Another Vintage Tech Football Photo

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When was this ? Around 1966>1968 ? Looks like Duke or maybe Rice is the opponent? The stars on the helmet was just a one year thing? Thanks for sharing miss the sixties era.
 
BigDanT said:
Damn, what the hell is with the stars? Was that some sort of 404 magic where we were pretending to be the Dallas cowboys or something?
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Stars were rewards....

Ironically, Cowboys GM (IIRC Owner was Clint Murchison) Tex Schramm openly admitted copying GT's unis modified to silver & blue after their initial blue & white unis.
 
Looks as if coach on the sideline is talking on his SEC Cellphone.... Prob calling Cumberland U....
 
Could it be Duke 1965? Internet says we won 35-23, 35-16 on display here with the opponent driving. Right era for the helmets. I think an earlier photo posted here had a Duke uniform from that time with the stripes on the sleeves
 
ScionOfSouthland said:
Could it be Duke 1965? Internet says we won 35-23, 35-16 on display here with the opponent driving. Right era for the helmets. I think an earlier photo posted here had a Duke uniform from that time with the stripes on the sleeves
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Just about has to be
 
Pretty good group of DBs the #3x could be (throw out Jeff Davis).... probably #35 Bill Eastman (later would become a dentist).... trying to drag the Dookie out of bounds.

Don't know who the guy on the phone was...... possibly a spotter to the scoreboard operator on where the ball was spotted..... but it damned sure wasn't a coach under Coach Dodd dressed like that.

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FHstinger said:
When did the the “GT” first appear on the helmet? 1967?
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1967.... hard to find a picture from that year, but the helmet used carried over to 1968. The GT appeared on both sleeves of this '68 only uni.

... and for those wondering who's who...... #67 Mike Bradley, #44 John Weaver, Student Trainer Bo Burke, #79 Bob Seamon, #10 Larry Good, #55 Billy Kidd, #89 Joel Stevenson and #21 John Sias..... from the opener vs TCU

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DeepSnap said:
1967.... hard to find a picture from that year, but the helmet used carried over to 1968. The GT appeared on both sleeves of this '68 only uni.

... and for those wondering who's who...... #67 Mike Bradley, #44 John Weaver, Student Trainer Bo Burke, #79 Bob Seamon, #10 Larry Good, #55 Billy Kidd, #89 Joel Stevenson and #21 John Sias..... from the opener vs TCU

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Those are gorgeous!
 
DeepSnap said:
1967.... hard to find a picture from that year, but the helmet used carried over to 1968. The GT appeared on both sleeves of this '68 only uni.

... and for those wondering who's who...... #67 Mike Bradley, #44 John Weaver, Student Trainer Bo Burke, #79 Bob Seamon, #10 Larry Good, #55 Billy Kidd, #89 Joel Stevenson and #21 John Sias..... from the opener vs TCU

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I think that was the first Tech game I ever attended (was in 8th grade). Sias had a 80 something yard td catch that game.
 
DeepSnap said:
Pretty good group of DBs the #3x could be (throw out Jeff Davis).... probably #35 Bill Eastman (later would become a dentist).... trying to drag the Dookie out of bounds.

Don't know who the guy on the phone was...... possibly a spotter to the scoreboard operator on where the ball was spotted..... but it damned sure wasn't a coach under Coach Dodd dressed like that.

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DeepSnap said:
Pretty good group of DBs the #3x could be (throw out Jeff Davis).... probably #35 Bill Eastman (later would become a dentist).... trying to drag the Dookie out of bounds.

Don't know who the guy on the phone was...... possibly a spotter to the scoreboard operator on where the ball was spotted..... but it damned sure wasn't a coach under Coach Dodd dressed like that.

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Bill Eastman & Sammy Burke returned back to back punts for TDs in the first game I attended vs Navy.
 
DeepSnap said:
1967.... hard to find a picture from that year, but the helmet used carried over to 1968. The GT appeared on both sleeves of this '68 only uni.

... and for those wondering who's who...... #67 Mike Bradley, #44 John Weaver, Student Trainer Bo Burke, #79 Bob Seamon, #10 Larry Good, #55 Billy Kidd, #89 Joel Stevenson and #21 John Sias..... from the opener vs TCU

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Always loved that uni combo
 
georgytech said:
When was this ? Around 1966>1968 ? Looks like Duke or maybe Rice is the opponent? The stars on the helmet was just a one year thing? Thanks for sharing miss the sixties era.
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The scoreboard says Tech 35, Duke 16, with 1:25 left in the 4th Quarter, and ball on the 41. Neat to see the horseshoe stands full.
 
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