1927 College Football All-Southern Team

The 1927 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations in for the 1927 Southern Conference football season.

Bill Spears was a near unanimous selection.

Composite eleven

John Barnhill as coach.

The All-Southern eleven compiled by the Associated Press included:

  • John Barnhill, guard for Tennessee, second-team AP All-American, later head coach at his alma mater.
  • Elvin Butcher, center for Tennessee. His play against Vanderbilt helped secure the spot on the eleven, as he outplayed Vandy center Vernon Sharpe, who arguably had the better season.[1]
  • Dick Dodson, halfback for Tennessee, set a record with a 91 yard run versus Transylvania.[2][3] It's still the second longest run in Tennessee history, broken with a 99 yard run by Kelsey Finch against Florida in 1977. In the Tennessee-Vanderbilt game of '27, Dodson carried the ball but four times, yet was the main reason for Tennessee keeping the game a tie.[4]
  • Herdis McCrary, fullback for Georgia, second-team AP and UP All-American. Known as "Bull," he played in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers from 1929 to 1933.[5]
  • Tom Nash, end for Georgia, consensus All-American. He played professionally for the Green Bay Packers, selected All-Pro in 1932.
  • Fred Pickhard, tackle and captain for Alabama, second-team CP and UP All-American.
  • Ivey Shiver, end and captain for Georgia's "dream and wonder team." Known as "Chick," he was first-team AP All-American. He played professional baseball for the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds.
  • Gene Smith, guard for Georgia, third-team AP All-American. He played in the NFL for the Portsmouth Spartans.
  • Bill Spears, quarterback for Vanderbilt, nearest to a unanimous selection, first-team AP All-American, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1962. He was speedy and rarely threw an interception.
  • Stumpy Thomason, halfback for Georgia Tech, played in the NFL for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Eagles.
  • Jess Tinsley, tackle for LSU, cousin of Gaynell Tinsley. He played in the NFL for the Chicago Cardinals.

Composite overview

Bill Spears received the most selections from the Associated Press composite. Sixty four votes in all were cast.

Name Position School First-team selections
Bill SpearsQuarterbackVanderbilt61
Herdis McCraryFullback/HalfbackGeorgia52
Ivey ShiverEndGeorgia43
Fred PickhardTackleAlabama42
Tom NashEndGeorgia37
John BarnhillGuardTennessee37
Stumpy ThomasonHalfbackGeorgia Tech26
Gene SmithGuardGeorgia25
Elvin ButcherCenterTennessee23
Jess TinsleyTackleLSU17
Jim BowdoinGuardAlabama17
Vernon SharpeCenterVanderbilt17
Jack McDowallHalfback/QuarterbackNorth Carolina A & M17
Dick DodsonHalfbackTennessee16
Ed CrowleyEndGeorgia Tech14
Phoney SmithHalfbackMercer14
Bill BankerHalfbackTulane13
Harry SchwartzCenterNorth Carolina9
Larry CresonEndVanderbilt7
V. K. SmithGuardOle Miss7
Frank PeakeHalfbackVPI7
Dave McArthurTackleTennessee6
Glenn LautzenhiserTackleGeorgia6
Bill BrunsonTackleMississippi A & M4
Duke KimbroughTackleSewanee4
Clark PearceTackleAlabama4
Earl FitzpatrickTackleWashington & Lee4
V. E. MilesGuardVPI4
Peter PundCenterGeorgia Tech4
Raleigh DrennonGuardGeorgia Tech3
William PattersonCenterAuburn2
Jimmy ArmisteadFullbackVanderbilt2
H. S. SpottsEndWashington & Lee1+
Allyn McKeenEndTennessee1+
Ap ApplewhiteEndOle Miss1+
Bill MiddlekauffFullbackFlorida1
Sollie CohenFullbackOle Miss1
Tom YoungFullbackNorth Carolina1

All-Southerns of 1927

Ends

Tackles

Guards

Centers

Quarterbacks

  • Bill Spears, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1, C, CP, WMA, EB)
  • Johnny Menville, Tulane (UP-2, WMA)
  • Babe Godfrey, LSU (WMA-r)

Halfbacks

Fullbacks

Key

Bold = Composite selection

* = Consensus All-American

AP = composite selected by the Associated Press. It had a first and second team.[6]

UP = composite selected by the United Press. It had a first and second team.[7] Those who received selections despite missing first or second team are appended with a C.

C = composite selected by six sporting editors: Blinkey Horn of the Nashville Tennessean, Ralph McGill of the Nashville Banner, Zipp Newman of the Birmingham News, Bib Phillips of the Birmingham Age-Herald, Morgan Blake of the Atlanta Journal, and Ed Danforth of the Atlanta Georgian.[8]

CP = selected by football fans of the South through Central Press newspapers.[9]

WMA = selected by coaches Wallace Wade of Alabama, Dan McGugin of Vanderbilt, and William Alexander of Georgia Tech, for a roster spot on a team set to face an All-Pacific Coast squad in Los Angeles on Christmas Day.[10][11][12][13][14] It also include reserves.

EB = selected by Miss Emily Boyd, sports editor of the Griffin Daily News, the only woman sports editor in the south.[15]

See also

References

  1. "Four Georgia Grid Stars Voted Places On United Press Conference Team". Banner-Herald. November 23, 1917.
  2. "TENNESSEE VS. MEMPHIS -- GAME PREVIEW".
  3. "Vols Down Marshall On A Stormy Day".
  4. "Backfielders In South Get Real Mention". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. November 15, 1927.
  5. "Herdis McCrary NFL Football Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  6. "Spears Given Highest Vote in Selection". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. November 27, 1927.
  7. "Four Georgia Grid Stars Voted Places On United Press Conference Team". Banner-Herald. November 23, 1917.
  8. "All-Southern Is Picked By Sport Writers". The Miami News. December 11, 1927.
  9. "Southern Team". The Kingsport Times. November 12, 1927.
  10. "30 Stars Play On All-Southern Team". Appleton Post Crescent. November 29, 1927.
  11. "'Bama Star Is Captain Of Eleven". The Bismarck Tribune. December 22, 1927.
  12. "All-Southern Team Comes From 20 Stars". Gastonia Daily Gazette. December 1, 1927.
  13. "All-American Back Leads Dixie Forces in Invasion". The Billings Gazette. December 21, 1927. p. 8. Retrieved August 5, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Southern Grid Team Is Named". St. Petersburg Times. December 10, 1927.
  15. "Girl Sports Editor In South Picks Her All-Star Eleven" (PDF). Jamestown Evening Herald. December 3, 1927.
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