1902 College Football All-Southern Team
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Reynolds Tichenor
The 1902 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations in 1902. Clemson won the SIAA championship. Virginia was often ranked as best team in the south.[1]
Tichenor's eleven
Reynolds Tichenor's eleven as posted in Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football includes:
- Sandy Beaver, guard for Georgia. He was once head of Riverside Military Academy.
- Marvin M. Dickinson, halfback for Georgia, later coached for his alma mater.
- James C. Elmer, guard for Auburn. Tradition dictates many publications list Elmer as the school's first All-Southern selection.
- Jock Hanvey, fullback for Clemson.
- Harold Ketron, center for Georgia, known as "War Eagle." Ketron was known as quite a physical player, one source reporting he pulled hair and spat tobacco juice in faces.[2] Another writer claims "There have been many of the old players who have followed the Georgia games long after graduation, but none of them with a record of more loyalty than the "War Eagle."'[3] He recruited Charley Trippi to play for the Bulldogs,[4][5][6] seeing him in high school while officiating high school games and owning a Coca Cola bottling plant in Wilkes-Barre.[7][8][9]
- Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith, tackle for Sewanee, son of Edmund Kirby-Smith. He later moved to Jacksonville, Florida as a practicing dermatologist and gaining distinction throughout Florida and the south.
- John Maxwell, quarterback for Clemson.
- Henry D. Phillips, guard for Sewanee. Sportswriter Fuzzy Woodruff called him "the greatest football player who ever sank cleated shoes into a chalk line south of the Mason-Dixon line."
- Frank Ridley, end for Georgia. One account of Ridley reads "Ridley's first year on the team he played this position so well that Coach Heisman named his as the All-Southern end. He is quick and active and never hesitates to tackle a man, seldom being blocked."[10] He was later a physician and surgeon.
- Hope Sadler, end for Clemson. One publication reads "Vetter Sitton and Hope Sadler were the finest ends that Clemson ever had perhaps."[11]
- Carl Sitton, end for Clemson. He also played baseball.
All-Southerns of 1902
Ends
- Carl Sitton, Clemson (WRT [as hb], WA, AC, JLD-s, WAL-2)
- Frank Ridley, Georgia (WRT, WA, AC, H)
- Hope Sadler, Clemson (WRT)
- Albert Cox, North Carolina (JLD, WAL-1)
- Thomas Bronston, Virginia (JLD, WAL-1)
- Lois Thompson, Kentucky U. (JLD-s, WAL-2)
Tackles
- Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith, Sewanee (WRT, JLD-s, WAL-2)
- Nash Buckingham, Tennessee (AC)
- Jesse Thrash, Georgia Tech (AC)
- Branch Johnson, Virginia (JLD, WAL-1)
- Walter Council, Virginia (JLD, WAL-1)
- Sally Miles, VPI (JLD-s, WAL-2)
- Young, Georgia Tech (AC-s)
- Oliver Gardner, North Carolina
- Clyde Conner, Ole Miss
Guards
- Henry D. Phillips, Sewanee (College Football Hall of Fame) (WRT, AC)
- James C. Elmer, Auburn (WRT, AC-s, JLD-s, WAL-2)
- Sandy Beaver, Georgia (WRT [as t], AC-s)
- Hampton Lemoine, Sewanee (AC, JLD, WAL-1)
- Frank Foust, North Carolina (JLD, WAL-1)
- William Spates, Virginia (JLD-s)
Centers
- Harold Ketron, Georgia (WRT, WA, AC)
- Percy Given, Georgetown (JLD, WAL-1)
- Roach Stewart, North Carolina (JLD-s)
- H. Dorsey Waters, Virginia (WAL-2)
Quarterbacks
- John Maxwell, Clemson (WRT)
- Frank M. Osborne, Sewanee (WA, AC)
- John Pollard, Virginia (JLD, WAL-2)
- Louis Graves, North Carolina (JLD-s, WAL-1)
- Sax Crawford, Tennessee (AC-s)
Halfbacks
- Marvin Dickinson, Georgia (WRT, AC)
- A. H. Douglas, Tennessee (AC)
- Earle Holt, North Carolina (JLD, WAL-1)
- Joe Reilly, Georgetown (JLD-s, WAL-2)
- T. Watkins, Virginia (JLD-s, WAL-2)
- James Forman, Alabama (AC-s)
Fullbacks
- Jock Hanvey, Clemson (WRT)
- John Edgerton, Vanderbilt (WA, JLD [as hb], WAL-1 [as hb])
- Hunter Carpenter, VPI (College Football Hall of Fame) (JLD, WAL-1)
- A. T. Sublett, Furman (AC)
- Frank C. Harris, Virginia (JLD-s, WAL-2)
- H. A. Allison, Auburn (AC-s)
Key
Bold = Tichenor's selection
WRT = selected by W. R. Tichenor, posted in Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football
WA = selected by W. A. Reynolds.[12]
AC = selected by the Atlanta Constitution.[13] It had substitutes, denoted with a small S.
JLD = selected by John L. DeSaulles.[14] It had substitutes, denoted with a small S.
H = selected by John Heisman.
WAL = selected by W. A. Lambeth for Collier's Weekly.[15] It had a first and second team.
References
- ↑ e. g. "Champions of the South regardless of conference affiliation".
- ↑ Patrick B. Miller. The Sporting World of the Modern South. p. 36.
- ↑ Reed, Thomas Walter (c. 1949). "Athletics at the University from the Beginning Through 1947". History of the University of Georgia. dlg.galileo.usg.edu. p. 3466. Retrieved 2006-12-21.
- ↑ Patrick Garbin. About Them Dawgs!: Georgia Football's Memorable Teams and Players. p. 76.
- ↑ Dan Wolken (April 21, 2013). "Oldest Living No. 1 pick remembers a different draft". Retrieved January 28, 2015.
- ↑ Donald Freeman (October 16, 1949). "Trippi's Terrific". Chicago Tribune.
- ↑ Tony Barnhart. Always A Bulldogs. p. 279.
- ↑ Triumph Books. Echoes of Georgia Football: The Greatest Stories Ever Told. p. 50.
- ↑ T. Kyle King (July 24, 2012). "Why Football Players at Penn State Should Choose to Become Georgia Bulldogs". Retrieved January 28, 2015.
- ↑ "Georgia Will Send Great Team To Oppose Clemson". Atlanta Constitution. November 6, 1902. p. 11. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
- ↑ "Vetter Sitton Clemson Coach". The Anderson Daily-Intelligencer. January 21, 1915.
- ↑ W. A. Reynolds (December 7, 1902). "Football Season of '02 Reviewed By Expert". Atlanta Constitution. p. 25. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "From Southeastern College Teams The Constitution Selects An Eleven". Atlanta Constitution. December 1, 1902. p. 9. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ John L. DeSaulles (1902). "Southern Foot Ball". Spalding's Football Guide: 111.
- ↑ "All Southern Team". The Times. December 27, 1902. p. 6. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
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