The 1900 College Football All-Southern Team consists of

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players selected to the

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s selected by various organizations in 1900. Clemson won the SIAA championship. Most said

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ranked best in the south.

Caspar Whitney Caspar William Whitney (September 2, 1864 – January 18, 1929) was an American author, editor, explorer, outdoorsman and war correspondent. He originated the concept of the All-American team in college football in 1889 when he worked for '' Harp ...

, the originator of the concept of the

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, selected an All-Southern eleven for ''Outing.''

All-Southerns of 1900

Ends

* Alexis Hobson, Virginia (O) *

Frank M. Osborne Francis Moore "Farmer" Osborne (January 29, 1879 – November 16, 1956) was a college football player and coach as well as a reverend; once chaplain for Sewanee: The University of the South. University of North Carolina He was a prominent End (gr ...

, North Carolina (O) *Johnny Finnegan, Georgetown (WH) * Walter Schreiner, Texas (WH-s) *Bledsoe, Washington & Lee (WH-s)

Tackles

* Frank Bennett†, North Carolina (O, WH) *

John Loyd John Edward Loyd (May 5, 1875 – March 4, 1943) was an American college football player and physician. College football Loyd played for Richmond College from 1892 to 1895 and for the Virginia Cavaliers from 1898 to 1900. He was captain ...

, Virginia (O) *

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, VMI (Later Secretary of State) (WH) *McCabe, VMI (WH-s) *Wright, VMI (WH-s)

Guards

William Choice William Choice Jr. (9 June 1880 – 6 February 1942) was a college football player. He served in the Spanish–American War. College football VPI In 1899 he was a prominent guard for Virginia Polytechnic Institute Virginia Tech (formally ...

, Virginia (O) * Big Sam, Texas (O) * W. F. Cox, VPI (WH) * Branch Johnson, VMI (WH) *L. L. Jewel, Virginia Tech (WH-s) *Joe Lynch, Georgetown (WH-s)

Centers

William Poole William Poole (July 24, 1821 – March 8, 1855), also known as Bill the Butcher, was the leader of the Washington Street Gang, which later became known as the Bowery Boys gang. He was a local leader of the Know Nothing political movement ...

, Sewanee (O) *Dan McKay, Georgetown (WH) *Charles C. Haskel, Virginia (WH-s)

Quarterbacks

* Charles Roller, VMI (WH) *

Warbler Wilson William Blackburn "Warbler" Wilson (November 28, 1878 – December 8, 1958) was a college football player and city recorder. College football Wilson was an All-Southern quarterback. South Carolina Wilson came from Rock Hill, South Carolina, ...

, Sewanee (WH-s) *Brodie Nalle, Virginia (WH-s)

Halfbacks

Virginius Dabney Virginius Dabney (February 8, 1901 – December 28, 1995) was an American teacher, journalist, and writer, who edited the '' Richmond Times-Dispatch ''from 1936 to 1969 and wrote several historical books. Dabney won the Pulitzer Prize for edi ...

†, Virginia (O, WH) *

Henry Seibels Henry Goldthwaite "Ditty" Seibels (August 22, 1876 – September 29, 1967) was a prominent American college football and baseball player and golfer for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South, a small Episcopal school in the ...

, Sewanee (College Football Hall of Fame) (O) * Art Devlin, Georgetown (WH) *Cheevers Barry, Georgetown (WH-s) * Robert M. Coleman, Virginia (WH-s)

Fullbacks

Ormond Simkins Ormond Simkins (May 16, 1879 – December 4, 1921) was an American football and baseball player for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South. He was the son of William Stewart Simkins, who may have fired the first shot of t ...

†, Sewanee (O, WH s e * Bradley Walker, Virginia (WH) *

Hunter Carpenter Caius Hunter Carpenter (June 23, 1883 – February 24, 1953) was an American college football halfback who played for both Virginia Tech and North Carolina. Carpenter was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1957, the Virginia Spo ...

, VPI (College Football Hall of Fame) (WH-s)

Key

† = Unanimous selection O = selected by

in ''Outing''. Whitney ruled Walker, Nalle, and Devlin ineligible WH = selected by W. H. Hoge. It had substitutes, denoted with a small S. He picked "Walker" of Sewanee as a sub back, but must have meant Wilson.

References

{{College_Football_All-Southern_Teams College Football All-Southern Teams All-Southern team