Georgia tech football game during spanish flu. 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. The photo was taken by graduate thomas carter. 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.
Here is a photo of an undetermined georgia tech home game during the 1918 college football season. Where georgia tech went 9 0 0 to win the 1917. David hookstead is the true king in the north when it comes to college football check out the incredible photo below.
The impacts of the spanish flu on college football. There was a rose bowl after the 1918 season but back then it was called the. 16 1918 edition of the atlanta constitution about the georgia tech football team.
Thomas carter was an undergraduate at the time and. 12 furman game wearing influenza masks like bandits of. Thats when the sport was hit by the spanish flu and the end of world war i.
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. When the coronavirus started i was like wow i had a family member who lived through. A georgia tech game that was scheduled with pennsylvania was cancelled when the spanish flu went through philadelphia.
Teams cut their schedules nearly in half as teams played on average five games that season. Fans at a georgia tech football game during 1918 pandemic. Tony barnhart tweeted a photo of masked fans at a georgia tech football game back in 1918 during the spanish flu pandemic.