1920 College Football All-Southern Team
The 1920 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.
[1920 Georgia Bulldogs football|Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia] and [1920 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team|Georgia Tech] both had claims to the SIAA championship.
Composite eleven
The composite All-Southern eleven formed by the selection of 27 coaches and sporting writers culled by the Atlanta Constitution and Atlanta Journal included:- Red Barron, halfback for Georgia Tech, also an All-Southern baseball player who played pro ball with the Boston Braves. He later coached high school football.
- Noah Caton, center for Auburn, died just two years later due to complications from an appendicitis operation.
- Bum Day, center for Georgia, in 1918 as a player for Georgia Tech was the first Southern player selected first-team All-American by Walter Camp.
- Bill Fincher, tackle for Georgia Tech, a unanimous selection and this year the third Southern player selected first-team All-American by Walter Camp, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1974. He also kicked.
- Buck Flowers, halfback for Georgia Tech, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955. He was selected for the Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869–1919 era. He also kicked.
- Bo McMillin, quarterback for Centre, the second Southern player selected first-team All-American by Walter Camp, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.
- Artie Pew, tackle for Georgia, member of teams which over two years did not lose to a single southern opponent. He also kicked. Pew was also a basketball player.
- Owen Reynolds, end for Georgia, played for the New York Giants in the inaugural season of 1925.
- John Staton, end for Georgia Tech, later a Coca-Cola executive.
- Riggs Stephenson, fullback for Alabama, later played professional baseball for the Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs.
- Fatty Warren, guard for Auburn. He also kicked.
Composite overview
Bill Fincher received the most votes with 26.All-Southerns of 1920
Ends
- Owen Reynolds, Georgia
- John Staton, Georgia Tech
- Terry Snoddy, Centre
- Georgie Ratterman, Georgia Tech
- Al Clemens, Alabama
- John Shirey, Auburn
- Dicky White, Tulane
- M. C. Billingsley, Mississippi A&M
Tackles
Bill Fincher*†, Georgia Tech- Artie Pew, Georgia
- Buck Hatcher, Tennessee
- Bill James, Centre
- Sully Montgomery, Centre
- Al Staton, Georgia Tech
Guards
- Fatty Warren, Auburn
- Puss Whelchel, Georgia
- Yen Lightsey, Clemson
- Emmett Sizemore, Auburn
- Dummy Lebey, Georgia Tech
- Tram Sessions, Alabama
- Noisy Grisham, Auburn
- Oscar Davis, Georgia Tech
- Manning Jeter, Furman
- James Pearce, Auburn
- Joe Bennett, Georgia
- Gink Hendrick, Vanderbilt
- Sidney Johnston, Alabama
Centers
Bum Day, Georgia- Noah Caton, Auburn
- Red Weaver, Centre,
Quarterbacks
Bo McMillin, Centre- Speedy Speer, Furman
- Frank Stubbs, Auburn
- Buck Cheves, Georgia
Halfbacks
Red Barron, Georgia Tech Buck Flowers, Georgia Tech- Mullie Lenoir, Alabama
- Reuben Blair, Tennessee
Fullbacks
- Riggs Stephenson, Alabama
- Ed Sherling, Auburn
- Judy Harlan, Georgia Tech
Key
Bold = Composite selectionC = composite All-SIAA selection of 27 coaches and sporting writers culled by the Atlanta Constitution and Atlanta Journal.
FA = selected by Frank Anderson, coach at Oglethorpe University.
CM = selected by Charley Moran, coach at Centre College.
X = selected by Xen C. Scott, coach at the University of Alabama.
S = selected by H. J. Stegeman, coach at University of Georgia.
JD = selected by James DeHart, assistant coach at University of Georgia.
D = selected by Mike Donahue, coach at Auburn University.
MB = selected by Morgan Blake, sports editor for the Atlanta Journal.
BD = selected by Bruce Dudley, sports editor for the Louisville Herald.
ED = selected by Ed Danforth, sports editor for the Atlanta Georgian.
WGF = selected by W. G. Foster, sports editor for the Chattanooga Times, along with S. J. McAllister, coach and official.
BH = selected by Blinkey Horn, sports editor for the Nashville Tennessean.
SM = selected by Sam H. McMeekin of the Louisville Courier-Journal.
ZN = selected by Zipp Newman, sports editor for the Birmingham News.
KS = selected by the Knoxville Sentinel.
HLL = selected by H. L. Lesbon of the Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
BAH = selected by the Birmingham Age-Herald.
JLR = selected by J. L. Ray of the Nashville Banner.
CR = selected by Charles Rinehart, sports editor for the Louisville Courier-Journal.
CW = selected by Cliff Wheatley, sports editor for the Atlanta Constitution.
HG = selected by Homer George.
CEB = selected by C. E. Baker of the Macon Telegraph.
BP = selected by Boozer Pitts, assistant at Auburn.
UT = selected by University of Tennessee student publication "Pigskin Number."