The 1930 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1930 Southern Conference football season. Alabama won the Southern and national championship.
Composite eleven
editThe All-Southern eleven compiled by the Associated Press included:
- Jerry Dalrymple, end for Tulane, elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954.[1]
- Bobby Dodd, quarterback for Tennessee, later coached Georgia Tech to a national title, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993.
- Milton Leathers, guard for Georgia
- Vance Maree, tackle for Georgia Tech. One writer said Maree and Frank Speer had the reputation as "the toughest pair of tackles in the south."[2]
- Buddy Hackman, halfback for Tennessee. Hackman filled the role of Gene McEver, who missed the entire season with torn ligaments in his knee.[3] He was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1974.[3]
- Jack Roberts, fullback for Georgia. Known as "The Ripper", he later played in the National Football League.
- Loyd Roberts, center and captain for Tulane.
- Fred Sington, tackle for Alabama. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955. Sington was chosen for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1920–1969 era.
- Vernon "Catfish" Smith, end for Georgia, made an all-time Georgia Bulldogs football team picked in 1935.[4]
- Jimmy Steele, guard for Florida.
- John Suther, halfback for Alabama. Suther described the feeling before the Tennessee game, which Alabama won 18–6. "Coach Wade was boiling mad. He was like a blood-thirsty drill sergeant anyway, and those critics made him more fiery ... He challenged us to help him shut up the loudmouths that were making his life miserable."[5]
All-Southerns of 1930
editEnds
edit- Jerry Dalrymple, Tulane (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1, DT-1)
- Vernon "Catfish" Smith, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-2, DT-2)
- Herb Maffett, Georgia (AP-2, UP-1, DT-1)
- Bill Schwartz, Vanderbilt (AP-2, UP-2, DT-2)
Tackles
edit- Fred Sington*, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1, DT-1)
- Vance Maree, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UP-2, DT-2)
- Foots Clement, Alabama (AP-2, UP-1, DT-1)
- Dale Waters, Florida (AP-2, UP-2, DT-2)
Guards
edit- Jimmy Steele, Florida (AP-1, UP-1, DT-2)
- Milton Leathers, Georgia (AP-1, UP-1, DT-1)
- Ralph Maddox, Georgia (AP-2)
- Maury Bodenger, Tulane (AP-2, DT-2)
- Harry Thayer, Tennessee (UP-2)
- L. G. "Floppy" Forquer, Kentucky (UP-2, DT-1)
Centers
edit- Loyd Roberts, Tulane (AP-1, UP-1, DT-2)
- Ned Lipscomb, North Carolina (AP-2, UP-2, DT-1)
Quarterbacks
edit- Bobby Dodd†, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1, DT-1)
- Austin Downes, Georgia (AP-2, UP-2, DT-2)
Halfbacks
edit- John Suther, Alabama (AP-1, UP-1, DT-1)
- Buddy Hackman, Tennessee (AP-1, UP-1, DT-1)
- Shipwreck Kelly, Kentucky (AP-2)
- Don Zimmerman, Tulane (AP-2, UP-2)
- Red Bethea, Florida (UP-2, DT-2)
- Bill Murray, Duke (College Football Hall of Fame) (DT-2)
Fullbacks
edit- Jack Roberts, Georgia (AP-1, UP-1, DT-1)
- John Lewis Cain, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2, UP-2, DT-2)
Key
editBold = Composite selection
* = Consensus All-American
† = Unanimous Selection
AP = compiled from southern coaches and sportswriters by the Associated Press. It had a first and second team.[6]
UP = compiled from 20 of 23 southern coaches by the United Press.[7] It had a first and second team.
DT = selected by the Daily Tar Heel.[8] It had a first and second team.See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Jerry Dalrymple". National Football Foundation.
- ^ Davis, Ralph (October 10, 1930). "Tech Leader Awaiting Test". The Pittsburgh Press.
- ^ a b "Hackman, Joseph Sandy "Buddy"".
- ^ George Trevor. "All-Time All-Star Team". Tulane University Football Program-The Greenie; Georgia vs. Tulane.
- ^ "Alabama-Tennessee: A Southern Tradition". October 23, 2008. Archived from the original on February 12, 2015.
- ^ Dillow Graham (December 4, 1930). "Unanimous Vote of Coaches and Sports Writers Places Dodd At Top of Quarterback Candidates". The Kingsport Times. p. 2. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "All-Southern Squad Chosen". The San Bernardino County Sun. November 29, 1930. p. 21. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tar Heel's All-Southern Teams". The Daily Tar Heel. December 2, 1930. p. 3. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.