1931 College Football All-Southern Team

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The 1931 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1931 Southern Conference football season. Tulane won the Southern Conference championship. In December 2008, Sports Illustrated undertook to identify the individuals who would have been awarded the Heisman Trophy in college football's early years, before the trophy was established. Tulane's Jerry Dalrymple was selected as the would-be Heisman winner for the 1931 season. [1]

Contents

Composite eleven

The All-Southern eleven compiled by the Associated Press included:

Composite overview

Overview of the Associated Press composite. [5] "Votes" were tallied as 2 points for a first-team selection and 1 for a second-team selection.

NamePositionSchoolVotes
Jerry Dalrymple End Tulane 180
Don Zimmerman Halfback Tulane172
Vernon "Catfish" Smith End Georgia 171
Gene McEver Halfback Tennessee 168
Austin Downes Quarterback Georgia145
Herman Hickman Guard Tennessee126
Johnny Cain Fullback Alabama 122
Tex Leyendecker Tackle Vanderbilt111
Ray Saunders TackleTennessee98
Pete Gracey Center Vanderbilt76
John Scafide GuardTulane69

All-Southerns of 1931

Ends

Tackles

Guards

Centers

Don Zimmerman. DonZimmerman.jpg
Don Zimmerman.

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

Fullbacks

Key

Bold = Composite selection

* = Consensus All-American

AP = selected by coaches and sports writers, compiled by the Associated Press . It had a first and second team. [6]

CP = selected by captains of the football team of the south, compiled by Central Press newspapers. [7]

TUL = the "All Players All-Southern", selected by the players of the Tulane team. [8]

CO = selected by the coaches of the Southern Conference. [9]

WA = selected by William Alexander, coach at Georgia Institute of Technology. [10] It had a first, second, and third team.

SH = selected by Clark Shaughnessy, coach at Tulane University. [11]

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