Jesse Thrash

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

Jesse Thrash
Thrash cropped from 1902 team picture
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
PositionTackle
Class1903
Personal information
Born:(1880-10-21)October 21, 1880
Georgia
Died:December 12, 1942(1942-12-12) (aged 62)
Douglas, Georgia
Career history
CollegeGeorgia Tech (1902–1903)
Career highlights and awards
  • 1st All-Southern at Georgia Tech
  • All-Southern (1902)
  • Tech Athletics Hall of Fame

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] Despite Tech losing every game, 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.[7][8]

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". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
  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. "Maria Thrash".
  6. "Deaths". Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine. 21 (3): 51. 1943.
  7. "JESSE THRASH MADE CAPTAIN". Atlanta Constitution. December 14, 1902. p. 35. Retrieved March 18, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  8. "Tech and FSU Tangle First Time Since 1904". Panama City News-Herald. November 17, 1952. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  9. "Maria Thrash Joins Tech Swimming and Diving Staff". August 13, 2003.
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