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<blockquote data-quote="Tommy_Taylor_1972" data-source="post: 974254" data-attributes="member: 6776"><p>I talked to Derrick yesterday. He and I both talked to Lucius and no one has heard of anything for the Heroes Day next weekend for the recognition of military veteran letterwinners. At least last year Lucius and I worked hard with the athletic department's Lucius Sanford and Tom Conner to get recognition for WW II vets retired AD Homer Rice football and basketball letterwinner Bobby Gaston, who turned 100 last month. There is recognition for veterans in general next week. Things have changed since the days when veteran over 25 letterwinners were honored with us walking out on the field during a break in the game. Something seems to have changed in "fan experience" since on Dec 7, 2020 Georgia Tech entered into a corporate agreement with Legends, Inc to promote fan experience. <a href="https://www.legends.net/news/georgia-tech-and-legends-announce-comprehensive-partnership-across-key-athletics-revenue-streams" target="_blank">https://www.legends.net/news/georgia-tech-and-legends-announce-comprehensive-partnership-across-key-athletics-revenue-streams</a> . Seems marketing decides what goes on at game's spare moments. Also, happy Veterans Day to a fellow veteran from Dalton Georgia who was most likely the GOAT of Yellow Jacket deep snappers. <a href="https://ramblinwreck.com/star-struck/" target="_blank">https://ramblinwreck.com/star-struck/</a> . Derrick told me that he heard that Clint Castleberry's retired number has been removed from Bobby Dodd Stadium. Derrick is confirming that now. From Wikipedia, "The only retired jersey in Georgia Tech football history is No. 19.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football#cite_note-clintcastle-38" target="_blank">[31]</a> The number belonged to Tech halfback <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Castleberry" target="_blank">Clint Castleberry</a>. Castleberry played on the No. 5 ranked 1942 Tech team as a true freshman and was third place in the 1942 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" target="_blank">Heisman Trophy</a> voting. After ending his freshman year at Tech, Castleberry elected to join the war effort and signed up for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Corps" target="_blank">Army Air Corps</a>. While co-piloting a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-26_Marauder" target="_blank">B-26 Marauder</a> over Africa, Castleberry, his crew, and another B-26 disappeared and were never heard from again. Castleberry has been memorialized on Grant Field ever since, with a prominent No. 19 on display in the stadium."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tommy_Taylor_1972, post: 974254, member: 6776"] I talked to Derrick yesterday. He and I both talked to Lucius and no one has heard of anything for the Heroes Day next weekend for the recognition of military veteran letterwinners. At least last year Lucius and I worked hard with the athletic department's Lucius Sanford and Tom Conner to get recognition for WW II vets retired AD Homer Rice football and basketball letterwinner Bobby Gaston, who turned 100 last month. There is recognition for veterans in general next week. Things have changed since the days when veteran over 25 letterwinners were honored with us walking out on the field during a break in the game. Something seems to have changed in "fan experience" since on Dec 7, 2020 Georgia Tech entered into a corporate agreement with Legends, Inc to promote fan experience. [URL]https://www.legends.net/news/georgia-tech-and-legends-announce-comprehensive-partnership-across-key-athletics-revenue-streams[/URL] . Seems marketing decides what goes on at game's spare moments. Also, happy Veterans Day to a fellow veteran from Dalton Georgia who was most likely the GOAT of Yellow Jacket deep snappers. [URL]https://ramblinwreck.com/star-struck/[/URL] . Derrick told me that he heard that Clint Castleberry's retired number has been removed from Bobby Dodd Stadium. Derrick is confirming that now. From Wikipedia, "The only retired jersey in Georgia Tech football history is No. 19.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football#cite_note-clintcastle-38'][31][/URL] The number belonged to Tech halfback [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Castleberry']Clint Castleberry[/URL]. Castleberry played on the No. 5 ranked 1942 Tech team as a true freshman and was third place in the 1942 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisman_Trophy']Heisman Trophy[/URL] voting. After ending his freshman year at Tech, Castleberry elected to join the war effort and signed up for the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Corps']Army Air Corps[/URL]. While co-piloting a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-26_Marauder']B-26 Marauder[/URL] over Africa, Castleberry, his crew, and another B-26 disappeared and were never heard from again. Castleberry has been memorialized on Grant Field ever since, with a prominent No. 19 on display in the stadium." [/QUOTE]
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