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The 1925 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1925 Southern Conference football season.
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- ↑ "1924". Archived from the original on April 26, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
- ↑ Fuzzy Woodruff (1928). A History of Southern Football, 1890-1928. p. 66.
- ↑ "Two All-Dixie Teams Ignore Virginia Players". Washington Post. December 2, 1924.
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