The 1902 College Football All-Southern Team consists of

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players selected to the

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s selected by various organizations for the

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. Clemson won the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) championship, though

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was often ranked as best team in the south.

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's ''A History of Southern Football'' records the first All-Southern team as in 1902. Woodruff relates "The first selections that had any pretense of being backed by a judicial consideration were made by W. Reynolds Tichenor, old-time Auburn quarterback, who had kept in intimate contact with football through being a sought after official."

Tichenor's eleven

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's eleven as posted in

's ''A History of Southern Football'' includes: * Sandy Beaver, guard for Georgia. He was once head of

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. * Marvin M. Dickinson, halfback for Georgia, later coached for his alma mater. *

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, guard for Auburn. Tradition dictates many publications list Elmer as the school's first All-Southern selection. * Jock Hanvey, fullback for Clemson. He started every game * Harold Ketron, center for Georgia, known as "War Eagle." Ketron was known as quite a physical player, one source reporting he pulled hair and spat tobacco juice in faces. Another writer claims "There have been many of the old players who have followed the Georgia games long after graduation, but none of them with a record of more loyalty than the "War Eagle."' *

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, tackle for Sewanee, son of

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. He later moved to

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as a practicing

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and gaining distinction throughout Florida and the south. * John Maxwell, quarterback for Clemson. He started every game. * Henry D. Phillips, guard for Sewanee. Sportswriter

called him "the greatest football player who ever sank cleated shoes into a chalk line south of the Mason-Dixon line." * Frank Ridley, end for Georgia. One account of Ridley reads "Ridley's first year on the team he played this position so well that Coach Heisman named his as the All-Southern end. He is quick and active and never hesitates to tackle a man, seldom being blocked." He was later a physician and surgeon. *

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, end for Clemson. One publication reads "Vetter Sitton and Hope Sadler were the finest

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s that Clemson ever had perhaps." * Carl Sitton, end for Clemson. He also played baseball.

All-Southerns of 1902

Ends

* Carl Sitton, Clemson (WRT

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WA, AC, JLD-s, WAL-2) * Frank Ridley, Georgia (WRT, WA, AC, H) *

, Clemson (WRT) * Albert Cox, North Carolina (JLD, WAL-1) *Thomas Bronston, Virginia (JLD, WAL-1) *

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, Kentucky U. (JLD-s, WAL-2)

Tackles

, Sewanee (WRT, JLD-s, WAL-2) *

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, Tennessee (AC) *

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, Georgia Tech (AC) * Branch Johnson, Virginia (JLD, WAL-1) *

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, Virginia (JLD, WAL-1) *

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, VPI (JLD-s, WAL-2) *Young, Georgia Tech (AC-s)

Guards

* Henry D. Phillips, Sewanee (College Football Hall of Fame) (WRT, AC) *

, Auburn (WRT, AC-s, JLD-s, WAL-2) * Sandy Beaver, Georgia (WRT s t AC-s) *

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, Sewanee (AC, JLD, WAL-1) *

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, North Carolina (JLD, WAL-1) *William Spates, Virginia (JLD-s)

Centers

* Harold Ketron, Georgia (WRT, WA, AC) *

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, Georgetown (JLD, WAL-1) * Roach Stewart, North Carolina (JLD-s) *H. Dorsey Waters, Virginia (WAL-2)

Quarterbacks

* John Maxwell, Clemson (WRT) *

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, Sewanee (WA, AC) * John Pollard, Virginia (JLD, WAL-2) *

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, North Carolina (JLD-s, WAL-1) * Sax Crawford, Tennessee (AC-s)

Halfbacks

* Marvin Dickinson, Georgia (WRT, AC) *

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, Tennessee (AC) *Earle Holt, North Carolina (JLD, WAL-1) * Joe Reilly, Georgetown (JLD-s, WAL-2) *T. Watkins, Virginia (JLD-s, WAL-2) *James Forman, Alabama (AC-s)

Fullbacks

* Jock Hanvey, Clemson (WRT) * John Edgerton, Vanderbilt (WA, JLD

WAL-1

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, VPI (College Football Hall of Fame) (JLD, WAL-1) * A. T. Sublett, Furman (AC) *Frank C. Harris, Virginia (JLD-s, WAL-2) *H. A. Allison, Auburn (AC-s)

Key

Bold = Tichenor's selection WRT = selected by

W. R. Tichenor Walker Reynolds "Tick" Tichenor (January 26, 1877 – November 16, 1935) was a college football player, coach, and official, as well as a sportswriter and attorney. Tichenor was a quarterback for John Heisman's Auburn Tigers of Auburn Univer ...

, posted in

's ''A History of Southern Football'' WA = selected by W. A. Reynolds. AC = selected by the ''

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''. It had substitutes, denoted with a small S. JLD = selected by UVA coach John L. DeSaulles. It had substitutes, denoted with a small S. H = selected by John Heisman. WAL = selected by W. A. Lambeth for ''Collier's Weekly''. It had a first and second team.

References

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