Georgia tech football spanish flu. It noted fans at the oct. 16 1918 edition of the atlanta constitution about the georgia tech football team. Football fans wear masks during a 1918 game at georgia tech in atlanta georgia.
Thats when the sport was hit by the spanish flu and the end of world war i. Read photo of fans at georgia tech football game during spanish flu in 1918 resurfaces amid covid 19 pic and other football ncaa articles from total pro sports. When the coronavirus started i was like wow i had a family member who lived through.
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. 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 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. Georgia tech played its home games at grant field. Tony barnhart tweeted a photo of masked fans at a georgia tech football game back in 1918 during the spanish flu pandemic.
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. 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. 12 furman game wearing influenza masks like bandits of.