The 1912 College Football All-Southern Team consists of

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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 1912 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.

Lew Hardage Lewis Woolford Hardage (February 11, 1891 – August 29, 1973) was an American college football player and college football and baseball coach. Hardage was an All-Southern halfback every year he played: 1908, 1909, 1911, and 1912—the first tw ...

was selected for

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's third-team All-American. Vanderbilt won the SIAA championship. Georgetown won the SAIAA championship.

Innis Brown Innis Brown (March 31, 1884 – January 23, 1961) was a college football player, referee, sportswriter, and civil engineer. His sports articles were nationally known, writing for the New York Sun and Hearst newspapers. Early years Innis Bro ...

, a referee throughout the south, and captain of Vanderbilt's 1905 championship team, was hired to select the team of the ''

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''. The ''Constitutions editor

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 ...

also selected a team. Former Georgia player and captain and then assistant Harold Ketron selected a team.

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head coach

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 ...

as usual picked one also. Former

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head coach

Nathan Stauffer Nathan Pennypacker Stauffer (January 1, 1875 – June 5, 1959) was an American college football player and coach and physician. He served as the head football coach at Dickinson College from 1896 to 1899, at Pennsylvania Military College—now kno ...

selected an All-Southern team for ''

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''.

Composite eleven

The composite All-Southern eleven formed by "consolidated pick" of ten sporting writers culled by the ''Atlanta Constitution'' editor

included: *

Rube Barker Reuben Allen Barker (July 23, 1889 – August 6, 1958) was an American football player and track athlete for the Ole Miss Rebels of the University of Mississippi and Virginia Cavaliers of the University of Virginia. He was then a practicing ...

, tackle for Mississippi. Later, he was a practicing

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. * Enoch Brown, end for Vanderbilt. Known as "Nuck," he was a

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. * Tom Brown, tackle for Vanderbilt. He played with the

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and was later a physician. "He had no peers in his

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ability and contributed greatly to Toledo medicine." * Jenks Gillem, end for Sewanee. He was 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. *

, halfback and senior-captain for Vanderbilt, unanimous selection, was also selected third-team All-American by

, the fourth ever Southern player to get such a recognition.

in 1912 wrote "Hardage has been rated as probably the most successful man in the south at making

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es." * B. J. Lamb, tackle for Auburn. Known as "Sheep," he practiced tackling on trees. *

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 ...

, halfback for Georgia, unanimous selection. He was the school's first All-American, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. Sportswriter

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. * Hugh Morgan, center for Vanderbilt, unanimous selection. Chosen "by a good margin" wrote Brown. Later, he was a world-renowned internist and medical professor. * David Peacock, guard for Georgia. Known as "Emp," was an assistant coach for his alma mater in 1914. He was once president pro-tempore of the Georgia state Senate. *

Ammie Sikes Ammie Thomas Sikes (July 26, 1892 – September 9, 1963) was an American college football player and physician. He played as a fullback at Vanderbilt University from 1911 to 1914. Early years Sikes was born on July 26, 1892, in Smyrna, Tennessee ...

, fullback for Vanderbilt. Brown chose him for his speed. *

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, quarterback for Sewanee. Later, he was a

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official.

Composite overview

, and Hugh Morgan were unanimous All-Southern selections.

All-Southerns of 1912

Ends

* Enoch Brown, Vanderbilt (C, IB, NS-2, H, HK, NT) * Jenks Gillem, Sewanee (C, IB, NS-1, SS, H, BAH, NT) * Hargrove Van de Graaff, Alabama (C, SS, HK, BAH) * Robbie Robinson, Auburn (NS-1) *Homer Montgomery, Texas A&M (NS-2) * Slick Stewart, Vanderbilt (AT) * By Walton, SPU (AT)

Tackles

* Tom Brown, Vanderbilt (C, IB, NS-1, H, BAH, NT) * B. J. Lamb, Auburn (C, NS-2, SS, H, HK, BAH, NT, AT) *Sam Bowler, Texas A & M (NS-2) *

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 (AT)

Guards

, Mississippi (C, IB s t NS-1 s t SS s t H, BAH, NT) * David Peacock, Georgia (C, IB, NS-2, HK) * Big Thigpen, Auburn (C, H) * Guts Meadows, Auburn (C, H s t *

Jim Stoney James Moss Stoney (February 26, 1888 – July 19, 1965) was a college football player and reverend, once Bishop of New Mexico. Stoney attended Sewanee: The University of the South, where he was an All-Southern guard for the football team. He was ...

, Sewanee (C, IB) * F. C. Burns, Auburn (C, NS-1, HK) * John Henderson, Georgia (C, HK s t * R. N. MacCallum, Sewanee (C, BAH) *

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, Vanderbilt (C, NT) *H. G. Lambert, Texas A&M (NS-1) * Tom Dutton, LSU (SS) *Aubrey Carter, Virginia (NS-2) *

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 (AT) *Joel Covington, Vanderbilt (AT)

Centers

* Hugh Morgan, Vanderbilt (C, IB, NS-2, SS s g H, HK, BAH, NT) * John C. Adams, Mississippi (NS-1, AT) *Brooks Garrett, Tulane (SS)

Quarterbacks

, Sewanee (C, IB, NT) *

Kirk Newell James Kirk "Runt" Newell (November 4, 1890 – January 15, 1967) was an American football and baseball player for the Auburn Tigers of Auburn University. He lettered four years in both, as well as once in each of basketball, track, and soccer. ...

, Auburn (C, NS-2

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BAH) *

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, Auburn (C) * Alf McDonald, Georgia Tech (C, HK) *

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, Mississippi (C, AT) *

Harry Costello Harry Joseph Costello (November 9, 1891 – August 24, 1968) was an American college football player and coach who later served as an officer in the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. Early years The son of Patrick Costello, he was born ...

, Georgetown (NS-1) * Farley Moody, Alabama (SS) *R. A. Kern, Texas A & M (NS-2)

Halfbacks

†, Vanderbilt (C, IB, NS-1, SS, H, HK, BAH, NT, AT) *

, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (C, IB, NS-2, SS, H, HK, BAH) *

Adrian Van de Graaff Adrian Van Vinceler Van de Graaff (September 6, 1891 – March 14, 1936) was an American college football player and coach. He played halfback for the Alabama Crimson Tide football of the University of Alabama. After football, he practiced law. ...

, Alabama (NS-1) * Pete Shields, Mississippi (AT)

Fullbacks

, Vanderbilt (C, IB, H s qb HK, NT

* Paul A. Reule, Mississippi A & M (C, NS-1, H, BAH) *

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, Texas A & M (SS) *

Wilson Collins Cyril Wilson Collins (May 7, 1889 – February 28, 1941) was a backup outfielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly at left field for the Boston Braves in the and seasons. Listed at , 165 lb., Collins batted and threw right-handed. ...

, Vanderbilt (NT) *Ed Vesmirovsky, Texas A & M (NS-2) *William C. Cahall, Mississippi (AT)

Key

Bold = Composite selection † = Unanimous selection C = received votes for a composite All-Southern eleven from one of ten sports writers compiled by

of the ''

'', called the "consolidated pick." The ten came from Innis Brown,

, Jemison, Julian Murphey, Harold Ketron, ''The Birmingham Age-Herald'', Atticus Mullin, ''

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'', the ''Memphis Commercial-Appeal'' and the ''Nashville Democrat''. Votes for multiple positions are combined. Most chose

as a guard in this composite. IB = selected by

, captain of 1905 Vanderbilt football team and referee throughout the South. NS = selected by Nathan P. Stauffer of ''

''. It had a first and second team, denoted by the numbers 1 or 2. SS = selected by Sam Sarokin, sporting editor for the '' New Orleans Item''. H = selected by

, coach at the

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, as published in

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's ''A History of Southern Football 1890-1928''. HK = selected by Harold Ketron. BAH = selected by the ''Birmingham Age-Herald''. NT = posted in the ''

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''. AT = an All-Southern team which played against an All-Texas squad.

References

{{College Football All-Southern Teams 1912 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season College Football All-Southern Teams