# 1920 College Football All-Southern Team

The 1920 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.
Georgia and Georgia Tech both had claims to the SIAA championship.

## Composite eleven

The composite All-Southern eleven formed by the selection of 27 coaches and sporting writers culled by the Atlanta Constitution and Atlanta Journal included:
* Red Barron, halfback for Georgia Tech, also an All-Southern baseball player who played pro ball with the Boston Braves. He later coached high school football.
* Noah Caton, center for Auburn, died just two years later due to complications from an appendicitis operation.
* Bum Day, center for Georgia, in 1918 as a player for Georgia Tech was the first Southern player selected first-team All-American by Walter Camp.
* Bill Fincher, tackle for Georgia Tech, a unanimous selection and this year the third Southern player selected first-team All-American by Walter Camp, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1974. He also kicked.
* Buck Flowers, halfback for Georgia Tech, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955. He was selected for the Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869–1919 era. He also kicked.
* Bo McMillin, quarterback for Centre, the second Southern player selected first-team All-American by Walter Camp, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.
* Artie Pew, tackle for Georgia, member of teams which over two years (1920 and 1921) did not lose to a single southern opponent. He also kicked. Pew was also a basketball player.
* Owen Reynolds, end for Georgia, played for the New York Giants in the inaugural season of 1925.
* John Staton, end for Georgia Tech, later a Coca-Cola executive.
* Riggs Stephenson, fullback for Alabama, later played professional baseball for the Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs.
* Fatty Warren, guard for Auburn. He also kicked.

## Composite overview

Bill Fincher received the most votes with 26.
| Name | Position | School | First-team selections |
| Bill Fincher | End/Tackle | Georgia Tech | 26 |
| Red Barron | Halfback | Georgia Tech | 25 |
| Bo McMillin | Quarterback | Centre | 23 |
| Buck Flowers | Halfback | Georgia Tech | 23 |
| Bum Day | Center | Georgia | 18 |
| Owen Reynolds | End | Georgia | 18 |
| Artie Pew | Tackle | Georgia | 17 |
| Riggs Stephenson | Fullback | Alabama | 17 |
| Fatty Warren | Guard | Auburn | 11 |
| John Staton | End | Georgia Tech | 7 |
| Noah Caton | Guard | Auburn | 7 |
| Puss Whelchel | Guard | Georgia | 7 |
| Terry Snoddy | End | Centre | 6 |
| Yen Lightsey | Guard | Clemson | 6 |
| Georgie Ratterman | End | Georgia Tech | 5 |
| Al Clemens | End | Alabama | 5 |
| Emmett Sizemore | Guard | Auburn | 5 |
| Dummy Lebey | Guard | Georgia Tech | 4 |
| Tram Sessions | Guard | Alabama | 4 |
| Buck Hatcher | Tackle | Tennessee | 4 |
| Bill James | Tackle | Centre | 3 |
| Noisy Grisham | Guard | Auburn | 3 |
| Sully Montgomery | Tackle | Centre | 2 |
| Albert Staton | Tackle | Georgia Tech | 2 |
| Speedy Speer | Quarterback | Furman | 1+ |
| Frank Stubbs | Quarterback | Auburn | 1+ |
| Buck Cheves | Quarterback | Georgia | 1+ |
| Ed Sherling | Fullback | Auburn | 1+ |
| Judy Harlan | Fullback | Georgia Tech | 1+ |
| Oscar Davis | Guard | Georgia Tech | 1 |
| Manning Jeter | Guard | Furman | 1 |
| James Pearce | Guard | Auburn | 1 |
| Joe Bennett | Guard | Georgia | 1 |
| Gink Hendrick | Guard | Vanderbilt | 1 |
| Red Weaver | Center | Centre | 1 |

## All-Southerns of 1920
### Ends

* Owen Reynolds, Georgia (C, FA, CM, S, JD, D, MB, BD, ED, BH, ZN, BAH, JLR, CW, HG, CEB, BP, UT)
* John Staton, Georgia Tech (C, MB, KS)
* Terry Snoddy, Centre (C, WGF, BH, SM, ZN, HLL, JLR, CR)
* Georgie Ratterman, Georgia Tech (C, FA, CM, BD, WGF)
* Al Clemens, Alabama (C, X, ED, CW, CEB)
* John Shirey, Auburn (X, D, BAH)
* Dicky White, Tulane (KS, HLL)
* M. C. Billingsley, Mississippi A&M (UT)

### Tackles

* Bill Fincher*†, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (C, FA, CM, X, S, JD, D, MB, BD, ED, WGF, BH, SM, ZN, KS, HLL, BAH, JLR, CR, CW, HG, CEB, BP)
* Artie Pew, Georgia (C, FA, CB, S, JD, MB, BD, ED, WGF, HLL [as g], BAH [as g], JLR, CW, HG, CEB, BP)
* Buck Hatcher, Tennessee (C, KS, HLL, UT)
* Bill James, Centre (C, CM [as g], BD [as g], ZN)
* Sully Montgomery, Centre (C, SM, JLR, CR)
* Al Staton, Georgia Tech (C, S [as e], JD [as e], BAH, BP [as e])

### Guards

* Fatty Warren, Auburn (C, CM, X, JD, D [as t], BD, BH, SM, JLR, CR, S)
* Puss Whelchel, Georgia (C, X, D, BH, ZN, HG, BP)
* Yen Lightsey, Clemson (C, X [as t], S, JD, BD, BH [as t], UT)
* Emmett Sizemore, Auburn (C, KS, HLL)
* Dummy Lebey, Georgia Tech (C, FA, BAH)
* Tram Sessions, Alabama (C, MB, WGF, ZN)
* Noisy Grisham, Auburn (C, ED, CW, BP)
* Oscar Davis, Georgia Tech (C)
* Manning Jeter, Furman (C, S)
* James Pearce, Auburn (C)
* Joe Bennett, Georgia (C)
* Gink Hendrick, Vanderbilt (C, FA, SM [as e], KS, CR [as e], UT [as t])
* Sidney Johnston, Alabama (D, CEB, UT)

### Centers

* Bum Day, Georgia (C, FA, CM, S, JD, MB, WGF, BH, SM-as guard, KS, HLL, CR-as guard, CW, HG, CEB)
* Noah Caton, Auburn (C [as g], X, D, MB [as g], ED, WGF [as g], ZN, BAH, CW [as g], HG [as g], CEB [as g], BP, S [as g])
* Red Weaver, Centre, (C, BD, SM, CR, UT)

### Quarterbacks

* Bo McMillin, Centre (College Football Hall of Fame) (C, FA, CM, X, S, JD, MB, BD, ED, WGF, BH, SM, ZN, KS, HLL, JLR, CR, CW, HG, CEB, BP, UT)
* Speedy Speer, Furman (C)
* Frank Stubbs, Auburn (C, D)
* Buck Cheves, Georgia (C)

### Halfbacks

* Red Barron, Georgia Tech (C, FA, CM, X, S, JD, D, MB, ED, WGF, BH, SM, KS, HLL, BAH, JLR, CR, CW, HG, CEB, BP, UT)
* Buck Flowers, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) (C, FA, CM, MB, BD, ED, WGF, BH, SM, ZN, KS, HLL, BAH [as qb], JLR, CR, CW, HG, CEB, BP, UT [as fb], S)
* Mullie Lenoir, Alabama (X, SM [as fb], CR [as fb])
* Reuben Blair, Tennessee (UT)

### Fullbacks

* Riggs Stephenson, Alabama (C, X, S [as hb], JD, D [as hb], BD [as hb], WGF, BH, ZN [as hb], KS, HLL, BAH [as hb], JLR, HG [as e], S)
* Ed Sherling, Auburn (C, FA, CM, S, JD [as hb], D, BD, ZN, BAH, BP)
* Judy Harlan, Georgia Tech (C, MB, ED, CW, HG, CEB)

## Key

Bold = Composite selection
* = Consensus All-American
† = Unanimous selection
C = composite All-SIAA selection of 27 coaches and sporting writers culled by the Atlanta Constitution and Atlanta Journal.
FA = selected by Frank Anderson, coach at Oglethorpe University.
CM = selected by Charley Moran, coach at Centre College.
X = selected by Xen C. Scott, coach at the University of Alabama.
S = selected by H. J. Stegeman, coach at University of Georgia.
JD = selected by James DeHart, assistant coach at University of Georgia.
D = selected by Mike Donahue, coach at Auburn University.
MB = selected by Morgan Blake, sports editor for the Atlanta Journal.
BD = selected by Bruce Dudley, sports editor for the Louisville Herald.
ED = selected by Ed Danforth, sports editor for the Atlanta Georgian.
WGF = selected by W. G. Foster, sports editor for the Chattanooga Times, along with S. J. McAllister, coach and official.
BH = selected by Blinkey Horn, sports editor for the Nashville Tennessean.
SM = selected by Sam H. McMeekin of the Louisville Courier-Journal.
ZN = selected by Zipp Newman, sports editor for the Birmingham News.
KS = selected by the Knoxville Sentinel.
HLL = selected by H. L. Lesbon of the Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
BAH = selected by the Birmingham Age-Herald.
JLR = selected by J. L. Ray of the Nashville Banner.
CR = selected by Charles Rinehart, sports editor for the Louisville Courier-Journal.
CW = selected by Cliff Wheatley, sports editor for the Atlanta Constitution.
HG = selected by Homer George.
CEB = selected by C. E. Baker of the Macon Telegraph.
BP = selected by Boozer Pitts, assistant at Auburn.
UT = selected by University of Tennessee student publication "Pigskin Number."