1925 College Football All-Southern Team

The 1925 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1925 Southern Conference football season.

Doug Wycoff of Georgia Tech.

In the annual Rose Bowl game, the SoCon champion Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the heavily favored PCC champion Washington Huskies 2019 and became the first southern team ever to win a Rose Bowl. It is commonly referred to as "the game that changed the south."[1] Alabama therefore was named a national champion.

Composite eleven

Peggy Flournoy of Tulane was a near unanimous selection.

The composite All-Southern eleven compiled by the Associated Press (AP) included:

Composite overview

Peggy Flournoy received the most votes, 31 of the possible 32.

Name Position School First-team selections
Peggy FlournoyHalfbackTulane31
Johnny Mack BrownHalfbackAlabama24
Pooley HubertQuarterbackAlabama21
Doug WycoffFullbackGeorgia Tech21
Bill BucklerGuardAlabama20
Irish LevyGuardTulane17
Bob RivesTackleVanderbilt15
Edgar C. JonesHalfback/QuarterbackFlorida15
J. G. LoweEndTennessee13
Goldy GoldsteinTackleFlorida11
Smack ThompsonEndGeorgia10
James Kay ThomasEndWashington & Lee9
Amos KentCenterSewanee9
Owen PooleCenterGeorgia Tech6

All-Southerns of 1925

Ends

Bob Rives of Vanderbilt.

Tackles

Goldy Goldstein of Florida.

Guards

Centers

  • Amos Kent, Sewanee (C, DM-1 [as G], BE)
  • Owen Poole, Georgia Tech (C, NEB-1, TQ, BE)
  • Walter Forbes, Georgia (S)
  • Herman McIver, North Carolina (DM-1, BE)
  • Harvey Wilson, Tulane (NEB-2)
  • Joseph Moran, VPI (BE)

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

Johnny Mack Brown in 1935, during his career as a film actor.

Fullbacks

  • Doug Wycoff, Georgia Tech (C, S, NEB-1, DM-1, TQ, BE)
  • Bill Devin Jr., North Carolina (NEB-2)
  • Windy White, VMI (BE)
  • George Mahoney, Sewanee (BE)

Key

Bold = Composite selection

C = received votes for a composite All-Southern eleven compiled by the Associated Press.[10]

S = selected by Herman Stegeman, athletic director at the University of Georgia.[11]

NEB = selected by Norman E. Brown.[12] It had a first and second team.

DM = selected by Dan McGugin, head coach at Vanderbilt University.[13] It had a first and second team.

TQ = selected by The Technique, Georgia Institute of Technology's student newspaper.[14]

BE = Billy Evans' "Southern Honor Roll"[15]

See also

References

  1. "The Football Game That Changed the South". The University of Alabama. Archived from the original on 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
  2. Kelly Kazek (2011). Christmas Tales of Alabama. p. 140. ISBN 9781609491550.
  3. "Goldstein, Erving "Goldy"". jewsinsports.com. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  4. "Allison "Pooley" Hubert".
  5. "Tennessee Names 2004 Captains". Archived from the original on 2014-12-23. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  6. Jeffery Stewart. "NFL's Loss Boosts Tennessee's Game". Archived from the original on 2014-12-23.
  7. "Rites Saturday For Bob Rives". Kentucky New Era. March 2, 1956.
  8. "Well, You Don't Win Them All". Kentucky New Era. October 7, 1969.
  9. W. A. Alexander (1926). "Forty-Five Yards for Georgia Tech" (PDF). Kansas City Star. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
  10. "All Southern Grid Team Compiled By The Associated Press". Kingsport Times. November 30, 1925.
  11. "All-Southern Team of Stars". Harrisburg Telegraph. November 28, 1925. p. 13. Retrieved March 3, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  12. Norman E. Brown (December 5, 1925). "Flournoy Best Kicker; Hubert The Cleverest Field General". The Daily News. p. 3. Retrieved March 3, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Two Tar Heel Stars Praised". TheDaily Tar Heel. January 12, 1926. p. 3. Retrieved March 29, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Technique's All-Southern". The Technique. November 27, 1925.
  15. "Billy Evans' Honor Roll". Alton Evening Telegraph. December 15, 1925. p. 6. Retrieved July 23, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
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