1909 College Football All-Southern Team

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The eleven selected by John Heisman included:

• Eric Cheape, guard for Sewanee.
• Harry Esslinger, tackle for Auburn. He was a pioneer coach at Huntsville High School. He served in that capacity from 1920 to 1932.{{cite web|url=http://www.ahsfhs.org/teams2/gamesbyyear.asp?year=1922&Team=Huntsville|title=Huntsville Football Team History|via=ahsfhs.org}}
• Doc Fenton, quarterback for LSU, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.
• Ewing Y. Freeland, end for Vanderbilt, known as "Big 'un," later coached at various institutions in Texas.
• Malvern Griffin, tackle for Vanderbilt.
• Aubrey Lanier, halfback for Sewanee. Grantland Rice called him "the noblest Tiger of them all."{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/stream/sewaneealumninew15univ#page/n3/mode/2up/search/lanier|journal=Sewanee Alumni News|date=1949|page=5|title=Sports at Sewanee|author=James Gregg}} The Kappa Alpha Journal gives similar praise that year, calling Lanier "The greatest performer of the college game on the Southern field.{{cite journal|journal=Kappa Alpha Journal|volume=27|issue=2|title=Alpha-Alpha, University of the South|year=1909|page=200|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pJhOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA200}}
• T. C. Locke, guard for Auburn.
• J. E. Lucas, center for Georgia. His defense drew praise in the losses to Alabama{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2214168/the_atlanta_constitution/|work=The Atlanta Constitution|title=Alabama Wins Over Georgia In Hard Game|page=3|date=October 31, 1909|accessdate=April 14, 2015|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} and Georgia Tech.{{cite news|title=Georgia Springs Big Surprise on Jackets|date=November 21, 1909|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2214323//|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=April 14, 2015|work=Atlanta Constitution}} {{Open access}}
• Will Metzger, guard for Vanderbilt, known as "Frog," selected for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era.
• Ray Morrison, quarterback for Vanderbilt, selected as the quarterback and kick returner for an Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. He was later a coach at various institutions including SMU and Vanderbilt after McGugin. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954.
• Silas Williams, end for Sewanee. He later played for Harvard Law School.

• Silas Williams†, Sewanee (H-1, GR, NB, NTC, NTL, NTM)
• Ewing Y. Freeland, Vanderbilt (H-1, NB, NTL)
• Bill Neely, Vanderbilt (GR, NB [as qb], NTC, NTL [as qb], NTM [as qb])
• Carlton Elliott, Virginia (WG)
• Joe Luttrell, VPI (WG)
• Armstrong Hill, Auburn (H-2)
• Herbert Hatcher, Georgia (H-2)

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• Malvern Griffin, Vanderbilt (H-1, NB, NTL, NTM)
• Harry Esslinger, Auburn (H-1)
• Lionel Moise, Sewanee (GR, NB [as fb], NTC, NTL)
• Frank Faulkinberry, Sewanee (H-2, NB [as g], NTC, NTM)
• Homer Cogdell, Auburn (GR, NB)
• B. R. Cecil, Virginia (WG)
• Horace Geyer Jr., Virginia (WG)

• Eric Cheape, Sewanee (H-1, GR, NTC)
• T. C. Locke, Auburn (H-1, NTL)
• Ted Ross, Vanderbilt (GR, NTC, NTL, NTM)
• Willie Hillman, LSU (NB [as c], NTM)
• Stanley Phillip, Arkansas (NB)
• Bruce, Washington & Lee (WG)
• Hoss Hodgson, VPI (WG)
• Burton Gray Allen, Auburn (H-2)
• Leslie Covington, Vanderbilt (H-2)

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• J. E. Lucas, Georgia (H-1)
• Robert "Strauss" Stovall, LSU (GR, NTL, NTM)
• Frank Juhan, Sewanee (NTC)
• Archibald Deans, North Carolina (WG)
• J. J. Beaver, Auburn (H-2)

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• Doc Fenton, LSU (College Football Hall of Fame) (H-1)
• Chigger Browne, Sewanee (GR, H-2, NTC)
• S. F. Stevens, North Carolina A&M (WG)

• Aubrey Lanier, Sewanee (H-1, GR, NB, NTC, NTL)
• Ray Morrison, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (H-1, NTL, NTM [as e])
• Lew Hardage, Auburn (GR, H-2, NB, NTC, NTM)
• Forest Stanton, Virginia (WG)
• Tom Moseley, VMI (WG)
• Del Pratt, Alabama (H-2)

• Will Metzger, Vanderbilt (H-1, NTL, NTM)
• John Seip, LSU (GR, H-2 [as t], NTC)
• Kemper Yancey, Virginia (WG)
• George Penton, Auburn (H-2)

† = Unanimous selection

Bold = Heisman's pick

H = selected by John Heisman, coach at Georgia Institute of Technology.{{cite news|work=Atlanta Constitution|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1917559//|title=The All-Southern Eleven Picked By Coach Heisman|date=November 28, 1909|accessdate=March 4, 2015|via=Newspapers.com|page=3}} {{Open access}} Dick Jemison picked a second team from the players Heisman left off his first.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1986261//|date=November 28, 1909|accessdate=March 14, 2015|page=3|via=Newspapers.com|title=Second Choice Eleven Chosen By Dick Jemison|work=Atlanta Constitution}} {{Open access}}

GR = selected by Grantland Rice.{{Closed access}} {{cite news|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=U52O4CMBMTQxMzUxNDczMS45ODU2NDI6MToxMzoxMzIuMTk4LjUwLjEz&p_action=doc&s_lastnonissuequeryname=13&d_viewref=search&p_queryname=13&p_docnum=18&p_docref=v2:11260DC9BB798E30@EANX-1137058683221408@2418640-11370586F0541200@2-1137058950574DC8@All-Southern%20Selection|title=All-Southern Selection|newspaper=Charlotte Observer|date=November 29, 1909}}{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/CapAndGown1910/THE_1910_CAP_AND_GOWNoptimized#page/n149/mode/2up|title=Cap and Gown|page=143}}

NB = selected by Nash Buckingham.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15117492/the_tennessean/|page=9|date=November 28, 1909|title=All-Southern Star Cast Is Selected|work=The Tennessean|accessdate=November 14, 2017|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

NTC = published in the Nashville Tennessean, by a writer from Columbia.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15117368/the_tennessean/|page=10|accessdate=November 14, 2017|via=Newspapers.com|date=December 4, 1909|work=The Tennessean|title=A Fan's Selection For All-Southern}} {{Open access}}

NTL = published in the Nashville Tennessean, by a writer from Lynnville.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5045043/the_tennessean/|title=More Selections For All-Southern|work=The Tennessean|page=10|date=December 8, 1909|accessdate=April 24, 2016|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

NTM = published in the Nashville Tennessean, by a writer from McMinnville.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5044998/the_tennessean/|title=An All-Southern|work=The Tennessean|page=6|date=December 14, 1909|accessdate=April 24, 2016|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

WG = selected by William C. Gloth, coach at Virginia Military Institute.{{cite news|url=http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15821coll8/id/723|newspaper=The Cadet|title=Mr. Gloth Picks Team|date=December 14, 1909}}

• 1909 College Football All-America Team

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