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.

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]

• Virgil Rayburn, Tennessee (AP-1, AL, WA)
• Dave "Gump" Ariail, Auburn (AP-1, AS, WA)
• Joe Rupert, Kentucky (AP-2, AL)
• Harry Rossiter, Duke (AP-2)
• Zollie Swor, Ole Miss (AS)

• Tex Leyendecker, Vanderbilt (AP-1, AL, AS)
• Fred Crawford, Duke (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, WA)
• Bill Grinus, VPI (AP-2, AL, WA)
• Malcolm Aitken, Tennessee (AP-2, AS)

• 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)

• Pete Gracey*, Vanderbilt (AP-1, AL, AS, WA [as g])
• Howard Neblett, Georgia Tech (AP-2)
• Talmadge Maples, Tennessee (WA)

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

• Don Zimmerman*, Tulane (AP-1, AL, AS, WA)
• Beattie Feathers, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, AL, AS)
• Dixie Roberts, Vanderbilt (AP-2, AL, WA [as qb])
• Buster Mott, Georgia (AP-2)

• John Lewis Cain, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, AL, AS, WA)
• Ralph Kercheval, Kentucky (AP-2)

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]