1923 College Football All-Southern Team

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Lynn Bomar of Vanderbilt was selected an All-American by Walter Camp. Lynnbomar.jpg
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.

Contents

Vanderbilt won the SoCon championship, its last conference title to date. Florida upset previously undefeated Alabama on the last week of play.

Composite eleven

Ark Newton of Florida. ArkNewton.jpg
Ark Newton of Florida.

The composite All-Southern eleven put out by the Atlanta Journal who received gold medals included:

Doug Wycoff of Georgia Tech was a near unanimous selection. Dougwycoff.jpg
Doug Wycoff of Georgia Tech was a near unanimous selection.

Composite overview

Doug Wycoff received the most votes of any player in the composite selection.

NamePositionSchoolFirst-team selections
Doug Wycoff Fullback Georgia Tech 30
Gil Reese Halfback Vanderbilt 25
Lynn Bomar End Vanderbilt23
Hek Wakefield EndVanderbilt19
Joe Bennett Tackle Georgia 17
Shorty Propst Center Alabama 15
Goldy Goldstein Guard Florida 14
Tuck Kelly GuardVanderbilt14
Ark Newton HalfbackFlorida13
Rip Reagan Guard Auburn 11
Al Clemens EndAlabama10
Robbie Robinson TackleFlorida10
John Staton EndGeorgia Tech9
Bob Rives TackleVanderbilt9
Charlie Barbour TackleVMI8
Claire Frye CenterGeorgia Tech8
Grant Gillis Quarterback Alabama8
Fats Lawrence GuardAuburn6

All-Southerns of 1923

Ends

Hek Wakefield of Vanderbilt. Hek.jpg
Hek Wakefield of Vanderbilt.

Tackles

Joe Bennett of Georgia. JoeBennett.gif
Joe Bennett of Georgia.

Guards

Tuck Kelly of Vanderbilt. Tuck Kelly.jpg
Tuck Kelly of Vanderbilt.

Centers

Quarterbacks

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Grant Gillis
Herb Covington HerbCovington.jpg
Herb Covington

Halfbacks

Gil Reese of Vanderbilt. Gilreese.png
Gil Reese of Vanderbilt.

Fullbacks

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. [9] Votes for multiple positions have been combined under the one which received the most.

AC = another composite selection, using 21 sportswriters. [10]

MB = selected by Morgan Blake of the Atlanta Journal. [11]

ED = selected by Ed Danforth of the Atlanta Georgian. [11]

BCL = selected by B. C. Lumpkin of the Athens Banner. [11]

MT = selected by the Macon Telegraph . [12]

MN = selected by Julian Leggett of the Macon News. [12]

ZN = selected by Zipp Newman of the Birmingham News. [11]

JB = selected by Jerry Bryan of the Birmingham Age-Herald. [11]

CL = selected by Colquitt Love in the Montgomery Journal [11]

HP = selected by Howard Pill of the Montgomery Advertiser. [11]

BH = selected Blinkey Horn of the Nashville Tennessean. [13]

JH = selected by Joe Hatcher of the Nashville Tennessean. [11]

WGF = selected by W. G. Foster of the Chattanooga Times. [11]

GHB = selected by George H. Butler in the Chattanooga News. [11]

WR = selected by Wendell Robinson of the Knoxville Sentinel [11]

BP = selected by Bob Pigue of the News-Scimitar. [11]

KN = selected by the Knoxville News. [11]

FD = selected by Fred Digby of the New Orleans Item. [11]

NOD = selected by the New Orleans Daily States. [11]

EH = selected by Ed Hebert of the Times-Picayune. [11]

LB = selected by Lester Barnes of the Louisville Times. [11]

WC = selected by Warren Collins of the Louisville Herald. [11]

HB = selected by Harry Bloom of the Louisville Post. [11]

JF = selected by John Francis of the Courier-Journal. [11] [14]

GJ = selected by George Joplin of the Danville Messenger. [11]

HC = selected by Harry Cully of the Florida Times-Union. [11]

TT = selected by the Tampa Tribune. [10]

BE = Billy Evans's "All-Southern" Honor Roll [15]

See also

References

  1. Patrick Garbin (2008). About Them Dawgs!: Georgia Football's Memorable Teams and Players. p. 30. ISBN   9780810860407.
  2. "Goldstein, Erving "Goldy"". jewsinsports.com. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  3. "Vandy Captain Gets High Rating In South". Modesto Evening News. December 22, 1923.
  4. "Gators Trounce Alabama In Titular Grid Contest". The Evening Independent. November 30, 1923.
  5. Frank Rising (November 14, 1925). "Snipes Do Run And Sport Dope Flows". p. 9.
  6. Russell, Fred, and Maxwell Edward Benson. Fifty Years of Vanderbilt Football. Nashville, Tennessee, 1938, p. 42, 67
  7. "Wakefield Star On Vandy Team". The Kingsport Times. November 27, 1923.
  8. W. A. Alexander (1926). "Forty-Five Yards for Georgia Tech" (PDF). Kansas City Star. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 13, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  9. Closed Access logo transparent.svg "All Star Eleven To Be Awarded By Atlanta Paper". Times-Picayune. December 9, 1923.(password-protected)
  10. 1 2 "Two Gators Chosen On Composite All-Southern". The Tampa Tribune. December 5, 1923. p. 9. Retrieved November 14, 2017 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "How Dixie Scribes Chose All Southern Team". The Tennessean. December 2, 1923. p. 13. Retrieved November 14, 2017 via Newspapers.com. Page 2 Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  12. 1 2 "The Telegraph's All-Southern". Mercer Cluster. December 7, 1923. pp. 3, 6.
  13. "Ply of Five Commodores Wins For Them Coveted Position on All-Southern Moleskin Clan". The Tennessean. December 2, 1923. p. 13. Retrieved November 14, 2017 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  14. "How Dixie Scribes Chose All-Southern Gridiron Team (cont'd)". Courier Journal . Louisville, Kentucky. December 2, 1923. p. Sports 3. Retrieved March 18, 2024 via newspapers.com.
  15. "Billy Evans' All-Southern Honor Roll". Freeport Journal-Standard. December 20, 1923. p. 8. Retrieved July 24, 2015 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg