The 1939 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 1939 college football season. Tennessee won the conference.
All-SEC selections
Ends Ken Kavanaugh, LSU (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1) Bob Ison, Georgia Tech (AP-1, UP-1) Ralph Wenzel, Tulane (AP-2, UP-2) Buddy Elrod, Miss. St. (AP-2) Ed Cifers, Tennessee (UP-2) Hal Newman, Alabama (AP-3) McCubbin, Kentucky (AP-3)
Tackles Harley McCollum, Tulane (AP-1, UP-1) Abe Shires, Tennessee (AP-1, UP-2) John Eibner, Kentucky (AP-2, UP-1) Clark Goff, Florida (AP-3, UP-2) Fred Davis, Alabama (AP-2) Walter Merrill, Alabama (AP-3)
Guards Ed Molinski, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-2) Bob Suffridge, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2, UP-1) Milton Howell, Auburn (AP-2, UP-1) John W. Goree, LSU (AP-1) Cavette, Georgia Tech (AP-3, UP-2) Tommy O'Boyle, Tulane (AP-3)
Centers Cary Cox, Alabama (UP-1) James Rike, Tennessee (AP-1) Autrey, Ole Miss (AP-3, UP-2) Goolsby, Miss. St. (AP-2)
Quarterbacks George Cafego, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, UP-1) Sam Bartholomew, Tennessee (AP-2) Bill Schneller, Ole Miss (UP-2) Murphy, Georgia Tech (AP-3)
Halfbacks Bob "Jitterbug" Kellogg, Tulane (AP-1, UP-1) Doc Plunkett, Vanderbilt (AP-3, UP-1) Bob Foxx, Tennessee (AP-1) John Hovious, Ole Miss (AP-2) McGowen, Auburn (AP-2) Harvey Johnson, Miss. St. (UP-2) Jimmy Nelson, Alabama (UP-2) Nix, Miss. St. (AP-3)
Fullbacks Howard Ector, Georgia Tech (AP-2, UP-1) Bill Schneller, Ole Miss (AP-1) Fordham, Georgia (UP-2) Golden, Tulane (AP-3)
Key
AP = Associated Press
UP = United Press.
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UP
See also 1939 College Football All-America Team
References