Jesse Thrash

Jesse Thrash

Thrash cropped from 1902 team picture
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Position Tackle
Class Graduate
Career history
College Georgia Tech (19021903)
Personal information
Date of birth October 21, 1880
Place of birth Georgia
Date of death December 12, 1942 (aged 62)
Place of death Douglas, Georgia
Career highlights and awards
  • 1st All-Southern at Georgia Tech
  • All-Southern (1902)
  • Tech Athletics Hall of Fame

Jesse Little Thrash (October 21, 1880 December 12, 1942) was a college football player and engineer.

Georgia Tech

Thrash was a prominent tackle for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football teams of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was inducted into the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame posthumously in 1962.[1][2]

1902

He was selected All-Southern in 1902,[3] listed by various sources as Tech's first ever All-Southern football player.[4][5][6] He began the season as a sub and closed it as the undisputed star of the Tech team.[7]

1903

Thrash was captain of the 1903 team.[8][7]

Personal life

Jesse's sons Kenneth Thrash and William G. Thrash also played football for Tech. His great niece Maria Thrash is a swimming coach, coaching the Tech swimming teams in 2003.[5][9]

See also

References

  1. "The Clubs". Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine 40 (7): 34. May 1962.
  2. "Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame".
  3. "From Southeastern College Teams The Constitution Selects An Eleven". Atlanta Constitution. December 1, 1902.
  4. "All-Conference". Georgia Tech Football Information Guide: 147. 2011.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Maria Thrash".
  6. "Deaths". Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine 21 (3): 51. 1943.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "JESSE THRASH MADE CAPTAIN". Atlanta Constitution. December 14, 1902. p. 35. Retrieved March 18, 2015 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Tech and FSU Tangle First Time Since 1904". Panama City News-Herald. November 17, 1952. p. 16 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Maria Thrash Joins Tech Swimming and Diving Staff". August 13, 2003.

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