1900 College Football All-Southern Team

The 1900 College Football All-Southern Team consists of

Caspar Whitney, the originator of the concept of the All-America team, selected an All-Southern eleven for Outing.

All-Southerns of 1900

Ends

• Alexis Hobson, Virginia (O)
• Frank M. Osborne, North Carolina (O)
• Johnny Finnegan, Georgetown (WH)
• Walter Schreiner, Texas (WH-s)
• Bledsoe, Washington & Lee (WH-s)

Tackles

• Frank Bennett†, North Carolina (O, WH)
• John Loyd, Virginia (O)
• George Marshall
  , VMI (Later Secretary of State) (WH)
• McCabe, VMI (WH-s)
• Wright, VMI (WH-s)

Guards

• William Choice, Virginia (O)
• Big Sam, Texas (O)
• W. F. Cox, VPI (WH)
• Branch Johnson
  , VMI (WH)
• L. L. Jewel, Virginia Tech (WH-s)
• Joe Lynch, Georgetown (WH-s)

Centers

• William Poole
  , Sewanee (O)
• Dan McKay, Georgetown (WH)
• Charles C. Haskel, Virginia (WH-s)

Quarterbacks

• Charles Roller, VMI (WH)
• Warbler Wilson, Sewanee (WH-s)
• Brodie Nalle, Virginia (WH-s)

Halfbacks

• Virginius Dabney†, Virginia (O, WH)
• Henry Seibels, Sewanee (College Football Hall of Fame) (O)
• Art Devlin, Georgetown (WH)
• Cheevers Barry, Georgetown (WH-s)
• Robert M. Coleman, Virginia (WH-s)

Fullbacks

• Ormond Simkins†, Sewanee (O, WH [as e])
• Bradley Walker, Virginia (WH)
• Hunter Carpenter, VPI (College Football Hall of Fame) (WH-s)

Key

† = Unanimous selection

O = selected by Caspar Whitney in Outing.^[2] Whitney ruled Walker, Nalle, and Devlin ineligible

WH = selected by W. H. Hoge.^[3][4] It had substitutes, denoted with a small S. He picked "Walker" of Sewanee as a sub back, but must have meant Wilson.

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