1926 College Football All-Southern Team

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The All-Southern eleven compiled by the Associated Press included:

• Red Barnes, quarterback for Alabama, professional baseball outfielder with Washington Senators and the Chicago White Sox.
• John Barnhill, tackle for Tennessee, later head coach at his alma mater.
• Herschel Caldwell, end for Alabama, made the extra point to tie Stanford in the Rose Bowl."Stanford and Alabama Play Tie", The Oakland Tribune, January 2, 1927, p D-1; http://www.rosebowlhistory.org {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311153445/http://www.rosebowlhistory.org/ |date=2015-03-11 }} Caldwell was called by one source "one of the greatest defensive backs the South has produced in years."{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/mississippi/hattiesburg/hattiesburg-american/1926/11-23/page-3|date=November 23, 1926|title=Many Faces Pass From Grid After Thanksgiving Fights|page=3|work=Hattiesburg American}} He later assisted coach Wallace Wade at Duke University.
• Gordon Holmes, center for Alabama, got a case of appendicitis en route to the Rose Bowl while in El Paso, and was left there with the idea of Babe Pearce filling in for Holmes. Holmes let his doctors know he would catch the next train to Pasadena.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19921223&id=rZYtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mqUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5413,8401832|title=Crimson Centennial Moment|work=The Tuscaloosa News|date=December 23, 1992}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1126&dat=19261225&id=Aa5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7mgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5824,181341|title=Through Long Drill; Biff Hoffman On Injured List|date=December 25, 1926|work=The Gazette Times}}
• Curtis Luckey, tackle for Georgia, known in his time as one of the best linemen in the South.{{cite news|title=Tech Meets Georgia|work=The Technique|date=November 12, 1926}}
• Charles Mackall, guard and captain for Virginia, led the Southern Conference in field goals in 1926 with four.{{cite news|work=The Evening Independent|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19261203&id=UocLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t1QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2870,897830|date=December 3, 1926|title=Feature Plays of Southland's 1926 Football}} He won the Virginia state amateur golf championship in 1927.{{cite news|work=Lima News|title=Football Star Wins Virginia Golf Title|date=July 30, 1927}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1909765//|title=Football Star Wins Virginia Golf Title|date=August 26, 1927|work=The Daily Courier|access-date=March 3, 2015|page=7|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}
• George Morton, halfback for Georgia. In the rivalry game at Grant Field with Georgia Tech, Georgia found itself down 13 to 0 at the half. Herdis McCrary and Morton led a comeback, winning 14 to 13.{{cite web|url=http://www.alumni.uga.edu/alumni/index.php/site/heritage/c/103/20574 |title=UGA's "Ma" Hale |author=Rebecca Evans Stone |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210122840/http://www.alumni.uga.edu/alumni/index.php/site/heritage/c/103/20574 |archive-date=2013-02-10 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/072407aah.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924040654/http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/072407aah.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2015|title=1920s Football History}} Known as the best all-round athlete that Episcopal High School has ever produced.{{cite web|url=http://www.episcopalhighschool.org/news/item/index.aspx?LinkId=991&ModuleId=168|title=George Dudley Morton '23|date=September 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209083946/http://www.episcopalhighschool.org/news/item/index.aspx?LinkId=991&ModuleId=168|archive-date=December 9, 2014}}
• Fred Pickhard, guard for Alabama, blocked the punt against Sewanee, leading to the safety which secured the game and the undefeated season.{{cite web|url=http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121202aac.html|title=All-Americans}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19921023&id=STcdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v6UEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6028,6535184|newspaper=Tuscaloosa News|date=October 23, 1992|title=Crimson Centennial Moment}} Just 16 punts were blocked all year for scores in college football, and Pickhard had three of them. He was selected Most Valuable Player of the 1927 Rose Bowl in which Alabama tied Stanford.{{cite web|url=http://rolltide.ucan.us/championshipSeasons.php|title=Bama Championships}} He then had a long career with the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in Portland, Oregon as a service manager.
• Ty Rauber, fullback for Washington and Lee, third-team AP All-American. He was later a special agent with the FBI.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RAcQAQAAMAAJ&q=rauber|page=117|title=Documentary History of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidency|volume=38|year=2010}}
• Bill Spears, quarterback for Vanderbilt, second-team AP All-American, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1962.
• Hoyt Winslett, end for Alabama, first Southern player elected first-team AP All-American. He was recently shifted from the backfield to end, and was a renowned passer connecting many times with Caldwell.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1917612//|title=Pasadena Clash Has National Grid Flavor|work=The Ogden Standard-Examiner|date=December 26, 1926|page=13|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 4, 2015}} {{Open access}}

Hoyt Winslett received the most votes, 37 of a possible 41.

• Hoyt Winslett, Alabama (C, UP-1, S, SWI)
• Herschel Caldwell, Alabama (C, UP-2 [as hb])
• Johnny Marshall, Georgia Tech (C, S, SWI)
• Harry Gamble, Tulane (C, UP-1)
• Larry Creson, Vanderbilt (UP-2)
• Ap Applewhite, Mississippi (UP-2)

• Curtis Luckey, Georgia (C, S, UP-2)
• John Barnhill, Tennessee (C)
• Mack Tharpe, Georgia Tech (C, UP-2, SWI)
• Ox McKibbon, Vanderbilt (C)
• Jess Tinsley, LSU (UP-2)

• Fred Pickhard, Alabama (C, UP-1 [as t], S [as t], SWI [as t])
• Charles Mackall, Virginia (C, S, SWI)
• Claude Perry, Alabama (C, UP-1 [as t])
• Orin "Mount" Helvey, Sewanee (C, UP-2 [as fb])
• John Barnhill, Tennessee (UP-1)
• Herman Salter, Auburn (UP-1)
• Ellis Hagler, Alabama (S)
• Ernest Rogers, Georgia (UP-2, SWI)

• Gordon Holmes, Alabama (C, S)
• Owen Pool, Georgia Tech (C, SWI)
• Elvin Butcher, Tennessee (UP-1)
• Vernon Sharpe, Vanderbilt (UP-2)

• Bill Spears, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (C, UP-1, S, SWI [as hb])
• Bill Rogers, South Carolina (C)

• George Morton, Georgia (C, UP-1, S, SWI)
• Red Barnes, Alabama (C, UP-1, SWI [as qb])
• Carter Barron, Georgia Tech (C, UP-2 [as qb])
• Myron Stevens, Maryland (C)
• Neil Cargile, Vanderbilt (UP-2)

• Ty Rauber, Washington & Lee (C, UP-1, S [as hb], SWI)
• Tolbert Brown, Alabama (C)
• Dick Dodson, Tennessee (S)

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Bold = Composite selection

C = received votes for an All-Southern eleven compiled by the Associated Press.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2756250/kingsport_times/|access-date=July 6, 2015|via=Newspapers.com|title=Alabama Places 4 Men On Newspaper All-Southern Team|newspaper=The Kingsport Times|date=November 28, 1926|page=2}} {{Open access}}

UP = compiled by the United Press.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15114812/the_miami_news/|newspaper=The Miami News|page=33|date=November 28, 1926|title=Mythical 'All Star' Dixie Eleven Is Picked This Year|access-date=November 14, 2017|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

S = selected by UGA athletic director Herman Stegeman.

SWI = selected by S. W. Inman, Jr.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2097525/florence_morning_news/|work=Florence Morning News|date=November 25, 1925|page=3|access-date=March 29, 2015|title=All-Southern|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

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• 1926 College Football All-America Team

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