Champ Pickens Cup

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Champ Pickens Cup
Awarded forChampion of the Southern Conference
CountryUnited States
Presented byBoard of sportswriters

The Champ Pickens Cup was a trophy awarded to the champion of the Southern Conference as selected by a board of sportswriters from 1923 to 1926. The cup was donated and awarded by Alabama's Champ Pickens. [1]

List of trophy winners

YearTrophy recipient [1] Conference RecordNotes
1923 Vanderbilt [2] 3–0–1 Florida upset Alabama, previously undefeated in conference play.
1924 Alabama 5–0 Wallace Wade's first conference title.
1925 Alabama 7–0The first Southern team to win a Rose Bowl.
1926 Alabama [3] 8–0Alabama wins national championship.

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William C. "Champ" Pickens was a prominent figure in Alabama and Southern football, the namesake of the Champ Pickens Cup awarded to the winner of the Southern Conference from 1923 to 1926. Pickens developed the idea for the Blue–Gray Football Classic, played between stars of the South versus the North from 1939 to 2003. He gave Alabama's band its name of the "Million Dollar Band." He wrote two of the earliest books on Alabama football. Pickens was manager of the 1896 Alabama team.

References

  1. 1 2 Foot Ball Champions — Southern Intercollegiate Conference (Trophy). Paul W. Bryant Museum. April 21, 2009. Retrieved April 7, 2023. Cup To Become The Property Of Any Eleven Winning It Three Times — Donated By Champ Pickens
  2. "Vanderbilt Is Named For Pickens Trophy". The Washington Post. December 2, 1923. ProQuest   149383922.
  3. "Dixie Crowns Grid Champs". St. Petersburg Times. December 1, 1926.