Overview
Since 1902, 63 Vanderbilt Commodores football players earned first-team All-Southern honors.
Vanderbilt Commodores football All-Southerns are American football players who have been named as All-Southerns while playing for the Vanderbilt University football team.
Since 1902, 63 Vanderbilt Commodores football players earned first-team All-Southern honors.
Bold = unanimous selection.
| Player | Position | Year | Composite | Selectors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dye, Jack | HB | 1898 | No | WAL |
| Simmons, Walter | E | 1899 | No | HMS |
| Crutchfield, Wallace | G | 1899 | No | O |
| Edgerton, John | FB | 1902 | No | WA, JLD-as hb |
| Blake, Bob | E | 1903 | Yes | H; NY; JLD |
| Tigert, John | HB | 1903 | Yes | H |
| Hamilton, Ed | E | 1904 | Yes | EC; H-2 |
| Brown, Innis | G | 1904 | Yes | H-1; EC |
| Stone, Stein | C | 1904 | Yes | H-1; JLD; EC |
| Manier, Owsley | E | 1904 | No | H-2, WRT-2 |
| Graham, Irish | T | 1904 | No | C, H-2, WRT-2, NB |
| Kyle, Frank | QB | 1904 | No | H-2 |
| Craig, Honus | HB | 1904 | Yes | C, H-1, WRT-1, JLD, NB, EC |
| Blake, Bob | E | 1905 | Yes | WRT-1, BW-1, HY, AL, NE, AJ, JLD, WMR |
| Hamilton, Ed | E | 1905 | Yes | WRT-1, BW-1, HY, AL, NE, AJ, JLD |
| Taylor, Hillsman | T | 1905 | Yes | WRT-1, BW-1, HY, NE, AJ, JLD, WMR |
| Pritchard, Joe | T | 1905 | No | BW-2, NE |
| Stone, Stein | G | 1905 | Yes | WRT, BW-2, NE, JLD, WMR |
| Brown, Innis | G | 1905 | No | WRT-2, BW-2, NE, WMR |
| Patterson, Robert C. | C | 1905 | Yes | WRT-2, BW-1, NE, AJ, JLD |
| Kyle, Frank | QB | 1905 | Yes | C, BW-1, AL, NE, AJ, JLD, NB |
| Craig, Honus | HB | 1905 | Yes | WRT-1, BW-1, HY, AL, NE, AJ, JLD, WMR |
| Blake, Dan | HB | 1905 | Yes | WRT-1, BW-2, NE, AJ |
| Manier, Owsley | FB | 1905 | Yes | WRT-1, BW-1, HY, NE, AJ, JLD, WMR |
| Blake, Bob | E | 1906 | Yes | AWL, WP, MT, MCA, PW, DM |
| Pritchard, Joe | T | 1906 | Yes | AWL, WP, MT, MCA, PW, DM |
| Noel, Edwin | T | 1906 | No | AWL, MT |
| Chorn, Walter | G | 1906 | No | AWL, MT, MCA, PW, DM |
| McLain, Fatty | G | 1906 | No | AWL, MT |
| Stone, Stein | C | 1906 | Yes | AWL, WP, MCA-as tackle, PW, DM |
| Costen, Sam | QB | 1906 | Yes | AWL, MT, MCA, PW, DM |
| Blake, Dan | HB | 1906 | Yes | AWL, MT, MCA, PW, DM |
| Craig, Honus | HB | 1906 | Yes | MCA, PW, DM |
| Manier, Owsley | FB | 1906 | Yes | AWL, WP, MT, MCA, DM |
| Blake, Bob | E | 1907 | Yes | TP, NY, DM, H |
| Sherrell, Horace | G | 1907 | Yes | TP, DM |
| Stone, Stein | C | 1907 | Yes | TP, DM, H |
| Costen, Sam | QB | 1907 | Yes | NY-as half, DM |
| Craig, Honus | HB | 1907 | Yes | TP, NY, DM, H |
| Campbell, Vin | HB | 1907 | No | H |
| Blake, Vaughn | E | 1908 | Yes | DM, H, NB, VA |
| Morrison, Ray | E | 1908 | No | NB |
| Hasslock, Louis | G | 1908 | Yes | DM, H, NB |
| McLain, Fatty | C | 1908 | Yes | DM |
| Neely, Bill | E | 1909 | No | GR |
| Ross, Ted | G | 1909 | No | GR |
| Metzger, W. E. | FB | 1909 | No | H-1 |
| Neely, Bill | E | 1910 | Yes | GR, DJ, C |
| Stewart, Willis | E | 1910 | No | BC-1 |
| Freeland, Ewing | T | 1910 | Yes | GR, DJ, C |
| Metzger, W. E. | G | 1910 | Yes | GR, DJ, C |
| Morrison, Ray | HB | 1910 | Yes | GR, DJ, C |
| Williams, Henry H. | FB | 1910 | No | H-2 |
| Brown, Enoch | E | 1911 | No | BS-2 |
| Brown, Tom | T | 1911 | No | H-2 |
| Freeland, Ewing | T | 1911 | No | NS-1, BS-1 |
| Metzger, W. E. | G | 1911 | Yes | NS-2, BS-1, H-1, DJ |
| Morgan, Hugh | C | 1911 | Yes | NS-1, BS-1 |
| Morrison, Ray | QB | 1911 | Yes | NS-1, BS-1 |
| Hardage, Lew | HB | 1911 | Yes | NS-1, BS-1 |
| Sikes, Ammie | HB | 1911 | No | NS-2 |
| Collins, Wilson | HB | 1911 | No | H-2 |
| Brown, Enoch | E | 1912 | Yes | C, IB, NS-2 |
| Brown, Tom | T | 1912 | Yes | C, IB, NS |
| Daves, Herman | G | 1912 | No | C |
| Morgan, Hugh | C | 1912 | Yes | C, IB, NS-2, SS-as guard |
| Hardage, Lew | HB | 1912 | Yes | C, IB, NS, SS |
| Sikes, Ammie | FB | 1912 | Yes | C, IB |
| Brown, Enoch | E | 1913 | Yes | C, ZC-1, D-1, BC, AR |
| Brown, Tom | T | 1913 | Yes | C, ZC-1, BC, AR |
| Hasslock, Louis | G | 1908 | No | AR |
| Morgan, Hugh | C | 1913 | No | ZC-1 |
| Putnam, Emmett | C | 1913 | No | D-2 |
| Morrison, Ray | QB | 1913 | No | AR |
| Boensch, Hord | QB | 1913 | No | ZC-2, D-2 |
| Sikes, Ammie | FB | 1913 | No | D-1, ZC-2-as hb |
| Cody, Josh | T | 1914 | No | ZC |
| Curry, Rabbit | HB | 1914 | Yes | ZC, C, HC, WL |
| Sikes, Ammie | HB | 1914 | No | ZC, C, IB, EG, H |
| Cohen, Russ | E | 1915 | Yes | C |
| Cody, Josh | T | 1915 | Yes | C |
| Williams, Pryor | G | 1915 | No | C |
| Hamilton, C. M. | G | 1915 | No | C |
| Curry, Rabbit | QB | 1915 | Yes | C |
| Williams, Pryor | G | 1916 | No | C |
| Carman, Charlie | G | 1916 | No | C |
| Curry, Rabbit | QB | 1916 | Yes | C, HS |
| Floyd, Red | HB | 1916 | No | C, HS |
| Adams, Alf | E | 1917 | Yes | C, DJ, H, GT |
| Adams, Alf | E | 1919 | Yes | MB, JLR, ST, ZN, LR, FA, MJ, S, NYS |
| Zerfoss, Tom | E | 1919 | No | CR, JLR |
| Cody, Josh | T | 1919 | Yes | H, CR, MB, JLR, ST, D, WGF, ZN, LR, FA, BR, MJ, BD, S, NYS |
| Lipscomb, Tom | G | 1919 | No | JLR, ZN |
| Latham, Swayne | QB | 1919 | No | ST |
| Hendrick, Gink | G | 1920 | No | FA, SM-as end, KS, CR-as end |
| Bomar, Lynn | T | 1921 | No | JLR, MM, SM |
| Elam, Frank | T | 1921 | No | GAB |
| Sharpe, Alf | C | 1921 | No | MM |
| Wade, Pink | T | 1921 | No | CEB, EH, ER, BB |
| Bomar, Lynn | E | 1922 | Yes | C, BE, MA, ZN-as T, ED-as T, EH, MB, JP-as T |
| Neill, Scotty | E | 1922 | No | BE, ZN |
| Bradford, Tex | T | 1922 | No | BE |
| Kelly, Tuck | G | 1922 | No | BE |
| Kuhn, Doc | QB | 1922 | No | BE |
| Reese, Gil | HB | 1922 | No | BE |
| Bomar, Lynn | E | 1923 | Yes | C, MB, MN-2 |
| Wakefield, Hek | E | 1923 | Yes | C, MT |
| Rives, Bob | T | 1923 | No | C, MT |
| Kelly, Tuck | G | 1923 | Yes | C |
| Reese, Gil | HB | 1923 | Yes | C, MT |
| Wakefield, Hek | E | 1924 | Yes | C, C2, UGA, VU |
| Rives, Bob | T | 1924 | Yes | C, C2, VU |
| Lawrence, Fatty | G | 1924 | No | VU |
| Reese, Gil | HB | 1924 | Yes | C, C2, VU |
| Ryan, Tom | HB | 1924 | No | VU |
| Rives, Bob | T | 1925 | Yes | C, TQ [as end], NEB-2 |
| McKibbon, Ox | T | 1925 | No | S |
| Reese, Gil | HB | 1925 | No | TQ |
| McKibbon, Ox | E | 1926 | No | C |
| Spears, Bill | QB | 1926 | Yes | C |
| Creson, Larry | E | 1927 | No | AP-2, UP-2, C, WMA |
| Sharpe, Vernon | C | 1927 | No | AP-2, UP-1, WMA |
| Spears, Bill | QB | 1927 | Yes | AP-1, UP-1, C, CP, WMA, EB |
| Armistead, Jimmy | FB | 1927 | No | AP-2 |
| Abernathy, Dick | E | 1928 | Yes | AP-1, NH |
| Brown, Bull | G | 1928 | No | AP-2 |
| Armistead, Jimmy | QB | 1928 | No | AP-2, NH-2-as hb |
| Abernathy, Dick | T | 1929 | Yes | AP-1, WB-2 |
| Brown, Bull | G | 1929 | Yes | AP-1, WB-1 |
| Leonard, Amos | HB | 1929 | No | WA-3 |
| Schwartz, Bill | E | 1930 | No | AP-2 |
| Leyendecker, Tex | T | 1931 | Yes | AP-1 |
| Gracey, Pete | C | 1931 | Yes | AP-1 |
| Henderson, Tommy | QB | 1931 | No | WA-3 |
| Roberts, Clyde | HB | 1931 | No | WA-2 |
| Leyendecker, Tex | T | 1932 | Yes | AP-1, AL |
| Talley, Marion | G | 1932 | No | AP-2, AL |
| Gracey, Pete | C | 1932 | Yes | AP-1, AL |
| Roberts, Clyde | HB | 1932 | No | AP-2, AL |
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