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]
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
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