1900 College Football All-Southern Team

American college football team

Caspar Whitney

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

John Loyd.
  • 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

Henry Seibels.
Ormond Simkins.
  • 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

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

  1. ^ e. g. "Champions of the South regardless of conference affiliation".
  2. ^ "All-Southern Eleven for 1900". Outing. 37. Outing Publishing Company: 616. 1901. Retrieved March 10, 2015 – via Google books. Open access icon
  3. ^ "All-Southern Football Team". The Times. February 10, 1901. p. 10. Retrieved March 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ W. H. Hoge (1901). "All Southern Football Team". Spalding's Football Guide: 123. Retrieved March 10, 2015 – via Google books. Open access icon
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1900 College Football All-Southern Team composite selections
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† = Unanimous selection