1914 College Football All-Southern Team

Boozer Pitts of Auburn.

The 1914 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1914 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.

Tennessee and Auburn both had claims to the SIAA championship. It was Tennessee's first championship of any kind. Washington and Lee and Virginia both had claims to the SAIAA championship. Ted Shultz of Washington & Lee was selected an All-American by the Philadelphia Public Ledger.

Composite eleven

The composite All-SIAA eleven compiled from a total of seven sports writers, coaches, and others by Z. G. Clevenger, University of Tennessee athletic director:

Farmer Kelly of Tennessee.

Composite overview

The composite All-SIAA overview. Boozer Pitts was the only unanimous selection.

Name Position School First-team selections
Boozer Pitts Center Auburn7
Goat Carroll End/Fullback Tennessee 6
Farmer Kelly Tackle Tennessee 5
Bully Van de Graaff Tackle/End Alabama 5
Big Thigpen Guard Auburn 5
David Paddock Quarterback Georgia 5
Hunter Kimball Tackle Mississippi A&M 5
Bull Kearley End Auburn 4
Mush Kerr Guard Tennessee 4
Rabbit Curry Quarterback/Halfback Vanderbilt 4
Ammie Sikes Halfback/Fullback Vanderbilt 4
Baby TaylorGuard/Tackle Auburn 3
Lee Tolley Quarterback/Halfback Sewanee 3
Rus Lindsay Fullback Tennessee 3
Jim Senter End Georgia Tech 2
Robbie Robinson End Auburn 2
Bob Taylor Dobbins Tackle Sewanee 2
Jimmie Hicks Guard Alabama 2
Red Harris Fullback Auburn 2
Josh Cody Tackle Vanderbilt 1
Shorty Schilletter Tackle Clemson 1
Kirby Lee Spurlock Tackle Mississippi A&M 1
J. S. Patton Halfback Georgia Tech 1

All-Southerns of 1914

Bull Kearley of Auburn.

Ends

Tackles

Bully Van de Graaff of Alabama.

Guards

Centers

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

Rabbit Curry of Vanderbilt.

Fullbacks

Key

Bold = Composite selection

† = Unanimous selection

ZC = received votes a composite All-SIAA compiled from a total of seven sports writers, coaches, and others by Z. G. Clevenger, University of Tennessee athletic director.[14][15] The seven were coaches Clevenger and Pontius of Tennessee, Innis Brown, John Heisman, Dick Jemison, Innis Brown, Jack Nye, W. G. Foster, and Bill Streit.

C = received selections in a composite of five selectors: Atlanta Constitution, the Atlanta Journal, the Birmingham Ledger, the Birmingham Age-Herald, and the Atlanta Sunday American.[16]

IB = selected by Innis Brown, sporting editor for the Atlanta Journal.[14][17]

DJ = selected by Dick Jemison, sporting editor for the Atlanta Constitution.[14][17] He also had an All-SIAA team, used in the above composite.

HC = selected by Harris G. Cope, coach at University of the South.[14]

EG = selected by Ewing Gillis of the New Orleans Item.[14]

WL = selected by W. A. Lambeth, professor at the University of Virginia, "from the opinion of local observers and critics"[14]

H = selected by John Heisman, published in Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football 1890-1928.[18]

DVG = selected by D. V. Graves, coach at the University of Alabama.[19]

UT = selected by coach Clevenger and "Butch" Pontius of the University of Tennessee.[17]

WGF = selected by W. G. Foster of the Chattanooga Times.[17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ed McMinn. God Bless the Vols: Devotions for the Die-Hard Tennessee Fan. p. 180. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Google books.
  2. ↑ "Athletics". The University of Tennessee Record. 18 (5): 65. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Google books.
  3. ↑ "FOOTBALL ROLL OF HONOR: The Men Whom the Best Coaches of the Country Have Named as the Stars of the Gridiron in 1914" (PDF). Outing. 1915. p. 498. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via LA84 Foundation.
  4. ↑ Edwin Mims (1946). History of Vanderbilt University. p. 285. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Google books.
  5. ↑ Michael Skotnicki (August 12, 2014). "Auburn's Best Defense Ever Led the 1914 Tigers to an Undefeated Season Now Recognized as a National Championship.".
  6. ↑ Michael Skotnicki (June 28, 2013). "100 Year Anniversary: The Top 10 Players on Auburn's 1913 National Championship Team".
  7. ↑ "Tigers Take 14 Pounds From Yellow Jackets". Orange and Blue. November 14, 1931. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via archive.org.
  8. 1 2 "Athletics". The University of Tennessee Record. 18 (5): 65–68. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Google books.
  9. ↑ "Celebrating Conservation".
  10. ↑ William H. Turcotte (1999). Birds of Mississippi. p. 18.
  11. ↑ Ethan Brady. "Auburn's 1913 Undefeated Team" (PDF).
  12. ↑ "Auburn Star". Atlanta Constitution. November 2, 1914. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "All-Time Football Team Lists Greats Of Past, Present". Gadsden Times. July 27, 1969. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Google news.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Spalding's Official Football Guide. NCAA. 1915. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Google books.
  15. ↑ "Composite Pick of All S.I.A.A. Teams". Atlanta Constitution. December 1, 1914. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ "Choice For All-Southern Team". Orange and Blue. December 3, 1914. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via archive.org.
  17. 1 2 3 4 Blinkey Horn (November 30, 1914). "Three Commodores Are Awarded Recognition". p. 7. Retrieved September 21, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ↑ Fuzzy Woodruff. A History of Southern Football 1890-1928. p. 291.
  19. ↑ Jack Nye (November 21, 1914). "Along the Sidelines". The Tennessean. p. 11. Retrieved September 21, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
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