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1899 College Football All-Southern Team

The 1899 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations in 1899. The "Iron Men" of Sewanee won the SIAA championship. The Vanderbilt Hustler remarked on Suter's selection of 9 of his own players, "Only nine! He surely must have been thinking of a baseball team."

All-Southerns of 1899

Ends

Tackles

  • W. Hamilton†, Georgia <small>(O, HMS [as g])</small>
  • John Loyd, Virginia <small>(O)</small>
  • Deacon Jones, Sewanee <small>(HMS)</small>
  • Richard Bolling, Sewanee <small>(HMS)</small>
  • Andrew Ritchie, Georgia <small>(HMS-s)</small>
  • James Hart, Texas <small>(HMS-s)</small>

Guards

Centers

  • Carlos A. Long, Georgetown <small>(O)</small>
  • William Poole, Sewanee <small>(HMS)</small>
  • Edward Overshiner, Texas <small>(HMS-s)</small>

Quarterbacks

  • Warbler Wilson†, Sewanee <small>(O, HMS)</small>
  • Semp Russ, Texas <small>(HMS-s)</small>
  • Ed Huguley, Auburn <small>(HMS-s)</small>

Halfbacks

  • Arthur Feagin, Auburn <small>(O, HMS-s)</small>
  • Henry Seibels, Sewanee (College Football Hall of Fame) <small>(HMS)</small>
  • Harry Gerstle, Virginia <small>(O)</small>
  • Rex Kilpatrick, Sewanee <small>(HMS)</small>
  • Orvill Burke, Vanderbilt <small>(HMS-s)</small>
  • Lawrence Levert, Tulane <small>(HMS-s)</small>
  • Quintard Gray, Sewanee <small>(HMS-s)</small>
  • Franklin Bivings, Auburn <small>(HMS-s)</small>

Fullbacks

  • Ormond Simkins, Sewanee <small>(HMS)</small>
  • Robert M. Coleman, Virginia <small>(O)</small>
  • John H. McIntosh, Georgia <small>(HMS-s)</small>
  • Raymond Keller, Texas <small>(HMS-s)</small>
  • Charles L. Eshleman, Tulane <small>(HMS-s)</small>

Key

<small><nowiki>†</nowiki> = Unanimous selection</small>

<small>O = selected by W. A. Lambeth in Outing.</small>

<small>HMS = selected by H. M. Suter, head coach at . It had substitutes, denoted by a small S.</small>

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