The 1909 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1909 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season . Sewanee won the SIAA championship. VPI , an independent school, also claims a Southern championship.
Coach Heisman.
Doc Fenton The eleven selected by John Heisman included:
Eric Cheape , guard for Sewanee.Harry Esslinger , tackle for Auburn. He was a pioneer coach at Huntsville High School. He served in that capacity from 1920 to 1932.[1] Doc Fenton , quarterback for LSU, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.Ewing Y. Freeland , end for Vanderbilt, known as "Big 'un," later coached at various institutions in Texas .Malvern Griffin , tackle for Vanderbilt.Aubrey Lanier , halfback for Sewanee. Grantland Rice called him "the noblest Tiger of them all."[2] Kappa Alpha Journal gives similar praise that year, calling Lanier "The greatest performer of the college game on the Southern field.[3] T. C. Locke , guard for Auburn.J. E. Lucas , center for Georgia. His defense drew praise in the losses to Alabama [4] Georgia Tech .[5] Will Metzger , guard for Vanderbilt, known as "Frog," selected for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era.Ray Morrison , quarterback for Vanderbilt, selected as the quarterback and kick returner for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. He was later a coach at various institutions including SMU and Vanderbilt after McGugin. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954.Silas Williams , end for Sewanee. He later played for Harvard Law School .
Ends
Silas Williams (H-1, GR, NB, NTC, NTL, NTM) Ewing Y. Freeland (H-1, NB, NTL) Bill Neely , Vanderbilt (GR, NB [as qb], NTC, NTL [as qb], NTM [as qb]) Carlton Elliott, Virginia (WG)
Joe Luttrell, VPI (WG)
Armstrong Hill, Auburn (H-2)
Herbert Hatcher, Georgia (H-2) Tackles
Harry Esslinger Malvern Griffin (H-1, NB, NTL, NTM) Harry Esslinger (H-1) Lionel Moise , Sewanee (GR, NB [as fb], NTC, NTL) Frank Faulkinberry , Sewanee (H-2, NB [as g], NTC, NTM) Homer Cogdell , Auburn (GR, NB) B. R. Cecil , Virginia (WG) Horace Geyer Jr., Virginia (WG) Guards
Eric Cheape (H-1, GR, NTC) T. C. Locke (H-1, NTL) Ted Ross , Vanderbilt (GR, NTC, NTL, NTM) Willie Hillman , LSU (NB [as c], NTM) Stanley Phillip, Arkansas (NB)
Bruce, Washington & Lee (WG)
Hoss Hodgson , VPI (WG) Burton Gray Allen , Auburn (H-2) Leslie Covington, Vanderbilt (H-2) Halfbacks
Aubrey Lanier (H-1, GR, NB, NTC, NTL) Ray Morrison (H-1, NTL, NTM [as e]) Lew Hardage , Auburn (GR, H-2, NB, NTC, NTM) Forest Stanton, Virginia (WG)
Tom Moseley, VMI (WG)
Del Pratt , Alabama (H-2)
† = Unanimous selection
Bold = Heisman's pick
H = selected by John Heisman , coach at Georgia Institute of Technology .[6] Dick Jemison picked a second team from the players Heisman left off his first.[7]
GR = selected by Grantland Rice .[8] [9]
NB = selected by Nash Buckingham .[10]
NTC = published in the Nashville Tennessean , by a writer from Columbia.[11]
NTL = published in the Nashville Tennessean , by a writer from Lynnville.[12]
NTM = published in the Nashville Tennessean , by a writer from McMinnville.[13]
WG = selected by William C. Gloth , coach at Virginia Military Institute .[14]
