Sunday, March 12, 2017

125 years of GT QB's

16 Matthew Jordan started against VT
14 15 16 Justin Thomas: Orange Bowl MVP
13 Vad Lee wanted to pass, so he transferred
10 11 12 Tevin Washington: ACC record: most rush TDs 
08 09 10 Josh Nesbitt won ACC title
08 Calvin Booker: injury replacement
08 Jaybo Shaw: ACC rookie of the week (above)
05 07 Taylor Bennett was skinny, mostly a backup
03 04 05 06 Reggie Ball flunked out, missed bowl
02 AJ Suggs transferred from Tennessee
01 02 03 04 05 Damarius Bilbo: #1 recruit moved to WR
00 01 02 Andy Hall transferred to Delaware, won title
00 01 George Godsey: now a NFL OC  
 
96 97 98 99 Joe Hamilton: Heisman runner-up
96 Brandon Shaw injury replacement
94 Tommy Luginbill now on ESPN
93 95 Donnie Davis: overhyped recruit
89 90 91 92 Shawn Jones won national championship (above) 
87 Darrell Gast set GT single game TD record
86 87 Rick Strom: now on GT Radio
85 88 Todd Rampley: bowl hero
83 84 85 John Dewberry: suspended for bowl
82 Jim Bob Taylor transferred from Texas A&M
80 83 Stu Rogers: talented, but got hurt
80 Ken Whisenhunt tied #1 Notre Dame, moved to TE (above)
78 79 80 81 Mike Kelley had record long punt
78 80 Ted Peeples also punted
77 Gary Hardie: set QB rushing record
76 77 Bucky Shamberger: switched from RB
76 77 Gary Lanier beat Notre Dame (above)
76 Mike Jolly: injured, transferred
75 Danny Myers: number 21
74 Rudy Allen: sacked by Rudy T at South Bend (above)
73 Jim Stevens 1972 Liberty Bowl MVP
70 71 72 Eddie McAshan: 1st black QB in South (below)


69 Jack Williams: coached at GT, UVA, Richmond
66 68 Larry Good backed up King
65 66 67 Kim King: beloved radio sidekick  (below)
64 Jerry Priestley also played baseball & basketball
61 62 63 Billy Lothridge - Heisman runner-up
60 Stan Gann coached at Northside WR
59 Fred Braselton also punted
57 58 Ron Vann 
55 56 Wade Mitchell won 3 straight bowl games (above)
53 54 Pepper Rodgers coached Kansas, UCLA, GT (below)
52 Bill Brigman won national championship, lost job 
50 51 Darrell Crawford (below)


47 48 49 Jimmy Southard won 24 of 31 games
46 Frank Broyles - Arkansas head coach & AD
45 Ed Holtsinger converted to QB from center
43 44 Eddie Prokop finished 5th in Heisman vote
42 Pat McHugh fought in WWII
40 41 Johnny Bosch split time with Beers
 
39 Billy Beers split time with Bosch
38 Joe Bartlette
35 36 37 Fletcher Sims: All-SEC. Also played bball.
33 34 Shorty Roberts: kicked, punted, played baseball
32 Roy McArthur later coached at GT
31 Samuel Colvin: replacement starter
31 Marshall Flowers
 
29 30 Earl Dunlap later boxed professionally
27 28 Bob Durant: 156 lb, won national championship
26 John Brewer: senior starter, played professionally  
25 Ike Williams kicked field goal to beat UGA 3-0
24 Fred Moore
23 Pinkey Hunt
20 Frank Ferst: injury backup
19 20 21 22 Jack McDonough 26-7 record as starter
 
19 Shorty Guill - All Southern Conference
18 19 20 Buck Flowers could punt, pass, run, defend
18 Red Barron won 3 conference titles (above)
17 18 Joe Guyon triple threat transfer from Carlisle Indian School
17 Albert Hill led GT to national championship
15 16 17 Everett Strupper: deaf, leading scorer against Cumberland
14 15 16 Froggie Morrison beat Cumberland 222-0, fought in WWI
12 13 Alf McDonald also punted
11 Bill Coleman
10 Piggy Johnson
 
09 TS Wilson
07 WH Hightower
06 08 Chip Robert earned 15 varsity letters
04 05 Butler
03 Alfred Monsalvatage
02 Brinson
00 Maddox
 
1899 Manley
1896 Wright
1894 John E Smith: father helped found GT
1893 John Kimball won first GT/GA game
1892 Stafford Nash: 1st ever GT starting QB
 
 
I’ll have to ask my mom if she knew Wade Mitchell. I was just reading about him this morning.
 
REID: Met Wade Mitchell a few years ago at a Buckhead 50 Club meeting. We discussed his days at North Fulton and how I watched him play basketball there.
 
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Georgia_Institute_of_Technology_athletes
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