1906 College Football All-Southern Team

The 1906 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. For some, the SIAA champion 1906 Vanderbilt Commodores football team made up the entire team.^[1] It would produce eight of the composite eleven. Owsley Manier was selected by Walter Camp third-team All-American. Vanderbilt won the SIAA championship.

Consensus eleven

The All-Southern eleven representing the consensus of newspapers as published in Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football 1890-1928 included:

Bob Blake, end for Vanderbilt, unanimous selection, was a lawyer and Rhodes Scholar.^[2] Blake made the drop kick to beat Carlisle, "the crowning feat of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association season."^[3]^[4] He was selected for the Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era.^[5]
Dan Blake, halfback for Vanderbilt, unanimous selection, brother of Bob. He later coached.
Lob Brown, end for Georgia Tech, captain-elect who helped Tech to its first defeat over Auburn.^[6]
Walter K. Chorn, guard for Vanderbilt, was a lawyer and one time insurance superintendent of Missouri.^[7]
Clyde R. Conner, guard for Mississippi, was a prominent lawyer of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and once United States Commissioner.^[8]
Sam Costen, quarterback for Vanderbilt who once coached The Citadel Bulldogs. He was also an attorney.^[9]
Honus Craig, halfback for Vanderbilt, Dan McGugin once called him the South's greatest athlete and Vanderbilt's greatest halfback.^[4] One report says "When Craig was confronted with the above formidable title yesterday by a reporter whose business it is to know such things, he blushed like a girl and tried to show why Dan McGugin's judgment is not always to be trusted."^[4] In Craig's opinion, Bob Blake was the South's greatest player.^[4]
Owsley Manier, fullback for Vanderbilt, unanimous selection, a "great plunging back,"^[2] selected third-team All-America by Walter Camp. Manier scored five touchdowns against Alabama in a 78-0 victory and again ran for five touchdowns over Georgia Tech (37-6) in Atlanta.^[10] Manier was later an assistant coach and practicing physician.
Joe Pritchard, tackle for Vanderbilt, unanimous selection, coached one year at LSU and was a Presbyterian dental missionary at Luebo in the Congo.^[11]
Lex Stone, tackle for Sewanee, coached football and basketball at the University of Tennessee. He was the school's first basketball coach.
Stein Stone, center for Vanderbilt, an all-time great at Vanderbilt who coached football one year at Clemson. He was an engineer.

All-Southerns of 1906

Ends

Bob Blake†, Vanderbilt (C, AWL, WP, MT, MCA, PW, DM)
Lob Brown, Georgia Tech (C, AWL, MT, PW)
Charlie Bagley, Washington & Lee (WP)
Arthur Wilson, North Carolina A&M (WP [as t])
Frank Shipp, Sewanee (DM)
Hope Sadler, Clemson (F)

Tackles

Joe Pritchard†, Vanderbilt (C, AWL, WP, MT, MCA, PW, DM)
Lex Stone, Sewanee (C, MCA [as e], PW, DM)
Edwin Noel, Vanderbilt (AWL, MT)

Guards

Walter K. Chorn, Vanderbilt (C, AWL, MT, MCA, PW, DM)
Clyde Conner, Mississippi (C, MCA [as c], PW)
Fatty McLain, Vanderbilt (AWL, MT)
George Watkins, Sewanee (WP)
Hoss Hodgson, Georgetown (WP)
James C. Elmer, Mississippi (MCA)
Puss Derrick, Clemson (DM, F)

Centers

Stein Stone, Vanderbilt (C, AWL, WP, MCA [as t], PW, DM)
Grover Ketron, Georgia (MT, F)

Quarterbacks

Sam Costen, Vanderbilt (C, AWL, MT, MCA, PW, DM)
Oscar Randolph, Virginia (WP)

Halfbacks

Dan Blake†, Vanderbilt (C, AWL, MT, MCA, PW, DM)
Honus Craig, Vanderbilt (C, MCA, PW, DM)
Hammond Johnson, Virginia (WP, MT)
Fritz Furtick, Clemson (AWL)
Speedy Kerr, Georgetown (WP)

Fullbacks

Owsley Manier†, Vanderbilt (C, AWL, WP, MT, MCA, PW, DM)
Hogan Yancey, Transylania (F)

Key

Bold = Consensus selection

† = Unanimous selection

C = selected by consensus of newspapers, as published in Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football 1890-1928.^[12]

AWL = selected by A. W. Lynn, sporting editor for the Atlanta Constitution.^[13]

WP = selected by The Washington Post.^[14]

MT = selected by the Macon Telegraph^[15]

MCA = selected by former Tennessee player Nash Buckingham in the Memphis Commercial Appeal.^[16]^[17]

PW = selected by Percy Whiting of Illustrated Outdoor News.^[3]

DM = selected by Dan McGugin head coach at Vanderbilt University, with information from Bradley Walker, southern official.^[3]

F = selected by Jack Forsythe for a game in Savannah on Christmas.^[18]

References

^ "Daniel Earle McGugin". Coach & Athlete. 28: 42. 1965 – via Google books.
^ ^a ^b Henry Jay Case (1914). "Vanderbilt–A University of the New South". Outing. 64: 327 – via Google books.
^ ^a ^b ^c National Collegiate Athletic Association (1907). The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. pp. 27, 49 – via Google books.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ""Honus" Craig, All-Southern Right Halfback---He Talks". Abilene Daily Reporter. April 25, 1909. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via University of North Texas.
^ "All-Time Football Team Lists Greats Of Past, Present". Gadsden Times. July 27, 1969 – via Google news.
^ Wiley Lee Umphlett (1992). Creating the Big Game: John W. Heisman and the Invention of American Football. p. 92.
^ "Chorn is Head of the Missouri State". The National Underwriter. Vol. 22. March 7, 1918. p. 9 – via Google books.
^ Kappa Alpha Order (1919). "Clyde R. Conner, Mississippi". The Kappa Alpha Journal. 35 (3): 381. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Google books.
^ Citadel Coaching Records Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ Bill Traughber (September 8, 2005). "Vandy All-Americans". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
^ Vanderbilt University (1915). "Faculty-Senior Dinner, Maxwell House, April 16, 1915". Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 15: 108–112 – via Google books.
^ Fuzzy Woodruff. A History of Southern Football 1890-1928. p. 283.
^ "Surprises The Rule During Past Season". The Atlanta Constitution. December 2, 1906. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Local Players Named". The Washington Post. December 7, 1906. p. 2. Retrieved March 3, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "All Southern Football Teams". Macon Telegraph. December 2, 1906.
^ "An All Southern Eleven Picked". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. December 23, 1906.
^ "Some Past All-Southerns". Atlanta Georgian. December 9, 1907. p. 12. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Digital Library of Georgia.
^ "Forsythe's "All Stars" Training In Charleston". Atlanta Georgian. December 22, 1906. p. 20 – via Digital Library of Georgia.

[1] "Daniel Earle McGugin". Coach & Athlete. 28: 42. 1965 – via Google books.

[newsouth-2] Henry Jay Case (1914). "Vanderbilt–A University of the New South". Outing. 64: 327 – via Google books.

[NCAA-3] National Collegiate Athletic Association (1907). The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. pp. 27, 49 – via Google books.

[:0-4] ""Honus" Craig, All-Southern Right Halfback---He Talks". Abilene Daily Reporter. April 25, 1909. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via University of North Texas.

[allse-5] "All-Time Football Team Lists Greats Of Past, Present". Gadsden Times. July 27, 1969 – via Google news.

[6] Wiley Lee Umphlett (1992). Creating the Big Game: John W. Heisman and the Invention of American Football. p. 92.

[7] "Chorn is Head of the Missouri State". The National Underwriter. Vol. 22. March 7, 1918. p. 9 – via Google books.

[conn-8] Kappa Alpha Order (1919). "Clyde R. Conner, Mississippi". The Kappa Alpha Journal. 35 (3): 381. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Google books.

[9] Citadel Coaching Records Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine

[10] Bill Traughber (September 8, 2005). "Vandy All-Americans". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2015.

[11] Vanderbilt University (1915). "Faculty-Senior Dinner, Maxwell House, April 16, 1915". Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 15: 108–112 – via Google books.

[12] Fuzzy Woodruff. A History of Southern Football 1890-1928. p. 283.

[13] "Surprises The Rule During Past Season". The Atlanta Constitution. December 2, 1906. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

[14] "Local Players Named". The Washington Post. December 7, 1906. p. 2. Retrieved March 3, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

[15] "All Southern Football Teams". Macon Telegraph. December 2, 1906.

[16] "An All Southern Eleven Picked". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. December 23, 1906.

[17] "Some Past All-Southerns". Atlanta Georgian. December 9, 1907. p. 12. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Digital Library of Georgia.

[18] "Forsythe's "All Stars" Training In Charleston". Atlanta Georgian. December 22, 1906. p. 20 – via Digital Library of Georgia.

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v t e 1906 College Football All-Southern Team composite selections
Backfield	QB Sam Costen HB Dan Blake† HB Honus Craig FB John Owsley Manier†
Line	E Bob Blake† E Lob Brown T Joe Pritchard† T Lex Stone G Walter K. Chorn G Clyde R. Conner C Stein Stone
† = Unanimous selection

v t e College Football All-Southern Teams
SIAA	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921
SoCon	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932
Post-SEC	1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956