In History Southern Football". The Tennessean. Associated Press. p. 10. Retrieved September 21, 2015 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  17. W. A. Lambeth (August 3, 1914). "Hilltop Is Accorded Premier Position By Lambeth In Football". The Washington Times. Retrieved May 7, 2015 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  18. "Star Individual Players Against Well Coached Team; Which Will Win Saturday". Atlanta Constitution. December 3, 1913. p. 10. Retrieved March 4, 2015 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg