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The '''1916 College Football All-Southern Team''' consists of [[American football]] players selected to the [[College Football All-Southern Team]]s selected by various organizations in 1916. [[1916 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]] posted best the [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association|SIAA]] record, and tied for the championship with [[1916 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]]. [[Graham Vowell]], [[Pup Phillips]], and [[Irby Curry]] were selected for [[Walter Camp]]'s third-team [[1916 College Football All-America Team|All-American]]. Both Curry and [[Tommy Spence]] would die in [[France]] serving the United States in the [[First World War]].
[[File:Graham Vowell.png|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Graham Vowell]] of Tennessee was the lone unanimous selection of 1916.]]
The '''1916 College Football All-Southern Team''' consists of [[American football]] players selected to the [[College Football All-Southern Team]]s selected by various organizations in 1916.


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[[1916 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team|Georgia Tech]] posted the best [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association|SIAA]] record, and tied for the championship with [[1916 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]]. [[Graham Vowell]], [[Pup Phillips]], and [[Irby Curry]] were selected for [[Walter Camp]]'s third-team [[1916 College Football All-America Team|All-American]]. Both Curry and [[Tommy Spence]] would die in [[France]] serving the United States in the [[First World War]].
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==Composite eleven==

[[Image:Vowell.png|thumb|140px|right|[[Graham Vowell]].]]
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==Composite team==
[[Image:PupPhillips.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Pup Phillips]].]]
[[Image:PupPhillips.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|[[Pup Phillips]] of Georgia Tech was his school's first center selected All-Southern.]]
[[Image:Josh_Cody_.png|thumb|right|140px|[[Josh Cody]].]]
The composite All-Southern team formed by the selection of 4 newspapers included:
[[Image:WalkerCarpenter.jpg|thumb|right|140px|[[Walker Carpenter]].]]
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*[[Walker Carpenter]], tackle for Georgia Tech, starter for the 1916 team which, as one writer wrote, "seemed to personify Heisman."<ref>{{Cite book|title = Heisman: The Man Behind the Trophy|last = Heisman|first = John M.|date = 2 October 2012|isbn = 9781451682915|pages = 144|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=yjYn6FVEqCQC&pg=PA144}}</ref> The season included the [[1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech football game|222 to 0]] defeat of [[Cumberland Bulldogs football|Cumberland]].
[[Image:Moon_Ducote.jpg|thumb|right|140px|[[Moon Ducote]].]]
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*[[Josh Cody]], tackle for Vanderbilt, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1970, only three-time All-American in Vanderbilt football history. He was selected for the ''Associated Press'' Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era.<ref name="allse">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19690727&id=2eRGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2256,3526388|newspaper=Gadsden Times|date=July 27, 1969|title=All-Time Football Team Lists Greats Of Past, Present}}</ref> Third-team Camp All-American. Later a prominent football coach at many institutions.
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[[Image:Irbycurry.jpg|thumb|130px|right|[[Irby Curry|Rabbit Curry]].]]
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*[[Irby Curry|Rabbit Curry]], quarterback for Vanderbilt, was selected third-team All-American by Walter Camp. During the [[First World War]], he was killed in aerial combat over France. He was a beloved player of Coach McGugin, described by one writer as "the player who has most appealed to the imagination, admiration, and affection of the entire university community through the years."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=86VBAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Innis%2C+Tom%22|title=History of Vanderbilt University|page=285|author=Edwin Mims|date=1946}}</ref>
[[Image:Everett_Strupper.jpg|thumb|140px|right|[[Everett Strupper]].]]
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[[Image:doc_rodes.jpg|thumb|130px|right|[[Doc Rodes]].]]
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*[[Walker Carpenter]], tackle for Georgia Tech, starter for the 1916 team which, as one writer wrote, "seemed to personify Heisman."<ref>{{Cite book|title = Heisman: The Man Behind the Trophy|last = Heisman|first = John M.|publisher = |year = |isbn = |location = |pages = 144|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=yjYn6FVEqCQC&pg=PA144#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref> The season included the [[1916_Cumberland_vs._Georgia_Tech_football_game|222 to 0]] defeat of [[Cumberland Bulldogs football|Cumberland]].
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*[[Josh Cody]], tackle for Vanderbilt, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1970, only three-time All-American in Vanderbilt football history. Third-team Camp All-American. Later a prominent football coach at many institutions.
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*[[Irby Curry|Rabbit Curry]], quarterback for Vanderbilt, was selected third-team All-American by Walter Camp. During the [[First World War]], he was killed in aerial combat over France. He was a beloved player of Coach McGugin, described by one writer as "the player who has most appealed to the imagination, admiration, and affection of the entire university community through the years."<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?ei=AYpnVKbIJoGlNuPfg4AF&id=86VBAAAAIAAJ&dq=innis+nuck+brown+vanderbilt&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22Innis%2C+Tom%22|title=History of Vanderbilt University|page=285|author=Edwin Mims|date=1946}}</ref>
*[[Bob Lang]], guard for Georgia Tech, starter in the 222 to 0 win. He was the first guard selected for the Heisman era All-Era Tech football team.
*[[Bob Lang]], guard for Georgia Tech, starter in the 222 to 0 win. He was the first guard selected for the Heisman era All-Era Tech football team.
*[[William Lowe (American football)|Chink Lowe]], guard and captain-elect for Tennessee. He served in the First World War as a marine and earned the Distinguished Service Cross.
*[[William Lowe (American football)|Chink Lowe]], guard and captain-elect for Tennessee. He served in the First World War as a marine and earned the Distinguished Service Cross.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal|journal=University of Tennessee Alumni Magazine|title=Volunteer Warrior|url=http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-7220.html}}</ref>
*[[Pup Phillips]], center for Georgia Tech, was selected third-team All-American by Walter Camp. The first Tech center to be selected All-Southern.
*[[Pup Phillips]], center for Georgia Tech, was selected third-team All-American by Walter Camp. The first Tech center to be selected All-Southern.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/110709aab.html|title=Page Ear-marked For Hall of Fame|author=Matt Winkeljohn|date=November 7, 2009}}</ref>
*[[Doc Rodes]], halfback for Kentucky, which defeated [[Centre Praying Colonels football|Centre]] 68&ndash;0 and finishing the season with an upset &ndash; a scoreless tie with SIAA champion Tennessee. Kentucky's only loss was against [[1916 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|Vanderbilt]]. Vanderbilt coach [[Dan McGugin]] stated "If you would give me Doc Rodes, I would say he was a greater player than Curry."<ref name="bigblue">{{cite url|url=http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/Players/Rodes_Doc.html|title=Doc Rodes}}</ref>
*[[Doc Rodes]], halfback for Kentucky, a team which defeated [[Centre Praying Colonels football|Centre]] 68&ndash;0 and finished the season with an upset &ndash; a scoreless tie with SIAA co-champion Tennessee. Kentucky's only loss came against [[1916 Vanderbilt Commodores football team|Vanderbilt]]. Vanderbilt coach [[Dan McGugin]] stated "If you would give me Doc Rodes, I would say he was a greater player than Curry."<ref>{{Cite web |title=UK Career Statistics and Bio for Doc Rodes |url=http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/Players/Rodes_Doc.html |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=www.bigbluehistory.net}}</ref>
*[[Tommy Spence]], fullback for Georgia Tech, scored second most behind Strupper in the 222 to 0 win. Spence, like Curry, was also a casualty of the First World War over French skies. He is the namesake of [[Spence Air Base]].<ref>{{cite url|url=http://www.spence-air-base.com/|title=Spence Air Base}}</ref>
*[[Tommy Spence]], fullback for Georgia Tech, scored second most behind Strupper in the 222 to 0 win. Spence, like Curry, was also a casualty of the First World War over French skies. He is the namesake of [[Spence Air Base]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spence-air-base.com/ |title=Spence Air Base |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213754/http://www.spence-air-base.com/ |archive-date=2016-03-03 }}</ref>
*[[Everett Strupper]], halfback for Georgia Tech, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1972. He was deaf and scored the most in 222 to 0 win.
*[[Everett Strupper]], halfback for Georgia Tech, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1972. He was deaf and scored the most in the 222 to 0 win.
*[[Graham Vowell]], end and captain for Tennessee, the lone unanimous selection. He was also selected third-team All-American by Walter Camp. After football he worked in the lumber business.
*[[Graham Vowell]], end and captain for Tennessee, the lone unanimous selection. He was also selected third-team All-American by Walter Camp. After football, he worked in the lumber business.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vowell & Sons, Inc. History |url=http://www.vowellandsons.com/history.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012155523/http://www.vowellandsons.com/history.html |archive-date=2010-10-12}}</ref>


==Composite overview==
==Composite overview==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="27%" | Name
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="27%" | Name
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| [[Doc Rodes]]|| Halfback || [[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky]]|| 2
| [[Doc Rodes]]|| Halfback || [[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky]]|| 2
|- align="left"
|- align="left"
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| [[Lloyd Wolfe]]||End || Tennessee|| 1
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| Charles Jones || End|| [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn]]|| 1
|- align="left"
|- align="left"
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| [[Red Jones (American football)|Red Jones]] || End|| [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn]]|| 1
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| Lloyd Wolfe||End || Tennessee|| 1
|- align="left"
|- align="left"
| [[Si Bell]] || End || Georgia Tech|| 1
| [[Si Bell]] || End || Georgia Tech|| 1
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|- align="left"
|- align="left"
|[[Charlie Carman]]|| Guard|| Vanderbilt|| 1
|[[Charlie Carman]]|| Guard|| Vanderbilt|| 1
|- align="left"
|[[Carey Robinson]]|| Center|| Auburn|| 1
|- align="left"
|- align="left"
|[[Froggie Morrison]]|| Quarterback||Georgia Tech|| 1
|[[Froggie Morrison]]|| Quarterback||Georgia Tech|| 1
|- align="left"
|- align="left"
|Bill Folger||Halfback||[[North Carolina Tar Heels football|North Carolina]]||1
|[[Bill Folger]]||Halfback||[[North Carolina Tar Heels football|North Carolina]]||1
|- align="left"
|- align="left"
|[[Cecil Creen]]|| Halfback || Alabama|| 1
|[[Cecil Creen]]|| Halfback || Alabama|| 1
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|[[Red Floyd]]|| Halfback|| Vanderbilt|| 1
|[[Red Floyd]]|| Halfback|| Vanderbilt|| 1
|- align="left"
|- align="left"
|F. H. Pendergast|| Fullback|| Auburn|| 1
|[[Homer Prendergast]]|| Fullback|| Auburn|| 1
|- align="left"
|- align="left"
|}
|}


==All-Southerns of 1916==
==All-Southerns of 1916==

===Ends===
===Ends===
*'''[[Graham Vowell]]'''†, Tennessee <small>(4, HS, DJ)<ref>Consensus could be artifact of brothers Morris and Graham Vowell playing for Tennessee, though Morris was a tackle.</ref></small>
*'''[[Graham Vowell]]'''†, Tennessee <small>(C, NTC, DJ, H, MB, BH-1, HS, FB, EC, KS, WGF-1, BP)</small>
*Charles Jones, Auburn <small>(1)</small>
*[[Lloyd Wolfe]], Tennessee <small>(C, NTC, BH-2, EC, KS, WGF-2)</small>
*Lloyd Wolfe, Tennessee <small>(1)</small>
*[[Red Jones (American football)|Red Jones]], Auburn <small>(C, BH-1)</small>
*[[Si Bell]], Georgia Tech <small>(1)</small>
*[[Si Bell]], Georgia Tech <small>(C, FB)</small>
*[[Neil Edmond (American football)|Neil Edmond]], Sewanee <small>(BH-2, BP)</small>
*[[Harry E. Clark]], Sewanee <small>(WGF-2)</small>


===Tackles===
===Tackles===
[[File:VandyCody.jpg|thumb|upright=.55|[[Josh Cody]] of Vanderbilt.]]
*'''[[Josh Cody]]''', Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(3, HS, DJ-as end)</small>
*'''[[Walker Carpenter]]''', Georgia Tech <small>(2, DJ)</small>
*'''[[Josh Cody]]''', Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(C, NTC, DJ [as e], H, MB, BH-1, HS, EC, WGF-1, BP)</small>
*[[Tom Thrash]], Georgia <small>(1)</small>
*'''[[Walker Carpenter]]''', Georgia Tech <small>(C, NTC, DJ, H, MB, BH-1, EC, WGF-1)</small>
*[[Ike Rogers]], Alabama <small>(1, HS-as end)</small>
*[[Ike Rogers]], Alabama <small>(C, HS [as e], FB)</small>
*[[Phillip Cooper]], LSU <small>(1, DJ)</small>
*[[Phillip Cooper]], LSU <small>(C, DJ, BH-2)</small>
*[[Tom Thrash]], Georgia <small>(C, WGF-2)</small>
*Morris Vowell, Tennessee <small>(EC)</small>
*[[Tom Lipscomb]], Vanderbilt <small>(WGF-2)</small>


===Guards===
===Guards===
*'''[[Bob Lang]]''', Georgia Tech <small>(2, HS, DJ)</small>
*'''[[Bob Lang]]''', Georgia Tech <small>(C, NTC DJ, H, BH-1, HS, WGF-1)</small>
*'''[[William Lowe (American football)|William "Chink" Lowe]]''', Tennessee <small>(2, HS)</small>
*'''[[William O. Lowe|William O. "Chink" Lowe]]''', Tennessee <small>(C, BH-2, HS, FB, EC, KS, WGF-2)</small>
*[[Moon Ducote]], Auburn <small>(1, HS-as tackle)</small>
*[[Pryor Williams]], Vanderbilt <small>(C, NTC, H, MB, BH-1, BP)</small>
*[[Pryor Williams]], Vanderbilt <small>(1)</small>
*[[Moon Ducote]], Auburn <small>(C, H [as e], BH-2 [as t], HS [as t], FB, WGF-2, BP [as t])</small>
*[[Charlie Carman]], Vanderbilt <small>(1)</small>
*[[Charlie Carman]], Vanderbilt <small>(C, BH-2, EC, BP)</small>
* Garmany, Georgia <small>(MB, KS)</small>
*P. C. Hambaugh, Tennessee <small>(WGF-1)</small>
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[[Image:Irbycurry.jpg|thumb|upright=.65|[[Irby Curry|Rabbit Curry]] of Vanderbilt.]]


===Center===
===Center===
*'''[[Pup Phillips]]''', Georgia Tech <small>(3, HS, DJ)</small>
*'''[[Pup Phillips]]''', Georgia Tech <small>(C, NTC, DJ, H, MB, BH-1, HS, EC, KS)</small>
*Carey Robinson, Auburn <small>(1, DJ-as guard)</small>
*[[Carey Robinson]], Auburn <small>(C, DJ [as g], MB [as e], BH-2, FB, WGF-1 [as e], BP)</small>
*[[Kirby Lee Spurlock]], Mississippi A&M <small>(WGF-2)</small>


===Quarterbacks===
===Quarterbacks===
*'''[[Irby Curry|Rabbit Curry]]''', Vanderbilt <small>(3, HS)</small>
*'''[[Irby Curry|Rabbit Curry]]''', Vanderbilt <small>(C, NTC, H, MB [as hb], BH-1, HS, FB, EC, KS [as hb], WGF-1, BP)</small>
*[[Froggie Morrison]], Georgia Tech <small>(1, DJ)</small>
*[[Froggie Morrison]], Georgia Tech <small>(C, DJ, MB, BH-2)</small>


===Halfbacks===
===Halfbacks===
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[[Image:doc_rodes.jpg|thumb|upright=.7|[[Doc Rodes]] of Kentucky.]]
*'''[[Everett Strupper]]''', Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(3, HS, DJ)</small>
*'''[[Doc Rodes]]''', Kentucky <small>(2)</small>
*'''[[Everett Strupper]]''', Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(C, NTC, DJ, H, MB, BH-1, HS, FB, KS, WGF-1)</small>
*Bill Folger, North Carolina <small>(1, DJ)</small>
*'''[[Doc Rodes]]''', Kentucky <small>(C, NTC, H, BH-2, EC, KS [qb], WGF-1)</small>
*[[Cecil Creen]], Alabama <small>(1)</small>
*[[Red Floyd]], Vanderbilt <small>(C, BH-2, HS, FB)</small>
*[[Red Floyd]], Vanderbilt <small>(1, HS)</small>
*[[Bill Folger]], North Carolina <small>(C, DJ)</small>
*[[Cecil Creen]], Alabama <small>(C, EC)</small>
*[[Eben Wortham]], Sewanee <small>(BH-1, WGF-2 [as qb])</small>
*[[Owen Reynolds]], Georgia <small>(BP)</small>
*[[Homer Prendergast]], Auburn <small>(BP)</small>
*Talley Johnston, Georgia Tech <small>(WGF-2)</small>
*H. F. Flannagan, LSU <small>(WGF-2)</small>


===Fullbacks===
===Fullbacks===
*'''[[Tommy Spence]]''', Georgia Tech <small>(3, HS, DJ)</small>
*'''[[Tommy Spence]]''', Georgia Tech <small>(C, NTC, DJ, H, MB, BH-1, HS, FB, WGF-1, BP)</small>
*F. H. Pendergast, Auburn, <small>(1)</small>
*[[Homer Prendergast]], Auburn, <small>(C)</small>
*Otto Schwill, Mississippi A&M <small>(BH-2, KS, WGF-2)</small>


==Key==
==Key==
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<small>'''Bold''' = Composite selection</small>


<small><nowiki>*</nowiki> = Consensus [[1916 College Football All-America Team|All-American]]</small>
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'''Bold''' = Composite selection


<nowiki>*</nowiki> = Consensus [[1916_College_Football_All-America_Team|All-American]]
<small><nowiki>†</nowiki> = Unanimous selection</small>


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<small>C = received at least one selection from a composite of 4 newspapers: ''[[The Atlanta Constitution]]'', ''The Birmingham Age-Herald'', ''The Knoxville Journal and Tribune'', and ''[[The Nashville Tennessean]]''.<ref>{{Closed access}} {{Cite news|url = http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=D60M61RXMTQxMDE2OTI3My4zMjE3MDU6MToxMzoxMzIuMTk4LjUwLjEz&p_action=doc&s_lastnonissuequeryname=16&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=16&p_docnum=2&p_docref=v2:1252FEAF2D2D3A44@EANX-127EDF0BD0192E5B@2421201-127EDF0BD417FC7C@3-138002377325CE8C@All-Southern%20Football%20Team%20As%20Picked%20By%20Sport%20Writers%20Vowell%2C%20of%20Tennessee%2C%20for%20End%2C%20Only%20Man|title = All-Southern Football Team As Picked By Sport Writers|date = December 3, 1916|work = Augusta Chronicle}}</ref></small>
<nowiki>†</nowiki> = Unanimous selection


<small>NTC = Composite selection of the ''[[Nashville Tennessean]]''.<ref name=ntccomp>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4031635/the_tennessean/|title=Curry, Cody and Williams Land On Compose All-Southern|date=December 4, 1916|page=12|access-date=January 13, 2016|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref></small>
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Number beside the name (1 through 4) refers to the number of writers who selected a player All-Southern, from a composite selection of 4 newspapers: ''[[The Atlanta Constitution]]'', ''The Birmingham Age-Herald'', ''The Knoxville Journal and Tribune'', and ''[[The Nashville Tennessean]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=D60M61RXMTQxMDE2OTI3My4zMjE3MDU6MToxMzoxMzIuMTk4LjUwLjEz&p_action=doc&s_lastnonissuequeryname=16&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=16&p_docnum=2&p_docref=v2:1252FEAF2D2D3A44@EANX-127EDF0BD0192E5B@2421201-127EDF0BD417FC7C@3-138002377325CE8C@All-Southern%20Football%20Team%20As%20Picked%20By%20Sport%20Writers%20Vowell%2C%20of%20Tennessee%2C%20for%20End%2C%20Only%20Man|title = All-Southern Football Team As Picked By Sport Writers|last = |first = |date = December 3, 1916|work = Augusta Chronicle|accessdate = }}</ref>


DJ = [[Dick Jemison]] of the ''Atlanta Constitution''.<ref name=inter>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=F_WfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA167&#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Intercollegiate Athletic Calendar|volume=1|page=167}}</ref>
<small>DJ = [[Dick Jemison]] of the ''Atlanta Constitution''.<ref name=ntccomp/><ref name=inter>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F_WfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA167|title=Intercollegiate Athletic Calendar|year=1917|volume=1|page=167}}</ref><ref name=paper>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2274644/the_charlotte_observer/|title=3 Experts Pick S.I.A.A. Elevens|page=20|date=December 3, 1916|access-date=April 23, 2015|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> He had an "All-Southern" and an "All-SIAA" selection. The only difference was switching [[Eben Wortham]] at halfback for Folger.</small>


HS = Hugh Sparrow, sporting editor for the ''[[Birmingham Ledger]]''.<ref name=inter/>
<small>H = [[John Heisman]], coach at [[Georgia Institute of Technology]].<ref name=paper/></small>

<small>MB = [[Morgan Blake]] of the ''Atlanta Journal''.<ref name=paper/></small>

<small>BH = [[Blinkey Horn]] of the ''[[Nashville Tennessean]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3265206/the_tennessean/|work=The Tennessean|title=Three Commodores Given Places on Mythical Eleven|author=Blinkey Horn|author-link=Blinkey Horn|page=25|date=December 3, 1916|access-date=September 21, 2015|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref></small>

<small>HS = Hugh Sparrow, sporting editor for the ''[[Birmingham Ledger]]''.<ref name=inter/></small>

<small>FB = Fred Boedeker in ''Birmingham Age-Herald''<ref name=ntccomp/></small>

<small>EC = Earl Crew in ''Knoxville Journal and Tribune''<ref name=ntccomp/></small>

<small>KS = ''Knoxville Sentinel''<ref name=ntccomp/></small>

<small>WGF = W. G. Foster in the ''Chattanooga Times''<ref name=ntccomp/></small>

<small>BP = Bob Pigue in ''Nashville Banner''<ref name=ntccomp/></small>

==See also==
*[[1916 College Football All-America Team]]


==References==
==References==
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Graham Vowell of Tennessee was the lone unanimous selection of 1916.

The 1916 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations in 1916.

Georgia Tech posted the best SIAA record, and tied for the championship with Tennessee. Graham Vowell, Pup Phillips, and Irby Curry were selected for Walter Camp's third-team All-American. Both Curry and Tommy Spence would die in France serving the United States in the First World War.

Composite team

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Pup Phillips of Georgia Tech was his school's first center selected All-Southern.

The composite All-Southern team formed by the selection of 4 newspapers included:

  • Walker Carpenter, tackle for Georgia Tech, starter for the 1916 team which, as one writer wrote, "seemed to personify Heisman."[1] The season included the 222 to 0 defeat of Cumberland.
  • Josh Cody, tackle for Vanderbilt, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1970, only three-time All-American in Vanderbilt football history. He was selected for the Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era.[2] Third-team Camp All-American. Later a prominent football coach at many institutions.
  • Rabbit Curry, quarterback for Vanderbilt, was selected third-team All-American by Walter Camp. During the First World War, he was killed in aerial combat over France. He was a beloved player of Coach McGugin, described by one writer as "the player who has most appealed to the imagination, admiration, and affection of the entire university community through the years."[3]
  • Bob Lang, guard for Georgia Tech, starter in the 222 to 0 win. He was the first guard selected for the Heisman era All-Era Tech football team.
  • Chink Lowe, guard and captain-elect for Tennessee. He served in the First World War as a marine and earned the Distinguished Service Cross.[4]
  • Pup Phillips, center for Georgia Tech, was selected third-team All-American by Walter Camp. The first Tech center to be selected All-Southern.[5]
  • Doc Rodes, halfback for Kentucky, a team which defeated Centre 68–0 and finished the season with an upset – a scoreless tie with SIAA co-champion Tennessee. Kentucky's only loss came against Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin stated "If you would give me Doc Rodes, I would say he was a greater player than Curry."[6]
  • Tommy Spence, fullback for Georgia Tech, scored second most behind Strupper in the 222 to 0 win. Spence, like Curry, was also a casualty of the First World War over French skies. He is the namesake of Spence Air Base.[7]
  • Everett Strupper, halfback for Georgia Tech, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1972. He was deaf and scored the most in the 222 to 0 win.
  • Graham Vowell, end and captain for Tennessee, the lone unanimous selection. He was also selected third-team All-American by Walter Camp. After football, he worked in the lumber business.[8]

Composite overview

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Name Position School First-team selections
Graham Vowell End Tennessee 4
Josh Cody Tackle Vanderbilt 3
Pup Phillips Center Georgia Tech 3
Irby Curry Quarterback Vanderbilt 3
Everett Strupper Halfback Georgia Tech 3
Tommy Spence Fullback Georgia Tech 3
Walker Carpenter Tackle Georgia Tech 2
Bob Lang Guard Georgia Tech 2
Chink Lowe Guard Tennessee 2
Doc Rodes Halfback Kentucky 2
Lloyd Wolfe End Tennessee 1
Red Jones End Auburn 1
Si Bell End Georgia Tech 1
Tom Thrash Tackle Georgia 1
Ike Rogers Tackle Alabama 1
Phillip Cooper Tackle LSU 1
Moon Ducote Guard Auburn 1
Pryor Williams Guard Vanderbilt 1
Charlie Carman Guard Vanderbilt 1
Carey Robinson Center Auburn 1
Froggie Morrison Quarterback Georgia Tech 1
Bill Folger Halfback North Carolina 1
Cecil Creen Halfback Alabama 1
Red Floyd Halfback Vanderbilt 1
Homer Prendergast Fullback Auburn 1

All-Southerns of 1916

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Ends

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Tackles

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Josh Cody of Vanderbilt.

Guards

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  • Bob Lang, Georgia Tech (C, NTC DJ, H, BH-1, HS, WGF-1)
  • William O. "Chink" Lowe, Tennessee (C, BH-2, HS, FB, EC, KS, WGF-2)
  • Pryor Williams, Vanderbilt (C, NTC, H, MB, BH-1, BP)
  • Moon Ducote, Auburn (C, H [as e], BH-2 [as t], HS [as t], FB, WGF-2, BP [as t])
  • Charlie Carman, Vanderbilt (C, BH-2, EC, BP)
  • Garmany, Georgia (MB, KS)
  • P. C. Hambaugh, Tennessee (WGF-1)
Rabbit Curry of Vanderbilt.

Center

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Quarterbacks

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Halfbacks

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Doc Rodes of Kentucky.

Fullbacks

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  • Tommy Spence, Georgia Tech (C, NTC, DJ, H, MB, BH-1, HS, FB, WGF-1, BP)
  • Homer Prendergast, Auburn, (C)
  • Otto Schwill, Mississippi A&M (BH-2, KS, WGF-2)

Key

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Bold = Composite selection

* = Consensus All-American

† = Unanimous selection

C = received at least one selection from a composite of 4 newspapers: The Atlanta Constitution, The Birmingham Age-Herald, The Knoxville Journal and Tribune, and The Nashville Tennessean.[9]

NTC = Composite selection of the Nashville Tennessean.[10]

DJ = Dick Jemison of the Atlanta Constitution.[10][11][12] He had an "All-Southern" and an "All-SIAA" selection. The only difference was switching Eben Wortham at halfback for Folger.

H = John Heisman, coach at Georgia Institute of Technology.[12]

MB = Morgan Blake of the Atlanta Journal.[12]

BH = Blinkey Horn of the Nashville Tennessean.[13]

HS = Hugh Sparrow, sporting editor for the Birmingham Ledger.[11]

FB = Fred Boedeker in Birmingham Age-Herald[10]

EC = Earl Crew in Knoxville Journal and Tribune[10]

KS = Knoxville Sentinel[10]

WGF = W. G. Foster in the Chattanooga Times[10]

BP = Bob Pigue in Nashville Banner[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Heisman, John M. (October 2, 2012). Heisman: The Man Behind the Trophy. p. 144. ISBN 9781451682915.
  2. ^ "All-Time Football Team Lists Greats Of Past, Present". Gadsden Times. July 27, 1969.
  3. ^ Edwin Mims (1946). History of Vanderbilt University. p. 285.
  4. ^ "Volunteer Warrior". University of Tennessee Alumni Magazine.
  5. ^ Matt Winkeljohn (November 7, 2009). "Page Ear-marked For Hall of Fame".
  6. ^ "UK Career Statistics and Bio for Doc Rodes". www.bigbluehistory.net. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  7. ^ "Spence Air Base". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  8. ^ "Vowell & Sons, Inc. History". Archived from the original on October 12, 2010.
  9. ^ Closed access icon "All-Southern Football Team As Picked By Sport Writers". Augusta Chronicle. December 3, 1916.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g "Curry, Cody and Williams Land On Compose All-Southern". December 4, 1916. p. 12. Retrieved January 13, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  11. ^ a b Intercollegiate Athletic Calendar. Vol. 1. 1917. p. 167.
  12. ^ a b c "3 Experts Pick S.I.A.A. Elevens". December 3, 1916. p. 20. Retrieved April 23, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  13. ^ Blinkey Horn (December 3, 1916). "Three Commodores Given Places on Mythical Eleven". The Tennessean. p. 25. Retrieved September 21, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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