The 1914 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 1914 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.

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and

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both had claims to the SIAA championship. It was Tennessee's first championship of any kind.

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and

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both had claims to the SAIAA championship.

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of Washington & Lee was selected an All-American by the ''Philadelphia Public Ledger''.

Composite eleven

The composite All-SIAA eleven compiled from a total of seven sports writers, coaches, and others by Z. G. Clevenger,

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athletic director: * Goat Carroll, end for Tennessee. Carroll scored all the points in the 16 to 14 victory over Vanderbilt, the school's first over its rival. An account of the first touchdown reads "Four minutes of play had barely drifted by when Tennessee's weird, mystic, elusive forward pass,

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to Carroll, deadly in accuracy, went sailing home for the first touchdown of the game. The chesty Tennessee quarterback sent the oval whizzing for a distance of thirty-five yards and Carroll gathered in the ball near his goal line, when he hurried beneath the posts with all the speed at his command." * Rabbit Curry, quarterback for Vanderbilt, included on Outing magazine's "FOOTBALL ROLL OF HONOR: The Men Whom the Best Coaches of the Country Have Named as the Stars of the Gridiron in 1914.". During the

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, he was killed in aerial combat over France. He was a beloved player of 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 ...

, described by one writer as "the player who has most appealed to the imagination, admiration, and affection of the entire university community through the years." *

Bull Kearley Richard Irven "Bull" Kearley (August 25, 1891 – August 11, 1977) was a college football player. Early years "Bull" Kearley was born on August 25, 1891, in Franklin, Alabama of Monroe County to Irvin James Kearley and Frances E. Gaines. A ...

, end for Auburn, last year moved to this position from halfback. Donahue's 7-Box or 7-2-2 defensive scheme required fast ends which could disrupt a play from the start. This was role was filled by Kearley. He recovered three fumbles in the game with

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in 1914, a 14 to 0 victory. "Bull Kearley was the star on both sides and gave an exhibition of football the like of which has never been seen on a southern gridiron before. He covered every punt and nearly every time nailed the man in his tracks, once coming down the field so hard that the man, receiving the punt, fumbled it to get out of the way." * Mush Kerr, guard for Tennessee. One account of the

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game reads "Mush Kerr played a wonderful game in the line as did Capt. Kelly. The work of the Tennessee line was easily the feature of the contest, and Sewanee early discovered that it was practically useless to rely on line plunges to gain ground." *

Farmer Kelly Farmer Kelly (January 22, 1889 – April 26, 1961) was a college football player, from Orlinda, Tennessee. He was later a county agent for the U. S. Department of Agriculture in Kentucky. University of Tennessee Kelly was a prominent tackle f ...

, tackle and captain for Tennessee, included on Outing magazine's "FOOTBALL ROLL OF HONOR." *

Hunter Kimball Hunter Hudson Kimball (July 14, 1893 – May 29, 1972) was a college football player and the first Executive Director of the Mississippi Game and Fish Commission. Mississippi State Kimball was a prominent running back for the Mississippi A ...

, halfback for Mississippi A&M. In 1932, he was appointed the first Executive Director of the Mississippi Game and Fish Commission. *

Rus Lindsay Robert Medaris "Russ" Lindsay (February 17, 1891 – March 2, 1977) was a college football and baseball player for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee. University of Tennessee He is the namesake of Robert M. Lindsay Field at ...

, fullback for Tennessee. In the Sewanee game: "Lindsay, as usual, ploughed through the opposing line for consistent gains, and when it was absolutely necessary that Tennessee gain a certain number of yards 'Russ' was sure to be called upon." *

David Paddock David Fleming Paddock (June 9, 1892 – May 23, 1962) was a college football player. Early years David Paddock was born on June 9, 1892 in Selma, Alabama to Smith Aaron Paddock and Jennie Fleming Cain. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Paddoc ...

, quarterback for Georgia, the school's second All-American. He was named such by Parke H. Davis. Paddock is the only player in school history to have a petition circulated by the student body requesting that he play for the Bulldogs. Included on Outing magazine's "FOOTBALL ROLL OF HONOR." *

Boozer Pitts John Emmett "Boozer" Pitts Sr. (November 25, 1893 – February 10, 1971) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Auburn University from 1923 to 1924 and again for the final seven games of the 1927 season ...

, center for Auburn, the lone unanimous selection. One writer claims "Auburn had a lot of great football teams, but there may not have been one greater than the 1913-1914 team." Included on Outing magazine's "FOOTBALL ROLL OF HONOR." Pitts later coached and was once professor of mathematics at Auburn. * Big Thigpen, guard for Auburn. The ''Atlanta Constitution'' praised his "smashing brilliant game in the line." *

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, tackle for Alabama. He was selected for the ''

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'' Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. The brother of the inventor of the

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Composite overview

The composite All-SIAA overview.

was the only unanimous selection.

All-Southerns of 1914

Ends

* Alonzo "Goat" Carroll, Tennessee (ZC, C, EG, DVG, UT-1, WGF) *

, Auburn (ZC, C, IB, DJ, HC, H) * Jim Senter, Georgia Tech (ZC, C, IB, H) * Robbie Robinson, Auburn (ZC, C, EG, DVG, UT-2, WGF) * Bob Winston, North Carolina (DJ) * Big Parker, Sewanee (HC, UT-2) * Jim MacDougal, North Carolina A & M (WL) * Roy Homewood, North Carolina (WL)

Tackles

, Tennessee (ZC, C, IB, DJ, H, UT-1) *

, Alabama (ZC, C, HC, EG, H, DVG, UT-1 s e WGF) * Bob Taylor Dobbins, Sewanee (ZC, C, IB, HC, UT-2 s g WGF) * Shorty Schilletter, Clemson (ZC, C, UT-2) *

, Washington & Lee (DJ, WL) *

Josh Cody Joshua Crittenden Cody (June 11, 1892 – June 17, 1961) was an American college athlete, head coach, and athletics director. Cody was a native of Tennessee and an alumnus of Vanderbilt University, where he played several sports. As a versatil ...

, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (ZC, DVG, UT-1) *

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 ...

, Virginia (DJ) *

Pete Mailhes Peter Philip Mailhes (March 9, 1894 – May 23, 1965) was a college football player and coach for the Tulane Green Wave football team of Tulane University Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private resea ...

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(EG) * A. B. Stoney, South Carolina (WL) * Lou Louisell, Auburn (UT-2)

Guards

* Big Thigpen, Auburn (ZC, C, HC, EG, H, DVG, UT-1, WGF) * Mush Kerr, Tennessee (ZC, C, IB, HC, UT-1, WGF) *

Baby Taylor George Ellis "Baby" Taylor (March 6, 1892 – March 24, 1926) was an American college football player and coach. He assisted the 1916 Spring Hill Badgers football team. Auburn University Football Taylor was a prominent tackle for Mike Don ...

, Auburn (ZC, C, DJ, EG, H) * Jimmie Hicks, Alabama (ZC, C, IB, DVG) * Kirby Lee Spurlock, Mississippi A&M (ZC, C, DJ) * Harris Coleman, Virginia (WL) *S. D. Bayer, Tennessee (UT-2)

Centers

†, Auburn (ZC, C, IB, HC, EG, H, DVG, UT-1, WGF) * Yank Tandy, North Carolina (DJ, WL-as guard) * John Petritz, Georgetown (WL) *Evan McLean, Tennessee (UT-2)

Quarterbacks

, Georgia (ZC, C, IB, EG, H, UT-1) * Lee Tolley, Sewanee (ZC, HC, UT-1

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WGF) *

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, Virginia (DJ, WL) * Bill May, Tennessee (UT-2)

Halfbacks

, Mississippi A&M (ZC, C, IB, DJ, HC, WL

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H, UT-2) * Rabbit Curry, Vanderbilt (ZC, C, HC, WL, UT-1) *

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 ...

, Vanderbilt (ZC, C, IB, EG, H, WGF) * Buck Mayer, Virginia (DJ

WL) * J. S. Patton, Georgia Tech (ZC, WGF) * Harry Young, Washington & Lee (College Football Hall of Fame) (DJ) * Garrett George, Tulane (EG) *M. B. "Jimmy" James, Clemson (UT-2)

Fullbacks

, Tennessee (ZC, C, IB, HC, H. UT-1, WGF) *

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, Auburn, (ZC, C, UT-2) * Bedie Bidez, Auburn (EG)

Key

Bold = Composite selection † = Unanimous selection ZC = received votes a composite All-SIAA compiled from a total of seven sports writers, coaches, and others by Z. G. Clevenger,

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. The seven were coaches Clevenger and Pontius of Tennessee, Innis Brown, John Heisman, Dick Jemison, Innis Brown, Jack Nye, W. G. Foster, and Bill Streit. C = received selections in a composite of five selectors: ''

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'', the ''

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'', the '' Birmingham Ledger'', the ''

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'', and the Atlanta ''Sunday American''. IB = selected by

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 ...

, sporting editor for the ''

''. 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''. He also had an All-SIAA team, used in the above composite. HC = selected by Harris G. Cope, coach at

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. EG = selected by Ewing Gillis of the ''New Orleans Item''. WL = selected by W. A. Lambeth, professor at the

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, "from the opinion of local observers and critics" 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 ...

, published in

Fuzzy Woodruff Lorenzo Ferguson "Fuzzy" Woodruff (May 27, 1884 – December 7, 1929) was an early 20th-century American sportswriter known throughout most of the southeast for his vivid writing. He was also a music and drama critic. He began his newspaper c ...

's ''A History of Southern Football 1890-1928''. DVG = selected by D. V. Graves, coach at the

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. UT = selected by coach Clevenger and "Butch" Pontius of the

. WGF = selected by W. G. Foster of the ''Chattanooga Times''.

References

{{College Football All-Southern Teams 1914 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season College Football All-Southern Teams