Georgia tech football game spanish flu. Fans at a georgia tech football game during 1918 pandemic. Here is a photo of an undetermined georgia tech home game during the 1918 college football season. 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. The team led by john heisman played games in front of fans. Tony barnhart tweeted a photo of masked fans at a georgia tech football game back in 1918 during the spanish flu pandemic.
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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. 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. 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.
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. 16 1918 edition of the atlanta constitution about the georgia tech football team.
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