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<blockquote data-quote="Stony157" data-source="post: 351716" data-attributes="member: 3655"><p>Hi, fellow Techsters...</p><p>I'm an oldster just new to this board. Electrical Engineering grad in 1971. Helped build the ElectWrek electric car that we entered in the 1970 Clean Air Car Race from MIT to CalTech. We drove the Wrek from Cambridge, MA to St. Louis and came in 3rd place in the electric category. Also was a co-op from 1967 - 1970 working for IBM which had the contract with NASA to build the Instrument Unit for the Saturn V rockets in the Apollo lunar space program. The book written about 100 years of the GT Co-op program had a write-up about my work at IBM.</p><p></p><p>My favorite Tech football game when I was at Tech was probably beating Tennessee 6-3 my freshman year. It was Bobby Dodd's last year coaching and Tech went 9-0 before losing to Georgia and then Florida in the Orange Bowl to finish 9-2. Back then, freshmen played on separate teams, never on the varsity, and I knew several of the players who were in Cloudman dorm with me. My most memorable play, and this would need to be verified, was a freshman punter's kick. The line of scrimmage was Tech's own 13 and the guy kicked a tremendous spiral which landed and bounded forward several times before settling about 2 yards into the oppostie end zone. An 87 yard punt, still to this day the longest punt I've ever seen or heard of. I swear I remember this correctly, but if someone has the records from the freshman football team that year and can verify what I remember, I'd be interested to know if I really do remember it correctly. </p><p></p><p>My favorite basketball game was beating UNC during the Christmas break one year when UNC was ranked #2 in the country. Whack Hyder was the coach then.</p><p></p><p>I've lived in South Florida since 1972 and in Coral Gables since 1985. My career was mostly in Telecommunications and now I'm a commercial real estate agent and investor working in South and Central Florida. Go Tech!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stony157, post: 351716, member: 3655"] Hi, fellow Techsters... I'm an oldster just new to this board. Electrical Engineering grad in 1971. Helped build the ElectWrek electric car that we entered in the 1970 Clean Air Car Race from MIT to CalTech. We drove the Wrek from Cambridge, MA to St. Louis and came in 3rd place in the electric category. Also was a co-op from 1967 - 1970 working for IBM which had the contract with NASA to build the Instrument Unit for the Saturn V rockets in the Apollo lunar space program. The book written about 100 years of the GT Co-op program had a write-up about my work at IBM. My favorite Tech football game when I was at Tech was probably beating Tennessee 6-3 my freshman year. It was Bobby Dodd's last year coaching and Tech went 9-0 before losing to Georgia and then Florida in the Orange Bowl to finish 9-2. Back then, freshmen played on separate teams, never on the varsity, and I knew several of the players who were in Cloudman dorm with me. My most memorable play, and this would need to be verified, was a freshman punter's kick. The line of scrimmage was Tech's own 13 and the guy kicked a tremendous spiral which landed and bounded forward several times before settling about 2 yards into the oppostie end zone. An 87 yard punt, still to this day the longest punt I've ever seen or heard of. I swear I remember this correctly, but if someone has the records from the freshman football team that year and can verify what I remember, I'd be interested to know if I really do remember it correctly. My favorite basketball game was beating UNC during the Christmas break one year when UNC was ranked #2 in the country. Whack Hyder was the coach then. I've lived in South Florida since 1972 and in Coral Gables since 1985. My career was mostly in Telecommunications and now I'm a commercial real estate agent and investor working in South and Central Florida. Go Tech! [/QUOTE]
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