1932 College Football All-Southern Team

The 1932 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1932 Southern Conference football season. Tennessee won the Southern championship.

Composite eleven

Don Zimmerman.

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

  • David Ariail, end for Auburn. One source writes "Other than Jimmy Hitchcock, back, and "Gump" Arial, end, Auburn has no outstanding players."[1] He was selected All-American by the "captain's poll," selected by the captains of major college football programs.[2][3]
  • Johnny Cain, fullback for Alabama, All-American and later a coach. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973.
  • Fred Crawford, tackle for Duke. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973.
  • Beattie Feathers, halfback for Tennessee, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955.
  • Pete Gracey, center for Vanderbilt, consensus first-team All-American.
  • Jimmy Hitchcock, halfback for Auburn, consensus first-team All-American. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954.
  • Thomas Hupke, guard for Alabama, later played in the National Football League (NFL).
  • Tex Leyendecker, tackle for Vanderbilt, later played in the NFL for the inaugural Philadelphia Eagles season.
  • Virgil Rayburn, end for Tennessee, later played in the NFL for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
  • John Scafide, guard for Tulane
  • Don Zimmerman, halfback for Tulane, consensus first-team All-American. "Zimmerman is probably the finest open field runner the South has seen in the past decade" wrote Henry McLemore announcing the United Press All-America team.[4] On the season, Zimmerman posted then-school records with 1,885 yards total offense and a 5.5-yard rushing average.[4] The latter mark still ranks second.[5] He ended his Tulane career as the Green Wave's all-time leader in total offense (4,657 yards on 764 plays, an average of 6.1 yards per play) and pass interceptions (12), setting records that lasted for 40 years.[6] He also ranks fifth in career rushing yards with 2,369.[5] Zimmerman is a member of the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame and was elected to the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.[7]

All-Southerns of 1932

Ends

Tackles

Guards

  • Tom Hupke, Alabama (AP-1, AL, AS)
  • John Scafide, Tulane (AP-1)
  • Marion Talley, Vanderbilt (AP-2, AL, AS)
  • Eugene Hite, VPI (AP-2)
  • Roy Wilson, LSU (WA)

Centers

Quarterbacks

  • Jimmy Hitchcock*, Auburn (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, AL, AS, WA [as hb])
  • Lowell Mason, Duke (AP-2)

Halfbacks

Beattie Feathers

Fullbacks

Key

Bold = Composite selection

* = Consensus All-American

AP = selected by coaches and sports writers, compiled by the Associated Press. It had a first and second team.[8][9][10]

AL = selected by the football coaches at the University of Alabama.[11]

AS = selected by the Anniston Star.[12]

WA = selected by coach William Alexander of the Georgia Institute of Technology.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Dixie Grid Men Increase Fame". The Spokesman-Review. December 10, 1932.
  2. ↑ William Ritt (1932-12-05). "Middle West and East Lead in Central Press' All-American Selections: Mythical Eleven Is Named By Football Captains of U.S.". Evening Independent. Massillon, Ohio.
  3. ↑ William Ritt (1932-12-07). "Players Pick Own All-American: MID WEST-EAST PLACE FOUR ON MYTHICAL TEAM; Newman of Michigan Is Unanimous Selection For Quarterback". Burlington Hawk Eye.
  4. 1 2 "Don Zimmerman".
  5. 1 2 "Rushing - Individual Records". Archived from the original on 2016-06-03.
  6. ↑ "Don Zimmerman".
  7. ↑ "Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2014-10-11.
  8. ↑ "All-Southern 11 Is Picked". Ironwood Daily Globe. December 1, 1932.
  9. ↑ Dillon Graham (December 1, 1932). "Zimmerman, Hitchcock, and Gracey Lead Poll Among Sport Writers". The Evening Independent.
  10. ↑ "Two of Biggest Elevens Fail to Secure Places" (PDF). The Citizen Advertiser. December 1, 1932.
  11. ↑ "Alabama Coaches Select 12-Player All-Southern". The Tuscaloosa News. November 18, 1932.
  12. ↑ Mark (November 23, 1932). "This N That". The Anniston Star. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ W. A. Alexander (December 13, 1932). "All-Southern Grid Team Picked By Bill Alexander". Oakland Tribune. p. 19. Retrieved September 21, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
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