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GT Helmet History
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Another variant we wore in 1969-1971 for the cold or rainy weather games.....
Jack Williams didn't get to Brent Cunningham quick enough, so he's following
Scooter behind Joe Vitunic's (#63) block vs Duke in 1969.....
these are also the ones worn in the famous shot of Jack scoring vs Ugag in 1969
Jack Williams didn't get to Brent Cunningham quick enough, so he's following
Scooter behind Joe Vitunic's (#63) block vs Duke in 1969.....
these are also the ones worn in the famous shot of Jack scoring vs Ugag in 1969
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Speaking of Mr. Cunningham.....
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I remember him well.
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Those uni’s are my favorite, i love that shade of gold jersey and the white helmet with gold and navy stripes
Keep posting the pictures and memories, they are awesome!
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Pretty sure in '69 - '71 the stripes were black, not navy
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They were. Did not go to blue until fulcher.
Imo, the Gold shirts looked so much better with White #s. Dark #s on Gold look - bleeech.
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I don't remember Fulcher using blue either.
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Fulcher's uni's, if they used blue as an accent color, used a very, very dark blue. Should see a coupla team mates that played on that '72 team & will ask.
One correction to my post above re: the uni's & Jack Williams..... upon further review by my 70 YO eyes, those are two different jerseys. The ones worn against Duke were perforated like my 1971 jersey, but heavier, & had numbers on the shoulders.
The ones worn vs Ugag were doubleknits with numbers down on the sleeves & were saved for late November games, usually the Domers & Ugag.
The biggest problem with the black #s on gold jerseys came in the B&W film that was used. Trying to read numbers when grading film was tough with that combination.
One correction to my post above re: the uni's & Jack Williams..... upon further review by my 70 YO eyes, those are two different jerseys. The ones worn against Duke were perforated like my 1971 jersey, but heavier, & had numbers on the shoulders.
The ones worn vs Ugag were doubleknits with numbers down on the sleeves & were saved for late November games, usually the Domers & Ugag.
The biggest problem with the black #s on gold jerseys came in the B&W film that was used. Trying to read numbers when grading film was tough with that combination.
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He initiated bluetrim in the modern era.
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I have heard that before, but I sure don't remember it that way myself, and I was there. I need to ask Bill, if I see him again anytime soon, and if he even remembers.
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One of the Captains of the 1972 team today recalled the trim being blue.
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They had really really dark blue shirts in the bookstore today that looked black until you looked close. Actually looked pretty good.
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Got to wear today’s uni at home until we win N.C.
Road strictly G / W / W.
Or G / Charcoal / Charcoal.
Only choices.
That is it.
Road strictly G / W / W.
Or G / Charcoal / Charcoal.
Only choices.
That is it.
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G / W / G on the road. PERIOD
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At least by '52....... not much available from the years preceding.
The caption calls the kick a FG.... we won 7-6, so it must've been a PAT.
Poss 1950
Possibly 1951, the year Wheat was the Captain
The caption calls the kick a FG.... we won 7-6, so it must've been a PAT.
Poss 1950
Possibly 1951, the year Wheat was the Captain
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I must have the ‘67. A very used, missing face guard, old gold hat given to me as a Freshman in 1968 by my Cloudman RA. He was on the ‘68 team and also a pentathlon/decathalon track team member. Can’t recall his name now but he was a good Tech man.It was in 1967, Carson’s first year. He had reverted back to the Gold hats I believe after dodd’s Last 2 teams had gone to White. But before Carson also transitioned back to White hats with Gold shirts and White pants. Got it?
In 1968 Carson also had the GT logo on the jersey sleeve.
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The star used to be the symbol on old maps for the capital of a state. Tech = Atlanta = Capital = star athletes….and I think it just kind of evolved.
About the same time, Dooley was asking Greenbay if they could use the G inside the football logo. Both schools realized that they wanted something on side of the helmet. I believe a Tech football player designed the interlocking GT. Players voted on it with a competing logo that was also really cool. The interlocking GT on other design was like old fashioned baseball letters on top of each other. If anyone has a copy of it I would love to see it again. I only saw it once in a practice before Budd Carson’s first season.
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It’s way off. Also, if you put a GT on a white helmet I prefer the GT to be gold not yellow.