Georgia tech football picture 1918. Mcneil first found the images as a child. Georgia tech played its home games at grant field. Here is a photo of an undetermined georgia tech home game during the 1918 college football season.
A note on the back of the picture reads georgia tech during 1918 pandemic mcneils great grandfather thomas carter took the picture. 12 furman game wearing influenza masks like bandits of. The photo was taken by georgia tech student thomas carter.
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. Tony barnhart tweeted a photo of masked fans at a georgia tech football game back in 1918 during the spanish flu 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.
This undated photo provided by georgia tech alumnus andy mcneil shows a georgia tech home game during the 1918 college football season.