1921 College Football All-Southern Team

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• 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. Sam Murray, who played later for Georgia Tech as a substitute fullback, was asked about a certain strong runner in the 1930s, "He's good. But if I were playing again, I would have one wish - never to see bearing down upon me a more fearsome picture of power than Judy Harlan blocking for Red Barron."
• Noah Caton, center for Auburn, died just a year later due to complications from an appendicitis operation.
• Bum Day, center for Georgia. Not a single point was scored all year through Georgia's line, and over two years Georgia did not lose to a single southern opponent. In 1918, as a player for Georgia Tech, Day was the first Southern player selected first-team All-American by Walter Camp.
• Goat Hale, quarterback for Mississippi College, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1963. Got the nickname "Goat" in high school when he battered through the line, scoring a touchdown, and ran past the end zone until his head hit a wooden building, loosening several planks.
• Judy Harlan, fullback for Georgia Tech, a senior captain and third-team All-American.
• Bo McMillin, quarterback for Centre College, unanimous selection, inaugural inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951. He led Centre over defending national champion Harvard 6-0 in what is widely considered one of the greatest upsets in college football history. In 1919, he was the second southern player selected first-team All-American by Walter Camp.
• Owen Reynolds, end for Georgia, played for the New York Giants in their inaugural season of 1925.
• Artie Pew, tackle for Georgia. He was also the team's kicker as well as a basketball player.
• Red Roberts, end for Centre, this year the fifth southern player selected first-team All-American by Walter Camp. Roberts was a unanimous selection for the Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869–1919 era. Later coached the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets.
• Albert Staton, tackle for Georgia Tech, the starting end on the all-time Heisman era team.
• Puss Whelchel, guard for Georgia, captain-elect and third-team All-American.

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All-Southerns of 1921

Ends

• Owen Reynolds, Georgia
• Red Roberts, Centre
• Lynn Bomar, Vanderbilt
• Bill James, Centre
• John Staton, Georgia Tech
• Graham Vowell, Tennessee
• Rodney Ollinger, Auburn
• Tom Ryan, Vanderbilt

Tackles

• Artie Pew, Georgia
• Al Staton, Georgia Tech
• Fletcher Skidmore, Sewanee
• Joe Bennett, Georgia
• Ben Cregor, Centre
• Pink Wade, Vanderbilt
• Pos Elam, Vanderbilt
• Tot McCullough, Vanderbilt
• Summers, VMI

Guards

• Puss Whelchel, Georgia
• Noah Caton, Auburn
• Oscar Davis, Georgia Tech
• Tootie Perry, Florida
• Charles Lindsay, Tennessee
• Noisy Grisham, Auburn
• Thurston Anthony, Georgia
• George M. Chinn, Centre

Centers

• Bum Day, Georgia
• Ed Kubale, Centre
• Alf Sharpe, Vanderbilt
• Eddie Reed, Tulane
• Kenneth Grizzard, Tennessee

Quarterbacks

• Bo McMillin*†, Centre

Halfbacks

• Red Barron, Georgia Tech
• Goat Hale, Mississippi College
• Herb Covington, Centre
• Jim Tom Reynolds, Georgia
• Dode Phillips, Erskine
• Milton McManaway, Furman
• Terry Snoddy, Centre

Fullbacks

• Judy Harlan, fullback, Georgia Tech
• Ed Sherling, Auburn
• Roe Campbell, Tennessee

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