Vintage Tech Football Photo #2...

[GTg8r]

Yes sir, I believe you're correct. Here's the more famous after shot from the Droughtbreaker game. Thanks for the great details on this one.

This is gross.

 

[oldgold68]

Thanks... doing a bit of (painful) research, it was a bitterly cold, sub-freezing, windy & gray day. Sapp had recovered a GT fumble near midfield & then carried the ball nine times during the drive. The 4th & 1 final play of the drive in the 3rd quarter is pictured above. Braselton, a 6-2 190# SOPH QB/DB from Corpus Christie, evidently got caught up inside on the play.

One of the fun things in doing some of this is the oddities you find,e.g., GT had not one but two All-American Centers on that team and they both played at Bessemer HS outside of Birmingham, Don Stephenson and Maxie Baughan. Don was the SR starter & A-A in '57 & Maxie the 3rd stringer in '57 would follow-suit in '59. The 2nd team center, Foster Watkins from Columbus-Baker, would be the team captain in '58

Foster told me that he was moved to guard after Maxie joined the team.

 

[FHstinger]

GO JACKETS!

I was at that game! Just kidding, my first Tech game was 21 years later. My dad took me to the 1978 Florida Gators game in the midst of a seven game winning streak during the Pepper Rogers era. Tech won 17-13.