1911 College Football All-Southern Team

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The 1911 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1911 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. Ray Morrison and Harry Costello were selected for Outing magazine's "Football Honor List for 1911" selected by coaches from the East and West. Vanderbilt won the SIAA championship.

Consensus eleven

The composite All-Southern eleven included:

  • Rube Barker, tackle for Mississippi. Later, he was a practicing physician in Oakland, Illinois.[1]
  • Big Chief Bonner, guard for Auburn. He was later an engineer in Mobile.
  • John E. Davis, fullback for Auburn. He was later a notable architect in Birmingham.
  • Ewing Y. Freeland, tackle for Vanderbilt, known as "Big 'un," later coached at various institutions in Texas.
  • Jenks Gillem, end for Sewanee. He was also a renowned punter and kicker, selected as the punter for the Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era.[2] He later coached.
  • Lewie Hardage, halfback for Vanderbilt. Edwin Pope's Football's Greatest Coaches reads "A lightning-swift backfield of Lew Hardage, Wilson Collins, Ammie Sikes, and Ray Morrison pushed Vandy through 1911 with only a 9-8 loss to Michigan." The Atlanta Constitution voted it the best backfield in the South.[3]
  • Bob McWhorter, halfback for Georgia.He was 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.[2] McWhorter went on to have a lengthy law career.
  • Will Metzger, guard for Vanderbilt, known as "Frog," selected for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era.[2]
  • Hugh Morgan, center for Vanderbilt. Later, he was a world-renowned internist and medical professor.
  • Ray Morrison, quarterback for Vanderbilt, selected as the quarterback and kick returner for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era.[2] He was later a coach at various institutions including SMU and Vanderbilt after McGugin. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954.
  • By Walton, end for Mississippi. He coached basketball at Ole Miss next year.

All-Southerns of 1911

Ends

Tackles

Ewing Y. Freeland

Guards

Will Metzger

Centers

Hugh Morgan

Quarterbacks

  • Ray Morrison†, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (H-1, DJ, NS-1, BS-1, NT)
  • W. J. Williams, Mississippi A & M (H-2 [as hb], NS-2)
  • Kid Woodruff, Georgia (H-2, BS-2)
John E. Davis

Halfbacks

Fullbacks

Key

Bold = consensus choice by a majority of the selectors

† = Unanimous selection

H = selected by John Heisman.[5] He had a first and second team.

DJ = selected by Dick Jemison in the Atlanta Constitution.[6]

NS = selected by Nathan Stauffer of Collier's Weekly. He had a first and second team.[7][8][9]

BS = selected by Bill Streit, assistant coach at Auburn University. He had a first and second team.[10]

NT = selected by Spick Hall in the Nashville Tennessean.[11]

See also

References

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