List of Vanderbilt Commodores football All-Americans
Vanderbilt Commodores football All-Americans are American football players who have been named as All-Americans while playing for the Vanderbilt University football team.
Overview
Since 1906, 18 Vanderbilt Commodores football players have earned first-team All-American honors.[1][2]
Owsley Manier was the first ever Commodore selected All-American, making Walter Camp's third-team. Bob Blake was the first to make an All-America first team. Lynn Bomar was the first Vanderbilt player selected first-team All-American by Camp and the first consensus All-American. Camp rarely saw Southern players and thus rarely selected Southern players. Bomar was his only ever first-team selection from teams in the current Southeastern Conference.
5 Vanderbilt players have been consensus All-American selections: Lynn Bomar; Hek Wakefield; Pete Gracey; George Deiderich; and Jim Arnold.
Sortable chart of Vanderbilt's All-Americans
| Player | Position | Year | Unanimous | Consensus | Selectors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manier, Owsley | FB | 1906 | No | No | WC-3 |
| Blake, Bob | E | 1907 | No | No | FY-1 |
| Metzger, W. E. | G | 1910 | No | No | WC-3 |
| Morrison, Ray | QB | 1911 | No | No | HL; COY [hb] |
| Hardage, Lewie | HB | 1912 | No | No | WC-3 |
| Cody, Josh | T | 1915 | No | No | WC-3 |
| Curry, Rabbit | QB | 1916 | No | No | WC-3 |
| Cody, Josh | T | 1919 | No | No | WC-3; DJ-1 |
| Bomar, Lynn | E | 1922 | No | No | WC-2; WE-3; BE; FM-1 |
| Kuhn, Doc | QB | 1922 | No | No | BE |
| Bomar, Lynn | E | 1923 | No | Yes | AW-2; WC-1; FW |
| Wakefield, Hek | E | 1923 | No | No | NB-2; DW-1 |
| Reese, Gil | HB | 1923 | No | No | DW-3 |
| Wakefield, Hek | E | 1924 | No | Yes | WC-2; INS; NEA; LP-1; BE-1; NB-1; DW-1; WE-3; BC |
| Reese, Gil | HB | 1924 | No | No | NB-3 |
| Spears, Bill | QB | 1927 | No | No | AP-1; UP-2; CP-2; HE-3; DJW-1; LP-2 |
| Abernathy, Dick | E | 1928 | No | No | CP-1, UP-3 |
| Brown, Bull | G | 1928 | No | No | UP-2 |
| Brown, Bull | G | 1929 | No | No | NYS-2; NANA-1 |
| Schwartz, Bill | E | 1930 | No | No | CP-2 |
| Gracey, Pete | C | 1931 | No | No | CP-2 |
| Gracey, Pete | C | 1932 | No | Yes | AP-2; UP-1; NEA-2; INS-2; NYS-2; NYT-1; TR-1, CP-3; PD |
| Hinkle, Carl | C | 1937 | No | No | AP-1; UP-2; COL-1; INS-2; CP-1 |
| Gude, Bob | C | 1941 | No | No | CP-3 |
| Curtis, Bucky | E | 1950 | No | No | APO-2; FWO-1; INSD-1; CP-2 |
| Werckle, Bob | T | 1951 | No | No | AP-2 |
| Wade, Bill | QB | 1951 | No | No | AP-2 |
| Horton, Charley | HB | 1955 | No | No | INS-3 |
| Deiderich, George | G | 1958 | No | Yes | AP, AFCA, FWAA |
| Healy, Chip | LB | 1968 | No | No | CP |
| Asher, Bob | T | 1969 | No | No | NEA, CP |
| Burton, Barry | WR | 1974 | No | No | FN |
| Arnold, Jim | P | 1982 | No | Yes | AP, UPI, NEA, AFCA, FWAA, TSN |
| Anderson, Ricky | P | 1984 | No | Yes | AP, UPI, NEA, WC, AFCA, FWAA |
| Duncan, Jamie | LB | 1997 | No | No | AFCA-Coaches, FWAA-Writers |
| Matthews, Jordan | WR | 2013 | No | No | USAT, Athlon |
| Cunningham, Zach | LB | 2016 | Yes | Yes | AFCA, FWAA, AP, WC, SI |
References
- "Vandy All-Americans". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-10-25.
- "Vanderbilt All-America Selections".