The 1911 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 1911 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.

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and

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were selected for ''

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'' magazine's "Football Honor List for 1911" selected by coaches from the East and West. Vanderbilt won the SIAA championship.

Consensus eleven

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's All-Southern eleven included: *

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, tackle for Mississippi. Later, he was a practicing

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. * John E. Davis, fullback for Auburn. He was later a notable

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. *

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," later coached at various institutions in

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. * Roy Goree, end for Georgia Tech. Both his sons also played for Tech. *

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, halfback for Vanderbilt.

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's ''Football's Greatest Coaches'' reads "A lightning-swift backfield of Lew Hardage,

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, and Ray Morrison pushed Vandy through 1911 with only a 9-8 loss to

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." The ''

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'' voted it the best

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in the South. *

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, halfback for Georgia.He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. Sportswriter

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said "When you mention football to an

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fan its definition is Bob McWhorter, and vice-versa." He was selected for the ''Associated Press'' Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. McWhorter went on to have a lengthy law career. *

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, guard for Vanderbilt, known as "Frog," selected for an ''Associated Press'' Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. * Hugh Morgan, center for Vanderbilt. Later, he was a world-renowned internist and medical professor. *

, 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

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as a coach in 1954. * David Peacock, guard for Georgia. An

newspaper said he was "probably the most aggressive lineman in the South." * By Walton, end for Mississippi. He coached basketball at Ole Miss next year.

All-Southerns of 1911

Ends

* Jenks Gillem, Sewanee (H-2, DJ, NS-1, BS-2, NT) * By Walton, Mississippi (H-1, NS-1) * Hargrove Van de Graaff, Alabama (H-2, DJ, NS-2, BS-1) * Roy Goree, Georgia Tech (H-1, NS-2) * Enoch Brown, Vanderbilt (BS-2, NT)

Tackles

†, Vanderbilt (H-1, DJ, NS-1, BS-1, NT) *

, Mississippi (H-2, DJ, NS-1, BS-1, NT s g *

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, Auburn (NS-2, BS-1 s e * B. J. Lamb, Auburn (H-1, BS-2) * Tom Brown, Vanderbilt (H-2, NT) *

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, Sewanee (NS-2) *Head Ellard, Mississippi A & M (BS-2)

Guards

, Vanderbilt (H-1, DJ, NS-2, BS-1, NT) *

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, Auburn (DJ, NS-1, BS-1) * David Peacock, Georgia (H-1, NS-2, BS-2) *A. P. Mills, Mississippi A & M (NS-1) * Burton Gray Allen, Auburn (H-2) *Fred Carter, Mississippi (H-2) *

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, Auburn (BS-2)

Centers

* Hugh Morgan†, Vanderbilt (H-1, DJ, NS-1, BS-1, NT) *

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, Mercer (H-2, BS-2) * John C. Adams, Mississippi (NS-2)

Quarterbacks

†, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (H-1, DJ, NS-1, BS-1, NT) *

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, Mississippi A & M (H-2

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NS-2) *

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, Georgia (H-2, BS-2)

Halfbacks

†, Vanderbilt (H-1, DJ, NS-1, BS-1, NT) *

†, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (H-1, DJ, NS-1

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BS-1, NT) * Pete Shields, Mississippi (NS-1) *William C. Cahall, Mississippi (NS-2, BS-2) *

, Vanderbilt (H-2) *

, Vanderbilt (NS-2)

Fullbacks

* John E. Davis, Auburn (H-1, NS-2, BS-1, NT) * Pat Patterson, Georgia Tech (DJ, BS-2) *Steve Mitchell, Mississippi (H-2)

Key

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. He had a first and second team. DJ = selected by

in the ''

''. NS = selected by

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of ''

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''. He had a first and second team. BS = selected by Bill Streit, assistant coach at

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. He had a first and second team. NT = selected by Spick Hall in the ''

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References

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