1900 College Football All-Southern Team
The 1900 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations in 1900. Clemson won the SIAA championship. Most said Virginia ranked best in the south.[1]
Caspar Whitney, the originator of the concept of the All-America team, selected an All-Southern eleven for Outing.
All-Southerns of 1900
Ends
- Alexis Hobson, Virginia (O)
- Frank M. Osborne, 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, Virginia (O)
- George Marshall, 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, VPI (WH)
- Branch Johnson, VMI (WH)
- L. L. Jewel, Virginia Tech (WH-s)
- Joe Lynch, Georgetown (WH-s)
Centers
- William Poole, Sewanee (O)
- Dan McKay, Georgetown (WH)
- Charles C. Haskel, Virginia (WH-s)
Quarterbacks
- Charles Roller, VMI (WH)
- Warbler Wilson, Sewanee (WH-s)
- Brodie Nalle, Virginia (WH-s)
Halfbacks
- Virginius Dabney†, 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†, Sewanee (O, WH [as e])
- Bradley Walker, Virginia (WH)
- Hunter Carpenter, VPI (College Football Hall of Fame) (WH-s)
Key
† = Unanimous selection
O = selected by Caspar Whitney in Outing.[2] Whitney ruled Walker, Nalle, and Devlin ineligible
WH = selected by W. H. Hoge.[3][4] It had substitutes, denoted with a small S. He picked "Walker" of Sewanee as a sub back, but must have meant Wilson.
References
- ^ e. g. "Champions of the South regardless of conference affiliation".
- ^ "All-Southern Eleven for 1900". Outing. 37. Outing Publishing Company: 616. 1901. Retrieved March 10, 2015 – via Google books.
- ^ "All-Southern Football Team". The Times. February 10, 1901. p. 10. Retrieved March 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ W. H. Hoge (1901). "All Southern Football Team". Spalding's Football Guide: 123. Retrieved March 10, 2015 – via Google books.