Georgia Tech Football Team of 1893

George C. Griffin

Archival Material

Georgia Tech Football Team of 1893

dc.contributor.archivesspaceAgent	https://finding-aids.library.gatech.edu/agents/people/300
dc.contributor.author	George C. Griffin
dc.date	1893	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2012-10-30T21:03:06Z
dc.date.available	2012-10-30T21:03:06Z
dc.date.issued	1893	en_US
dc.description	Digital image created at the Georgia Tech Library, 2010. Scanned at 600ppi.\|\|Physical Condition: Good	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Shown in an unidentified outdoor setting are the 15 players that made up Tech's 1893 football team. They are posed in two rows, the front row sitting or leaning on elbows, the second row standing or kneeling. Eleven are wearing light colored roll-neck sweaters with the letter "T" on the front, quilted uniform pants, long socks, and football shoes. Three are wearing the laced up jackets typical of playing attire for this period. One is wearing a plain white high-necked sweater. One player holds a football and two have, around their necks, the metal nose guards used at the time. In the background are tow rows of frame dwellings, facing each other across an unpaved street. Several trees are visible in the left background. Numbers identifying the players have been written in. Complete names are not always known, nor are positions played. Those available are listed below.\|\|Famous as the first Tech team to beat the University of Georgia, this 1893 team was, in fact, the one to play the University. The game took place in Athens on November 4th and was won by a score of 28-6. Contemporary accounts of the game indicate that the player far right, row one (numbered 15), Leonard Wood, scored the first touchdown. He also served as coach, having been instrumental in forming the team while stationed at Ft. McPherson because he wanted a team to play on. After the game feelings were so high that the local partisans chased the Tech players to the train station, pelting them with rocks. The team hopped a freight train and rode safely back to Atlanta in its coal car. Tech's first real team (there had been an informal team in 1892) played four games, beating Georgia and Mercer (10-6), losing to St. Albans (0-6) and playing Auburn to a scoreless tie.	en_US
dc.format.extent	1 gelatin silver print ; toned b&w, sepia ; 7 1/2 x 10 in.	en_US
dc.identifier.GTaccession	1987.0303	en_US
dc.identifier.GTid	vac002_436	en_US
dc.identifier.archivesspaceResourceId	VAC002
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1853/021302
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Georgia Tech Archives	en_US
dc.relation	GP436	en_US
dc.relation.isPartOfArchivalResource	https://finding-aids.library.gatech.edu/repositories/2/resources/133
dc.rights.statement	Property of the Georgia Institute of Technology. No access restrictions. Permission to publish must be obtained from the Head of Archives and Special Collections.	en_US
dc.source.box	See finding aid for George C. Griffin Photograph Collection	en_US
dc.source.collection	George C. Griffin Photograph Collection, VAC002	en_US
dc.source.folder	See finding aid for George C. Griffin Photograph Collection	en_US
dc.subject	Group portraits	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (Football team).	en_US
dc.title	Georgia Tech Football Team of 1893	en_US
dc.type	Still Image
dc.type.genre	Photograph
dspace.entity.type	ArchivalMaterial
local.contributor.author	Griffin, George C.
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