The 1900 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 ...

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

All-Southerns of 1900

Ends

Alexis Hobson Alexis Corydon Hobson (February 25, 1880 – October 20, 1960) was an American college football player. University of Virginia Hobson was a prominent end for the Virginia Cavaliers of the University of Virginia. 1900 Hobson was selected All-So ...

, Virginia (O) * Frank M. Osborne, North Carolina (O) *Johnny Finnegan, Georgetown (WH) *

Walter Schreiner Walter Richard "Crip" Schreiner (December 31, 1877 – April 6, 1933) was a college football player. He ran the Live Oak Ranch owned by his father for many years. His father gave him the Y O Ranch which he ran until his death in 1933. The L ...

, 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 of ...

, Virginia (O) *

George Marshall George Catlett Marshall Jr. (December 31, 1880 – October 16, 1959) was an American army officer and statesman. He rose through the United States Army to become Chief of Staff of the US Army under Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry ...

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

Guards

* William Choice, Virginia (O) * Big Sam, Texas (O) *

W. F. Cox William Franklin Cox was a college football player. From Cascade, Virginia, he played for the Virginia Polytechnic Institute as a tackle Tackle may refer to: * In football: ** Tackle (football move), a play in various forms of football ** Ta ...

, VPI (WH) *

Branch Johnson Ira Branch Johnson (September 17, 1880 – November 30, 1950) was an American college football player and coach. He was the seventh head football coach at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, Virginia Lexington is an independen ...

, 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 Charles Summerville Roller Jr. (September 8, 1879 – March 16, 1963) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Furman University from 1901 to 1902 and at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) from 1907 t ...

, VMI (WH) * Warbler Wilson, 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 edit ...

†, Virginia (O, WH) * Henry Seibels, 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 ...

†, Sewanee (O, WH s e *

Bradley Walker Bradley Walker (October 14, 1877 – February 3, 1951) was a Nashville attorney who, in his youth, was found to be naturally proficient at virtually any sport he tried, including football, baseball, track, boxing, tennis and golf— in all ...

, 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 Sp ...

, 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

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