Georgia tech football 1918 masks. As with the mlb season fans attending college football games wore masks as shown in these photos of a georgia tech game at grant field in 1918. A picture taken during the 1918 flu pandemic shows football fans wearing masks at a georgia tech game in atlanta. A georgia tech game that was scheduled with pennsylvania was cancelled when the spanish flu went through philadelphia.
It was the only game that was modified because of the pandemic. 16 1918 edition of the atlanta constitution about the georgia tech football team. The georgia tech alumni association posted a photo taken in its schools stands in 1918 in which fans are wearing masks to protect themselves and each other from the spanish flu pandemic which.
One image shows the team on the field. Here is a photo of an undetermined georgia tech home game during the 1918 college football season. Thomas carter was an undergraduate at the time and.
A copy of a story in the oct. Along with the spanish flu pandemic world war i was going on and both events had a huge impact on college. One image shows the team on the field.
It noted fans at the oct. During the deadly second wave of the 1918 pandemic georgia tech still managed to play seven games six at home and one on the road that was rescheduled for pitt. 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.
Mcneil has had an image in his office for years of grant field at georgia tech in 1918. A photo was uncovered that showed fans wearing masks in a 1918 football game which may become the new normal in 2020. And this photo of fans at a georgia tech college football game will feel.
There was a rose bowl after the 1918 season but back then it was called the. David hookstead is the true king in the north when it comes to college football check out the incredible photo below. 12 furman game wearing influenza masks like bandits of.