1913 College Football All-Southern Team
The 1913 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1913 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.
The Auburn Tigers won the SIAA.
Composite eleven
The composite All-Southern eleven formed by the selection of 18 sporting writers culled by the Atlanta Constitution included:
- Enoch Brown, end and captain for Vanderbilt, unanimous selection. Known as "Nuck," he was also a Rhodes Scholar.[1]
- Tom Brown, tackle for Vanderbilt, unanimous selection. He played professional football with the Toledo Maroons and was later a prominent physician of Toledo. "He had no peers in his orthopedic ability and contributed greatly to Toledo medicine."[2]
- Red Harris, fullback for Auburn. One writer describes his featured role in the offense: "Coach Donahue loved the fullback dive and would run the play over and over again before sending the elusive Newell wide on a sweep."[3]
- R. N. MacCallum, guard for Sewanee. MacCallum was later a reverend serving several parishes.
- Bob McWhorter, halfback for Georgia. He was the school's first All-American, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. Sportswriter Dick Jemison said "When you mention football to an Athens fan its definition is Bob McWhorter, and vice-versa."[4] He was selected for the Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era.[5] McWhorter later had a lengthy law career.
- Kirk Newell, halfback and captain for Auburn. Newell gained 1,707 yards that year, 46% of the team's entire offensive output;[6] and 5,800 yards rushing, 350 yards receiving, and 1,200 yards on punt returns for his career.[7]
- David Paddock, quarterback for Georgia. He is the only player in school history to have a petition circulated by the student body requesting that he play for the Bulldogs.[8]
- Boozer Pitts, center for Auburn. He later coached and was once professor of mathematics at Auburn.
- Robbie Robinson, end for Auburn. Robinson is selected at the end position for several all-time Auburn teams.[9]
- Big Thigpen, guard for Auburn, unanimous selection. The Atlanta Constitution claimed he "rated as good as, if not better than, any guard in the south."[10]
- Paul Turner, tackle for Georgia. His defensive work in the rivalry game against Georgia Tech was cited as helping the Bulldogs on the way to a 14–0 victory.[11]
Composite overview
Enoch Brown, Tom Brown, and Big Thigpen were unanimous selections.
Name | Position | School | First-team selections |
---|---|---|---|
Enoch Brown | End | Vanderbilt | 18 |
Tom Brown | Tackle | Vanderbilt | 18 |
Big Thigpen | Guard | Auburn | 18 |
Bob McWhorter | Halfback | Georgia | 17 |
Kirk Newell | Halfback | Auburn | 16 |
Boozer Pitts | Center | Auburn | 14 |
David Paddock | Quarterback | Georgia | 13 |
Robbie Robinson | End | Auburn | 11 |
Red Harris | Halfback | Auburn | 9 |
Ammie Sikes | Fullback | Vanderbilt | 9 |
Paul Turner | Tackle | Georgia | 7 |
Tom Dutton | Tackle/Guard | LSU | 7 |
Hugh Morgan | Center | Vanderbilt | 7 |
Red Rainey | Halfback | Tennessee | 6 |
R. N. MacCallum | Guard | Sewanee | 5 |
Shorty Schilletter | Tackle | Clemson | 4 |
Hargrove Van de Graaff | End | Alabama | 3 |
Frank W. Lockwood | Guard | Auburn | 3 |
Lee Tolley | Quarterback | Sewanee | 3 |
Lou Louisell | Tackle | Auburn | 2 |
John G. Henderson | Tackle | Georgia | 2 |
Goat Carroll | End | Tennessee | 2 |
Adrian Van de Graaff | Halfback | Alabama | 2 |
W. K. McClure | End | Tennessee | 1 |
Big Parker | End | Sewanee | 1 |
Hugh Conklin | End | Georgia | 1 |
Kirby Malone | Tackle | Georgia | 1 |
Farmer Kelly | Tackle | Tennessee | 1 |
E. B. Means | Guard | Georgia Tech | 1 |
Sam Hayley | Guard | Tennessee | 1 |
Carl Woodward | Guard | Tulane | 1 |
Arthur Delaperriere | Center | Georgia | 1 |
Alf Reid | Fullback | LSU | 1 |
All-Southerns of 1913
Ends
- Enoch Brown†, Vanderbilt (C, ZC-1, SP-1, BC, D-1, AP, WL, AR)
- Robbie Robinson, Auburn (C, ZC-1, SP-1, D-1, AP)
- Hargrove Van de Graaff, Alabama (C, ZC-2, SP-2, BC)
- Goat Carroll, Tennessee (C)
- W. K. McClure, Tennessee (C)
- Big Parker, Sewanee (C)
- Hugh Conklin, Georgia (C, ZC-2, SP-2, D-2, AR)
- Bull Kearley, Auburn (D-2)
- William Huske, North Carolina (WL)
- Jenks Gillem, Sewanee (AR)
- Rip Major, Auburn (AR)
- William Jennings Gardner, Carlisle (AR)
Tackles
- Tom Brown†, Vanderbilt (C, ZC-1, SP-1, BC, AP, AR)
- Paul Turner, Georgia (C, ZC-1, SP-1)
- Tom Dutton, LSU (C, SP-1 [as g], D-1)
- Shorty Schilletter, Clemson (C, SP-2, D-1, AP)
- John G. Henderson, Georgia (C, BC)
- Lou Louisell, Auburn (C, D-2)
- Farmer Kelly, Tennessee (C, ZC-2, SP-2)
- Sam Hayley, Tennessee (C, ZC-2, SP-2)
- Monroe Esslinger, Auburn (D-2)
- Ooch Moriarty, Georgetown (WL)
- Pichegru Woolfolk, Virginia (WL)
- B. J. Lamb, Auburn (AR)
- Guts Meadows, Auburn (AR)
- Arthur Maddox, Georgia (AR)
- Homer Cogdell, Auburn (AR)
Guards
- Big Thigpen†, Auburn (C, ZC-1, SP-1, BC, D-1, AP)
- R. N. MacCallum, Sewanee (C, ZC-2)
- Frank W. Lockwood, Auburn (C, ZC-2, D-1, AP, AR)
- Kirby Malone, Georgia (C, SP-2, BC, D-2)
- E. B. Means, Georgia Tech (C, AR)
- Carl Woodward, Tulane (C)
- Arthur Klock, LSU (SP-2, D-2)
- Miller, Washington & Lee (WL)
- Aubrey L. Carter, Virginia (WL)
- David Peacock, Georgia (AR)
- Louis Hasslock, Vanderbilt (AR)
- Eric Cheape, Sewanee (AR)
- Everett, Auburn (AR)
Centers
- Boozer Pitts, Auburn (C, ZC-1 [as g], SP-1, BC, D-1, AP, AR)
- Hugh Morgan, Vanderbilt (C, ZC-1, WL)
- Arthur Delaperriere, Georgia (C)
- Al Loeb, Georgia Tech (ZC-2, AR)
- Emmett Putnam, Vanderbilt (SP-2, D-2)
Quarterbacks
- David Paddock, Georgia (C, ZC-1, SP-1, BC, D-1, AP)
- Red Rainey, Tennessee (C, ZC-1 [as hb], SP-2)
- Lee Tolley, Sewanee (C)
- Hord Boensch, Vanderbilt (ZC-2, D-2)
- Robert Kent Gooch, Virginia (WL)
- Ray Morrison, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (AR)
- Joe Smith, Unknown (AR)
Halfbacks
- Bob McWhorter, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (C, ZC-1, SP-1, BC, D-1, AP, WL, AR [as fb])
- Kirk Newell, Auburn (C, ZC-1, SP-1, BC, D-1, AR)
- Adrian Van de Graaff, Alabama (C, D-2)
- Homer Cook, Georgia Tech (SP-2, D-2, AR)
- Harry Costello, Georgetown (WL)
- Stephen Crump, Georgia (SP-2)
- Lew Hardage, Vanderbilt (AR)
Fullbacks
- Red Harris, Auburn (C, ZC-1, SP-2, BC, D-2, AP)
- Ammie Sikes, Vanderbilt (C, ZC-2 [as hb], SP-1, D-1, AP [as hb])
- Alf Reid, LSU (C)
- Frank Hart, Auburn (ZC-2)
- Tenny, North Carolina A&M (WL)
- John E. Davis, Auburn (AR)
- E. K. Thomason, Georgia Tech (AR)
Key
Bold = Composite selection
† = Unanimous selection
C = received votes for a composite All-Southern eleven compiled from 18 sports writers by the Atlanta Constitution.[12]
ZC = compiled from sports writers, coaches, and others by Z. G. Clevenger, coach at University of Tennessee[13] The coaches involved in the compilation were Clevenger of Tenn, Cunningham of Georgia, Graves of Alabama, Major of Clemson, Hardage of Mercer; McGugin of Vanderbilt, Cope of Sewanee, and Heisman of Tech. McWhorter and Rainey tied in votes, as many moved McWhorter to fullback to make room for him.
SP = posted by coach Bill Cunningham of the University of Georgia, combining selections of sports writers and coaches in the South.[14]
BC = the personal selection of coach Cunningham of Georgia.[15]
D = selected by Mike Donahue, coach at Auburn University.[13] It had a first and second team.
AP = posted by the Associated Press.[16]
WL = W. A. Lambeth of the University of Virginia.[17]
AR = member of a Southern all star team which played against the Seventeenth Infantry of Army at West Point.[18] It featured stars of previous seasons as well.
See also
References
- ^ Henry Jay Case (1914). "Vanderbilt–A University of the New South". Outing. 64: 327. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Google books.
- ^ "In Memoriam, Dr. Thomas H. Brown". The Toledo Rotary Spoke. September 15, 1972.
- ^ "100 Year Anniversary: The Top 10 Players on Auburn's 1913 National Championship Team". June 28, 2013.
- ^ Patrick Garbin. "Bob McWhorter: "Everybody's All-American"". p. 6.
- ^ "All-Time Football Team Lists Greats Of Past, Present". Gadsden Times. July 27, 1969.
- ^ Henderson, Jeremy (August 21, 2013). "Football rankings guru Richard Billingsley says Auburn should claim century-old crown: 'My national championship for Auburn in 1913 is a very valid national championship'".
- ^ Kelly Kazek (2011). Hidden History of Auburn. The History Press. pp. 58–61. ISBN 9781609492922.
- ^ "Georgia All-Americans". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
- ^ Gasper Green (January 10, 1933). "Gridiron Gasps". The Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- ^ "Two Auburn Football Stars". Atlanta Constitution. November 5, 1913.
- ^ Patrick Garbin (2008). About Them Dawgs!: Georgia Football's Memorable Teams and Players. p. 22. ISBN 9780810860407.
- ^ "Composite All-Southern Eleven Chosen By Eighteen Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution. December 2, 1913. p. 8. Retrieved March 3, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Constitution's All-Southern Picked By Coach Donahue of Champion Auburn Team" (PDF). Atlanta Constitution. November 30, 1913. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2015.
- ^ Spalding's Football Guide. 1914.
- ^ "Cunningham's All-Southern Team". Athens Banner. November 30, 1913.
- ^ "1913 Season Most Profitable In History Southern Football". The Tennessean. Associated Press. p. 10. Retrieved September 21, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ W. A. Lambeth (August 3, 1914). "Hilltop Is Accorded Premier Position By Lambeth In Football". The Washington Times. Retrieved May 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Star Individual Players Against Well Coached Team; Which Will Win Saturday". Atlanta Constitution. December 3, 1913. p. 10. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.