Georgia tech football 1918 photo. A photo taken 102 years ago is as relevant as ever. 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. Four members of the team including coach john heisman far right third row are in the college.
Thomas carter was an undergraduate at the time and. Georgia tech played its home games at grant field. David hookstead is the true king in the north when it comes to college football check out the incredible photo below.
Its a dose of reality mcneil said. 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. Before coronavirus i couldnt imagine being at georgia tech with a mask on.
Fans at a georgia tech football game during 1918 pandemic. 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. The photo was taken by graduate thomas carter.
Society has come so far in some ways. Tony barnhart tweeted a photo of masked fans at a georgia tech football game back in 1918 during the spanish flu pandemic. The world is currently rushing to produce a vaccine for covid 19 yet the image of a football game in 1918 mirrors what life looks like today with many people donning face coverings.
Here is a photo of an undetermined georgia tech home game during the 1918 college football season. 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. The photo was taken by georgia tech student thomas carter.