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.
The All-Southern eleven compiled by the Associated Press included:
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 Spears | Quarterback | Vanderbilt | 61 |
Herdis McCrary | Fullback/ Halfback | Georgia | 52 |
Ivey Shiver | End | Georgia | 43 |
Fred Pickhard | Tackle | Alabama | 42 |
Tom Nash | End | Georgia | 37 |
John Barnhill | Guard | Tennessee | 37 |
Stumpy Thomason | Halfback | Georgia Tech | 26 |
Gene Smith | Guard | Georgia | 25 |
Elvin Butcher | Center | Tennessee | 23 |
Jess Tinsley | Tackle | LSU | 17 |
Jim Bowdoin | Guard | Alabama | 17 |
Vernon Sharpe | Center | Vanderbilt | 17 |
Jack McDowall | Halfback/Quarterback | North Carolina A & M | 17 |
Dick Dodson | Halfback | Tennessee | 16 |
Ed Crowley | End | Georgia Tech | 14 |
Phoney Smith | Halfback | Mercer | 14 |
Bill Banker | Halfback | Tulane | 13 |
Harry Schwartz | Center | North Carolina | 9 |
Larry Creson | End | Vanderbilt | 7 |
V. K. Smith | Guard | Ole Miss | 7 |
Frank Peake | Halfback | VPI | 7 |
Dave McArthur | Tackle | Tennessee | 6 |
Glenn Lautzenhiser | Tackle | Georgia | 6 |
Bill Brunson | Tackle | Mississippi A & M | 4 |
Duke Kimbrough | Tackle | Sewanee | 4 |
Clark Pearce | Tackle | Alabama | 4 |
Earl Fitzpatrick | Tackle | Washington & Lee | 4 |
V. E. Miles | Guard | VPI | 4 |
Peter Pund | Center | Georgia Tech | 4 |
Raleigh Drennon | Guard | Georgia Tech | 3 |
William Patterson | Center | Auburn | 2 |
Jimmy Armistead | Fullback | Vanderbilt | 2 |
H. S. Spotts | End | Washington & Lee | 1+ |
Allyn McKeen | End | Tennessee | 1+ |
Ap Applewhite | End | Ole Miss | 1+ |
Bill Middlekauff | Fullback | Florida | 1 |
Sollie Cohen | Fullback | Ole Miss | 1 |
Tom Young | Fullback | North Carolina | 1 |
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]
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.
The All-Southern eleven compiled by the Associated Press included:
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 Spears | Quarterback | Vanderbilt | 61 |
Herdis McCrary | Fullback/ Halfback | Georgia | 52 |
Ivey Shiver | End | Georgia | 43 |
Fred Pickhard | Tackle | Alabama | 42 |
Tom Nash | End | Georgia | 37 |
John Barnhill | Guard | Tennessee | 37 |
Stumpy Thomason | Halfback | Georgia Tech | 26 |
Gene Smith | Guard | Georgia | 25 |
Elvin Butcher | Center | Tennessee | 23 |
Jess Tinsley | Tackle | LSU | 17 |
Jim Bowdoin | Guard | Alabama | 17 |
Vernon Sharpe | Center | Vanderbilt | 17 |
Jack McDowall | Halfback/Quarterback | North Carolina A & M | 17 |
Dick Dodson | Halfback | Tennessee | 16 |
Ed Crowley | End | Georgia Tech | 14 |
Phoney Smith | Halfback | Mercer | 14 |
Bill Banker | Halfback | Tulane | 13 |
Harry Schwartz | Center | North Carolina | 9 |
Larry Creson | End | Vanderbilt | 7 |
V. K. Smith | Guard | Ole Miss | 7 |
Frank Peake | Halfback | VPI | 7 |
Dave McArthur | Tackle | Tennessee | 6 |
Glenn Lautzenhiser | Tackle | Georgia | 6 |
Bill Brunson | Tackle | Mississippi A & M | 4 |
Duke Kimbrough | Tackle | Sewanee | 4 |
Clark Pearce | Tackle | Alabama | 4 |
Earl Fitzpatrick | Tackle | Washington & Lee | 4 |
V. E. Miles | Guard | VPI | 4 |
Peter Pund | Center | Georgia Tech | 4 |
Raleigh Drennon | Guard | Georgia Tech | 3 |
William Patterson | Center | Auburn | 2 |
Jimmy Armistead | Fullback | Vanderbilt | 2 |
H. S. Spotts | End | Washington & Lee | 1+ |
Allyn McKeen | End | Tennessee | 1+ |
Ap Applewhite | End | Ole Miss | 1+ |
Bill Middlekauff | Fullback | Florida | 1 |
Sollie Cohen | Fullback | Ole Miss | 1 |
Tom Young | Fullback | North Carolina | 1 |
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]