The 1916 College Football All-Southern Team consists of

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players selected to the

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s selected by various organizations in 1916.

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posted the best SIAA record, and tied for the championship with

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. 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

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serving the United States in the

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Composite team

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." The season included the 222 to 0 defeat of

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. *

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, 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. 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

, 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." * 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. * Pup Phillips, center for Georgia Tech, was selected third-team All-American by Walter Camp. The first Tech center to be selected All-Southern. * Doc Rodes, halfback for Kentucky, a team which defeated

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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

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stated "If you would give me Doc Rodes, I would say he was a greater player than Curry." * 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

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. * 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.

Composite overview

All-Southerns of 1916

Ends

* Graham Vowell†, Tennessee (C, NTC, DJ, H, MB, BH-1, HS, FB, EC, KS, WGF-1, BP) * Lloyd Wolfe, Tennessee (C, NTC, BH-2, EC, KS, WGF-2) * Red Jones, Auburn (C, BH-1) * Si Bell, Georgia Tech (C, FB) * Neil Edmond, Sewanee (BH-2, BP) * Harry E. Clark, Sewanee (WGF-2)

Tackles

, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (C, NTC, DJ s e H, MB, BH-1, HS, EC, WGF-1, BP) * Walker Carpenter, Georgia Tech (C, NTC, DJ, H, MB, BH-1, EC, WGF-1) * Ike Rogers, Alabama (C, HS s e FB) * Phillip Cooper, LSU (C, DJ, BH-2) * Tom Thrash, Georgia (C, WGF-2) *Morris Vowell, Tennessee (EC) * Tom Lipscomb, Vanderbilt (WGF-2)

Guards

* 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 s e BH-2

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FB, WGF-2, BP

* Charlie Carman, Vanderbilt (C, BH-2, EC, BP) * Garmany, Georgia (MB, KS) *P. C. Hambaugh, Tennessee (WGF-1)

Center

* Pup Phillips, Georgia Tech (C, NTC, DJ, H, MB, BH-1, HS, EC, KS) * Carey Robinson, Auburn (C, DJ s g MB s e BH-2, FB, WGF-1 s e BP) * Kirby Lee Spurlock, Mississippi A&M (WGF-2)

Quarterbacks

* Rabbit Curry, Vanderbilt (C, NTC, H, MB s hb BH-1, HS, FB, EC, KS s hb WGF-1, BP) * Froggie Morrison, Georgia Tech (C, DJ, MB, BH-2)

Halfbacks

* Everett Strupper, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (C, NTC, DJ, H, MB, BH-1, HS, FB, KS, WGF-1) * Doc Rodes, Kentucky (C, NTC, H, BH-2, EC, KS b WGF-1) * Red Floyd, Vanderbilt (C, BH-2, HS, FB) * Bill Folger, North Carolina (C, DJ) * Cecil Creen, Alabama (C, EC) * Eben Wortham, Sewanee (BH-1, WGF-2 s qb *

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, Georgia (BP) * Homer Prendergast, Auburn (BP) *Talley Johnston, Georgia Tech (WGF-2) *H. F. Flannagan, LSU (WGF-2)

Fullbacks

* 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

Bold = Composite selection * = Consensus All-American † = Unanimous selection C = received at least one selection from a composite of 4 newspapers: ''

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'', ''The Birmingham Age-Herald'', ''The Knoxville Journal and Tribune'', and '' The Nashville Tennessean''. NTC = Composite selection of the ''

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''. DJ =

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of the ''Atlanta Constitution''. He had an "All-Southern" and an "All-SIAA" selection. The only difference was switching Eben Wortham at halfback for Folger. H =

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, coach at

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. MB = Morgan Blake of the ''Atlanta Journal''. BH = Blinkey Horn of the ''

''. HS = Hugh Sparrow, sporting editor for the ''

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''. FB = Fred Boedeker in ''Birmingham Age-Herald'' EC = Earl Crew in ''Knoxville Journal and Tribune'' KS = ''Knoxville Sentinel'' WGF = W. G. Foster in the ''Chattanooga Times'' BP = Bob Pigue in ''Nashville Banner''

References

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