The 1910 College Football All-Southern Team consists of
American football
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players selected to the
College Football All-Southern Team
The College Football All-Southern Team was an all-star team of college football players from the Southern United States. The honor was given annually to the best players at their respective positions. It is analogous to the All-America Team and w ...
s selected by various organizations for the
1910 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.
Vanderbilt post the best record in the
SIAA, the only blemish on its record a scoreless tie with defending national champion
Yale
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.
Auburn
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also posted an undefeated conference record, but lost to Texas.
Harvard Law School v. All-Southern
Hamilton Fish
Hamilton Fish (August 3, 1808September 7, 1893) was an American politician who served as the 16th Governor of New York from 1849 to 1850, a United States Senator from New York from 1851 to 1857 and the 26th United States Secretary of State fro ...
’s "Harvard Law School All Stars" played three games against different "All-Southern" elevens on December 30, 31, and January 2. The one on the 31st had been scheduled for a prior date but had been rained out. The first of these was a scoreless tie on muddy ground; the second a 5–0 Harvard victory, and the third another scoreless tie.
Background
On December 7 it was announced Fish's team was to play two games against southern teams. On December 28, they would be playing “the pick of
Vanderbilt and
Suwanee elevens” at
Memphis
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and on the 31st, “the best men from the University of Louisiana and one or two other colleges” at
. A December 26 wire service article reported that
Fielding Yost
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“may don the moleskin again.” He was coaching a “western all-southern eleven” that was to play Harvard Law School in two days. Joining him from his Michigan squad were
Germany Schulz
Adolph George "Germany" Schulz (April 19, 1883 – April 14, 1951) was an All-American American football center for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1904 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1908. While playing at Michigan, Schulz is credited with ...
and
Andrew W. Smith
Andrew William Smith (December 9, 1886 – September 6, 1959) was an American football player and coach, college athletics administrator, United States Army officer, and physician.
Smith grew up in Fredonia, Kansas and enrolled at the Homeopathic ...
.
The Harvard All Stars made a stop in
Cincinnati
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on their way south.
By this time plans had changed and they were to play three games: first a game in Memphis on the 28th, then Michigan–Vanderbilt–Sewanee in
Nashville
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on the 29th, and another in
Baton Rouge
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on their southern tour.
The Memphis game on account of rain was then postponed to the 31st.
Vanderbilt–Sewanee–Michigan
A heavy rain also fell in Nashville on the night of the 28th, and while the game had been expected to start at 2 o'clock on the 29th, it was apparently played on the 30th. Yost coached the team and Vanderbilt coach
Dan McGugin
Daniel Earle McGugin (July 29, 1879 – January 23, 1936) was an American football player and coach, as well as a lawyer. He served as the head football coach at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee from 1904 to 1917 and again from ...
played in the game for his former coach. "In spite of a muddy field the game was fast from start to finish"
on
Old Dudley Field
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in front of 3,000 spectators.
[ ] Former Sewanee end
Silas Williams
Silas McBee "Sike" Williams (June 9, 1888 – December 8, 1944) was an Americancollege football player and coach as well as a lawyer.
Sewanee
Williams was a prominent end for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee:The University of the South, selected s ...
played for Harvard while taking graduate courses. On a 110 yard field in those days, Fish had run for 100 yards when caught from behind by Browne 10 yards short of the goal.
A blow from Michigan's Smith also broke Fish's nose.
McGugin "did much brilliant punting." The game ended as a scoreless tie.
The lineup for the Southern team was: Bill Stewart, Vanderbilt (left end),
Vaughn Blake
John Vaughn Blake (1888 – June 29, 1964) was an American college football player and FBI agent. He played football for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams with his brothers Dan and Bob. Dan, Bob, and Vaughn were captains of t ...
, Vanderbilt (left end),
Dan Blake
Daniel Bigelow Blake, Jr. (May 22, 1882 – September 7, 1953) was an American football player and coach.
Early years
Dan Bigelow Blake, Jr. was born on May 22, 1882 in Cuero, Texas to Daniel Bigelow Blake, Sr. and Mary Clara Weldon. Dan, Sr ...
, Vanderbilt (left end);
Lex Stone
Andrew Alexis "Lex" Stone (May 19, 1885 – March 22, 1925) was an American football player, a coach of football and basketball, and a politician.
Sewanee
Stone was a prominent tackle for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee:The University of the Sou ...
, Sewanee (left tackle); Dan McGugin, Vanderbilt (left guard), Andy Powell, Vanderbilt (left guard); Germany Schulz, Michigan (center); Andrew Smith, Michigan (right guard);
Frank Faulkinberry
Frank Albert Faulkinberry (November 27, 1887 – May 13, 1933) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach.
Early years
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, Sewanee (right tackle),
Louis Hasslock, Vanderbilt (right tackle); Hager, Vanderbilt (right end), Cecil Covington, Vanderbilt (right end);
Chigger Browne
Alvin Lowell "Chigger" Browne (August 3, 1888 – March 2, 1955) was a college football player and track coach.
Sewanee
Browne was a quarterback for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South from 1908 to 1910. Browne al ...
, Sewanee (quarterback); Douglas (
A. H. Douglas
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?) (left halfback),
John Edgerton
John Emmett Edgerton (October 2, 1879 – August 4, 1938) was an industrialist who gained prominence as the president of the National Association of Manufacturers from 1921 to 1931. Edgerton was also an All-Southern college football fullback ...
, Vanderbilt (left halfback);
Bill Neely, Vanderbilt (right halfback); Henry H. Williams, Vanderbilt (fullback). The referee was
Bradley Walker.
[ ]
Southern All Stars
Originally the first game scheduled in Memphis finally happened on the 31st. It included many
Ole Miss players.
Earl Kinnebrew was a standout for the southern team. "The Southerners showed unexpected strength in individual defensive work. Kinnebrew, the giant tackle, who made an all Southern eleven this season and who intends to enter Harvard Law School after finishing his course at the University of Mississippi, played against Captain Fish and held his own, according to the verdict of an enthusiastic crowd who flocked to the side lines in spite of inclement weather." Harvard won 5 to 0, the only points a 25-yard pass from
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to Silas Williams.
Baton Rouge
Then on January 2 Fish's team played a group of
LSU
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players in Baton Rouge.
[ ] "The game was without question the finest exhibition of football ever given in the state."
[ Harvard was hurt by the injuries and length of the trip, resting in New Orleans before the game. The game ended 0 to 0. Doc Fenton was at quarterback.
]
Composite eleven
The composite All-Southern eleven of four sporting writers and three coaches included:
*Chigger Browne
Alvin Lowell "Chigger" Browne (August 3, 1888 – March 2, 1955) was a college football player and track coach.
Sewanee
Browne was a quarterback for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South from 1908 to 1910. Browne al ...
, quarterback for Sewanee, rated by Grantland Rice
Henry Grantland "Granny" Rice (November 1, 1880July 13, 1954) was an early 20th-century American sportswriter known for his elegant prose. His writing was published in newspapers around the country and broadcast on the radio.
Early years
Rice wa ...
as one of the great little men of the sport, weighing between roughly 110 and 125 at any given point in his career. Rice also claimed he was "harder to surround and tackle than a flea
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." It was said he could run 100 meters in 10 seconds flat.
* E. L. Caton, center for Auburn, once coach of Howard
Howard is an English-language given name originating from Old French Huard (or Houard) from a Germanic source similar to Old High German ''*Hugihard'' "heart-brave", or ''*Hoh-ward'', literally "high defender; chief guardian". It is also probabl ...
. John Heisman
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considered him one of the south's greatest centers. He managed the southern branch of the Pure Oil company in 1922, which marketed Tiolene, Pennsylvania base motor oil.
*Ewing Y. Freeland
Ewing Young "Big 'un" Freeland (January 1, 1887 – August 15, 1953) was an American football and baseball player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Daniel Baker College (1912–1914), Texas C ...
, tackle for Vanderbilt, known as "Big 'un," coached at various institutions in Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
.
* Jenks Gillem, end for Sewanee. He was also a renowned punter and kicker, selected as the punter for the ''Associated Press'' Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. He later coached.
* Earl Kinnebrew, guard for Mississippi, known as "Red." In the prior year's Egg Bowl
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in which Ole Miss defeated Mississippi State
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9 to 5, Kinnebrew was called by the ''Jackson Clarion-Ledger'' "the particular star of his team."
*Aubrey Lanier
Aubrey Falls "Laney" Lanier (February 18, 1888 – April 25, 1936) was a college football player.
Early years
Aubrey was born on February 18, 1888, in the city of Butler in Lonoke County, Arkansas, to Isaac Hill Lanier and Mary "Ellen" Cooper ...
, halfback and captain for Sewanee, known as "Laney". Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin
Daniel Earle McGugin (July 29, 1879 – January 23, 1936) was an American football player and coach, as well as a lawyer. He served as the head football coach at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee from 1904 to 1917 and again from ...
rated him as one of the greatest he ever saw. Grantland Rice
Henry Grantland "Granny" Rice (November 1, 1880July 13, 1954) was an early 20th-century American sportswriter known for his elegant prose. His writing was published in newspapers around the country and broadcast on the radio.
Early years
Rice wa ...
rated him amongst the best ever at punt returns.
*Will Metzger
William Edgar "Frog" Metzger, Jr. (August 21, 1890 – December 2, 1951) was a college football player.
Vanderbilt
Metzger was a prominent guard for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University from 1908 to 1911. Metzger was Dan McGug ...
, guard for Vanderbilt, known as "Frog," unanimous selection, selected third-team All-American by Walter Camp
Walter Chauncey Camp (April 7, 1859 – March 14, 1925) was an American football player, coach, and sports writer known as the "Father of American Football". Among a long list of inventions, he created the sport's line of scrimmage and the system ...
, the third Southern player ever to receive such an honor. Metzger is sometimes called coach Dan McGugin
Daniel Earle McGugin (July 29, 1879 – January 23, 1936) was an American football player and coach, as well as a lawyer. He served as the head football coach at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee from 1904 to 1917 and again from ...
's first great lineman. He was a main cog in the 1910 team's 0–0 tie of defending national champion Yale and outscoring of opponents of 165 to 8, and selected for an ''Associated Press'' Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era.
*Ray Morrison
J. Ray Morrison (February 28, 1885 – November 19, 1982) was an American football and baseball player and a coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Southern Methodist University (1915–1916, 1922– ...
, quarterback for Vanderbilt, selected as the quarterback and kick returner for an ''Associated Press'' Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. He was later a coach at various institutions including SMU and Vanderbilt after McGugin. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
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as a coach in 1954
* Bill Neely, end and captain for Vanderbilt, the older brother of Hall of Fame coach Jess Neely
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. Neely spoke of the scoreless tie with defending national champion Yale: "The score tells the story a good deal better than I can. All I want to say is that I never saw a football team fight any harder at every point that Vanderbilt fought today – line, ends, and backfield. We went in to give Yale the best we had and I think we about did it."
* Pat Patterson, tackle for Georgia Tech, captain-elect. He also kicked. Patterson was an electrical engineer.
* Bradley Streit, fullback for Auburn, unanimous selection, led the school in touchdowns in 1910.
All-Southerns of 1910
Ends
* Jenks Gillem, Sewanee
* Bill Neely, Vanderbilt
*Homer Cogdell
Homer David Cogdell (April 5, 1888 – October 8, 1956) was a college football player and US Army captain during World War I. He was also an assistant administrator in the Farmers Home Administration.
Auburn University
Cogdell was a prominent ...
, Auburn
*Dean Hill, Georgia Tech
*Cliff Hatcher, Georgia
* Slick Stewart, Vanderbilt
*A. Brown, Vanderbilt
Tackles
*Ewing Y. Freeland
Ewing Young "Big 'un" Freeland (January 1, 1887 – August 15, 1953) was an American football and baseball player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Daniel Baker College (1912–1914), Texas C ...
, Vanderbilt
* Pat Patterson, Georgia Tech
*Frank Faulkinberry
Frank Albert Faulkinberry (November 27, 1887 – May 13, 1933) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach.
Early years
Frank was born on November 27, 1887 in Lincoln County, Tennessee to Christopher Columbus Faulkinberry ...
, Sewanee
*Omer Franklin, Georgia
*E. W. Harmon, Auburn
*O. G. Gresham, Alabama
Guards
*Will Metzger
William Edgar "Frog" Metzger, Jr. (August 21, 1890 – December 2, 1951) was a college football player.
Vanderbilt
Metzger was a prominent guard for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University from 1908 to 1911. Metzger was Dan McGug ...
†, Vanderbilt
* Earl Kinnebrew, Mississippi
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* Burton Gray Allen, Auburn
*B. W. Sinclair, Georgia Tech
*Gallor, Sewanee
* B. J. Lamb, Auburn
*J. H. Graham, Tennessee
Centers
* E. L. Caton, Auburn
*Frank Juhan
Francis Alexander "June" Juhan (April 27, 1887 – December 31, 1967) was an American football player and coach as well as an Episcopal bishop.
He played center for the Sewanee Tigers football team and was the first roving linebacker in the Sout ...
, Sewanee
Quarterbacks
*Chigger Browne
Alvin Lowell "Chigger" Browne (August 3, 1888 – March 2, 1955) was a college football player and track coach.
Sewanee
Browne was a quarterback for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South from 1908 to 1910. Browne al ...
, Sewanee
*Ray Morrison
J. Ray Morrison (February 28, 1885 – November 19, 1982) was an American football and baseball player and a coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Southern Methodist University (1915–1916, 1922– ...
, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame)
Halfbacks
*Aubrey Lanier
Aubrey Falls "Laney" Lanier (February 18, 1888 – April 25, 1936) was a college football player.
Early years
Aubrey was born on February 18, 1888, in the city of Butler in Lonoke County, Arkansas, to Isaac Hill Lanier and Mary "Ellen" Cooper ...
, Sewanee
*Bob McWhorter
Robert Ligon McWhorter (June 4, 1891 – June 29, 1960) played football and baseball at the University of Georgia.
Early years
McWhorter attended Gordon Military College in Barnesville, Georgia. He played football and baseball there under coac ...
, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame)
* John E. Davis, Auburn
*Kid Woodruff
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Early life and education ...
, Georgia
Fullbacks
* Bradley "Bill" Streit†, Auburn
*Guy Ward, Sewanee
*Henry H. Williams, Vanderbilt
Key
Bold = Composite selection
† = Unanimous selection
C = composite of four sporting writers and three coaches.
GR = selected jointly by Grantland Rice
Henry Grantland "Granny" Rice (November 1, 1880July 13, 1954) was an early 20th-century American sportswriter known for his elegant prose. His writing was published in newspapers around the country and broadcast on the radio.
Early years
Rice wa ...
and John Heisman
John William Heisman (October 23, 1869 – October 3, 1936) was a player and coach of American football, baseball, and basketball, as well as a sportswriter and actor. He served as the head football coach at Oberlin College, Buchtel College ...
in the ''Atlanta Constitution''.
DJ = selected by Dick Jemison
Richard Stubbs Jemison (September 19, 1886 – January 9, 1965) was an early 20th-century American sportswriter in the South who was for eleven years the sporting editor of the ''Atlanta Constitution''. He wrote extensively on baseball and f ...
, sporting editor for the ''Atlanta Constitution''. It had a first and second team.
H = selected by John Heisman
John William Heisman (October 23, 1869 – October 3, 1936) was a player and coach of American football, baseball, and basketball, as well as a sportswriter and actor. He served as the head football coach at Oberlin College, Buchtel College ...
, coach at Georgia Institute of Technology
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, as published in Fuzzy Woodruff
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's ''A History of Southern Football 1890-1928''
TA = selected by Tommie Akers, sporting editor for the ''Atlanta Journal
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''.
BC = selected by Bill Cunningham Bill Cunningham may refer to:
People
*Bill Cunningham (rugby union) (1874–1927), New Zealand rugby union player
* Bill Cunningham (footballer), Irish international footballer active in the 1890s
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, coach at the University of Georgia
, mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things."
, establ ...
.[ ] It had a first and second team.
See also
* 1910 College Football All-America Team
References
{{College Football All-Southern Teams
1910 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
College Football All-Southern Teams