1918 georgia tech football picture. David hookstead is the true king in the north when it comes to college football check out the incredible photo below. Tony barnhart tweeted a photo of masked fans at a georgia tech football game back in 1918 during the spanish flu pandemic. It noted fans at the oct.
A copy of a story in the oct. The photo that accompanies this story is of an undetermined 1918 georgia tech home game that was taken by a student thomas carter who graduated in the 1920s with a degree in mechanical engineering. Mcneil first found the images as a child.
The 1918 georgia tech golden tornado football team represented the georgia institute of technology during the 1918 southern intercollegiate athletic association football seasonthe tornado was coached by john heisman in his 15th year as head coach compiling a record of 61 30 siaa and outscoring opponents 466 to 32. 12 furman game wearing influenza masks like bandits of. A note on the back of the picture reads georgia tech during 1918 pandemic mcneils great grandfather thomas carter took the picture.
Thomas carter was an undergraduate at the time and. The photo was taken by georgia tech student thomas carter. Along with the spanish flu pandemic world war i was going on and both events had a huge impact on college.
Here is a photo of an undetermined georgia tech home game during the 1918 college football season. Thats when the sport was hit by the spanish flu and the end of world war i. College football expert tony barnhart tweeted a photo of fans attending a football game at georgia tech in 1918 during a time when the spanish flu hit the entire country and led to fans wearing masks in order to protect themselves.
Football fans wear masks during a 1918 game at georgia tech in atlanta georgia. Georgia tech played its home games at grant field. A picture taken during the 1918 flu pandemic shows football fans wearing masks at a georgia tech game in atlanta.