Lynn Bomar of Vanderbilt.

The 1922 College Football All-Southern Team consists of college football players chosen by various organizations and writers for College Football All-Southern Teams for the 1922 Southern Conference football season. It was the first season of the Southern Conference.

Vanderbilt end Lynn Bomar and Georgia Tech running back Red Barron were the only two unanimous choices of a composite of selectors. Walter Camp picked no Southerners for his first-team All-American, but picked Bomar and Barron for his second team.

Composite eleven

Herb Covington of Centre
Al Staton of Georgia Tech.

The composite All-Southern eleven compiled from twenty four coaches and sporting editors of the South each of whom received trophies from the Atlanta Journal included:

  • Red Barron, halfback for Georgia Tech, unanimous selection, second-team Camp All-American. Barron led Tech to a 146 defeat over one of Auburn's greatest teams.[1] He was also an All-Southern baseball player who played professionally with the Boston Braves; and later coached high school football.
  • Joe Bennett, tackle for Georgia, later a Coca-Cola executive. "Prior to the 1960s, Bennett is likely Georgia's most outstanding tackle."[2] Both he and Whelchel were notorious kick blockers.
  • Lynn Bomar, end for Vanderbilt, unanimous selection, second-team Camp All-American. He played with the New York Giants in their inaugural season and was later warden of Tennessee State Prison. Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1956.
  • Herb Covington, quarterback for Centre, known as "The Mayfield Flash", had to replace Bo McMillin and kicked a record six straight drop-kicked field goals in a game against Louisville.
  • Oscar Davis, guard for Georgia Tech, also selected All-American by Lawrence Perry and Billy Evans.
  • John Fletcher, fullback for Georgia, provided much of the team's offense. An account of the game against Tennessee the next season says "he rammed the ball almost the entire length of the field on two occasions."[3]
  • Claire Frye, center for Georgia Tech, had formerly played football as a member of the American Expeditionary Forces.
  • Red Roberts, end for Centre, last year the fifth southern player selected first-team All-American by Walter Camp. Later coached the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets.
  • John Shirey, halfback for Auburn, was a member of various all-time Auburn teams.
  • Albert Staton, tackle for Georgia Tech, is the starting end on the all-time Heisman era team.
  • Puss Whelchel, guard for Georgia, and the unanimously elected captain from Georgia's strong line of '21. Both he and Bennett were notorious kick blockers.

Composite overview

Name Position School First-team selections
Lynn BomarEnd/TackleVanderbilt24
Red BarronHalfbackGeorgia Tech24
Oscar DavisGuardGeorgia Tech23
Herb CovingtonQuarterbackCentre22
John ShireyHalfbackAuburn22
Red RobertsEnd/Guard/Tackle/FullbackCentre19
Albert StatonTackleGeorgia Tech11
Joe BennettTackleGeorgia11
Claire FryeCenterGeorgia Tech10
John FletcherFullbackGeorgia9
Puss WhelchelGuardGeorgia8
James PearceTackle/GuardAuburn7
Ed KubaleCenterCentre7
Shorty PropstCenter/GuardAlabama6
Scotty NeillEndVanderbilt5
Rip ReaganGuardAuburn5
Slick MoultonEndAuburn4
John StatonEndGeorgia Tech3
Eddie ReedCenterTulane3
Roe CampbellFullbackTennessee3
Al ClemensEndAlabama2
Jack HovaterTackleAlabama2
Thug MurrayTackleSewanee2
Tex BradfordTackleVanderbilt2
Ed SherlingFullbackAuburn2
Tarzan HoltEndTennessee1
Cliff LemonEndCentre1
Blood MillerEndSewanee1
Crook SmithEndMercer1
Edgar DavidEndOglethorpe1
Charles R. FenwickTackleVirginia1
MartinTackle1
Tex TilsonTackleVPI1
Yen LightseyTackleClemson1
L. O. WesleyGuardAlabama1
Ben ComptonGuardAlabama1
Birkett PribbleGuardKentucky1
Grady PritchardGuardNorth Carolina1
Tuck KellyGuardVanderbilt1
Fats LawrenceCenterAuburn1
JohnsonCenterMercer1
Pooley HubertFullbackAlabama1
Red JohnstonFullbackNorth Carolina1

All-Southerns of 1922

Ends

Red Roberts of Centre.

Tackles

Joe Bennett

Guards

Puss Whelchel of Georgia.

Centers

Quarterbacks

Halfbacks

John Shirey of Auburn.
  • Red Barron†, Georgia Tech (C, BE, MA, ZN, ED, EH, MB, JP, MM, GHB, BH, HGP, JB, CWA, JH, NOI, NOS, CM, KS, WGF, MT)
  • John Shirey, Auburn (C, BE, MA, ZN, ED, EH [as fb], MB, JP, MM [as fb], GHB [as fb], BH, HGP, JB, CWA, JH, NOI, NOS, CM, WGF, MT)
  • Gil Reese, Vanderbilt (BE, GHB)
  • Ark Newton, Florida (EH, KS)
  • Jimmy Brewster, Georgia Tech (BE)
  • G. B. Arnold, Virginia (BE)

Fullbacks

Key

Bold = Composite selection

* = Consensus All-American

† = Unanimous selection

C = received votes for the composite All-Southern eleven compiled from twenty four coaches and sporting editors of the South.[4][5]

BE = Billy Evans's Southern Honor Roll.[6]

MA = selected by the Montgomery Advertiser.[7]

ZN = selected by Zipp Newman, sporting editor for the Birmingham News.[7][8][9]

ED = selected by Ed Danforth, sporting editor for the Atlanta Georgian.[7][8][9]

EH = selected by Ed Hebert of the Times-Picayune.[7][8][9]

MB = selected by Morgan Blake, sporting editor for the Atlanta Journal.[7][8][9]

JP = selected by J. P. Paterson, former Auburn star.[7]

MM = selected by Marvin McCarthy, sporting editor of the Birmingham Age-Herald.[8]

GHB = selected by George H. Butler of the Chattanooga News.[8][9]

BH = selected by Blinkey Horn, sporting editor of the Nashville Tennessean.[8]

HGP = selected by H. G. Pannell of the Montgomery Journal.[8][9]

JB = selected by Jimmy Burns of the Knoxville Journal-Tribune.[8]

CWA = selected by Carlyle Ward of the Montgomery Journal.[8]

JH = selected by Joe Hatcher of the Nashville Tennessean.[9]

NOI = selected by the New Orleans Item.[9]

NOS = selected by Henry Reiter of the New Orleans Daily States.

CM = selected by Centre coach Charley Moran[9]

KS = selected by the Knoxville Sentinel[9]

WGF = selected W. G. Foster and S. J. McAllister in the Chattanooga Times.[9]

MT = selected by the Macon Telegraph[9]

See also

References

  1. cf. "Auburn's Gator Bowl Champs Rated Among Top Tiger Teams". Ocala Star-Banner. January 16, 1955.
  2. Patrick Garbin. About Them Dawgs!: Georgia Football's Memorable Teams and Players. p. 30.
  3. "John Hamilton Fletcher". Banner-Herald. November 16, 1923.
  4. "Georgia Tech Has Four on All-Southern Team". Richmond Times Dispatch. December 10, 1922.
  5. Cliff Wheatley (December 10, 1922). "Al Staton, Davis, Whelchel Frye, Roberts, Covington, Bennett, Fletcher Picked". Atlanta Constitution. p. 3. Retrieved March 16, 2015 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. Closed access icon "Evans' All-Southern Honor Roll". Miami District Daily News. December 10, 1922.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Closed access icon "Selection of Mythical All-Southern Grid Team Difficult Task; Much Star Talent of Dixie Elevens This Season". The Montgomery Advertiser. December 3, 1922.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Teams Selected By Various Scribes". Atlanta Constitution. December 3, 1922. p. 5. Retrieved March 7, 2015 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "How Dixie Sport Scribes Handed Out Plums for All Southern". The Tennessean. December 3, 1922. p. 28. Retrieved June 26, 2016 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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