# 1927 College Football All-Southern Team

The 1927 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations in for the 1927 Southern Conference football season.

## Composite eleven

The All-Southern eleven compiled by the Associated Press included:
* John Barnhill, guard for Tennessee, second-team AP All-American, later head coach at his alma mater.
* Elvin Butcher, center for Tennessee. His play against Vanderbilt helped secure the spot on the eleven, as he outplayed Vandy center Vernon Sharpe, who arguably had the better season.
* Dick Dodson, halfback for Tennessee, set a record with a 91 yard run versus Transylvania. It's still the second longest run in Tennessee history, broken with a 99 yard run by Kelsey Finch against Florida in 1977. In the Tennessee-Vanderbilt game of '27, Dodson carried the ball but four times, yet was the main reason for Tennessee keeping the game a tie.
* Herdis McCrary, fullback for Georgia, second-team AP and UP All-American. Known as "Bull," he played in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers from 1929 to 1933.
* Tom Nash, end for Georgia, consensus All-American. He played professionally for the Green Bay Packers, selected All-Pro in 1932.
* Fred Pickhard, tackle and captain for Alabama, second-team CP and UP All-American.
* Ivey Shiver, end and captain for Georgia's "dream and wonder team." Known as "Chick," he was first-team AP All-American. He played professional baseball for the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds.
* Gene Smith, guard for Georgia, third-team AP All-American. He played in the NFL for the Portsmouth Spartans.
* Bill Spears, quarterback for Vanderbilt, nearest to a unanimous selection, first-team AP All-American, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1962. He was speedy and rarely threw an interception.
* Stumpy Thomason, halfback for Georgia Tech, played in the NFL for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Eagles.
* Jess Tinsley, tackle for LSU, cousin of Gaynell Tinsley. He played in the NFL for the Chicago Cardinals.

## Composite overview

Bill Spears received the most selections from the Associated Press composite. Sixty four votes in all were cast.
| Name | Position | School | First-team selections |
| Bill Spears | Quarterback | Vanderbilt | 61 |
| Herdis McCrary | Fullback/Halfback | Georgia | 52 |
| Ivey Shiver | End | Georgia | 43 |
| Fred Pickhard | Tackle | Alabama | 42 |
| Tom Nash | End | Georgia | 37 |
| John Barnhill | Guard | Tennessee | 37 |
| Stumpy Thomason | Halfback | Georgia Tech | 26 |
| Gene Smith | Guard | Georgia | 25 |
| Elvin Butcher | Center | Tennessee | 23 |
| Jess Tinsley | Tackle | LSU | 17 |
| Jim Bowdoin | Guard | Alabama | 17 |
| Vernon Sharpe | Center | Vanderbilt | 17 |
| Jack McDowall | Halfback/Quarterback | North Carolina A & M | 17 |
| Dick Dodson | Halfback | Tennessee | 16 |
| Ed Crowley | End | Georgia Tech | 14 |
| Phoney Smith | Halfback | Mercer | 14 |
| Bill Banker | Halfback | Tulane | 13 |
| Harry Schwartz | Center | North Carolina | 9 |
| Larry Creson | End | Vanderbilt | 7 |
| V. K. Smith | Guard | Ole Miss | 7 |
| Frank Peake | Halfback | VPI | 7 |
| Dave McArthur | Tackle | Tennessee | 6 |
| Glenn Lautzenhiser | Tackle | Georgia | 6 |
| Bill Brunson | Tackle | Mississippi A & M | 4 |
| Duke Kimbrough | Tackle | Sewanee | 4 |
| Clark Pearce | Tackle | Alabama | 4 |
| Earl Fitzpatrick | Tackle | Washington & Lee | 4 |
| V. E. Miles | Guard | VPI | 4 |
| Peter Pund | Center | Georgia Tech | 4 |
| Raleigh Drennon | Guard | Georgia Tech | 3 |
| William Patterson | Center | Auburn | 2 |
| Jimmy Armistead | Fullback | Vanderbilt | 2 |
| H. S. Spotts | End | Washington & Lee | 1+ |
| Allyn McKeen | End | Tennessee | 1+ |
| Ap Applewhite | End | Ole Miss | 1+ |
| Bill Middlekauff | Fullback | Florida | 1 |
| Sollie Cohen | Fullback | Ole Miss | 1 |
| Tom Young | Fullback | North Carolina | 1 |

## All-Southerns of 1927
### Ends

* Ivey "Chick" Shiver, Georgia (AP-1, UP-1, CP, WMA, EB)
* Tom Nash*, Georgia (AP-1, UP-2, C, WMA, EB)
* Ed Crowley, Georgia Tech (AP-2, UP-1, WMA)
* Larry "Kitty" Creson, Vanderbilt (AP-2, UP-2, C, WMA)
* Rags Matthews, Texas Christian (College Football Hall of Fame) (CP)
* H. S. Spotts, Washington & Lee (AP-c, WMA-r)
* Allyn McKeen, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-c)
* Ap Applewhite, Mississippi (AP-c)
* Pinkie Thornhill, VMI (UP-c)
* H. R. Lewis, Mississippi A & M (UP-c)
* Moss, VMI (UP-c)
* Patrick Brown, Tulane (WMA-r)

### Tackles

* Fred Pickhard, Alabama (AP-1, UP-1, CP, WMA, EB)
* Jess Tinsley, LSU (AP-1, UP-2)
* Glenn Lautzenhiser, Georgia (AP-2, UP-1)
* Dave McArthur, Tennessee (AP-2, C)
* Garrett Morehead, North Carolina (UP-2)
* B. Winston Cardwell, Virginia (UP-c, CP, WMA)
* E. J. Hood, Georgia Tech (UP-c, WMA)
* Bill Brunson, Mississippi A & M (AP-c, UP-c)
* Duke Kimbrough, Sewanee (AP-c)
* Clark Pearce, Alabama (AP-c)
* Earl Fitzpatrick, Washington and Lee (AP-c)
* Kenneth Rugh, VMI (UP-c)
* Guy Nesom, LSU (UP-c)
* Donald Adams, Maryland (UP-c)
* Frank Speer, Georgia Tech (C)
* Warren, LSU (WMA-r)

### Guards

* John Barnhill, Tennessee (AP-1, UP-1, C, CP, WMA, EB-as T)
* Gene Smith, Georgia (AP-1, UP-1, CP, WMA, EB)
* Jim Bowdoin, Alabama (AP-2, UP-2, C, WMA)
* V. K. Smith, Ole Miss (AP-2)
* B. B. Tips, Washington & Lee (UP-2, WMA-r)
* Raleigh Drennon, Georgia Tech (AP-c, UP-c, EB)
* V. E. Miles, VPI (AP-c)
* Arthur Tripp, Tennessee (UP-c)
* Bud Shuler, North Carolina (UP-c)
* L. R. Thompson, Mississippi A & M (WMA)

### Centers

* Elvin Butcher, Tennessee (AP-1, UP-2, CP, WMA)
* Vernon Sharpe, Vanderbilt (AP-2, UP-1, WMA)
* Harry Schwartz, North Carolina (AP-c)
* Peter Pund, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-c, C)
* William Patterson, Auburn (AP-c, WMA-r)
* Ike Boland, Georgia (EB)
* Shep Mondy, VMI (WMA-r)

### Quarterbacks

* Bill Spears, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1, C, CP, WMA, EB)
* Johnny Menville, Tulane (UP-2, WMA)
* Babe Godfrey, LSU (WMA-r)

### Halfbacks

* Stumpy Thomason, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UP-1, C, EB)
* Dick Dodson, Tennessee (AP-1, UP-1, WMA-r)
* Jack McDowall, North Carolina State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2 [as qb], UP-2, C, WMA)
* Phoney Smith, Mercer (AP-2)
* Bill Banker, Tulane (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2, UP-c)
* Frank Peake, VPI (AP-c)
* Al Barnes, VMI (UP-2)
* Bobby Hooks, Georgia (UP-c, CP, EB)
* Warner Mizell, Georgia Tech (CP)
* John Sloan, Virginia (UP-c)
* Davis Brasfield, Alabama (UP-c)
* Gene White, Washington & Lee (UP-c)
* Fred Linkus, Maryland (UP-c)
* Roy Estes, Georgia (WMA)
* Lewis Thomas, Maryland (WMA)
* Red Brown, Alabama (WMA)
* Bud Eskew, Clemson (WMA-r)
* Reuben Wilcox, Mississippi

### Fullbacks

* Herdis McCrary, Georgia (AP-1, UP-1, C, CP, EB)
* Jimmy Armistead, Vanderbilt (AP-2, UP-c)
* Bill Middlekauff, Florida (AP-c, UP-2, WMA)
* Sollie Cohen, Mississippi (AP-c, WMA)
* Tom Young, North Carolina (AP-c)
* Tom Shotts, Auburn (WMA-r)

## Key

Bold = Composite selection
* = Consensus All-American
AP = composite selected by the Associated Press. It had a first and second team.
UP = composite selected by the United Press. It had a first and second team. Those who received selections despite missing first or second team are appended with a C.
C = composite selected by six sporting editors: Blinkey Horn of the Nashville Tennessean, Ralph McGill of the Nashville Banner, Zipp Newman of the Birmingham News, Bib Phillips of the Birmingham Age-Herald, Morgan Blake of the Atlanta Journal, and Ed Danforth of the Atlanta Georgian.
CP = selected by football fans of the South through Central Press newspapers.
WMA = selected by coaches Wallace Wade of Alabama, Dan McGugin of Vanderbilt, and William Alexander of Georgia Tech, for a roster spot on a team set to face an All-Pacific Coast squad in Los Angeles on Christmas Day. It also include reserves.
EB = selected by Miss Emily Boyd, sports editor of the Griffin Daily News, the only woman sports editor in the south.