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. Hamiltonâ , 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 Wilsonâ , 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>â </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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