Oh, yes, indeed, I was at the '62 Bama game. The most intense football game I have ever attended. The student section alone was full an hour before the game, and the entire stadium 30 minutes before kickoff. "Remember Darwin Holt" and "Namath can't do it" were the two primary cheers of the day. The roar of the crowd was deafening.
That's awesome! Supersize..., you got to personally watch one of the greatest Tech victories in history!
I think you're right about the Wreck..... and if you look closely you'll see gold numerals & stripes on those "different shade of blue" jerseys. The Rice HFC Jess Neely hadn't bothered to call his old friend Dodd & Rice showed up with white jerseys. Those dark jerseys Rice wore were Tech's seldom worn blue tops.
Not only that, in spite of what that other article I posted said, Northside under Gann won the Ga state championship in 1957. Richmond Academy beat them in 1956 and went on to beat Valdosta for the state title. I was definitely at the Richmond-Northside game and possibly at the Richmond-Valdosta game too. If that latter game was in Augusta, I was definitely there. If it was at Valdosta, I still may have been there also.
I had heard that had happened in one game, but I wasn't sure which one. Thanks for the info.
Thanks for the info, DeepSnap! You are Stingtalk's resident Tech Historian! I always enjoy your posts and insight into Tech's storied past. Our Jackets need to somehow, some way, create some great stories to discuss this fall!
That's neat Richmond won the State title in 1956. When my Dad was a student at Richmond Academy their head football coach was Bill Fulcher. I think Coach Fulcher still lives in Augusta.
I don't remember Fulcher coaching at Richmond, but he might have. I haven't seen him in a couple of years, but used to see Fulcher several times a year. I might see him in a couple of weeks when we have a multi-year Richmond reunion. I was apparently incorrect about the Richmond championship game in '56. We beat Lanier of Macon in the semifinals, and Northside and Gann in Augusta for the state championship. I could have sworn we beat Valdosta sometime back then, but not in '56. Now I am thinking my family might have gone to Macon for that game, and we definitely went to the Northside game. So I saw perhaps the greatest Tech victory ever and the greatest Richmond victory ever.
Thank you.... As a bit player I had personal insight into a small window of GT Football history (as well as the Clarke County Correctional Institute). Fortunately, too, I have gotten to meet a lot of these guys that were 10-20 years ahead of me through various GT functions. We were/are fans first and players second, so if you keep your eyes and ears open, you can't help but remember the classic names you chanced to meet and the stories they told.
I remember him well, my brother played against him when Stan was at Northside High
When you expand the image, by clicking on the the "Save image as" entry, you can save it to a file on your computer. I COULD probably take a pic or scan every page of the program, but that would be a LONG process. Remind me from time to time, and if I have time, I will at least start doing that. Then you can PM your email addy to me, and I will send them as I get them.
There is a Tech history book packet that has all kinds of stuff in it including the old “press box flip chart” that game programs had. I have a copy of that chart. There was an amazing amount of talent in that game on both sides
