Georgia institute of technology mascot ramblin wreck. Ted johnson a then retired pilot who had purchased and restored the car for his son. For this reason the georgia tech mascot is buzz the yellow jacket wasp. The most notable one that the university officially acknowledges is the yellow jackets.
Buzz is the current official mascot of the georgia institute of technologybuzz is usually represented as a stylized yellowjacket with yellow and black fur white wings a yellow head and antennae. Athletics and spirit marks. Georgia techs official mascot is a 1930 ford model a sport coupe painted.
Ramblin wreck model a ford. Georgia tech gear includes a wide variety of quality merchandise for wearing at the ramblin wreck game or any time. Powered by wmt digital.
The 1930 model a ford was donated to georgia tech in 1961 by capt. Buzz is almost never drawn with six legs but rather with arms legs hands in white gloves and feet in black converse high tops like a humaninvented in 1972 and restyled in 1979 buzz. The seal is the most formal of the institutes marks and is reserved for use by the offices listed in the general usage guidelines.
Learn more about georgia techs academics admissions campus life costs and aid. The most comprehensive coverage of the yellow jackets on the web with highlights scores game summaries and rosters. The official athletic site of the georgia tech yellow jackets.
Its most noticeable role is leading the football team into bobby dodd stadium at historic grant field a duty which the wreck has performed since 1961. The ramblin wreck from georgia tech is the 1930 ford model a sport coupe that serves as the official mascot of the student body at the georgia institute of technologythe wreck is present at all major sporting events and student body functions. Georgia tech teams are known by a number of names.
Be sure to pick up your official gt athletics gear and cheer on the. Support the georgia institute of technology and purchase your brand new yellow jackets attire and sportswear from the official georgia tech yellow jacket store. It first appeared in print in the 1908 blueprint georgia techs yearbook.
Georgia tech offers a wide variety of technologically focused degrees. Explore the more than 130 majors and minors available. Georgia techs athletics identity elements or spirit marks include the interlocking gt our mascot buzz the ramblin wreck and the georgia tech athletics wordmark.
The ramblin wreck and the engineers for obvious reasons. Im a ramblin wreck from georgia tech is the fight song of the georgia institute of technology better known as georgia techthe composition is based on son of a gambolier composed by charles ives in 1895 the lyrics of which are based on an old english and scottish drinking song of the same name.