The 1915 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations in 1915. Josh Cody and Baby Taylor were selected third-team All-Americans by Walter Camp, and Bully Van de Graaff was selected for his second-team. Van de Graaff was Alabama's first ever All-American. Buck Mayer of the 8–1 Virginia Cavaliers was the south's first consensus All-American, selected first-team All-American by Frank G. Menke and Parke H. Davis. The "point-a-minute" Vanderbilt Commodores won the SIAA.
Composite eleven
The composite All-Southern team selected by ten sports writers and coaches included: Josh Cody, tackle for Vanderbilt, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1970, only three-time All-American in Vanderbilt football history. Third-team Camp All-American. He was selected for the Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. Later a prominent football coach at many institutions. Rabbit Curry, quarterback for Vanderbilt, unanimous selection. During the First World War, he was killed in aerial combat over France. He was a beloved player of Coach McGugin, described by one writer as "the player who has most appealed to the imagination, admiration, and affection of the entire university community through the years." Russ Cohen, end for Vanderbilt, later an assistant under Wallace Wade at Alabama and head coach at LSU and Cincinnati. Wooch Fielder, halfback for Georgia Tech, later an influential veteran of the Second World War. John G. Henderson, center for Georgia, the head of a group of three men, one behind the other with his hands upon the shoulders of the one in front, to counter Georgia Tech's jump shift offense utilized by John Heisman. The game ended 0–0. He also played baseball and was later Georgia baseball coach. Bob Lang, guard for Georgia Tech, the first guard selected for the Heisman era All-Era Tech football team. Walter Neville, fullback for Georgia, made All-Southern in his first year on the varsity. David Paddock, quarterback for Georgia, the only player in school history to have a petition circulated by the student body requesting that he play for the Bulldogs. Baby Taylor, guard for Auburn, unanimous selection. Weighing just under 200 pounds, Taylor would be a small player today, but he was then considered quite large, "worth three ordinary men." Miss Virginia Gilmer, an Auburn fan of some 13 years of age once told Taylor that “if she were a boy and as big as he and had any sense at all she would be an all-southern tackle.” Third-team Camp All-American Charlie Thompson, end for Georgia, captain-elect but ruled ineligible for next year. Bully Van de Graaff, tackle for Alabama, unanimous selection. He was selected for the Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. Alabama's first All-American, and brother of the inventor of the Van de Graaff generator which produces high voltages. Second-team Camp All-American.
Composite overview Bully Van de Graaff, Baby Taylor, and Rabbit Curry were unanimous selections. Name Position School First-team selections Bully Van de Graaff Tackle Alabama10 Baby Taylor Guard Auburn 10 Rabbit Curry Quarterback Vanderbilt 10 Josh Cody Tackle Vanderbilt 8 David Paddock Quarterback Georgia 7 John Henderson Center Georgia 6 Charlie Thompson End Georgia 4 Russ Cohen End Vanderbilt 4 Neil Edmond End Sewanee 3 Jim Senter End Georgia Tech 3 Bob Lang Guard Georgia Tech 3 Bob Taylor Dobbins Guard Sewanee 3 Wooch Fielder Halfback Georgia Tech 3 Froggie Morrison Halfback Georgia Tech 3 Walter Neville Fullback Georgia 3 Yank Tandy Center North Carolina 2 Everett Strupper Halfback Georgia Tech 2 Paul Squibb Halfback Chattanooga 2 Roy Homewood End North Carolina 1 Phillip Cooper Tackle LSU 1Ted Shultz Tackle Washington & Lee 1Tom Thrash Tackle Georgia 1Pryor WilliamsGuard Vanderbilt 1C. M. Hamilton Guard Vanderbilt 1George Steed Guard Auburn 1Carey Robinson Center Auburn 1R. McArthur Center Mississippi A & M 1Johnny Barrett Halfback Washington & Lee 1Buck Mayer Halfback Virginia 1Homer Prendergast Halfback Auburn 1Charles C. Schrader Fullback Kentucky 1Hal Hunter Fullback Transylvania 1Pete Mailhes Fullback Tulane 1Bedie BidezFullback Auburn 1
All-Southerns of 1915
Ends
Charlie Thompson, Georgia Russ Cohen, Vanderbilt Neil Edmond, Sewanee Jim Senter, Georgia Tech Roy Homewood, North Carolina
Tackles Bully Van de Graaff†, Alabama Josh Cody, Vanderbilt (College Football Hall of Fame) Phillip Cooper, LSU Ted Shultz, Washington & Lee Tom Thrash, Georgia
Guards
G. E. "Baby" Taylor†, Auburn Bob Lang, Georgia Tech Bob Taylor Dobbins, Sewanee Pryor Williams, Vanderbilt C. M. Hamilton, Vanderbilt George Steed, Auburn Kirby Lee Spurlock, Mississippi A&M
Centers John Henderson, Georgia Yank Tandy, North Carolina Carey Robinson, Auburn R. McArthur, Mississippi A & M
Quarterbacks
Rabbit Curry†, Vanderbilt David Paddock, Georgia
Halfbacks Wooch Fielder, Georgia Tech Froggie Morrison, Georgia Tech Everett Strupper, Georgia Tech (College Football Hall of Fame) Paul Squibb, Chattanooga Johnny Barrett, Washington & Lee Buck Mayer*, Virginia Homer Prendergast, Auburn Clyde Littlefield, Texas
Fullbacks
Walter Neville, Georgia Charles C. Schrader, Kentucky Hal Hunter, Transylvania Pete Mailhes, Tulane Bedie Bidez, Auburn Hubert Wiggs, Vanderbilt
Key Bold = Composite selection
* = Consensus All-American
† = Unanimous selection
C = received votes for a composite All-Southern eleven selected by ten sports writers and coaches, including those from Memphis, Nashville, Atlanta, Birmingham, Chattanooga, and New Orleans. Votes for multiple positions are combined.
TC = Another composite, using eleven sportswriters, published by the Tennessean.
H = selected by John Heisman, published in Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football.
DJ = selected by Dick Jemison in the Atlanta Constitution.
NT = selected by the Nashville Tennessean.
SP = selected by the Sewanee student newspaper, the Sewanee Purple.
See also 1915 College Football All-America Team
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