The 1924 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 1924 Southern Conference football season.

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won the

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championship.

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defeated Alabama and claims a Southern championship, even though Centre was never a member of the Southern Conference.

Composite eleven

The composite All-Southern eleven compiled by the ''Atlanta Journal'' included: * Goldy Goldstein, tackle for Florida. Goldstein was one of the first

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s to ever play for the Gators. He played professionally for the

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of the first American Football League (AFL), and was later an attorney practicing in

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. *

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, halfback for Alabama, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1964. While he was his team's best

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, he was also heralded as one of the game's best ever

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s. Coach

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called him "undoubtedly one of the greatest football players of all time." * Edgar C. Jones, quarterback for Florida, later athletic director at his alma mater and a banker. * Fats Lawrence, center for Auburn. An all-time Auburn team notes " "Big" Thigpen", "Tubby" Lockwood, and "Fats" Lawrence were man-mountains." *

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, center for Alabama, known as "Shorty," second team All-American selection of Lawrence Perry. He later coached, once head coach at

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and

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. *

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, "the

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flash", halfback for Vanderbilt, scored in the 16–0 victory over

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. He was selected a third-team All-American by Norman E. Brown. *

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, tackle for Vanderbilt. Rives was considered the greatest football player ever to come out of Hopkinsville High School in

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. He played professionally for the

and later was for several years a referee for high school football games throughout

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. * Jim Taylor, tackle for Georgia, also selected a third-team All-American by Norman E. Brown. *

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, end for Georgia. Brother of Charlie Thompson. * Henry Wakefield, end for Vanderbilt, known as "Hek," second-team Walter Camp All-American. As an interim team captain following the loss of both

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and Bomar to injuries, he scored twice in the Commodores' 13–0 win over the

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, and defeated the

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3–0 with a 37-yard

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field goal. He also played every minute of an inspired game against Minnesota. *

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, fullback for Georgia Tech. Coach

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recalled "The work of Douglas Wycoff against Notre Dame two years in succession was brilliant in the extreme, as was his plunging against

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when we defeated them twice." Wycoff played professionally for various teams in both the AFL and NFL including with the

. He was inducted into the

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in 1978.

All-Southerns of 1924

Ends

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*, Vanderbilt *

, Georgia * Cliff Lemon, Centre *G. B. Ollinger, Auburn *King, Georgia Tech *

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, Washington * Ab Kirwan, Kentucky *Joe Tilghman, Furman

Tackles

, Vanderbilt * Jim Taylor, Georgia *Red Simmons, Mercer *

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, Centre *Minos Gordy, Centre *

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, Georgia *Samuel Oscar Graham, VPI *

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, Florida *Noisy Grisham, Auburn

Guards

* Goldy Goldstein, Florida * Ben Compton, Alabama * Ike Joselove, Georgia * Walt Godwin, Georgia Tech * Bill Buckler, Alabama *J. Lawrence, Tulane *George Gardner, Georgia Tech *Earl McFaden, Auburn * Fatty Lawrence, Vanderbilt *Lynch, Centre * Irish Levy, Tulane

Centers

* Fats Lawrence, Auburn * Shorty Propst, Alabama * Ed Kubale, Centre

Quarterbacks

* Edgar C. Jones, Florida * Herb Covington, Centre * Scrappy Moore, Georgia * Grant Gillis, Alabama *A. C. Carter Diffey, Virginia * Lester Lautenschlaeger, Tulane

Halfbacks

, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) *

, Vanderbilt *

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, Tulane *

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, Florida *Martin Kilpatrick, Georgia *David Rosenfeld, Alabama *

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, Alabama

Fullbacks

, Georgia Tech * Tom Ryan, Vanderbilt *James D. Thomason, Georgia *

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, Washington & Lee

Key

Bold = Consensus selection * = Consensus All-American C = Composite selections from the ''Atlanta Journal''. C2 = A second composite selection. Both were drawn by writers from

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, and Columbia. AS = selected by Anniston coaches and The Anniston Star. NB = selected by Norman E. Brown. CH = selected by Happy Chandler, scout for the Centre Colonels football team. FH = selected by Fox Howe, coach of AMI. UGA = received most votes at their position by the players of the Georgia Bulldogs football team. VU = received votes at their position by the players of the Vanderbilt Commodores football team. BE =

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's "Southern Honor Roll"

References

{{College Football All-Southern Teams 1924 Southern Conference football season College Football All-Southern Teams