The 1919 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 1919 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Auburn won the SIAA championship. Even though

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went undefeated, there were questions over professionalism.

Composite eleven

The composite eleven posted by H. J. Stegeman, coach at the University of Georgia, for Spalding's Football Guide included: *

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, end for Vanderbilt, also a basketball star and later an attorney. *

Pete Bonner Madison LeRoy "Pete" Bonner (September 24, 1894 – December 1, 1972) was a college football player. Auburn University Bonner was a prominent tackle for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers of Auburn University from 1916 to 1919. He was a member of a ...

, guard for Auburn, selected for various all-time Auburn teams. *

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 ...

, tackle for Vanderbilt, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1970, only three-time All-American in Vanderbilt football history. He was selected for the ''Associated Press'' Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. Third-team Camp All-American. Later a prominent football coach at many institutions. *

Bum Day Ashel Monroe Day (August 3, 1898 – January 30, 1988), nicknamed Bum Day, was an American college football player who was a center for both the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Georgia Bulldogs of the ...

, center for Georgia, in 1918 as a player for Georgia Tech was the first Southern player selected first-team All-American by

Walter Camp Walter Chauncey Camp (April 7, 1859 – March 14, 1925) was an American football player, coach, and sports writer known as the "Father of American Football". Among a long list of inventions, he created the sport's line of scrimmage and the system ...

. *

Bill Fincher William Enoch Fincher (November 12, 1896 – July 17, 1978) was an American college football player and coach. He played the end and tackle positions for the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team of the Georgia Institute of Technology. ...

, end/tackle for Georgia Tech, a unanimous selection and this year the third Southern player selected first-team All-American by

, inducted into the

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in 1974. He also kicked. *

Buck Flowers Allen Ralph "Buck" Flowers, Jr. (March 26, 1899 – April 8, 1983) was an American college football player who was a halfback for the Davidson Wildcats football team of Davidson College in 1917 and for the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado footbal ...

, halfback for Georgia Tech, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955. He was selected for the ''Associated Press'' Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. He also kicked. * Judy Harlan, fullback for Georgia Tech, came into his own upon returning to Tech for the 1919 season, "the line plunger almost unfailingly good for "must" yardage to keep a drive rolling." * Mullie Lenoir, halfback for Alabama, later coach of the Bluefield Rams. *

Bo McMillin Alvin Nugent "Bo" McMillin (January 12, 1895 – March 31, 1952) was an American football player and coach at the collegiate and professional level. He played college football at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, where he was a three-tim ...

, quarterback for Centre, the second Southern player selected first-team All-American by Walter Camp, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951. *

Artie Pew Arthur "Artie" Pew Jr. (March 26, 1898 – December 1, 1959) was a college football and basketball player. Early years Pew was born on March 26, 1898, in Damascus, Georgia, to Arthur Pew Sr. and Bessie Harvey. University of Georgia Football P ...

, tackle for Georgia, member of teams which over two years (1920 and 1921) did not lose to a single southern opponent. He also kicked. Pew was also a basketball player. *

Fatty Warren Chester Clyde "Fatty" Warren (September 21, 1898 – 1946) was a college football player. Early years Warren was born September 21, 1898, in Coal City, Alabama, near Pell City in St. Clair County, Alabama, the son of George Washington Warr ...

, guard for Auburn. He also kicked.

All-Southerns of 1919

Ends

* Alf Adams, Vanderbilt *

, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) * Al Staton, Georgia Tech *

Terry Snoddy Hall Terry Snoddy (March 18, 1899 – ?) also known as Terry Snowday was a college football player. Early years Hall Terry Snoddy was born on March 18, 1899, in Owensboro, Kentucky, to Carey Snoddy and Ruth Hall. Centre College Snoddy was a ...

, Centre *

Tom Zerfoss Thomas Bowman Zerfoss (June 15, 1895 – August 5, 1988) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He played for both the Kentucky Wildcats of the University of Kentucky and the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. H ...

, Vanderbilt *

Jack Hovater Jack Hovater (August 31, 1897 – April 9, 1965) was an American college football player and high school football coach. He was also once president of the Alabama State League. Hovater was a prominent running back and tackle for the Alabama Cr ...

, Alabama *

Rodney Ollinger Rodney Ollinger was a college football player for the Auburn Tigers football team. He played first for Spring Hill, where he was a renowned punter. Ollinger was an end for coach Mike Donahue's team, a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athl ...

, Auburn *

Owen Reynolds Owen Gaston Reynolds (January 12, 1900 – March 11, 1984) was an American football player in the National Football League (NFL). Reynolds played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia, receiving All-Souther ...

, Georgia *John A. Wight, Tulane *W. R. Bower, Mississippi A & M *Oliver Daves, Washington and Lee * Monk Mattox, Washington and Lee

Tackles

, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) *

, Auburn *

, Georgia * Sully Montgomery, Centre * Turner Bethel, Washington and Lee *Babe Carpenter, Mississippi A & M * Bill James, Centre

Guards

, Auburn *

Dummy Lebey Christian David "Dummy" Lebey (July 16, 1896 – December 27, 1959) was a college football player. Georgia Tech Lebey was a prominent guard for John Heisman and William Alexander's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of T ...

, Georgia Tech *

Ike Rogers Isaac J. "Ike" Rogers was a college football player. Early years Rogers attended the Florence State Normal School in Florence, Alabama. University of Alabama Rogers was a prominent tackle for the Alabama Crimson Tide of the University of ...

, Alabama *

Tom Lipscomb Thomas Lipscomb was a college football player. Vanderbilt Lipscomb was a prominent tackle and guard for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams, playing opposite Josh Cody. 1915 He and Cody blocked a punt in the game against Sewanee ...

, Vanderbilt * Yen Lightsey, Clemson *

Ham Dowling James Hamilton "Ham" Dowling (November 12, 1895 – January 28, 1986) was a college football player and once chief engineer of the Florida State Highway Commission. University of Florida Dowling played for the Florida Gators of the University o ...

, Georgia Tech * Howard Van Antwerp, Centre * Tom Dutton, LSU *R. N. Henley, Mississippi A&M *

Tram Sessions Tram Sessions (November 11, 1898 – January 24, 1984) was an American football center for the Alabama Crimson Tide of the University of Alabama. Sessions was selected All-Southern thrice. Sessions was the first secretary-treasurer of the Alabam ...

, Alabama *Ralph Lee Jones, Alabama *

Daddy Potts Robert Crockett "Daddy" Potts (August 16, 1898 – August 11, 1981)
was an

, Georgia *

Pup Phillips George Marshall "Pup" Phillips (September 24, 1895May 1, 1953) was an American football player and coach. Early years George Marshall Phillips was born on September 24, 1895 in Carnesville, Georgia to George Sullivan Phillips and Elizabeth Wit ...

, Georgia Tech *

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*, Centre *

, Alabama * Noah Caton, Auburn * Dad Amis, Georgia Tech

Quarterbacks

*, Centre (College Football Hall of Fame) *

Jim Mattox James Albon Mattox (August 29, 1943 – November 20, 2008) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms in the United States House of Representatives and two four-year terms as state attorney general, but lost high-profile race ...

, Washington and Lee *

Speedy Speer James Harrel "Speedy" Speer (March 5, 1895 – September 2, 1976) was a college football player for the Furman Paladins of Furman University and a high school football coach. He was elected to the South Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame in 1974, an ...

, Furman *Charles Scott, Auburn *

Stumpy Banks Bertie Cecil "Stumpy" Banks (July 11, 1898 – November 15, 1960) was an American college football player and athletic director. He was a prominent running back, receiving five varsity letters for the Clemson Tigers. He scored five touchdowns ...

, Clemson * Swayne Latham, Vanderbilt *

Marshall Guill Marshall Franklin "Shorty" Guill (September 20, 1897 – May 11, 1931) was an American football and baseball player for the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was a member of the ANAK Society. He graduat ...

, Georgia Tech

Halfbacks

, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) * Mullie Lenoir, Alabama * Riggs Stephenson, Alabama * Norris Armstrong, Centre *

Red Barron David Irenus "Red" Barron (June 21, 1900 – October 4, 1982) was an American football and baseball player. Barron was a three-sport letterwinner at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In football, he was named second or third team All Ameri ...

, Georgia Tech *

Grailey Berryhill Grailyn Hewitt "Grailey" Berryhill (August 17, 1896 – January 10, 1976) was an American football player, physician, and politician. He was a star running back for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. He scored six touc ...

, Vanderbilt *Willis McCabe, Tennessee *Red Howard, Auburn *Sam Raines, Washington & Lee * Bill Coughlan, Sewanee

Fullbacks

* Judy Harlan, Georgia Tech *

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, Centre *Russell, Mississippi A&M

Key

Bold = Composite selection * = Consensus All-American S = composite eleven posted by H. J. Stegeman, coach at

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, for Spalding's Football Guide. NYS = All-SIAA consensus of various Southern newspapers, published in the ''

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''. CR = selected by Charles A. Reinhart, sporting editor for the ''

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.'' H = selected by John Heisman, coach at the

Georgia Institute of Technology The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech or The Institute, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1885, it is part of ...

. MB = selected by

Morgan Blake William Morgan Blake (February, 1889 – July 26, 1953) was an early 20th-century American sportswriter in the South who in his 24 years on the job covered seven Rose Bowl games. He also taught the south's largest Sunday School class. Early ye ...

, sporting editor ''

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.'' NT = selected by the writers of the ''

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.'' JLR = selected by J. L. Ray, sporting editor for the ''Tennessean''. ST = selected by Stuart Towe, of the ''Knoxville Journal and Tribune.'' D = selected by

Mike Donahue Michael Joseph "Iron Mike" Donahue (June 14, 1876 – December 11, 1960) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, baseball, tennis, track, soccer, and golf, and a college athletics administrator. He served as the head fo ...

, coach at

Auburn University Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama. With more than 24,600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,330 faculty members, Auburn is the second largest uni ...

. WGF = selected by W. G. Foster, sporting editor for the ''

Chattanooga Times The ''Chattanooga Times Free Press'' is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is distributed in the metropolitan Chattanooga region of southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia. It is one of Tennessee's maj ...

''. ZN = selected by

Zipp Newman Henry Hardin "Zipp" Newman (May 24, 1894 – March 3, 1977) was an early 20th-century American sportswriter. In 1919 he became the South's youngest sports editor at the '' Birmingham News'' and was to become the Dean of Southern sports write ...

of the '' Birmingham News''. LR = selected by Les Raislinas of the ''

Atlanta Constitution ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the only major daily newspaper in the Atlanta metropolitan area, metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises. The ''Atlanta Journal-Con ...

''. FA = selected by Frank Anderson, coach at

Oglethorpe University Oglethorpe University is a private college in Brookhaven, Georgia. It was chartered in 1835 and named in honor of General James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of the Colony of Georgia. History Oglethorpe University was chartered in 1834 in Mid ...

. BR = selected by

Bill Raftery William Joseph Raftery (born April 19, 1943) is an American basketball analyst and former college basketball coach. High school and college years Raftery attended Saint Cecilia High School in Kearny, New Jersey, where he starred in basketball an ...

, coach at

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. X = selected by Xen C. Scott, coach at

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. MJ = selected by the '' Montgomery Journal.'' BD = selected by Bruce Dudley, sporting editor of the ''

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''.

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Composite eleven

All-Southerns of 1919

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